Pukekohe Open Day Sat, 10th Sep

[crashe]

Keystone was riding Gareth_D's bike today....

[Two Smoker]

Great day out, yep i did end up turning up... but i didnt ride... Good to meet up with everyone, and consider yourselves all fucking lucky Hayden Fitzgereld didnt go out onto the track... instead having a yarn with a few people....

Bruce was flying (as usual) but we only got him at around 1:05's (lots of slow traffic) but could see more to come off those times...

Sudeep was in the 1:14's on his first time on the bike, well done mate

WT is still a hooligan and steals everyones bikes....

Great to see so many 250's out there!!!

[Marmoot]

Thank 6packback for a well-done pic of me.
3rd time on track, and first time got my pic
It's a desktop wallpaper and will be a room poster by Monday

P.S.
it would be a great pic for when selling the bike too next year I'll give ya commission if i get a high price

[Zed]

Thank 6packback for a well-done pic of me.
3rd time on track, and first time got my pic

So you did the track 2day instead of old 22 eh Marmoot, good onya. I passed you going the opposite direction about 2.30pm today just past Khyber Pass on the Southern Mway as I was heading south...can't miss that helmet!

Glad you guys & gurls had a good time at Puke, except the guy who binned of course. Some of those pics Big Dave shot showed Daryl standing by his bike on the grass, what happened there? Also, is that Murray back on his burgandy R1 again? He must have got fed up with the power reduction of that blue R6 he bought...unless he still has it??

Bruce, we knew you couldn't go to the track without riding around it!

[R6_kid:Me]

Keystone19 - not to mention falling off and without concern for her bike running back to check out the other fallen rider, you get my vote Jill

SHE DID WHAT TO MY BIKE!!!

not problems, its actually no more broken than it was before it went out anyway...

actually looks a tad better with that chrome brake lever, cheers quasi

anyone get my times? 1.20-something?

[Marmoot]

...can't miss that helmet!

or whatever paint left on it

(I go so fast that the paint on my helmet starts peeling off )

[R6_kid:Me]

i go so fast my helmet squashes my nose... does that count as fast?

[loosebruce]

Bruce, we knew you couldn't go to the track without riding around it!

Dont know what ya talking about mate, i never rode no track and thats what im sticking to (when the missus is concerned) and chances are i'm not going to be able to pay all my credit card bill, but fuck it what a mint day.

Rode to puke, got pulled up doing 80kph in a 100kph (go figure) some shit about my numberplate not being readable, i asked if he had his contacts in, so i had to clean it, then he pulls the "one of these bikes were nicked the other day, a silver one infact", so i told him he better run a plate check then, he said "I WILL", righto mate ya fucken tool (i didnt say that for the record), asked for me licence and gave me shit cause i had a risky car and a full bike, i asked him what his point was and he turned his back on me to talk on the raido, anyhow all checked out sweet (funny that) he asked if i was going to the track i said yea man, and he then asked me where my indicators were, i told him straight up that i took them off for the track as well as i took my mirrors off for the track, i dont know if you noticed the mirrors were off as well, he replies "OF COURSE I DID", basiclly he ended up with i need quite a few things more than a few actualy, um yeah okay mate, I thought you'd be impressed or at least pleased that i'm going to the track to do my racing there and not on the road?, he said, LOOK just bugger off, and drove away.

So in two minds, cool cop - no ticket, bad cop - real shitte attitude, i should've just fucked off on one wheel, but i had company.

Track, was awesome tryed a few new things and lines and they worked, i know i got at least 1.04's, but there was a lot of traffic out there (not that i have a problem with that, cool) and it was damn near impossible to string a fast lap together, but i came away real happy and that i have learnt more, next time it's racetecs all the way, road tyres just dont cut it now.. Shame about the crash, pretty nasty indeed, on ya Jill for a good attitude, hope you get ya SV650 real soon, you'll love it to bits.

Got home staright to work, which sucked the kumara, but i need the coin, anyhow on my way home, i gas it up down my street (80kph) and theres a judder bar just before my pad, so i hook the back wheel skywards and roll upto the judder bar, thing is there is this car coming towards me just before the jusserbar, i land and my lights light up a cop car, doh, so i stopped next to him and he winds down his window, i said "fuck me thats unfortunate timing" he just cracks up and said "yes it rather init" he just dasi to be a bit more careful and told me to have a good night - and drove off.

Cool Cop - No ticket - Cool Cop - Fuckeing fantastic attitude, i'd imagine if i was doing it down Queen St or some shit it would've been a different story.

Hope everyone enjoyed there day today, i'd love to say i'll see ya next time, but the credit is already maxed.

[Marmoot]

i land and my lights light up a cop car, doh, so i stopped next to him and he winds down his window, i said "fuck me thats unfortunate timing" he just cracks up and said "yes it rather init"

sorry bruce, but me and me missus just had to laugh on this one
what a day...

[Inno]

Look at that.. found my way to kiwibiker Awesome day today.. wasnt sure if I liked it after the first session but the 2nd and 3rd defenately make me want to come back though... (hope that's not a bad thing though

[Keystone19]

anyone get my times? 1.20-something?

Umm, that would be 1.30 Gareth...

Alright, alright, 1.29. I equalled you in the session before the crash. Your bike does 180, did you know that?

[crashe]

Umm, that would be 1.30 Gareth...

Alright, alright, 1.29. I equalled you in the session before the crash. Your bike does 180, did you know that?

Gareth told us he could only get his bike up to 175 max.....

Well done keystone...

[SPman]

She's doin well, that girl....

[dveus]

a few pics taken by my old man...

PM me if you want the higher res files.

[dss3]

Edit: Ahh fuck, almost forgot. For the first time ever at a race track, I put my extremely limited technical know-how together and diagnosed a fault on some buggers race bike after it broke down. He was extremely gratefull and I'm sure he'll be along soon to tell us all about it. Fuck I'm good.

Hell yeah, great day out all round. Was hoping bike wouldn't have a repeat of last trip to puke. That day it kept cutting out and the end of the straight coming into the hairpin, seemed to get worse as the day went on, and eventually bike just stopped.

Then last weekend at Manfield bike ran sweet, so was hoping all was sorted and it would be fine again at Puke. Well things started off sweet, WT had "bagsed" us a nice spot in the bits, and mine and Quasi's bike were looking pretty fast just standing still. First sesssion, went out, bike seems to be running fine, thinking this is pretty sweet, start to push a bit faster and starting to get the feel of the track a bit more. Towards the end of the session bike developes a bit of a stumble. Thinking oh owe, here comes that problem again.

Before the second session bike was running a bit funny, but went out anyway, sure enough, first time into the hairpin and in splutters and dies, spend the whole session on the side of the track looking pissed (see big daves photos.)

After pushing the bike back to the pits WT decides we should take the tank off and have a look, so I get all the bolts undone and he goes to heave the tank off. Well he just about throws it up into the air effortlessly (should have been a clue here), gives it a few expert shakes, and I can see he his putting all his experience and technical knowledge into something, after a short time he appears to have found a possible fault. He tells me in a voice just loud enough for everyone to hear, "YOUR OUT OF PETROL!."

So I was feeling like a bit of a dickhead, I filled the tank up and did a few other minor tweaks to the bike, ya know, like tightening cable ties, kicking tires, giving think a bit of a shake etc. Well the bike seemed to run fine after that, hard to determine whether it was WT's diagnosis or my little tweaks that got it running better, but had a ball for the rest of the day! :-)