19 July Kaitoke clubday with extra benefits!

**F5 Dave** · 9th July 2015, 09:34

- It might snow & Santa will get confused & arrive. I say we mug the sad old git & steal his swag.

So if petty larceny and assault of an iconic childhood figure aren't your thing then I guess there aren't any real benefits.

But come along anyways. The weather does funny things & its always worth arriving, last meet looked dismal but turned into a nice day, dry track & good racing.

Normal direction, try get signed in before 8:30 & it will all go smoothly.

**Henk** · 10th July 2015, 20:27

So if it does snow, no racing but Reindeer for lunch?

**F5 Dave** · 10th July 2015, 22:13

Better pack some cranberry sauce.

**Yow Ling** · 11th July 2015, 17:54

Originally Posted by Henk

So if it does snow, no racing but Reindeer for lunch?

It has been proven that snow actually improves Bucket Racing

**F5 Dave** · 11th July 2015, 20:26

One of my best pictures is racing in the snow.

**cotswold** · 12th July 2015, 08:30

It's not just bucket racing that is improved by snow, Cadwell park, march or April, woke up frozen to the side of the van, no racing until the Snow was swept off the track.
Bike for those that care was a KLR600 in a TZR250 chassis and was a tank slapping bitch

**mr bucketracer** · 12th July 2015, 08:44

Originally Posted by cotswold

It's not just bucket racing that is improved by snow, Cadwell park, march or April, woke up frozen to the side of the van, no racing until the Snow was swept off the track.
Bike for those that care was a KLR600 in a TZR250 chassis and was a tank slapping bitch

lol great picture

**F5 Dave** · 12th July 2015, 09:08

Anyhoo it was a lovely day yesterday and not too bad from where I lie now so next weekend could be just peachy.

**F5 Dave** · 20th July 2015, 12:15

As it turned out, it was bitterly cold & the track slippery esp with a light coating from bikes unmentioned. But the sun came out & a dry line appears about 11:30 to a dry track a bit thereafter.

Always worth showing up.

**F5 Dave** · 20th July 2015, 17:21

Sorry I really wasn't having a dig. Stuff does happen and you are very contentious about it, aside from the fact you are promoting the sport by providing a club bike in the first place.

**Henk** · 20th July 2015, 18:19

Not digging either.
I think the latest iteration of the MNZ rules state that the oil filler bolts need to be lock wired, this came in at the same time as the caliper mounting bolts and shark fin, I may be wrong on that and I know you guys don't run under MNZ.
If the random bolt is quite high up on the left hand case and quite a large number it is the inspection bolt that lets you have a look at the timing mark on the rotor, I've seen one come undone before now at Mt Wellington, Pumba I think but I may be falsely accusing him.

We had a case of the starter motor blanking plug coming out yesterday which caused the offending bike to fall over and a reasonably large oil spill, our post Tokoroa oil cleanup mix consisting of coconut husk and various other things cleaned it up really well. If you like I can probably dig out the recipient next month.

**quallman1234** · 20th July 2015, 19:24

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Sorry I really wasn't having a dig. Stuff does happen and you are very contentious about it, aside from the fact you are promoting the sport by providing a club bike in the first place.

Nah nah, its cool! I wasn't offended. I just thought i would explain! Since it was quite bad luck! I feel awful about the situation, but both of the things were almost undetectable.

Originally Posted by Henk

Not digging either.
I think the latest iteration of the MNZ rules state that the oil filler bolts need to be lock wired, this came in at the same time as the caliper mounting bolts and shark fin, I may be wrong on that and I know you guys don't run under MNZ.
If the random bolt is quite high up on the left hand case and quite a large number it is the inspection bolt that lets you have a look at the timing mark on the rotor, I've seen one come undone before now at Mt Wellington, Pumba I think but I may be falsely accusing him.

We had a case of the starter motor blanking plug coming out yesterday which caused the offending bike to fall over and a reasonably large oil spill, our post Tokoroa oil cleanup mix consisting of coconut husk and various other things cleaned it up really well. If you like I can probably dig out the recipient next month.

In this case the oil filter is underneath the bike. But that's not what let go. It really is a pretty random setup. It looks like its for a external oil cooler. Not a feature on most engines!

**Pumba** · 20th July 2015, 19:54

Originally Posted by Henk

If the random bolt is quite high up on the left hand case and quite a large number it is the inspection bolt that lets you have a look at the timing mark on the rotor, I've seen one come undone before now at Mt Wellington, Pumba I think but I may be falsely accusing him.

No nothing false about that accusation. The title Captian Fingertight has been well earned

**cotswold** · 21st July 2015, 04:58

We had a case of the starter motor blanking plug coming out yesterday which caused the offending bike to fall over and a reasonably large oil spill, our post Tokoroa oil cleanup mix consisting of coconut husk and various other things cleaned it up really well. If you like I can probably dig out the recipient next month.[/QUOTE]

Not the 1st time thats ever happened, my provider of all things buckity also had the bung pop out going into the hair pin with all the usual consequences, these bungs need securing.