Classic Festival returns to Pukekohe for 2015

[sidecar bob]

Yea,

And who could forget the great Queenstown rental scooter GP held on the BMX track at the bottom of the gondola 89/90 season, Many a bent rental scooter returned that day in Qtown or the Pee Wee GP at QE2 Park 85/86 season haha, Fun times they were, Sadly that stuff has gone from the sport

Hopefully a little more respect for the property of others has sneaked in.

[Billy]

Haha! I heard about that, any truth in the rumor the two stroke boys were whisking said scooters into the back of their vans, whipping the heads and barrels off to do a quick tune up?

Didn't see that happening but it wouldn't surprise me.

[Billy]

Bullshit Billy, I saw someone last season toasting their own marshmallows in the pits, both pink and white ones too.

Yea, But they did it in their pit next to their fuel container and machine on the barbecue theyre allowed in the pits, Thankfully their not allowed to smoke though, Might start a fire eh!!!

[racer40]

i know its gone off topic but i raced at the scooter race that year at queenstown, i think doug mcloed won. the following year it was alot bigger with a track on a wet grassy feild with lots more bikes, and yes riders were taking mufflers , indicaters and lights off as well as head gaskets. I still have a scar on my back from that day. also simon crafer borrowed one of the hire bikes at the end of racing and promply jumped of the wharf into the lake

[racer40]

As for puke its not a motorcycle race track anymore

[Billy]

i know its gone off topic but i raced at the scooter race that year at queenstown, i think doug mcloed won. the following year it was alot bigger with a track on a wet grassy feild with lots more bikes, and yes riders were taking mufflers , indicaters and lights off as well as head gaskets. I still have a scar on my back from that day. also simon crafer borrowed one of the hire bikes at the end of racing and promply jumped of the wharf into the lake

Haha,

I'd forgotten about that, Seem to remember Dave Freeman snapped one in half at the BMX track as well or atleast it collapsed in the middle.

Luckily the youth of today are so much more respectful, Anybody wanna go to Gissy for New Year ??? Bring your own crash protection and fire extinguisher

[Grumph]

i know its gone off topic but i raced at the scooter race that year at queenstown, i think doug mcloed won. the following year it was alot bigger with a track on a wet grassy feild with lots more bikes, and yes riders were taking mufflers , indicaters and lights off as well as head gaskets. I still have a scar on my back from that day. also simon crafer borrowed one of the hire bikes at the end of racing and promply jumped of the wharf into the lake

yeah, holden couldn't stop laughing when he told us about it at teretonga. very scathing about scooter frames - folded too easily over jumps he reckoned.

Points up the differences when you have a small population - in the US and UK it was wrecking rental cars...in NZ, scooters....

[swarfie]

Only 8 entries for the sidecars so far. Come on guys and girls get your entry in, it's not too late. Contact me if you're in any doubt about not being able to race. It'll still be a competitive meeting despite what they're saying about it...common you know you want to

[Voltaire]

BMW Tractor is up and running with its new suspenders, KTT Velo ride confirmed and ready to pick up
Should be a fun weekend.

[sidecar bob]

BMW Tractor is up and running with its new suspenders, KTT Velo ride confirmed and ready to pick up
Should be a fun weekend.

All my stuff is fucked, so I'm out. Might flaggie. Oh, hang on, there's a '73 MV Augusta in my van that came with race farings & a pile of spares, wonder how that got there!

[Voltaire]

All my stuff is fucked, so I'm out. Might flaggie. Oh, hang on, there's a '73 MV Augusta in my van that came with race farings & a pile of spares, wonder how that got there!

Bobastini or Hailsidebob?

[sidecar bob]

Bobastini or Hailsidebob?

Hopefully they did a better job attaching the steering head on the mv, the bloody BMW one kept falling out all over the place.

[Voltaire]

are they running the old back straight or the chicane one?

I was looking for the Wanganui Boxing day races and came up with Puke Truck Racing...

http://www.tv3.co.nz/tabid/3692/MCat/2915/Default.aspx

[nodrog:Me]

are they running the old back straight or the chicane one?.....

you can choose on a lap by lap basis, its only cones.

[swarfie]

are they running the old back straight or the chicane one?

I'd want to hope it's the one with the chicane. Puke was a boring old goat track and needs to be something different...oh hang on, there's walls and things now
When we raced there for the first time on the big circuit in classic racing they put a chicane of hay bales about half way down the back straight and another one at the bottom of the "hill" on the front straight because they reckoned the old bangers would all blow up. Was a bloody disaster, as all the hay got spread about and made the track slippery. None of them shit themselves (well no more than normal) so they didn't have the chicanes the next year.