F5 GP Poll, who will round out the top 3?

**cotswold** · 27th February 2014, 02:07

I have been watching all the bullshit and I reckon my super reliable Honda 50 is going to finish 3rd behind the two Daves because all the others will have expired.

get engraving !
( after saying that I had better pray to the 2T gods that mine doesn't shit it's self )

**andrew a** · 28th February 2014, 11:05

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Darrin can't make it sadly. Looks like DDs in the lead for the moment.

Dose this mean you are not going to the GP Dave?

**F5 Dave** · 28th February 2014, 13:19

'course I am, but the poll favours DD. Give us a yell if you need a help getting the 50 sorted.

**jasonu** · 28th February 2014, 13:53

Hey Trustrum, how did you manage to vote more than once?

**jasonu** · 28th February 2014, 13:54

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Darrin can't make it sadly. Looks like DDs in the lead for the moment.

Chicken out did he?

**F5 Dave** · 28th February 2014, 15:06

Has things to finish for the 50 & no time + family stuff that weekend, but I did try push him.

**F5 Dave** · 28th February 2014, 15:09

Originally Posted by jasonu

Hey Trustrum, how did you manage to vote more than once?

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**jasonu** · 28th February 2014, 17:07

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Has things to finish for the 50 & no time + family stuff that weekend, but I did try push him.

Bummer. Was he going to ride the same RG50 that he and Pete Sales built a hundred years ago? I am sure that bike would still do well. Tell him gidday from the USA.

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

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Smart crunt.

**F5 Dave** · 1st March 2014, 07:13

Yeah but got a bit worn out so given a Birthday a couple of gps ago plus some new ideas. Something got lost in translation so needs to find out as running issues. Put in shed but recent activity.

crumbs, a week to go and still need to rebuild both bikes. Plus start my fitness program.

**cotswold** · 7th March 2014, 04:16

My 50 has died so one less on the grid and no time to fix it. I'll heckle from the side lines instead.

Update, Culley has offered me his rg so the bet with Henk is still on

**cotswold** · 10th March 2014, 10:10

Big thanks to Culley for the loan of the RG50 and also to the rest of the ESE boys.
I had a great weekend thanks to the above after just expecting to be watching after my 50 died 2 days before the race.
Through practice I was having problems with carburetion, I had a massive delay when putting the gas back on and was trying to get around it by opening the throttle way before common sense told me to do so but as it was a bit random it was making life pretty interesting. Rick Ford the Tillotson guru took time out from his day to set the thing up to a point where I could ride it with more confidence and my times came down from 54s laps in practice down to 51s in the GP.
My race was a bit of a mad panic as pushing the bike into the holding bay I could hear something clicking and when I rolled the bike backwards the rear locked, the bolts that hold the rear sprocket had come loose and it was only thanks to Brian running off to find some replacements and doing the work that I got to race at all. I had to start off the back on cold tyres so I ended up easing it around for a couple of laps and by the time I had some confidence Henk and Ken had put a decent gap on me. I started playing with some different lines and found I had made a big gain on the boys in front and put in my fastest lap of the day on lap 25, I ran out of laps before I got to them but it was getting close. Nathaniel was in a class of his own all day the lad is too good.

I hope this GP will start a resurgence in the F5 class as it is so much fun and to all the people that took part and or rode or lent out your 50's thanks very much.

11 or 12 bikes I think

**F5 Dave** · 10th March 2014, 10:28

Yeah well all credit to Nathanial, despite not being on the poll, won anyway, clearly not understanding the mechanisms at play of how a poll works

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Shame for Regan with bike troubles, but a solid effort from Andrew for 3rd & clearly we can make that bike faster, it was fitted with a guess as a jet & little practice time.

great work for getting the bikes out there. Lets not hide them, bring it on.

**Dutchee** · 10th March 2014, 11:06

ah but DD was unable to ride

**andrew a** · 10th March 2014, 11:14

I had a good ride on the 50. I was very surprised to be third on the grid. Reagan went past easily but unfortunately expired. I slowed a bit feeling sorry for the poor we thing. Great fun though. I must put some effort int the bike.
I feel privileged to have stood next to the legend F5 Dave and young Nathaniel.