Cemetery Circuit Prize Giving

[jellywrestler]

Im sure a post classic side car didnt get the track record, do you know what it is and when it was set?

sorry Choppa, I was reffering to lap record, Shirriffs knows all the details on that one Stroud has it BTW.

[CHOPPA]

sorry Choppa, I was reffering to lap record, Shirriffs knows all the details on that one Stroud has it BTW.

Yeah I thought he said 06, the best I can find is actually Nick last year

[MSTRS:Me]

Have a listen

No denying - they do sound lovely.
Big bang - or not - that is what they were described to me as being, by an early purchaser of one here in the bay. And this explanation on YouTube uses the term in the title...

[Robert Taylor]

I've seen the Yamaha referred to as "long Bang" rather than big bang and that vid gives an excellent explanation.

Either way they do sound really good

[Sensei]

I dont believe there was a track record set this year?

Saddly Choppa it wasn't a record set by bikes .... it was a record set by being one of the slowest days of racing .. I can only hope that all involved can come together to being this event back to the days of old , or as some others have said this event may just end up a " By gone memory "

[suzuki21]

CKT is a domain name registered to another company, which was complicit in belieing the trust that it was specifically requested the forks would not be completely pulled apart. But given that guys brief and torrid weekend in Australia with working on Ohlins stuff I can understand he is not confident with it. Training and a database would have helped considerably.
There is a strong message here that if anyone lends anything to anyone out of goodwill and there is a specific request, then that request is adhered to. Trust and respect are appropriate words.
There was nothing wrong with the gear inside those forks, its all about settings for the individual rider. After all as Craig correctly pointed out the lap record still belongs to Andrew Stroud and he is using exactly the same series of equipment that was removed.
Dan won and good on him, he is an excellent rider.

Robert, I have always respected the work you put in for riders and racing in general, but I dont know why as a bussiness man you are being so childish and attacking anyone that isnt a client of yours. Sorry, but you arent the only person in the world that does suspension work, and we dont tell the rider what he wants, he tells us.
1. People feeding from the trough with multiple rider teams? Is obvious who you are getting at, when you mortgage your house and sell all your stuff to get the riders to the track then I will respect you.
2. When the rider says "I dont like that go with this" we do it. If the rider likes something to be done we do it, its all about what the rider wants/needs not what you can sell them.
3. I didnt know you were Tony's spokesperson
4.You are right there wasnt anything wrong with the gear in the forks for Tony, but there was for Dan. You touched on before about different riders etc.
5. How the hell did this turn into a whinge thread about recession blah blah from being pissed off at drunken louts at prize giving?

[Billy]

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How the hell did this turn into a whinge thread about recession blah blah from being pissed off at drunken louts at prize giving?[/QUOTE]

Cause this is Kiwibiker where we never let the facts get in the way of a good story LOL!

[merv]

I dont believe there was a track record set this year?

I think what everyone referred to was what was on MYLAPS I'd guess - it still says this now against the RH Memorial Race so somehow the system thought he set a new record, if he didn't the system needs its history updating:

"16:46 New Track Record (49.081) for F1 by Dan Stauffer. 16:50 checker @ 4.51 "

[Robert Taylor]

Robert, I have always respected the work you put in for riders and racing in general, but I dont know why as a bussiness man you are being so childish and attacking anyone that isnt a client of yours. Sorry, but you arent the only person in the world that does suspension work, and we dont tell the rider what he wants, he tells us.
1. People feeding from the trough with multiple rider teams? Is obvious who you are getting at, when you mortgage your house and sell all your stuff to get the riders to the track then I will respect you.
2. When the rider says "I dont like that go with this" we do it. If the rider likes something to be done we do it, its all about what the rider wants/needs not what you can sell them.
3. I didnt know you were Tony's spokesperson
4.You are right there wasnt anything wrong with the gear in the forks for Tony, but there was for Dan. You touched on before about different riders etc.
5. How the hell did this turn into a whinge thread about recession blah blah from being pissed off at drunken louts at prize giving?

Given that I have pulled a few of those forks apart my comments about losing fitting tolerance every time you do so ( and therefore shortening the ultimate life of the forks ) is VERY relevant.
There are plenty of us who have done plenty for people at minimal or no charge over many years and yes there is freedom of choice. That includes Rays excellent WP product and when you compete with him you know that its a straight game and such things as domain names arent being registered behind your back. Or trying to get the Race Tech distributorship right after doing a course here in NZ. Sigh, you mention respect and being childish.....
The recession affects all of our lives, including budgets to go racing. If you borrow stuff you have respect, unfortunately over the years in road racing I have ( in general ) seen a lot of stuff borrowed and returned in a condition the worse for it.

[Shaun]

CKT is a domain name registered to another company, which was complicit in belieing the trust that it was specifically requested the forks would not be completely pulled apart. But given that guys brief and torrid weekend in Australia with working on Ohlins stuff I can understand he is not confident with it. Training and a database would have helped considerably.
There is a strong message here that if anyone lends anything to anyone out of goodwill and there is a specific request, then that request is adhered to. Trust and respect are appropriate words.
There was nothing wrong with the gear inside those forks, its all about settings for the individual rider. After all as Craig correctly pointed out the lap record still belongs to Andrew Stroud and he is using exactly the same series of equipment that was removed.
Dan won and good on him, he is an excellent rider.

Months back when I was being a total wanker still with you Robert and taking sides with Kerry Dukic to try and take customers away from you ( Total wanker I am I know) he used to ring me all the time and pretend to be a real friend and just talk so much rubbish about you and Shane and laugh about the fact that he had claimed the CKT name, he also used to claim he was good enough I-T wise to be able to access data from your guys systems?

Kerry is a crap sportsman and a fukin terrible dangerous person to be working on motorbikes


* I WAS ACTUALLY STUPID ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THAT KERRY DID KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING, Untill I worked on bikes he had worked on.

I am not in any kind of buisness here in NZ any more, so do not need to take sides based on money, I only take sides with people I consider to be friends, and after how I have acted towards you Robert, I respect you even mre as a man now than before

[jrandom]

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[Frenchy]

Getting a little of topic guys, (we all know who has the biggest cock on here.....)

sad about the races being delayed was the first time i missed the race in quiet some time but it didnt sound like i missed to much, over recent years i think everyone has seen the spectators getting more and more out of control and showing a total lack of respect for people and property.

I think there should be a few changes to provide safer spectating areas or not alloying people to certain areas to increase saftey, id hate to see an accident that would cause everyone to miss out!!

And alos if rider choses not to race there that is totally there call after all its there ares in the hot seat!!

good luck next year and i hope it runs a little smoother! im not sure at this stage if ill race it again or not

[Robert Taylor]

There is of course nothing wrong with healthy competition. It is though unhealthy when a competitor deliberately tries to undermine you and employs underhand tactics.

[Robert Taylor]

Getting a little of topic guys, (we all know who has the biggest cock on here.....)

sad about the races being delayed was the first time i missed the race in quiet some time but it didnt sound like i missed to much, over recent years i think everyone has seen the spectators getting more and more out of control and showing a total lack of respect for people and property.

I think there should be a few changes to provide safer spectating areas or not alloying people to certain areas to increase saftey, id hate to see an accident that would cause everyone to miss out!!

And alos if rider choses not to race there that is totally there call after all its there ares in the hot seat!!

good luck next year and i hope it runs a little smoother! im not sure at this stage if ill race it again or not

Well said Frenchy and I guess that was what I was trying to primarily drive at, spectator safety. Improved safety would inevitably come at a cost, reflected in a higher gate price. But already people grizzle at the ( very reasonable ) gate prices and as Jellywrestler correctly said ''you are damned if you do and damned if you dont''
It would be a shame to lose the ''up close and in your face'' spectacle of street racing. Any improved safety measures would somehow have to not sanitize / detract from the spectacle. Doing nothing at all invites an earlier demise.

[grantnz]

And there is a huge part of the problem with street racing these days, The LACK of QUALITY of riders on the grid!!!!!!

To many CLUB SCENE only riders, not serious racers, hence all the crashes these days and oil spills all over the course

My first ever road race was Wanganui 1983, Countrywide Bank Series, finished 2nd to last in Junior Proddy RZ350, no cut off/qualifiying times, no tyre warmers or slicks, no Ohlin/Dukic supension, sign in and scrutineering 6 am on race day. Shit myself and and had a ball all at the same time. Went back most years to 1990 racing.
Now a spectator, last time I went was 2 or 3 years ago, left at 4pm when they were up to race 9 of 26 races. Why do they crash with all the good gear these days?
Robert Holden would be spinning in his grave listening to this shit about about mylaps/records, a race/meeting named after him.