Tarawera 100

**flyingcr250** · 10th July 2010, 23:00

did they run it backwards to last year?

**jt119** · 10th July 2010, 23:43

**jt119** · 10th July 2010, 23:45

Originally Posted by flyingcr250

did they run it backwards to last year?

ya some parts and some new track

**trailblazer** · 11th July 2010, 00:15

awesome vids. I was the marshel at checkpoint 1. We had a few run off the road and end up in the tree's so what looked like a boring spot first thing turned out not to bad.

**cheese** · 11th July 2010, 14:19

Hye JT, on your first viideo at 5 mins that down hill you turned onto thats where I did a massive flip and sprained my wrist. The track looked pretty good!

**Reckless** · 11th July 2010, 22:51

Well I'm reasonably happy with my first effort.
I did 3 Laps, 120K's, 4hrs05m race time, but 3hrs 46 mins on my clock so there is 14m refueling, crash or two in there and one 2min stop for a power shot sachet other wise I just kept moving!
I was going to go much faster for the first two laps for a better class result but decided for my race I was going to try and go for as long as I could. So I paced myself from the start. Never ridden that long before so know I know what I have to work on over the next year. JT was 10mins a lap faster so I have to work on my speed and aggression! 8th in my class out of 13 so I was not last at least LOL!!!
Bloody good track nothing to hard it just never stopped and it got more whopped and rutted when you really didn't need it to. The last 20K I could still stand ok but my arms weren't strong enough to control the bike over the whoops!
What was the track like?? In the trees quite like the sandpit, in the open a bit like the A sections of a Mr moto ride but pumicey sand stuff!
Virtually no places to rest, while riding, it just kept at you all the time, the last 20k I just sat and let the bike beat me up I was stuffed mainly in the arms.
Only my second race event so I learnt a lot and it was a great experience! Haha now I've been there done that and got the T-Shirt LOL!!!
Ah well!! I've gone where I've never gone before on a dirt bike, mentally and physically, the bike didn't miss a beat and saved me on a few occasions!
Would I do it again too bloody right I would!!

**jt119** · 11th July 2010, 23:33

hard old buggar does that mean ive got a place to stay next year friday night

**jt119** · 11th July 2010, 23:37

ya once you turn down onto it you cant stop and its rutted out to sh..t would of been hard to keep going with a sprained wrist

**Reckless** · 11th July 2010, 23:41

Originally Posted by jt119

hard old buggar does that mean ive got a place to stay next year friday night

Yep! And saturday night if we can get enough Kiwibiker Pikers to turn up!
That lake house would be a lovely place to have a few beers and a get together after the race aye JT!!
Make a weekend of it!

**B0000M** · 12th July 2010, 19:09

i was in whakatane on saturday, bored with time to fill.... and i didnt realize it was T100 weekend!!!

**Katoomer** · 13th July 2010, 09:52

Great vids jt119. There were alot of helmet cameras there. The rider next to me at the start on a YZ had one too. Hopefully there will be more shown on youtube .

**Katoomer** · 16th July 2010, 13:20

Originally Posted by Katoomer

Great vids jt119. There were alot of helmet cameras there. The rider next to me at the start on a YZ had one too. Hopefully there will be more shown on youtube .

Here are some pics. A couple of drain landings look nasty.

http://www.limelightphotography.co.n...Tarawera%20100

**Shorty_925** · 20th July 2010, 08:32

Where did everyone that took part finish?

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