Taupo National Round

**wharfy** · 1st October 2011, 11:46

Well I'm not a Nationals racer so I won't vote - But the dodgy repair work is a bugger, I haven't ridden Taupo for a while (09 Tri-series I think) and the slippery looking patches really do my head in - Note I said slippery looking - 'cause I was to scared to ride over them ! Now a top rider with balls so big he needs a wheel barrow to carry them around says the repairs are are a worry !!!

I was looking forward to VMCC round 6 I guess I will have to go - just for the

**gixerracer** · 1st October 2011, 12:37

Originally Posted by wharfy

Well I'm not a Nationals racer so I won't vote - But the dodgy repair work is a bugger, I haven't ridden Taupo for a while (09 Tri-series I think) and the slippery looking patches really do my head in - Note I said slippery looking - 'cause I was to scared to ride over them ! Now a top rider with balls so big he needs a wheel barrow to carry them around says the repairs are are a worry !!!

I was looking forward to VMCC round 6 I guess I will have to go - just for the

dont get me wrong mate. It was pretty dam bad but it was fresh as in they laid it the day before we rode on it and they put sand grit it to it. Part the problem was the loose sand was all over the corners to. But when hitting the new siliconed patches my good if you wernt ready you would be down the road for sure. Hopefully the track will have been used a fair bit before the next Vic meeting and the loose sand will be gone also so fingers crossed it will not be to much of a drama.

**crazy man** · 2nd October 2011, 07:51

they should run track one in reverse and give no one any practice till the day

**jellywrestler** · 2nd October 2011, 11:05

Originally Posted by Shaun

You can obviuosly type and read

Get ya shit together and stand up as a STAR of NZ Bike racing and get the meeting canned then!

If it is any where near as crap as you say, it MUST NOT happen

Before we read too much into this the stuff was actually being applied the day before and the same day as Shirriffs was riding so may well be needing a time to settel.
Also they applied sand into it to give it some grip the same sand hadn't been cleaned up and was spread across the track somewhat.
Still something to keep an eye on though

**slowpoke** · 3rd October 2011, 12:00

Turns 8 and 9 are the 2 best corners on the track, and I'm buggered if a chicane is gonna improve anything. The fast corners are what sorts the best from the rest.

**lukemillar** · 3rd October 2011, 12:37

Originally Posted by slowpoke

Turns 8 and 9 are the 2 best corners on the track, and I'm buggered if a chicane is gonna improve anything. The fast corners are what sorts the best from the rest.

I agree! They are my 2 fav corners at Taupo, but I'm not racing the nationals so am not voting

**codgyoleracer** · 4th October 2011, 06:19

That slimy stuff is "managable" in the dry, but in the wet , Umm well..........

Good on em for having a go at holding a round there, personally i dont like the layout i find it boring to ride + there are a couple of places NOT to take a "brave pill"

On that note though , i could say the same about any race track in New Zealand, where if you supplied a "what if" scenario - its would be just about impossible to cotton ball every possible outcome.

**sinfull** · 4th October 2011, 06:59

If i remember rightly, they did the same thing on the joins around the repairs from car belly pans ripping the track up, a few years back as has been mentioned and used sand spinkles as they obviously have again, The MC track day Companies kicked up a fuss after the sand wore off a few meetings later and it became like riding on sheets of ice.

They came to the party only when they realised they might lose MC income and ground the shit off, then used another (much more expensive) resin that had grit suspended in it, Was slightly better grip but still a head fuck ! Hope they aint tried to save a couple of dollars here and gone for the cheaper option.
Watch for morning dew not drying on the resin, it doesn't seem to evaporate like on the tarmat for some reason lol

**CHOPPA** · 4th October 2011, 15:01

Surely to reseal a couple of corners wouldnt break the bank? What are we talking $$$?

**Kiwi Graham:Me** · 4th October 2011, 16:39

I've not seen the circuit for well over a year or more, but if the corners are as bad as they were a few years back (ie bloody dangerous) the Pacific Club, Moto TT etc I would hope will bring this to the attention of the circuit owners questioning whether it is safe to run a National event on it.

There will be a host of 'people in the know' up there for the Post Classic GP in a few weeks, perhaps we will get a better perspective then.

Codgy, a full report please mate

A suggestion I made last time was to save expense on a resurface would be to push the apexes out to cover the damage using that hard, moulded, bolt down curbing.

The stuff they used to repair it with is 'slick as' in the mornings (dew) and when wet and it gives you a few phwooor moments in the dry!!!