Photos: Buckets Mt Wellington (Auckland) 17 & 18 July 2010

**Damien_Toman** · 20th July 2010, 01:52

Race day, 18th July 2010:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/se...7624527566170/

**Damien_Toman** · 22nd July 2010, 18:37

Photos for race day now all uploaded.

**Kendog** · 22nd July 2010, 19:54

Soooooo many cool photos, nice

**Rick 52** · 22nd July 2010, 20:37

Very Impressed so many angles and views cheers Damien

**grantman** · 22nd July 2010, 22:25

Great photos
Thanks

Always good to see photos of your self so we can see if we have got technique right
Or cringe when it looks really bad

Thanks for all your time taking the photos
We know you would rather be out there

Hope the injuries heal fast

**Damien_Toman** · 23rd July 2010, 00:33

Thanks guys

. I love being out there on the track but it is starting to hurt more than it should and I also miss watching the fantastic racing while capturing the action on camera. I'll stick to the sidelines with the camera for a while now and see how things go. Here is a photo of the top half of the bruising on my lower back - not pretty!

**Damien_Toman** · 23rd July 2010, 01:31

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dty1/se...7624557605272/

Photos by my bro' Ray. I only managed to complete 4 slow laps on this practice day, taking it easy with my injured knee. A new young guy, first timer at Mt Welly and going much faster than me, went to overtake and clipped me, taking us both down. I landed on the concrete ripple strip (that stuff hurts). Oh, I also hurt the bad knee, setting the healing back to what it felt like two weeks ago. Ray captured the last part of the accident - see link for photos.

**Dutchee** · 23rd July 2010, 08:58

Originally Posted by Damien_Toman

Thanks guys

. I love being out there on the track but it is starting to hurt more than it should and I also miss watching the fantastic racing while capturing the action on camera. I'll stick to the sidelines with the camera for a while now and see how things go. Here is a photo of the top half of the bruising on my lower back - not pretty!

Definitely not pretty. Oucho. Thanks for coming down anyway and taking pix.

**Henk** · 23rd July 2010, 18:12

Nice pictures, ugly bruise. Hope that heals in a hurry and that the knee follows not far behind.

**Arronduke** · 23rd July 2010, 18:45

Daimen.. That looks terrible.. did you have a back protector on?

I feel unsafe without one now .. even started to wear it on the road.

**Damien_Toman** · 24th July 2010, 00:18

I was wearing my back protector but it does not go down that far

. I will have better protection there before I ride again. Have a close look at the Mt. Welly ripple strips. It is like hitting a small kerb.

**Buckets4Me** · 24th July 2010, 08:29

Originally Posted by Damien_Toman

Thanks guys

. I love being out there on the track but it is starting to hurt more than it should and I also miss watching the fantastic racing while capturing the action on camera. I'll stick to the sidelines with the camera for a while now and see how things go. Here is a photo of the top half of the bruising on my lower back - not pretty!

so whats hapening with that heap of a bike you have ????

lol DONT sell it (give it to me)

seriosly the bruising will go away

**Damien_Toman** · 24th July 2010, 12:54

Originally Posted by Buckets4Me

so whats hapening with that heap of a bike you have ????

lol DONT sell it (give it to me)

seriosly the bruising will go away

I'll wait till I'm 100% fit before making any decisions. I expect that to be many weeks away.

The interesting thing is that my engine is now running better than ever before. It is not even properly run in after the rebore, high-lift cams and skimmed barrels. I have not been able to fully test it yet

. It's a pity the old body is not in such good shape - it needs a rebuild!

Damien