Wellington Easter Buckets two-day meet

**hmurphy** · 15th January 2011, 12:06

I'm sure I would have fun, but on a stock FXR150 the fun would be clouded over by anger at being completely blitzed down the straights. It's bad enough on a small Kart track. I'm ok with being beaten as long as my bike is as good as the other guys that are beating me.

**all4A50s** · 15th January 2011, 16:05

Originally Posted by Kendog

Easter is way better than Taupo, at least for track time.
Max time on the track at Taupo = 120 minutes
Max time on the track at Kaitoke = 240 minutes or more

For me it's also getting to stay the night between days and having a break from Wgtn and the family. As much as I love em. if I didn't get the break I'd want to shoot those lovely little darlings of mine.

**all4A50s** · 15th January 2011, 16:06

Originally Posted by hmurphy

I'm sure I would have fun, but on a stock FXR150 the fun would be clouded over by anger at being completely blitzed down the straights. It's bad enough on a small Kart track. I'm ok with being beaten as long as my bike is as good as the other guys that are beating me.

The way you ride I'm sure you'd still put me to shame.

**richban** · 15th January 2011, 18:42

Originally Posted by hmurphy

I'm ok with being beaten as long as my bike is as good as the other guys that are beating me.

Welcome to motor racing.

You need to not worry about who has the most power and just ride the wheels of your bike. It will never be an even playing field. My bike has more grunt than yours, you and your bike are probably 30kg lighter then me. Get what I mean. You are young and fit I am old and fat.

**koba** · 15th January 2011, 19:36

Originally Posted by hmurphy

I'm sure I would have fun, but on a stock FXR150 the fun would be clouded over by anger at being completely blitzed down the straights. It's bad enough on a small Kart track. I'm ok with being beaten as long as my bike is as good as the other guys that are beating me.

You will still do pretty good, how good? we may never know if you keep up that attitude

Shit man its good fun! The night (or two) on the piss with like-minded souls from around the country is certainly a major drawcard.

Really man, I've raced a stock FXR there (more stock too - still on road tyres) I came 9th. We both know how we compare on the Kart track so it may not be as bad as you think...

**Henk** · 15th January 2011, 19:43

Originally Posted by koba

Shit man its good fun! The night (or two) on the piss with like-minded souls from around the country is certainly a major drawcard.

Main reason we travel to every meeting we can.
Wellington is a bit of a stretch for us but we hit Hastings three times last year as well as Taumarunui, the Easter meet at Kaitoke and of course Taupo.
I was never going to win the GP (or at any track in NZ to be fair) but that doesn't mean I can't have a huge amount of fun scrapping it out in the mid pack. I've only ever won one race (a last change qualifier at Mt Welly), made a gap and managed to keep it, to be honest I have more fun with someone either up my pipe or just ahead, riding around on my own doesn't interest me that much, even if it was by some miracle to be at the front.

**koba** · 15th January 2011, 19:51

Originally Posted by Henk

Main reason we travel to every meeting we can.
Wellington is a bit of a stretch for us but we hit Hastings three times last year as well as Taumarunui, the Easter meet at Kaitoke and of course Taupo.
I was never going to win the GP (or at any track in NZ to be fair) but that doesn't mean I can't have a huge amount of fun scrapping it out in the mid pack. I've only ever won one race (a last change qualifier at Mt Welly), made a gap and managed to keep it, to be honest I have more fun with someone either up my pipe or just ahead, riding around on my own doesn't interest me that much, even if it was by some miracle to be at the front.

I may join you for a bit of a midpack scrap at easter!

**Henk** · 15th January 2011, 20:01

Originally Posted by koba

I may join you for a bit of a midpack scrap at easter!

Excellent, I'll try to follow you for a while and steal some lines off you if I can keep up. Yours through the complex and onto the front straight in the rain at Taupo was better than anything I deamt up myself

**koba** · 15th January 2011, 20:18

Originally Posted by Henk

Excellent, I'll try to follow you for a while and steal some lines off you if I can keep up. Yours through the complex and onto the front straight in the rain at Taupo was better than anything I deamt up myself

Most people don't seem to click that the ideal dry line is covered in paint.

**Henk** · 15th January 2011, 20:32

Knew about the paint, just couldn't find a way around it.

**koba** · 15th January 2011, 20:47

Originally Posted by Henk

Knew about the paint, just couldn't find a way around it.

Shit man, I'm half blind!

**Henk** · 15th January 2011, 20:54

Maybe that helps. I know that when we used to go trail riding at night we'd go damn near as fast as during the day, couldn't see all the trees, roots and holes so they didn't have the same distraction factor as during the day.