TSS Red Baron King of Kaitoke final (19 June)

[Moooools]

Yeah great day of racing. Despite having crap weather probably one of my favorite days so far. (Maybe that is because my bike actually went well and lasted the whole meet...)

Thanks for the prizes and congrats on all the other prize winners.
Awesome.

[Kendog]

Probably the wettest day I have raced excluding bob, but lots of fun.

Huge thanks to fishie for organizing the series, the rider numbers prove it was a huge success.

[richban]

Fab day out. Thanks Fishie and Nigel and everyone that raced. Had a new front tire for this one and it made a big difference. Some seriously fast, close racing in the wet. Feel rather lucky I didn't get hurt with my fast departure to the mud. Thanks Trudy for the hose down. What a mess. Hope someone has photo's

Till next time.

[fi5hy]

Thanks guys and a thank you to Nigel for the help with lap scoring

Cheers see you next month for more

[gatch]

Had a bit of a laugh in the wet. First time out for the Spartan, thing was running like a bag of hammers. In part due to the muffler coming off the header, that and Richard Haynes pouring gelatin in my tank to hold me back..

Hopefully see you cats next time.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah, cheers Fishe etc for a good series. I was a bit hungover & in a little trouble so I elected to look after my lad for the day. He thought it was cool & kept saying Bikes, Bikes. But it was a bit wet to keep him out in it. Or me for that matter. Can we order some decent weather for next time? I don't want to do shake down runs on the 100 in the wet thanks.

[Henk]

Best I add my thanks to Fishie and co for organising, all the hardy locals that turned up for the wetest bucket meet I've ever been to and Str8 and Koba for putting us up.
Had a great time and learnt that getting up at two in the morning, driving quite a long way and then drinking on an empty stomach can take you from OK to unconcious in about 15 minutes.
Damn good weekend, hope to see some of you at Roys Hill in a couple of weeks.

[Dutchee]

Cheers for another fun day. I expected to have no fun at the track, but apart from my mechanic not being able to fix the bike properly, had a ball. We actually got a bit sensible and stayed overnight in Turangi instead of getting home at 2am.

Sorry for piking out so early Saturday night, but I guess being old and four hours sleep, 10 hours driving, couple of hours watching racing and talking shit at Manfeild adds up to a couple of old folk not able to keep up with the youngsters.

Congrats to Nigel for the win, funny as hell as I didn't realise you guys were coming up for the checkers and just wanted to get the heck out of your way, so felt totally mobbed as you crossed the line

As for Mr A in the last B grade race, I knew you were going to crash, you had that look on your face as you looked back at me, so I was looking forward to watching you constantly go past me and crashing but my bike sputtered coming out of Chicago and as pit lane was just there, I thought I should do the sensible thing and not risk having the bike go toes up on me again.

Dunno what else to say, except, next time (October) can we have some decent weather? I did keep thinking I should be able to pass Trudes as she was on slicks and I was on wets, but was happy to even keep up with her (I know how slow I am).

Sorry Kyle that you missed out on a race, but no matter - I missed out on two hahaha

Crash of the day was definitely Rich. I don't think I even saw it but did watch the slide. What a mess dude. You were lucky you didn't get hurt. I need to crash but somehow it doesn't overly appeal - maybe you could give me lessons??? I've hit the road before, know it hurts, hit the dirt often and know it doesn't hurt often, so now need to learn whether hitting the track and then dirt hurts or not.

Anyway, thanks again for a fun day. Looking forward to Roy's Hill in a couple of weeks and then October back down there.
Michelle

[quallman1234]

Great to meet you guys!

I must say a massive thanks for a fantastic weekend! You guys certainly sorted me out, much appreciated!
It was awesome riding a decent bike at buckets for once ! Thank you a lot. Will have to make it up to you guys at Roys hill (if i make it) secretly somehow!
Thanks heaps Henk and Michelle you spoiled me!

[F5 Dave]

Hey we never got around to playing Kaitoke the board game. Probably a good thing, I ran out of Nastro & could only stomach a glass of Kobas homebrew + getting home any drunker wouldn't have helped my plight.

[grantnz]

I have heard about this Roys Hill round, I am going to come up for that I think. Should be sweet. Get a bunch of welly riders up there to kick some ass.

Bugga, why do you chose the only month that I am not going to be there to come to Roy's Hill?
Going to be in Auckland that weekend..,. looking at dinosaurs or something with the family... might have to review the travel plans...

[richban]

Crash of the day was definitely Rich. I don't think I even saw it but did watch the slide. What a mess dude. You were lucky you didn't get hurt. I need to crash but somehow it doesn't overly appeal - maybe you could give me lessons??? I've hit the road before, know it hurts, hit the dirt often and know it doesn't hurt often, so now need to learn whether hitting the track and then dirt hurts or not.

Yes well I was lucky. Been lucky a few times lately with some fast crashes. I will try and not make a habit of it. Need to act my age and let the young guys do all the crashing. But if I had a choice crashing into the mud and sliding up the bank would be the preferred option. Still don't know what happened whit line maybe. Sux, had it in the bag. Was great that you and Henk made the effort I hope to get up your way soonish for a race or 2.

[Henk]

Hey we never got around to playing Kaitoke the board game. Probably a good thing, I ran out of Nastro & could only stomach a glass of Kobas homebrew + getting home any drunker wouldn't have helped my plight.

Nothing wrong with Kobas homebrew you poof.

Bugga, why do you chose the only month that I am not going to be there to come to Roy's Hill?
Going to be in Auckland that weekend..,. looking at dinosaurs or something with the family... might have to review the travel plans...

Review the travel plans, tell them they can come to the track if they want to see dinosaurs, between the two of us I'm sure we'd have it covered.

[Dutchee]

Bugga, why do you chose the only month that I am not going to be there to come to Roy's Hill?
Going to be in Auckland that weekend..,. looking at dinosaurs or something with the family... might have to review the travel plans...

Fark, Auckland's here any time, it's not going away yet (much as the rest of the country wishes it would).

We chose that round as it's the only one we can make this year due to clashes with our rounds and/or being too close to them. The next Auckland round is at the end of next month (last weekend in July) and we decided it's too long between drinks.

Rich, I found the white line nicely on my line, so was overly wary of the damned thing. Couldn't see from where I was standing whether you were hitting it or not. One thing I did wonder, was how slippery clumps of grass and mud would be if you hit them on the track. Someone (who shall remain anonymous) dropped a lovely clump just as he went past me, which was picked off the track (thanks guys).

F5 Dave - I think we'll be having to play the board game in October, as at Roy's Hill we'll have to play Roy's Hill the board game (doesn't quite have the same ring to it, but no doubt the results will be the same - messy). Your little one is gorgeous - wonder if we can find a spray to keep him like that - always in a good mood, not hungry, no dirty nappies, small and cute. Women are so fickle hahaha

[grantnz]

...Review the travel plans, tell them they can come to the track if they want to see dinosaurs, between the two of us I'm sure we'd have it covered.

Travel plans are under reveiw as we speak. Attendance is improbable, but should not be discounted...
As the scrutineer, make sure you are all wearing your nylons...

$30 entry ($20 each on a shared bike CONDITIONS APPLY)
$20 Day Licence
$10 fee for Saturday practice 3 pm to 5 pm.

Sign in 9:30 on race day

Bikes must conform to MNZ regulations and excessively loud machines will be excluded at the discretion of the race officials at any time.

1.) MNZ rules for competition motorcycles.
These are non negotiable, lock wired sump plugs, catch bottles for crankcase breather, carb overflow hose, fuel tank breather, and coolant overflow for
the water cooled bikes.
Spin on oil filters to be secured with a hose clip or similar.

Applies to all Buckets and Motards

Please note MNZ rules 34.2.4 through to 34.3 regards Motards. ( 500cc min
size catch bottle, no glycol coolant, lock wire fillers and drains, noise
max 95 db).

2.) Roy's Hill track rules, in addition to the above.

All bikes to have crash knobs / bungs / nylon, call it what you will to the
following areas,

a.) Front and rear axles, or front fork legs and rear swing arm ( which ever
protrudes the most ).

b.) The underside of both foot pegs.

c.) Handle bar ends. ( Alloy bark busters here on Motards,)

d.) Any part of the frame or engine that will touch the ground if the bike
was laid on it's side.( Some claim the RS 125 tail / seat and tyres hits
first, so they don't need nylon swingarm / axle protection ???).
If this is the case, we reserve the right to push it off the stand and see what hits?

e.) Lock wired oil and water filler caps.

f.) A Grade riders only permitted in practice sessions and A Grade races,
same applies for B Grade. Any reasonable request to run outside of your
class ( machine sorting etc.. is at the discretion of the Clerk of the
Course.) Going for a quick fang or extra track time is not reasonable.