What would get you to watch local or national Superbike racing?

[SVboy]

Be careful not to dilute what is our premier RACE series in NZ. Yes to a better PA, yes to lunchtime entertainment of a bike nature, more bike related trade displays and better pre meet advertising, but it is what it is-a NATIONALS BIKE RACE Round-not a crusty demons meets the fair entertainment extravaganza! Yes it needs a polish up to appeal to a more mainstream audience, but never lose sight of bike racing being the main focus.

[tigertim20]

Be careful not to dilute what is our premier RACE series in NZ. Yes to a better PA, yes to lunchtime entertainment of a bike nature, more bike related trade displays and better pre meet advertising, but it is what it is-a NATIONALS BIKE RACE Round-not a crusty demons meets the fair entertainment extravaganza! Yes it needs a polish up to appeal to a more mainstream audience, but never lose sight of bike racing being the main focus.

good point.
Id like to see some supersport and superbike vs car races just for fun at lunch time, say a one lap from standing start or something.
trade shows, tools etc would be great, but stunt shows does lean a tad more towards the off road dirt bike stuff, thats gonna detrect a bit.

[imdying]

Stunt shows are going to detract from the day but piece of shite 4 wheelers aren't? Agree that the stunters should be on road bikes.

Fuck cars:

[tigertim20]

Stunt shows are going to detract from the day but piece of shite 4 wheelers aren't? >

not when theyre getting whipped by a bike for laughs

[jellywrestler]

Be careful not to dilute what is our premier RACE series in NZ. Yes to a better PA, yes to lunchtime entertainment of a bike nature, more bike related trade displays and better pre meet advertising, but it is what it is-a NATIONALS BIKE RACE Round-not a crusty demons meets the fair entertainment extravaganza! Yes it needs a polish up to appeal to a more mainstream audience, but never lose sight of bike racing being the main focus.

Agreed but there's only a few people addicted to this the rest need some other entertainment to keep them and their families entertained during the day otherwise boredom, and boredom means they don't get value for money and dont want to go back...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Agreed but there's only a few people addicted to this the rest need some other entertainment to keep them and their families entertained during the day otherwise boredom, and boredom means they don't get value for money and dont want to go back...

And as far as trade displays go...bit hard to attract the 'trade' untill you can show them the numbers!

[jellywrestler]

And as far as trade displays go...bit hard to attract the 'trade' untill you can show them the numbers!

what numbers do you the trade need?

[Crasherfromwayback]

what numbers do you the trade need?

I reckon it'd be hard to get many in the trade excited unless there were a few thousand peeps there. But I could be well wrong. Again.

[onearmedbandit]

I reckon it'd be hard to get many in the trade excited unless there were a few thousand peeps there. But I could be well wrong. Again.

Last national rounds I've been to there would have been thousands there.

[scott411]

I reckon it'd be hard to get many in the trade excited unless there were a few thousand peeps there. But I could be well wrong. Again.

i was thinking the number needs to be more like 10,000,

on the whole issue, i think you need to look at the motorsports that do get decnet crowds in NZ,

1st is the street races, they get big crowds, they offer short races with big fields, and lots of them, close racing, and because the races are short,

2nd is speedway around the country, they again offer short races, with quick turnaround, reverse grid starts to bring out action, also in a 3-4 hour window, (speedway lives off the crowd, the drivers to not pay entry fees so they gear the show around the crowd)

now I find a national road race meeting boring, to many gaps between races, the longer races tend to get boring, just my view,

[White trash]

The first round of the Nationals that AMCC hosted at Hampton had awesome crowd numbers. Unfortunately, the pooch was screwed so royally, the majority of them will not return.

[Crasherfromwayback]

i was thinking the number needs to be more like 10,000,

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Probably...

[rachprice]

I reckon it'd be hard to get many in the trade excited unless there were a few thousand peeps there. But I could be well wrong. Again.

Getting use to that now huh?

[Mad-V2]

I'd like to see:
stunters on roadbikes come out after every race to pass time.
lolly scrambles for the kids
spectators could pay some money to run round on their own bikes under track day rules at lunch time.
You could have a spectators Bike show running all day that you pay to enter, with winners announced at the end in order to keep people there all day.
txt competitions to guess winners, this will make people read the programme and get excited about the racing.
And good tight racing instead of 10 bikes spread over the whole track running on their own.

Oh, and T.V advertising

[Brian d marge]

For all those who haven't been to Ruapuna you're missing out big time. It's a great track, best in NZ in my humble opinion, and also very spectator friendly. You can drive your car straight up on to banking that surrounds large parts of the circuit and have a primo view of the whole thing in comfort. Forget the thought of crispy maggot packs: take your own food/drink supplies and enjoy the best riders in NZ, on the best bikes, at the best track, in the comfort of your own car.....or just use the car as a supply base as you lounge on the grass banking or get up close and personal with some of the legends and/or up and comers.

The pits aren't your average tarmac area either, with plenty of tree'd/grassed areas where kids can kick a footy, ride bikes and generally run amok....or where parents/wives can retreat to relax.

Suggestions for the organisers? How about a speed gun/display at the end of the front straight? Or at various parts of the track as the races progress?

Onboard footage from one or two of the bikes displayed trackside...even if it's not actually live it would be cool to see onboard footage of a race you've just seen from trackside.

Live timing trackside.

Given that you can park your car trackside, instead of a P/A broadcast the commentary over AM or FM radio.

you have just gone smoked yourself retarded
Ruapuna, as a track is Fri Gen awesome, but as. spectator its a hell hole
a hot little of chips, while watching the same three people go round and round, I fact the last time I actually got a Hard on at puna was watching a Tz and a Cbr 6 go toe to toe, the z was shaking its head ...awesome, loved it ....the rest of the day was crap
seriously if you want to make road racing interesting, make my wife wet her knickers

don't care how u do it ...my friend here is a bigger petrol head than most on KB, why? she wanks over vettel, Louis Hamilton was taking a hammering until the shop keeper told her to put the magazine back
Here in japan I race in the vets class, try free BBQ, and in the big, races the crew chief of Honda racing ( my kids don't know him from a grain of salt) but he takes then round the workshop, and well ..fun, even though he is getting the bike ready for the next race.. wife is shopping
honestly ...I could in one foul swoop make bike racing a major sport ..but the retards ( sorry dont like using that word) ..."
keep trying to push their own agendas
a couple of simple changes, and nz bike sport would ( and is sometimes) ..fantastic

go on challenge me, how would I do it..... ?

the answers might not what you expect....

I will review this post, ...long lunch much wine, all good .......

stephen