Methven - Buckets ruin another race meeting by dumping oil on the track!

**Kickaha** · 3rd April 2010, 17:20

A Bucket dumps a huge load of oil on the track yet again causing massive delays and no doubt causing several of the crashes in the proceeding races...... Questions....

#1 Who scrutineers these things? Whilst some are very good, clean competition machines, others(most?) would be laughed out of the pits in any other country. Filthy, poorly built and maintained bikes should not be on the track especially at a national championship event.

#2 Who cares about Buckets? Watch the stand empty when they are up next, seriously. It is a perfect time to get a hotdog or take a piss which is exactly what 75% of the people seem to do. With so many exciting classes that would actually interest people, raced by modern bikes wtf are they even doing there?

#3 Where is it going? Is there any potential for any of these riders to move onwards overseas to international success?

Anyway, I'm oviously pissed at another meeting ruined by bikes that only 1% of people at best even cared were there.

**woodyracer** · 3rd April 2010, 17:26

ha ha ha..........wow.... how creative...

**Yow Ling** · 3rd April 2010, 17:37

Phoenixes bucket was fitted witha sidecar engine , there cant be any other explanation !

Actually the bucket guys did the classic guys a service , after the alledged incident at least they had a line to follow.

Who would have thought 1 litre would go so far.

Cams club did a great job organising the meet 99% of the spectators came to see the buckets and wernt disapointed, good racing a bit of carnage and great SI weather

**Buckets4Me** · 3rd April 2010, 17:42

Originally Posted by Kickaha

A sidecar dumps a huge load of oil on the track yet again causing massive delays and no doubt causing several of the crashes in the proceeding races...... Questions....

#1 Who scrutineers these things? Whilst some are very good, clean competition machines, others(most?) would be laughed out of the pits in any other country. Filthy, poorly built and maintained bikes should not be on the track especially at a national championship event..

same people that scrutineer those good looking F4 bikes

Originally Posted by Kickaha

#2 Who cares about sidecars Watch the stand empty when they are up next, seriously. It is a perfect time to get a hotdog or take a piss which is exactly what 75% of the people seem to do. With so many exciting classes that would actually interest people, raced by modern bikes wtf are they even doing there?

A lot of the F4 bike riders

Originally Posted by Kickaha

#3 Where is it going? Is there any potential for any of these riders to move onwards overseas to international success?

who cares keep racing

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Anyway, I'm oviously pissed at another meeting ruined by bikes that only 100% of people at best even cared were there.

well so am I ( I missed seeing it all happen)

**Bikernereid** · 3rd April 2010, 17:44

As a spectator I enjoyed the day out. Yes some people get a bit pissy if they have to wait to watch races but this happens at all levels of racing, not just buckets! Recently I remember reading a thread where everyone was slating the side cars for ruin a race day. If you don't have the patience to wait then maybe you shouldn't be going racing, it is par for the course and has been for the last 36 years that I know of..both here and in the UK. I think that the bucket racers have the same right to race as anyone else, everyone has to start somewhere!!

**lostinflyz** · 3rd April 2010, 17:46

i see a buckets vs sidecars grudge match on the cards. Most finishers wins (loser cleans up). hehehe.

**Buckets4Me** · 3rd April 2010, 17:49

Originally Posted by lostinflyz

i see a buckets vs sidecars grudge match on the cards. Most finishers wins (loser cleans up). hehehe.

there are far to many Buckets for the sidecars guys to have a chance

anyway I like sidecars. I have no problem with them at all or Kickaha for that matter. He has a point and so do I

it's not just the F4 bike (infact it rearly has anything to do with them)

**woodyracer** · 3rd April 2010, 18:00

buckets rock, as bucketracer said, we have many top riders
if it wasnt for buckets i wouldnt be in big bikes as i am now....

**Ivan** · 3rd April 2010, 19:59

Kick Classic Thread hahahhaa

**gav** · 3rd April 2010, 20:10

I want to know how the hell you managed to post this thread without pissing yourself? Oh wait, maybe you did ....

**Bikemad** · 3rd April 2010, 20:41

have just purchased a bucket and after riding it have to say i dont think i would want to run it on a full size track................looking forward to a go at Mt wgtn kart track tho

**Buddha#81:Me** · 3rd April 2010, 20:46

It was a shit meeting untill we got the excitment of a oil slick to contend with......... Well done DC (1st) Glen(2nd) and Bren(3rd) Brens was a top effort getting third when he never finished a race.

**Genie** · 3rd April 2010, 20:58

Originally Posted by Kickaha

A Buckets dumps a huge load of oil on the track yet again causing massive delays and no doubt causing several of the crashes in the proceeding races...... Questions....

#1 Who scrutineers these things? Whilst some are very good, clean competition machines, others(most?) would be laughed out of the pits in any other country. Filthy, poorly built and maintained bikes should not be on the track especially at a national championship event.

#2 Who cares about Buckets? Watch the stand empty when they are up next, seriously. It is a perfect time to get a hotdog or take a piss which is exactly what 75% of the people seem to do. With so many exciting classes that would actually interest people, raced by modern bikes wtf are they even doing there?

#3 Where is it going? Is there any potential for any of these riders to move onwards overseas to international success?

Anyway, I'm oviously pissed at another meeting ruined by bikes that only 1% of people at best even cared were there.

hahahahhaha, copy and paste....get over it ....it happens.
How about you be grateful you were there! Some may had planned to be there and would loved to have basked in the delay!