FROSTY race report 13.11.05

[FROSTY:Me]

Ya know I really hate sounding like a negative twat -so Ive been avoiding posting this race report.
On Friday I had a fantastic day practicing.At pukie the new front end seemed to be working really well and I was totally comfortable with the bike.
Madduck came out and timed me and I got down to solid 1.10/1.11 second laps. I felt totally relaxed and didn't feel I was pushing to my limit at any stage.
Unfortunately My teammate Doogal developed an issue on Mella yella that meant he wasn't able to come to taupo with me.
Sunday and Im ready to rock.I met wally and showed him round the bike.
out for first practice and I wanted a slow session to warm up the tyres and generally get comfortable with the bike.
3 laps in and going into the only right hander I got a huge smack on the leg from a F2 bike too impatient to wait for a couple of seconds.
First F3 practice was total Meyhem --with 50 bikes on the track the traffic was just crazy --I was doing about double the pace of some guys and they were all over the track.
Second F3 practice and it had been and was lightly raining.
It turned the track into an ice scating ring. The sweeper especially you just couldn't open up the throttle or else end up on ya ass.
3 laps in and I was keeping up with Two smoker who sensibly was taking it easy in the wet. I came out of the hairpin and wound the throttle on really gently--next second BANG im highsiding -with the bike on full lock and fast snapping over to full oposite lock. I knew TS was really close by me so I was praying I wouldn't take him with me as I headed towards the inevitable crash.
By a freak of luck and maybee a bit of skill i managed to save it and carry on --be it very shaken up
The rwacing itself was a bit of a non event really.
I got fantastic start in race one to go into turn 1 in seconfd place chasing down another SV rider for first. That all lasted about 3 corners as TS and 3 other guys got past me. I really just wasn't riding well At sixes and sevens with the bike and with myself.
Braking into turn one and the brakes bit then released then bit again inspiring no confidence at all in me.
In race two I got totally fucked off when the other sv rider pushed between me and TS on the start line--"fuck you -I was here first " I thought.
In that race I again got a great start --only to again ride badly
I should have taken my own advise and just slowwed down and got my head together but NO --I ended up finishing in 8th place-to be soerted cos theres a couple of 125 race bikes in there that will move me up to 6th.
I Then got to taste humble pie when another racer explained to me that the grid for race two was ya finishing position in race 1 --I went and said sorry to "the fuckwit that wasnt' --It was me that was the fucktard and i told him so. Bloody graceful bloke who accepted I'd made a mistake
Race 3 and I figured --well It's now or never.--Flag dropped and I put my head down and off like a shot into second place again--this time from my second row starting position. This time i was all over the track like a novice rider. I was totally outside of my comfort zone the whole race.
KK came shooting on past me at one point and I though--awrighty then Game orn my son. That was short lived when KK stopped in the middle of the track.
I ended up finishing in 8th place and to be honest totally disatisfied with myself.
Would I have traded the day for a day working--NO WAY
Heaps of room for improvement both in myself and in the bike.
Myself wise I need to focus on beating the track again and not worrying what other people are doing.
Its a complete reversal in mindset but I think it will ultimately work well for me.
Bike wise i need to sort out the brakes front suspension and footpegs -the pegs are half ground away and my boots are pretty well munched in the toes.

[yungatart]

Yeah Frosty- not your best day! But you left out the part where you pointed to hXc to tuck in behind you-and then you shot off and left him, Guess you thought his bucket could go faster than it does..

[HDTboy]

Good report mate, sorry your day didn't go better, I wrote my first report on monday

[riffer]

Crikey mate - not the best of days all right.

This new bike was supposed to be the duck’s nuts.

What difference do you think the gixxer front end is making? Is the bike riding a bit lower than standard or something. I know you do tend to grind away the toe sliders on your boots but mate, if you're doing in a pair of new SIDI's this fast its gonna be one hell of an expensive year.

Nice to hear you handle the beast when it tries to be so naughty though.

Keep us informed.

[FROSTY:Me]

Riffer--the issue is that the race pegs --which are about 25mm higher and give heaps better clearance are quite frankly crap My feet just slide off em like young master rossi --As we speak an engineer is modifying them so they work for me.

yungatart--the reason Im avoiding that is im also avoiding my little -screech thump-hysterical laughter incident ---But Honest injun I slowed to what felt like walking pace.

[yungatart]

yungatart--the reason Im avoiding that is im also avoiding my little -screech thump-hysterical laughter incident ---But Honest injun I slowed to what felt like walking pace.

He's still shaking in his boots over the "boys with curly hair" thing too-right traumatised, he is...

[FROSTY:Me]

You can tell him now--all his dangly bits are in the wrong place for me to be serious.

[hXc]

You can tell him now--all his dangly bits are in the wrong place for me to be serious.

Well that's a relief. I was starting to think I had Parkinson's Disease or something. **Goes back to daily routines**

[babyB]

hay xj good reading ya right-up. man nothing comes easy to you ah. good on ya. sounds like u had a very lucky escape. wishes u well at next round am still hooting for ya