TSS Red Baron King of Kaitoke final (19 June)

[fi5hy]

Hi all thats right its that time again the final round of the TSS RED BARON KING OF KAITOKE, sign on and bike checks from 8am, please can we have you all park in the top car park after you have unloaded your machines and placed them in our pit area.

Prize giving will take place after racing so stick around there are prizes down to 10th in the TSS Red Baron King of Kaitoke cup as well as Miadstone Yamaha A and Motorad B grades, down to 3rd in the Motomart rookie of the year, A prize for Scooterazi best bucket and Richards Motorcycles most improved rider. If your not there to collect your prize it we go to the next on the list i.e 11 place and so on. So in a nut shell be there or miss out.
Finally Thanks to Motorad we have a new HJC helmet to give away too.

See you all there Fishie

P.S I do take bribes as long as the're green or red notes.

[hmurphy]

I don't think I'm gonna be there. I went and tested my bucket at Kaitoke yesterday, did 4 laps and found a few problems so I had to go home. Too much to fix in a week but I will try. I will try make it for prize giving at least.

[Trudes]

P.S I do take bribes as long as the're green or red notes.

Broke, how about a hug instead?

Planning on being there to *cough* race.... ha!

[grantnz]

Could be there weather permiting...

[richban]

Could be there weather permiting...

Will be there for sure. Its been to long off the bike.

Sux about your bike Hamish what's the problem?

[hmurphy]

A couple of things. The brakes were rock solid but with no power because of the master cylinder bore being too big for the caliper. So I switched it to the smaller FXR master cylinder and BOOM way more braking power.

Unfortunately the muffler hits the ground too easily so I need to sort out a smaller muffler. Suspension is set up really soft at the moment too which wont be helping.

I think even with the footpeg raisers I have made the footpegs could still potentially hit the ground. The gear shifter isn't very good either. Other than that, I did 1 reasonably quick-ish lap and the bike was considerably more stable in the 2 main areas on the track where I was having trouble with big wobbles.

[richban]

A couple of things. The brakes were rock solid but with no power because of the master cylinder bore being too big for the caliper. So I switched it to the smaller FXR master cylinder and BOOM way more braking power.

Unfortunately the muffler hits the ground too easily so I need to sort out a smaller muffler. Suspension is set up really soft at the moment too which wont be helping.

I think even with the footpeg raisers I have made the footpegs could still potentially hit the ground. The gear shifter isn't very good either. Other than that, I did 1 reasonably quick-ish lap and the bike was considerably more stable in the 2 main areas on the track where I was having trouble with big wobbles.

Just a few teething problems then. Sully or Fish might have a stiffer spring.

[Str8 Jacket]

Word has it that there may be a couple of Aucklanders coming down......

[all4A50s]

I'll be there.

Have some mods to try that I hope will help me to get my elephant around the track under the magic number.

[hmurphy]

Yeah definitely just teething problems. It was exciting to ride it though. Not sure how the suspension really is until I have ridden it fast for a few laps and had a bit of a play with it. I have watched a ton of videos and done a lot of reading so I'm keen to go try a few things and see how it goes.

[Dutchee]

Word has it that there may be a couple of Aucklanders coming down......

Lookng forward to it, but wondering if the bikes just end up staying in the van Hamish, if your bike isn't ready, bring your gear and take mine out in a practice and if it's all okay for you, you can race that (Henk enjoyed racing you last time, and as he always offers his bike, I have to reciprocate). And yes, I know offering a B/C grade rider is a bit different from an A grade, but I don't give a crpa about my bike and I'm not the mechanic lol Oopss, better go, mechanic just got home.

[hmurphy]

Bahaha that's awesome. I will consider your offer, very very generous of you! Thanks

[Str8 Jacket]

Lookng forward to it, but wondering if the bikes just end up staying in the van

Do you predict a hangover?

I know I do! Game ready to go!!

[Dutchee]

Do you predict a hangover?

I know I do! Game ready to go!!

nOT Only that, but it might get rained off lol
But someone wants a race pie, I think that's all I've heard about.

Got another dorklander coming down (just got told), but no idea how to get hold of him even - he was there on the Sunday at Easter. Good to see another keen person wanting to get the hell outta town whenever he can (wonder why he hasn't come to any of the NI series rounds, but not sure when he started).

Oh, Hamish, the mechanic said then he has to change my bike so I've got stock carb and something else (wheels, dunno), but he didn't tell me off too much lol

[hmurphy]

Haha make sure he doesn't do too much!! I'm unsure if I can make it as it is. I have far too much exam study to do and on Sunday there is a special study group thing which I think I should go to. Really gutted as I don't normally miss any racing.