King of Kaitoke round 2

[richban]

Great day. Luck was on my side. Being able to walk away from a very fast crash. All down to a home made throttle slide cover gasket sicking my throttle on full in 6th gear at the end of the start Finnish straight. I actually had a nightmare about it last night. Scariest thing that has happened to me on a bucket. Great days racing was good to be able to hang in with fish again. Last race was fast. Really enjoyed watching the B grade races. There were some epic battles all through the field with some hard racing. Thanks to Fish and Nigel for working so hard through the day.

Bring on the next one.

[Kendog]

Thanks to Fish and Nigel for working so hard through the day.
Bring on the next one.

Full credit to Fishy, very well run and kept us organised (not easy to do). It really is great seeing so many bikes out there.

[hmurphy]

The A grade racing was awesome to watch but I must say the B graders were putting on an awesome show! So much passing! Awesome number of riders out there too. Very, very tempted to get an RG50 like Sully's and have a go.

Well done Fishy for organizing the event, it's very cool to see so many numbers representing buckets in Welly!

[F5 Dave]

Yeah thanks to the Fishie. Well run & interfaced to the Kart club.

Just a point about flag marshalling. The last A grade race we were short a marshalling point at the top of the track (left).

ok so its more fun to stay & yak in the pits, but this racing lark only works if others do some work into running it. So either we bring along some mates to help or we do some flagging ourselves. The B grade races were covered by the A grade guys (& some Stalwards like Dave Freeman), but there were 2 or 3 times as many B graders, it shouldn't be hard to share it out.

Do we need to hold a 5 min flag marshalling school if people aren't sure what to do?

Additionally it is a bit of yakka to get up to the two far points. Perhaps someone could throw an old bike in their wagon which they don't mind people using to get to the top points. I've been looking out to happen upon one to donate to the club but nothing has popped up.

Can someone bring one along & we'll see how it works out cycling to the top in leathers. Maybe it is too hard, but it could be ok & the return trip would be easy.

[Kendog]

Good idea re the bike heading up to the top.

I don't know why there would be a lack of flag people for the A grade race, there were so many of us.
It's a great opportunity to see other riders lines as Fishy said at the start of the day. We may need to sell the opportunity more. Perhaps the newer people are not sure what to do so are nervous and need a little guidance.

[F5 Dave]

I think that may be the case. Here go do this flagging. erm, pressure. . .avoid avoid, someone else will do it.

[Trudes]

Ummm, some guidance of what to actually do and where to look while flagging would be good too. No point "flagging" if you don't know what to do.

[koba]

I think that may be the case. Here go do this flagging. erm, pressure. . .avoid avoid, someone else will do it.

Ummm, some guidance of what to actually do and where to look while flagging would be good too. No point "flagging" if you don't know what to do.

So true.

Maybe drag a newbie out when possible, would be harder for most A graders unless not racing or have a broken bike.

Shit that was a good day, Cheers all, I had heaps of fun.

[F5 Dave]

Ummm, some guidance of what to actually do and where to look while flagging would be good too. No point "flagging" if you don't know what to do.

to quote myself:

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Do we need to hold a 5 min flag marshalling school if people aren't sure what to do?
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[Trudes]

to quote myself:

I think we do. In fact maybe just a reminder to everyone of which way to look when when you're flagging and how to use the flags would be good. You're not actually there to watch the race (unless you end up out there with nowhere to go like I did at one point) but to watch the corners between your flag point and the next flag point. And to be honest, I wouldn't even bother with the blue flag, it gets used so sparatically and often incorrectly that I usually ignore it now and just keep my eyes and ears out for lapping riders. I've noticed the Kart guys when they flag for us put that blue flag out and often the person behind is actually the person you've been holding off all race, or the lapping rider is half the track away still.

[Str8 Jacket]

I've noticed the Kart guys when they flag for us put that blue flag out and often the person behind is actually the person you've been holding off all race, or the lapping rider is half the track away still.

Yep, happened to me as few times and almost ended in tears at one point.

I also noticed at one point when Rich had a wee lie down by the pits the person flagging at that point didn't notice a thing cause they were looking the completely wrong way (towards the bikes rather than watching the corner the bikes are approaching...)

I have had ALOT of flagging experience and am happy to put my hand up to help teach at a quick meeting, if anyone wants to take me up on the offer let me know.....

[Trudes]

I also noticed at one point when Rich had a wee lie down by the pits the person flagging at that point didn't notice a thing cause they were looking the completely wrong way (towards the bikes rather than watching the corner the bikes are approaching...)

I hope this comment isn't directed at me Hels. I was not in the flag point shed, so was not my responsibility as I mentioned to someone else who decided to have a go at me about that.

[White trash]

Right. To all you pricks that asked when I was buying a bucket so you can all seriously humiliate and demoralize me and my lack of skills, I'm looking at trading one tomorrow. Should the deal be done, I'll see y'all at R III.

[Number One]

Right. To all you pricks that asked when I was buying a bucket so you can all seriously humiliate and demoralize me and my lack of skills, I'm looking at trading one tomorrow. Should the deal be done, I'll see y'all at R III.

oooooo the bumpants may be needing to be resowed special!

[saxet]

I hope this comment isn't directed at me Hels. I was not in the flag point shed, so was not my responsibility as I mentioned to someone else who decided to have a go at me about that.

I'm pretty sure it's directed at some one else.I was with Hels at the time.