squid
Does anybody know what the story is with the Christchurch kart track?
Is it ever open for free practice for bikes?
It seems like a neat little track that would be more than suitable for bucketeering, and a little closer to the city than Ruapuna too. I know similar kart tracks are used by various forms of bike in other parts of the country, but I've never heard a word of kart track usage here in CHCH. Seems like a good idea if it's possible.
Forum whore
bikes arent allowed , its outside the resourse consent.
It had been used in the past , but that was before enought bitchy neighbours did their homework
No8 Wire Extraordinaire
Carrs road yeah? Rode there, it was ok, not fabulous by any stretch, pretty damn slippery when wet.
hmm, quick google found this, explains a bit:
http://www.kartsport.org.nz/history/CarrsRd.htm
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
squid
Well isn't that annoying... would be perfect for buckets and pocket bikes to rip round without causing to much bother to the bigger bikes at Ruapuna.
And you just know a lot of, if not the majority of, those residents would have moved there after the club was founded.
Forum whore
oh, that's a great thought, someone should have brought that up back in the day when it was being discussed.....too late now though! Damn!Originally Posted by McWild
squid
Yeah it's ridiculous really. Moving next to a racetrack and complaining about the noise is like buying a house boat and complaining that it gets wet.
Forum whore
That happened at Mt Wellington in the 90's when I was involved. The Kart track was built next to a railway yard and some unused land. Some dipshits built an office building across the road and were even told to add sound proofing to the wall faceing the track. Didn't do it, and a couple of years later they bitched to the council about the noise and the fucking council sided with them. It caused all sorts of bother for the track.
Then there was the proposed new track to be built in a disused quarry pit just down the road. The Kart club along with the AMCC spent time and money doing sound level checks as instructed by the council which we passes with flying colors. I went to a resource management meeting about it where some of the residences were as well. We put forward our results and then had to listen to the locals side. One old crunt (probably dead by now) went on about the dust we would create, another made us out to be the Hells Angles and that he was afraid for his daughters. We lost...
Plodding along at his own pace
It was simple ignorance and greed on the part of the developers of this land, which I might add was good cropping land around Westlake e.t.c. Its not like the fact the track was there was hidden or unknown by all parties involved.
Or complaining about the noise of the airport when its been there for how long, or the port for that matter one cant fathom human behaviour, I over heard a conversation the other day complaining that the operational area spoils the view of their new luxury house. How long has the port been there well longer than these two had been alive.
Its not the destination that is important its the journey.
L-Plate Rider
I live in West Lake and the noise is negligible, lived in Halswell for 20+ years used to pushbike down and watch the karts as a kid. Your right people moved in, knowing full well that there is a kart track there then complained!! But hows this one... some poor farmer got complaints from new residents about his cows - htey wanted him to stop them moo'ing at night!! Some people?!? I played in bands for years and used to play at the GRand over in Akaroa - some churchy family bought the house right next door - and - you guessed it complained about the noise, after 10pm we had to turn everything right down - almost had to whisper into the mikes!!
Highway Biker
used to jump the fence onto that kart track to race my rc cars, would be an awesome little bucket track, but appareantly its hard for even the karters to get time on it , let alone anyone else, have more luck on the rc car track out at ruapuna :P
In the riders seat
The Buckets used to race at most Kart club meetings, that was where I did my first Bucket race on a CB125 single (the hot bike of the time) I was lent back in the early to mid nineties
We last raced there about 7-8 years ago when the Battle of the Buckets was held in pissing down rain , the highlight of that event was watching one member being electrocuted by his bike, unfortunately not long after that we were told we could could no longer use it as the Awatea arseholes association got on the case with the Kart club
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