Have you ever seen so many buckets

**Ray LeCheminant** · 18th July 2010, 19:07

What a cool day (literally as the sun went down)

Awesome day, came home in one piece - bike and son - looking forward to spotting some of Damien's photos!!!

Letter to self; Ensure bike WELL TIED down before departing

ciao

Ray

**Dutchee** · 18th July 2010, 19:35

I take it with your comment that bike & son both okay means you didn't damage any paintwork forgetting to tie bike down properly?

Thanks to everyone helping out and making what looked like total chaos at the beginning, a brilliant day. Huge thanks to Carl for attempting to fill JC's huge boots - ya did good. Get well soon JC (hope Carl brought your some cake home, but we got photos of it).

The cake. Will get Henk to put up photos, it was a masterpiece, so much time had been put into that, now i know who to talk to when wanting a birthday cake/celebration cake in future. For those not there, Warwick's wife had baked a chocolate cake (very yum), decorated in the shape of Mt Wellington and made little buckets with numbers and colours to match bikes in some race or another (that detail has slipped my mind). It had ripple strips, grass, tarmac, the whole nine yards.

Right, back to the day, thanks to everyone in the B grade for being nice when lapping me - that was actually fun. It was funner than I thought it was going to be and I also felt like F5 wouldn't be as much fun (so sorry guys, I will be sticking with B grade for however long - until they do decide to start a C grade as well hehehe).

Numbers: over 50 bikes it must have been (55 I guess). And NO serious injuries - wahoo (I hope). hehehe

Just thought I should say who I am for those who don't know: Michelle - Henk's wife (he's #13), on the purple FXR with butterflies that seemed to be a brilliant mobile chicane today. Under the tinted visor was a huge grin, the shakes of my head were generally aimed at me mis-shifting, braking way too early, taking the wrong line on the corner, and occasionally the "I need to change my underwear" passing I saw.
Oh, the wheelie off the start - glad it didn't end in tears, I was worried that this time I wouldn't avoid the carnage and be forced to stop or run over someone lol.

**Buckets4Me** · 18th July 2010, 19:36

Originally Posted by Ray LeCheminant

Letter to self; Ensure bike WELL TIED down before departing

ciao

Ray

didn't scratch that nice paint again did you ?

**Ray LeCheminant** · 18th July 2010, 19:45

Originally Posted by Buckets4Me

didn't scratch that nice paint again did you ?

LOL - nah, paint is all good...LOL....like a pair of shoes, only shiny till you skuff 'em - consider the bucket WELL SKUFFED.....

Rear tie down not installed to specifications, not exactly to spec - opened trailer - bike laying down having a rest...lazy bike !!!

**Ray LeCheminant** · 18th July 2010, 19:48

Originally Posted by Dutchee

I take it with your comment that bike & son both okay means you didn't damage any paintwork forgetting to tie bike down properly?

Tie Down = FAIL
Day = WIN
Cake = WIN

**Pumba** · 18th July 2010, 19:48

Well to answer your question Ray, Yes I have, but it must have been getting up their. Start of a new season coinciding with some fine weather. What a mixture.

Day started pretty shit for me, bike just dodnt seem stable, and then the front brakes locking on in a practice session and then again in the first prelim race didnt fill me with anymore confidence. But the end of it I had started to sort things out.

Was so rooted come the end of the first points race that I pulled the pin at that stage. Was deffently the right thing to do because I nearlly rooted my ankle again just steeping off the ute after I had loaded the bike up.

Looking foward to next meeting.

**Henk** · 18th July 2010, 20:38

What an awesome day. Great weather, great racing and a stunning cake.

Pics of cake here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hz13/se...7624401462493/

some pics of the B grade here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hz13/se...7624401506333/

Huge turnout and good fun had by all at a guess. Hope JC gets well soon.

**Rick 52** · 18th July 2010, 21:08

It was a good day I'm made up with my 4th and 2nd ,when we got to the track and struggled to park then looked at all the quick guys I would have been happy with a top 10, great start to the season .Well done to everybody that organised the day.The cake was brilliant and yummy !

**grantman** · 18th July 2010, 21:37

Originally Posted by Pumba

Day started pretty shit for me, bike just dodnt seem stable, and then the front brakes locking on in a practice session

.

Hey Pumba
I was soooo close to running you and your bike over when you dropped it
I bet we are both glad I stopped just in time

Cake was great
Thanks to all for a great day

**F5 Dave** · 19th July 2010, 10:32

55 bikes is a great turn out.

Back in the late 80s the Ohakea GPs you'd get over 70, but that was some time ago.

**Dutchee** · 19th July 2010, 10:38

Looking at the results is wierd. It looks like I beat someone in the first race, but that doesn't seem right to me - I guess it was a breakdown, stuffed if I know. Gutted Julie is beating me by 1 point, the rule of 5 points for the last 5 places does seem unfair.
But I'm chuffed I've got 10 whole points, and am looking forward to next month, where I will be pushing a bit harder to try to keep up with Julie (and hopefully not be lapped so many times).
Yay, two race days - one off road (Tadpole) and then buckets Sunday

Pumba, rest your foot a bit more than you are doing, let it heal a bit more

**Arronduke** · 19th July 2010, 18:48

It was a funny day.

My new foot pegs failed, the pumper mechinisum on my carb baike fell off and I got a flat tyre... after the last race as i was putting the bike on the trailer... hello flat tyre... must have been flat for the whole day... will explain me not winning any of the B grade races...

There were some dam fast people in the B Grade...