NZ MINI TT CHAMPS July 3rd - 4th. Kuratau

[raglanash]

Its coming around again.
Well worth the trip, 2 races Saturday, 3 races Sunday.
Track is huge and gets really rough, lots of 5th gear pinned straights and sweeping corners, races are usually 4-5 laps.
Gear you bike up for top speed and get into it.
This gets bigger every year, think there was close to 400 riders last year, very well run event with classes from novice to MX1.
Heres a vid of one of the quad races, the start straight was 450m long last year!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0GY8...eature=related

And yep its usually bloody freezing, raced in the snow in 2008.
So who's keen????????
Will post up entry form when it comes out.

[scott411]

Its coming around again.
Well worth the trip, 2 races Saturday, 3 races Sunday.
Track is huge and gets really rough, lots of 5th gear pinned straights and sweeping corners, races are usually 4-5 laps.
Gear you bike up for top speed and get into it.
This gets bigger every year, think there was close to 400 riders last year, very well run event with classes from novice to MX1.
Heres a vid of one of the quad races, the start straight was 450m long last year!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0GY8...eature=related

And yep its usually bloody freezing, raced in the snow in 2008.
So who's keen????????
Will post up entry form when it comes out.

how stupid is this, they put it on the same weekend as the tarawera 100 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[raglanash]

True, thats a bit poor eh.

[B0000M]

piss poor.

i was keen until i realized that.

o well. T100 for me

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah not good planning! Do they have a class at the TT champs for VMXers?

[scott411]

Yeah not good planning! Do they have a class at the TT champs for VMXers?

don;t think they do, the track gets mighty rough in the corners with all the modern bikes so it might not be that much fun

[Crasherfromwayback]

Bad buzz. Pity I sold my RMZ4 fiddy to pay for the vintage bikes! Maybe next year!

[raglanash]

Didn't see a VMX specific class last year, I did see a few KX and CR 500's ripping around there though, its right up their alley.
Have to wait and see the entry form to see all the classes this year.
As Scott said it does get mighty rough so may not be all that enjoyable on the older bikes.
Bloody good fun on the 450 though, you haven't seen roost until you have raced here, 40man start gate, shits flying!

[Crasherfromwayback]

, you haven't seen roost until you have raced here, 40man start gate, shits flying!

I can imagine! Still...years ago when beach racing was in full swing, following another 500 two stroke down the beach at 100mph wasn't much fun. The wet sand roost at that speed was like shotgun pellets!

[raglanash]

This is just good old pumice/volcanic top soil with the occasional turnip thrown in!
I wouldn't know what our top speeds are but I was bouncing of the limiter in 5th at the end of the start straight.
Got a 14 for the front this year and looking at a maybe a 46 for the back for some extra legs.

[B0000M]

I can imagine! Still...years ago when beach racing was in full swing, following another 500 two stroke down the beach at 100mph wasn't much fun. The wet sand roost at that speed was like shotgun pellets!

beach racing is still in full swing. most of it is in gisborne.
heres the dates

Beach Racing Dates 2010

Round 1 : 29 May 2010
Sign in 11:00AM
Riders Breifing 11:30AM
Racing Starts 11:45AM


Round 2: 26 June 2010
Sign in 09:45AM
Riders Breifing 10:15AM
Racing Starts 10:30AM

Round 3: 24 July 2010
Sign in 08:30AM
Riders Breifing 09:00AM
Racing Starts 09:15AM

East Coast Challenge 28 August 2010
Sign In 12:30PM
Riders Breifing 01:00PM
Racing Starts 01:!5PM


National Beach Races: 25 September 2010
Sign In 11:30AM
Riders Breifing 12:00PM
Racing Starts 12:15PM

[B0000M]

This is just good old pumice/volcanic top soil with the occasional turnip thrown in!
I wouldn't know what our top speeds are but I was bouncing of the limiter in 5th at the end of the start straight.
Got a 14 for the front this year and looking at a maybe a 46 for the back for some extra legs.

you can go to a 38 on modern hondas before you need to grind the hub

[raglanash]

you can go to a 38 on modern hondas before you need to grind the hub

Shit you would be hauling the mail then!! Do you know what the 450 guys run on the sand? I would think this would be very similar.

[B0000M]

i dont actually know of anyone that rides a crf 450 on the beach. I know some of the cr500 riders use a 36t rear with a 14t front but the rear hub needs to ground down a little on the outside of the sprocket holes so that the chain will clear it. I can also confirm that a cr 250 with 14-38 gearing is still too low geared to be a front runner. The power is there. She just runs out of revs

[Crasherfromwayback]

Shit you would be hauling the mail then!! Do you know what the 450 guys run on the sand? I would think this would be very similar.

Dunno...but for road racing at Wangaui, I was running 15/36 on my RMZ. My KX500 for beach racing was 16/36...good for about 180kph on asphalt, but with wheelspin on the beach around 100mph.