Bucket at Hampton down new gokart track?

[woodyracer]

I noticed on the Hampton downs webiste they are building a brand new gokart track!, do you reaken buckets would have a chance at geting some riding there?, hopefully none of the karters will want it

Hope fully its run by hampton downs but a kart club itself, then all you'd have to show them you'll get alot of riders for them and make it worth their while.

-Max

[Pumba]

Hope fully its run by hampton downs but a kart club itself, then all you'd have to show them you'll get alot of riders for them and make it worth their while.

???? Anyone else not understand this line.

I wouldnt be holding my breath that it will happen anytime soon. The kart track was an afterthought and was driven by the fact that a depression at the base of the hill was a pretty good place to place fill wthat they were taking off the rest of the site. They then realised, once the levels had been brought up that this area could be used for somthing, hey what about a Kart track, brilient idea that will get a bit more income through the door. I very much doubt any engineering design or consents are in place for them to do this yet, I wouldnt think anything will happen until the rest of the track and facilities (that are designed and consented) are built, up and running and making money. This is a simular story to the speedway track they are proposing at the site accross the road.

[woodyracer]

so they' are probualy just taking big then?, i did hear of them thinking of making one a couple years ago, then they stoped it for some reason.

[R6_kid:Me]

The website says that go-karts have been using the full track at the moment, but it is intended that there will be a small-scale version of the 3.8km International Circuit which should be completed sometime in 2011.

[CookMySock]

I doubt the cheque-book racer type karters are interested in buckets cutting grooves in their expensive sooper dooper new hampton downs kiss-my-arse suck-my-cock have-another-cuppa-tea smoother-than-ur-mrs-twot kart track.

The filthy bucketeers and minimoto racers are usually consigned to some dark hole somewhere, where they can't do any harm. Maybe we like it that way?

Steve

[woodyracer]

actualy bucketeers get good facilities, we've got royshill, and kaitoke, plus we've got mt wellington, taumaranui.

Bucketeers are not filthy!

I used to organise the pocket bike racing at sliverdale indoor kart track and they liked us.

[Buckets4Me]

I used to organise the pocket bike racing at sliverdale indoor kart track and they liked us.

The filthy bucketeers and minimoto racers are usually consigned to some dark hole somewhere,

like Silverdale point taken

[Buckets4Me]

The filthy bucketeers and minimoto racers are usually consigned to some dark hole somewhere, where they can't do any harm. Maybe we like it that way?
Steve

Thats why I race F4 not buckets
and I try not to dump oil all over the track

[woodyracer]

yes F4 thats what we are!

I dont think its a far fetched idea to race their if its run by "HAMPTON DOWNS" not a kart club like all the others.....

[richban]

yes F4 thats what we are!

I dont think its a far fetched idea to race their if its run by "HAMPTON DOWNS" not a kart club like all the others.....

Just ride the big track. Not sure what classes are running at the final round of NZSBK but if there are Streetstocks then why not buckets. Buckets are getting as fast as SS these days.

[woodyracer]

unfortuantly ss150 arnt at hampton downs......buckets are getting up with the ss150 cos if you get a modded 100cc watercooled engine, put it in a 125gp chassis and then run slicks ect.....you've got a clear advantage on a rg150,kr150.... we've been over tihs before,

At hampton downs though, the front straight is so fast the buckets would most likely struggle......compared to the ss150 bikes,

Maybe have a bucket TT at hamtpon downs one day aye!!

[richban]

unfortuantly ss150 arnt at hampton downs......buckets are getting up with the ss150 cos if you get a modded 100cc watercooled engine, put it in a 125gp chassis and then run slicks ect.....you've got a clear advantage on a rg150,kr150.... we've been over tihs before,

At hampton downs though, the front straight is so fast the buckets would most likely struggle......compared to the ss150 bikes,

100cc 2 stroke 125gp blah blah. I was talking about all the fast 4 strokes out there.

[woodyracer]

na i dont reaken any FXR {even your seriouly fast one} would keep up with a rg150 or krr150......the power difference is huge, and weight aswel.
A good rg150 is about 28HP at the rear and weighs about 90kg.

[richban]

na i dont reaken any FXR {even your seriouly fast one} would keep up with a rg150 or krr150......the power difference is huge, and weight aswel.
A good rg150 is about 28HP at the rear and weighs about 90kg.

Well my bike is a little down on HP and 10kg fatter. But with the right rider (not the 6' 2" 95kg one it has at the mo) I am sure there would be nothing in it.

[woodyracer]

well yes it does come down to rider, i bet a couple of ss150 riders on my cbr so did most the other bucketeers at BRM r1, and my cbr has half the horse power of an RG
Especially on taupo track 2 where it is mostly corners,

SS150 is a learner class, so your not going to get hot riders like you do in the bucket class. But ss150 is a heap of fun, cant wait for this weekend as at the TRRS is the only time ive ridden the bike and i had a broken footpeg which made it hard to change gears. Now ive got a new stronger peg set-up so i can finally ride the thing proberly,

Are you coming to the have a go day on the saturady?, if you want you can take my KRR150 out and compare it to your moto fxr.