Auckland women interested in buckets?

[Pumba]

Supposed to be thunder storms tomorrow. Will this still go ahead?

Was ment to be thunderstorms today as well

[Henk]

Riding in electrical storms is great fun, especially dirt bikes in pine forests.

[MsKABC]

No worries love, I know how life gets

[Dutchee]

Hey you, how's it going? Wow, the 2 hour for first race, that is cool in itself
July, I think, is the beginning of the 10/11 season, so would be great to have you up here. It took me a looooooooooooong time to get my "own" bucket, but finally done it (I was privileged to have a go on the Banana years ago). (the agreement is I do share my toy with a very good friend if he is allowed to come out & play and if I get cuddles from his daughter out of it, I win lol).
Today I found that practice was a hell of a lot more fun, holding "my line", and ignoring the guys behind me. Last month, I rode off what "my line" should've been and had no real fun. It also helped that it was quiet. You, and a couple of other women who aren't riding at the moment, have managed to finally motivate me to get on a bike, and I'll have to see how it all goes.
Squiggles' partner impressed the hell out of me today, as she rode in the rain (I watched), and for those that were at the 2-hour last year, think of the start of the race - or even just before the race, and remember it was the first time out (I guess we hadn't told her horror stories lol).
I still think we can have fun with this (hell, I'm just feeling ripped off by the weather, especially as it was fine heading home) lol

Hi,well its Granma here.
For those of you who dont know me i ride buckets both in F5 and B grade in Auckland. Last time I was there I raced my TZ50 came in and straight onto the B Grade bike and out to ride again.
I started riding a few years ago. I was way too scared to go on the track with anyone at all on it.
JC use to let me go on at the end of the day on Sundays, then on Saturdays he would close the track for me and let me have a go. This happened for a few months before I was brave enough to go on with young Nathaniel Diprose.
I gradually progressed to be brave enough to have a go at B grade and my first ever race was the 2 hour. Man was that hard but so much fun.
I would love to have other lady riders to race against at the meetings. Trudes has improved heaps with the new bike and wish I could make it to Welly to race against her.
The best advice given to me (by the top two riders in Auckland) was to stay on the riding lines I was shown to begin with. That was the lines they had shown me too. Do not try to get out of the way, they have already decided before they get to you which way they are going to go. They watch how and where you ride on the track and so if you change your lines you could cause a big crasheeee.
Today I have to admit I feel a lot safer riding with the top riders than with some of the B graders, especially the new riders who are not so good at passing.
I have ridden the buckets at taupo at xmas and it was a blast. I have also ridden my GSX Impulse 400 at trackdays at taupo.
I cant wait for xmas this year, buckets and pre89, whooo hoo! I am not sure as yet if we will make it too the May meeting. June meeting is out as it's my daughters wedding. I told her she picked the wrong date and i would have to seriously consider if i was willing to give up a days racing.LOL Just as well she has a good sense of humour.

[SHELRACING]

Well i can remember a day pouring so hard with rain that the track was a mass of pools. JC walked over to us, (Tim, Chris, Steve and me) hiding under the gazebo and told us to harden up, get your gear on and get on the track or else.
So we did and I think 'Buckets4me' has a couple of picks of TZ350 (Rob) riding through the pools of water with a big fat wake coming out the side of the bike. Great fun to watch.
JC 's rules are very clear, you ride unless he says NO.
Best rule for riding in the rain is, slow down, use a smooth throttle action coming out of the corners and you will stay on.
That is unless you are like me and someone comes off in front of you and you have no option but to drop the bike or run him over.
Hence I broke my broken collar bone for the second time. Didn't hurt as much second time round.
Still I do wish we were coming up though, rain or shine.

[TZ350]

Speed boats..........

[Buckets4Me]

Hence I broke my broken collar bone for the second time. Didn't hurt as much second time round.
Still I do wish we were coming up though, rain or shine.

snap

didn't know you where hurt again

the only time I remember JC stoping the racing was when it was covered in ice (hail a foot deep)
then he only stoped for lunch

[SHELRACING]

Yes I remember that day. I was sitting, oops, hiding in the scrutineering shed and the hail was coming in through the roof.
I seem to remember JC telling us to get out there and sweep it off the track too, after it had stopped, whilst he had lunch. LOL
We had a good hail storm here like that, just a few days ago.
I did my collarbone again, the same day that Rob did his.

[Dutchee]

You are being missed Shelracing - I commented to Henk we hadn't seen you for a couple of months (not since Mr Shelracing's big off). We actually sat down with a map & tried to work out whether Roy's Hill was closer for you or not (our conclusion was pretty much the same sort of distance/time).

[SHELRACING]

Yeah Roy's Hill is about the same distance and time. There is a short cut, but because it's not sealed yet, it doesn'tt cut out any time at all. They are in the process of sealing it now.
I'm trying really hard to get my daughter to move the wedding so we can come up for June.

[Buckets4Me]

Yeah Roy's Hill is about the same distance and time. There is a short cut, but because it's not sealed yet, it doesn'tt cut out any time at all. They are in the process of sealing it now.
I'm trying really hard to get my daughter to move the wedding so we can come up for June.

good luck with that