Two days buckets only at Kaitoke! (8 & 9 Oct)

[F5 Dave]

You meet the gheyest people on a Honda?

Yeah awesome event, clouded only slightly by the troubles I was having with the 100. The 50 was the most fun to ride though.

Thanks Skunk & co, great day. Can't beat Kaitoki on a nice day. Good on all the Auck & Hawkes bay chaps who made it down.

[cotswold]

Great weekend, loved your track you guys are real lucky.
Thanks Skunk for a well run meeting.
I will be keen to repeat the trip again sometime.
Thanks again to all involved.
Orange 4

[Dutchee]

for all of you who didn't turn up and think you missed a great weekend. Don't worry, you didn't. It really sucked. The track sucks, the people down there suck, the food sucks, the booze sucks, everything sucks.

Okay, got rid of that lot, when's the next great event???????? Ideal would be a couple of bikes down there, a couple up here, fly down, rent a car (the trip home sucked, the interlude was a huge amount of fun, but blardy, I'm sure that drive is getting longer).

Thanks to everyone for another fantastic weekend. Shame about it being so chilly on Saturday (the rain was okay, it was the chill factor that was the killer), but yesterday's weather definitely made up for that. All I remember about the racing was it was huge fun, and I was stoked again, even if I came last. The 100 behaved yesterday (after playing up Saturday), and the 150 played up Sunday (after behaving Saturday). Thanks George for the help with the brakes, I somehow wasn't that keen on heading out without front brakes (back wouldn't have bothered me).

Definitely missed having Trudes to battle with, but having the youngsters to ride with was great. (hehe, I looked over and went, hmm, all C grade is Aucklanders).

Now for Taupo, Taumaranui, Tokoroa, Roy's Hill (in time, hopefully), and all the other huge fun away meets (even if I end up deciding not to ride, they're just good fun).

Thanks for sharing your track again, and we'll be back at some stage in the new year no doubt (oh yeah, definitely Easter).

[Trudes]

Definitely missed having Trudes to battle with, but having the youngsters to ride with was great. (hehe, I looked over and went, hmm, all C grade is Aucklanders).

Thanks for sharing your track again, and we'll be back at some stage in the new year no doubt (oh yeah, definitely Easter).

I'm so glad you enjoyed yourself M.
Sorry I didn't come out to say HI!!!!! I was severly hung over on Saturday (rolled in the front door at about 5am...) and then Andrew text and said it was pissing down so I figured there wasn't much point piling onto the Hornet and coming out.
Then on Sunday I did the sensible adult thing and made the decision to stay home and do an assignment and ring my mammy rather than stand about with a beer and a flag.
Having a broken bike sucks a little, I haven't completely given up the will to live, but I'm getting there......
Rangi and I will hopefully be back in action again for the next time you're here chook.

[F5 Dave]

hey what was all this talk over the weekend of a thread someone was going to start about el cheapo lap timers?


bit like this, but from source & heaps cheaper
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-413745951.htm

[richban]

hey what was all this talk over the weekend of a thread someone was going to start about el cheapo lap timers?


bit like this, but from source & heaps cheaper
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-413745951.htm

I tried one of them at manfield it didn't work. Might work on a Kart track maybe.

[F5 Dave]

yeah name escapes me, chap on motard who is always smiling had one. He reckoned it was working ok with sender on the rail by the pit

[Tard]

I tried one of them at manfield it didn't work. Might work on a Kart track maybe.

Yep, looks identical to one I was using. Seemed to work fine Rich as soon as it was pointed level with the bike instead of into the sky....dumbass. Other than that all good, got every lap I did

Getting one off Tardme would def. be quicker than Ebay that's for sure...

PS. Go hard at BOB

[richban]

Yep, looks identical to one I was using. Seemed to work fine Rich as soon as it was pointed level with the bike instead of into the sky....dumbass. Other than that all good, got every lap I did

Getting one off Tardme would def. be quicker than Ebay that's for sure...

PS. Go hard at BOB

Yeah I think it could have been a setup issue. I did have it working in the garage timing the kids doing laps on there bikes.

[Dutchee]

I'm so glad you enjoyed yourself M.
Sorry I didn't come out to say HI!!!!! I was severly hung over on Saturday (rolled in the front door at about 5am...) and then Andrew text and said it was pissing down so I figured there wasn't much point piling onto the Hornet and coming out.
Then on Sunday I did the sensible adult thing and made the decision to stay home and do an assignment and ring my mammy rather than stand about with a beer and a flag.
Having a broken bike sucks a little, I haven't completely given up the will to live, but I'm getting there......
Rangi and I will hopefully be back in action again for the next time you're here chook.

No worries, I knew you had an assignment and Kendog told me you'd gone out for a couple of quiets and come home at 5am Plus Rangi not a happy motorbike.

Taupo's in a few weeks, so hopefully you can make that.

Oh, and that's the sort of day I won't bother taking out the road bike either, unless I have to go to work these days lol. That's one thing I miss on weekends with me now riding buckets - the days when Henk gets the hell out of my hair and I just do what the hell I want lol

[Str8 Jacket]

Thanks everyone for some awesome racing!! Thanks to all those flaggies, especially Malcolm (who is recovering from shoulder surgery) Craig, Simon, Clive, Mihi, Adrian, Julie, Josh Mike (x2)and Andrew Adlams youngest and anyone else that went out for most races that I have missed for all the effort and time spent flagging. It make sthings so much easier and the day run well when you have assistance!
Don't forget people that flagging is the best way to see all the racing close up. I did feel it was a shame that we had issues with getting (new) volunteers to front up on Sunday. Ironically we had no issues on Sat when it was pissing with rain?
Anyway, I feel like I have run a bloody marathon so I can only imagine how some those of you that were actually riding must feel today!

[GirrlRacer]

Thanks heaps Skunk and crew for the good weekend (Helen for being cheif marshal both days), had a buzz. even bet my Dad in a race by closing the door on him multipul times.. thanks Henk for letting me borrow your bike for the weekend, I love it.

Cant wait till the next bucket (only) event. See you all again.

[Dutchee]

Thanks everyone for some awesome racing!! Thanks to all those flaggies, especially Malcolm (who is recovering from shoulder surgery) Craig, Simon, Clive, Adrian, Josh Mike (x2)and Andrew Adlams youngest for all the effort and time spent flagging. It make sthings so much easier and the day run well when you have assistance!
Don't forget people that flagging is the best way to see all the racing close up. I did feel it was a shame that we had issues with getting (new) volunteers to front up on Sunday. Ironically we had no issues on Sat when it was pissing with rain?
Anyway, I feel like I have run a bloody marathon so I can only imagine how some those of you that were actually riding must feel today!

Oh Str8 - definitely thanks to all those who flagged, it was much appreciated. I was pathetic and only flagged two races, but we were having issues with bikes.

Young Mr Adlam had me a bit confused as in the last C grade race (I think, might've been the one earlier, dunno), he had the yellow out (just resting), which wasn't a big deal, until I think he went to move it. I then had to look to see if there was a yellow or not.

C grade is like F5, where it doesn't seem worth having flaggies, as there's so few of us, and so it's always the hardest to get started. Plus there's nothing to learn from us wobblers, but people like Senior Mr Adlam are appreciated when they point out things we're doing wrong. (I'm struggling a bit with exactly what I can do to fix it, but will work on it).

Feck, I've got shitloads of stuff running through my head (what's left of it), and wondering how the hell I'm going to survive this week of work lol. Hmm, I just want to go riding. Ah well, will just have to cheer on Avalon this weekend and see if we can talk to her and race vicariously (however spelt if that's even the word I'm looking for lol - my brain is mush).

[Str8 Jacket]

Oh Str8 - definitely thanks to all those who flagged, it was much appreciated. I was pathetic and only flagged two races, but we were having issues with bikes.

Hey, you guys were awesome - you both flagged more than once. I'm hinting (read saying) at those who didn't go out once. Those I mentioned went out for most of the races they weren't racing in, they rock!

As do you two!

[Dutchee]

I felt guilty only flagging twice over two days (once a day). I did spot familiar faces in flag points and noticed that they were flagging different points during the day. Julie was out there often, so she made up for my slackness. Thanks to those spectators who come along expecting to just watch and end up helping out flagging - you guys rock!!!

We do have the same battles up here with flaggies, I don't quite understand it. I enjoy flagging and watching, especially points I'm not happy with, so I can try to figure out things. I just don't want to do it all day (as per Taumaranui last year, where I spent two whole days out on flags while others just cruised around, that actually really sucked).

hehe, what's funny is looking at the Auckland results, I don't know how she did it, but Julie got 6th and 7th in the races up here hahaha, that explains a lot to me lol.