How do you all feel about publicity?

[Hardstyle-haz]

I have been going to the Auckland bucket meetings for a little while now and have met a lot of awesome people, had the best day every time I have been, and am in a sense, savagely addicted.

However, having run many extremely successful dance parties and music events (including motorsports events eg. Drift championships etc.), I have noticed one thing that I feel is missing from these meetings.
A little more public support, food and drink eateries and maybe some music going.

I don't know exactly how the community feels about having that sort of thing at the buckets... Maybe some reasons people wouldn't want more spectators could include things like things going missing from the pits, having to keep an eye on trouble, etc. And ofcourse, with any public event, those kinds of things are what we would need to be cautious of. Not making these events public could also be something that has been agreed upon with the people who own the kart tracks and so forth. Either way, I feel this is a sport that deserves some public support and could do well with some slight persuasion to bring a little more to these events.

How do you all feel about having public support at these events?
Would you all be for or against having music (DJs, bands, whatever) playing at these events?
Would anyone be keen on something like sausage sizzles or taco stands?

Just a thought that was lingering in my mind... Let me know what you all think about it
I wan't to get some respectable opinions before suggesting anything fancy!

Harsdtyle Haz

[koba]

My take:
Without thinking too much about it I'm pretty happy with how it is.
I see a certain charm in the grass root nature of buckets.
Growth in promotion and fostering spectator interest would probably be better concentrated towards the 'real racebike' classes at Superbike meetings.

[Hardstyle-haz]

My take:
Without thinking too much about it I'm pretty happy with how it is.
I see a certain charm in the grass root nature of buckets.
Growth in promotion and fostering spectator interest would probably be better concentrated towards the 'real racebike' classes at Superbike meetings.

That's what I assumed. There seems to be a specific culture to it and i definitely don't want to mess with it!
However, Buckets definitely seem to have progressed enough to start calling it F4 racing, rather than "Buckets".
As a race class, I think F4 is pretty much as good as it gets before the larger events for literbikes and midweights (aside from the 250 racing which im not really into).

[jasonu]

I have been going to the Auckland bucket meetings for a little while now and have met a lot of awesome people, had the best day every time I have been, and am in a sense, savagely addicted.

However, having run many extremely successful dance parties and music events (including motorsports events eg. Drift championships etc.), I have noticed one thing that I feel is missing from these meetings.
A little more public support, food and drink eateries and maybe some music going.

I don't know exactly how the community feels about having that sort of thing at the buckets... Maybe some reasons people wouldn't want more spectators could include things like things going missing from the pits, having to keep an eye on trouble, etc. And ofcourse, with any public event, those kinds of things are what we would need to be cautious of. Not making these events public could also be something that has been agreed upon with the people who own the kart tracks and so forth. Either way, I feel this is a sport that deserves some public support and could do well with some slight persuasion to bring a little more to these events.

How do you all feel about having public support at these events?
Would you all be for or against having music (DJs, bands, whatever) playing at these events?
Would anyone be keen on something like sausage sizzles or taco stands?

Just a thought that was lingering in my mind... Let me know what you all think about it
I wan't to get some respectable opinions before suggesting anything fancy!

Harsdtyle Haz

Fair comments mate but if a DJ or some dick with a ghetto blaster or a band (all that would most likely play shit I don't like) started playing loud music at a Buckets meeting I was at I would have to punch him right in the face, smash his equipment and tell him to fuck right off!
Spectators, yes, food and drinks maybe, music or any other loud sound that doesn't come from a motorbike, FUCK NO!!!

[Hardstyle-haz]

Fair comments mate but if a DJ or some dick with a ghetto blaster or a band (all that would most likely play shit I don't like) started playing loud music at a Buckets meeting I was at I would have to punch him right in the face, smash his equipment and tell him to fuck right off!
Spectators, yes, food and drinks maybe, music or any other loud sound that doesn't come from a motorbike, FUCK NO!!!

Fair enough!

I would say the biggest issue with music would be choice of genre.
If it were to happen I would make sure there would be a line up of different music.
Music would more be suited to the GP situations rather than the meetings anyway if at all... Sort of a post race day music-ready mingle, Definitely not while the races are happening.

I definitely am down with food and drink stores... The amount of times I have wanted something other than tap water at a meet is far too many. Plus maccas is a decent effort if you are all in your leathers and have to drive there.
Would be a cool idea having a sausage sizzle etc.

Does anyone know the rules that the kart tracks have given us on track days?

[Grumph]

I don't know the agreement your local club is working under but it's very common to have two rates for track hire.

One for "closed to club" events and another much higher rate for a promoted event at which you charge entry to the public.

[jasonu]

Fair enough!

I would say the biggest issue with music would be choice of genre.
If it were to happen I would make sure there would be a line up of different music.
Music would more be suited to the GP situations rather than the meetings anyway if at all... Sort of a post race day music-ready mingle, Definitely not while the races are happening.

I think you may have misunderstood me. I don't care what sort of music you might play. My point is that I don't want ANY music fagging up Bucket meetings. All I want to hear is the announcements, riders making excuses for not winning and revvin' engines.

[Yow Ling]

I think you may have misunderstood me. I don't care what sort of music you might play. My point is that I don't want ANY music fagging up Bucket meetings. All I want to hear is the announcements, riders making excuses for not winning and revvin' engines.

+1 Im just another grumpy cunt

[NSR143]

Although I think we could do with some positive exposure it's hard enough to get enough numbers of officials to run meetings... and the more riders the more important that would be. I run the bulk of the North Island Series and we just scraped in money wise this year and could do with a few more competitors next season. That said I would cap numbers at around 45-55 entrants if required. Yeeha music wouldn't work for me either, the absolute silence after racing is something I love.. when you're not racing the noise doesn't feel so good!! Be good to drag some younger riders off their dirt bikes for a go at our sport.

[diesel pig]

I think you may have misunderstood me. I don't care what sort of music you might play. My point is that I don't want ANY music fagging up Bucket meetings. All I want to hear is the announcements, riders making excuses for not winning and revvin' engines.

+1 Im just another grumpy cunt

[Dutchee]

I have been going to the Auckland bucket meetings for a little while now and have met a lot of awesome people, had the best day every time I have been, and am in a sense, savagely addicted.

However, having run many extremely successful dance parties and music events (including motorsports events eg. Drift championships etc.), I have noticed one thing that I feel is missing from these meetings.
A little more public support, food and drink eateries and maybe some music going.

I don't know exactly how the community feels about having that sort of thing at the buckets... Maybe some reasons people wouldn't want more spectators could include things like things going missing from the pits, having to keep an eye on trouble, etc. And ofcourse, with any public event, those kinds of things are what we would need to be cautious of. Not making these events public could also be something that has been agreed upon with the people who own the kart tracks and so forth. Either way, I feel this is a sport that deserves some public support and could do well with some slight persuasion to bring a little more to these events.

How do you all feel about having public support at these events?
Would you all be for or against having music (DJs, bands, whatever) playing at these events?
Would anyone be keen on something like sausage sizzles or taco stands?

Just a thought that was lingering in my mind... Let me know what you all th ink about it
I wan't to get some respectable opinions before suggesting anything fancy!

Harsdtyle Haz

If you are wanting to turn it into a circus, we'd be happy for you to supply us with flag marshals, timing people and other officials. we just want to ride our bikes, and everyone who helps run it, rides.

cully has not been on his bike for months (he's the starter) and when NSR runs the NI series, he never brings a bike. Flag marshals are always having to be yelled for, those doing the timing run between the chook shed, and where they post results, and sometimes get to ride their bikes.

If you are not able to organise food for yourself, there is something wrong. we just do rolls on the run, but if I am coming later, I might grab us some subway. there is coffee there, it's not hard to make. Occasionally Bear turns up to make us some, but I've not bothered asking him if it is worth his while (might ask him tomorrow if I see him at work).

I am half deaf and HATE loud music, at the end of the day I would be likely to grab any speaker and shove it onto the track, as after riding, I like to relax. We used to run family trail rides, and honestly, all of us had to take chill pills to stop yelling at the kids still wanting to ride their bikes while we cleaned up. Our kids were all exhausted or helping clean up, and you'd hear them commenting that they wished the kids would shut up already.

Basically buckets/f4 is fine how it is, but more help is always good.

[jim.cox]

How do I feel about publicity?

I dislike it intensely. I try to avoid it.

It's about as crap as the bullshitters producing it.

[speedpro]

Making it more of an 'event' could be positive. What/when/where are the questions. Some sort of minor after match function generally goes down well but I don't know about too much going on during racing. Of course after the meeting generally it's all go, home. Years ago on a Saturday I supplied, at cost, a bit of food. Typically something like beef curry on rice. I never had any left over. Maybe something on a Saturday at Mt Wellington when it's a bit more relaxed. Raceday can be a bit busy. The more I think about it, it could be quite good promotion. Perhaps on a few designated Saturdays rather than on every race weekend Saturday.

[Buckets4Me]

Now the TRRS was a great weekend and had all of that and 45+ buckets. But someone put a stop to it and now we have nothing

if all this was to happen along the lines of the old Taupo Road Race Spectacular I for one would be all keen and even get both bikes up and running again

food stalls bouncy castles and bike bikes bikes . YES PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOUD BAND at the end of the day would be cool as well




Hardstyle-haz Hampton downs if you please. Taupo if you can't

[jellywrestler]

(aside from the 250 racing which im not really into).

have you ever actually sat down and watched all of the battles within one of these races?