Way to go Avalon

[all4A50s]

Congrats Avalon

Found this this morning. Good read

http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/news/arti...-racing-world/

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

Watch out for her at PI as well

[Skunk]

For up to the minute news about road racing Kiwis try www.nzsbk.com

[James Deuce]

What a patronising piece of shit article. You can't just let women be racers, can you? "Ooooo she beats the men! Oooooo!"

FFS she wouldn't be out there is she wasn't competitive and she's proved that for years. Like every other racer out there, she's just a meatsack in leathers trying to get to the flag first. It's not fucking rocket science.

[Buckets4Me]

Congrats Avalon

and her road racing started at the bucket level

and dont forget this guy
http://www.nzsbk.com/2011/09/europea...-5-mettam.html

[Buddha#81:Me]

and her road racing started at the bucket level

and dont forget this guy
http://www.nzsbk.com/2011/09/europea...-5-mettam.html

And another bucket racer on the world stage "After qualifying seventh for the fourth round of the European Junior Cup , Jake Lewis got a good start and was second into turn one. Then lead for most of lap two and three. Lots of nudging , elbows and pushing for the lead bunch. Dropping back to eighth then back to third , only to run wide to finally finish in seventh. The Top seven riders were covered by just 1.5 seconds"

Another is Dom Jones, he beats his little bro Cam up from time to time for his FXR and steps up from AMA to buckets!

[quallman1234]

What a patronising piece of shit article. You can't just let women be racers, can you? "Ooooo she beats the men! Oooooo!"

FFS she wouldn't be out there is she wasn't competitive and she's proved that for years. Like every other racer out there, she's just a meatsack in leathers trying to get to the flag first. It's not fucking rocket science.

Fair, the article may be a 'piece of shit'. However if it gives her an advantage to get more exposure. Go for gold i say.

Yes they all learn't the basics on buckets, great place to start. But there majority of learning to go fast was on a 125GP .

[Buckets4Me]

But there majority of learning to go fast was on a 125GP .

they may have gone faster but did they learn to knee people trying to go up the inside
or how to put a rider down who shoves a handle bar in you gut
or the nice smooth pass betwen 2 bikes in the hairpin
or how to ride over another rider that has fallen infrount of you
or what to do when there is a wheel chewing at your leg

I think she has more to learn on the 600 yet

I think that 150ss, aussie, italy, and the little honda's all played a part (not just the real race bikes)

and yes i did leave out the MX bikes

[Buddha#81:Me]

I cant speak for the NI bucket racing but the race skill you can learn down here on a bucket on a full track is invalueable for the Lewis's, Hoogies, Jones of the world. Bigger fields, more physical, and closer racing than you would ever get on a "real" racebike. Oh and not to mention best bang for bucks. If they wernt getting anything from it all of the above would have stepped "up" (which they all have) and never given buckets a second thought. But 3 x Hoogies, Nick Cain, Jake Lewis, Cam Jones are all regulars and we see Dennis Charlett and Dom Jones all on buckets from time to time.......It raises the bar to a high level down here.

[F5 Dave]

so its up to the rest of us plebs to lower the grade average

[Muzzab]

so its up to the rest of us plebs to lower the grade average

Ha ha, don't forget us mobile chicanes too

[Crasherfromwayback]

I cant speak for the NI bucket racing but the race skill you can learn down here on a bucket on a full track is invalueable for the Lewis's, Hoogies, Jones of the world. Bigger fields, more physical, and closer racing than you would ever get on a "real" racebike. .

Unless that 'real racebike' happened to be a moto-x bike.

[F5 Dave]

He's got you there BC, sadly though most of these chaps don't get further on than comparing Metaluilisha stickers or pawing Troy Lee Design catteldogs for garish attire.

[Crasherfromwayback]

He's got you there BC, sadly though most of these chaps don't get further on than comparing Metaluilisha stickers or pawing Troy Lee Design catteldogs for garish attire.

Too true! Still...back to Avalon...go you good thing you!!!

[quallman1234]

they may have gone faster but did they elarn to knee people trying to go up the inside
or how to put a rider down who shoves a handle bar in you gut
or the nuice smooth pass betwen 2 bikes in the hairpin
or how to ride over another rider that has fallen infrount of you
or what to do when there is a wheel chewing at your leg

I think she has more to learn on the 600 yet

I think that 150ss, aussie, italy, and the little honda's all played a part (not just the real race bikes)

and yes i did leave out the MX bikes

Hah-aha, is this going to be a repeat of the RS125 rolling chassis thread? .

Ask the majority of road racers who have ridden little gp bikes and its were you learn the most about corner speed. All those skills you mentioned learnt via buckets are important. The biggest advantage i find with buckets is the amount of time you get on the track compared to Streetstock or whatever. You can learn the basics there and convert the skills you learnt about pushing a bike to its physical limits to a bike what is capable of much greater limits and see where that takes you.