Puke open day. March 29, 2003

[PlayerX]

Yeah I made a few mistakes on Saturday. Hitting the ripple strip and getting the wobbles, locking up the rear tire on the hairpin, losing the back-end under power and onto the grass, and finally going straight at the S-bend which resulted in my potato farming. You wouldn't think from the photo above that the bike hit on its left side, flipped and came to rest on its right side would you?

But I managed to get up to just a tad under 240 kph on the back straight which is at least 10 kph faster that I'd ever done before. :bigthumb:

I'll try to last longer at the next meet.

BTW. I've got some pics of the boys with their bikes parked up which I will post once I've transferred them.

[Hoon]

Yeah I was there too.  I was the guy on the noisy blue 2-stroke.  I was going to come over and say hello to you guys but we were too busy working on the bike between sessions.

Hard luck Player_X, at least you are alright and the bike didn't suffer any major damage.  I ran off the track 3 times on Saturday too but managed to stay up - that first left turn of the esses gives me the most problems too.

[ManDownUnder]

I am hereby addicted to speed - thanks guys. I am used to flying, but not along the ground - I guess my goal is to go faster next time?

250 is fun I gotta say, even though I only wound up to it 2x.

Awesome fun, lots of ruber gone from the back end and I have killed/cooked my rear brakes, but all in a good cause. I get to play with spanners and get out there again next time!

You'll spot me - the one getting passed by everyone (aka back marker)

[Coldkiwi]

Whats that comment about gettign chased hard by the 750?? I thought he was a 400? I managed to gather him up on the gas along the back straight so he must've had some problems  if it was a 750.

I gotta say, I'm stoked with the 1:12! I could only extract 1:24 out of the ZXR 250 last time I was out so I'm happy with the improvement.

As for the 2nd session... ahh well, lets chaulk that one up as experience at being flustered!

Glad to see Ho-hoon in here too.

[wkid_one]

I am glad someone else other than me tried to straighten the esses out - why take three corners when two will do!!!!  Renners on grass are not a good look!!

A gr8 day had by all....you can pretty much get to the 'Controlled Testing Sessions' every Saturday - they had the dates posted on the window of the control room.  I am heading down this saturday for another blast (actually I am going down tomorrow - MWAAAAA HAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

Logan, here was you chance too.......tire tester extrodinairre!!!!  You could have gone mad........

Cold won the most consistent laps tho - running 1.12s pretty much every lap - excluding the 2nd Session - where I think everyone had a mare (it was were I left the track - LOL)........

If anyone wants the full quality (2000v1400) res pictures, email me wkid_one@hotmail.com and I'll forward them through.   I have a wicked potrait picture of Cold coming down the home straight.

Next time I will get out to the esses and hairypin (not a typo) and take some cranked over pictures!!!!

Until next time, stay bubble up and rubber down!

Dan aka Wkid_One

 

 

[Kwaka-Kid]

I HEAR TRACKTIME 4 IS UP ON THE 5th of APRIL? THIS SATURDAY?!

kay my bike aint ready but who gives a f***! i can do it with a stuffed chain and dead sprockets, f***it if it smashes my crankcase, its only a 400. and stuffed tyres, bah, lets make them more stuffed! BWAHAHA!

sweet im there guys, how much is it on the spot? im sooo keen, BTW IVE GOT A VAN AND CAN FIT AT LEAST 1 MORE BIKE IN IT! leaving from west auckland if its all go in the morning. im sooooo damn keen. im either gunna blow this shitter up or crash it, or ride the living wheels of it thinking "how the hell did i survive?" 

-well maybe non of this, or actually, hopefully/definatly non of these except the thinking how did i survive bit :P

nite all! YAY!

p.s dont ruin my thoughts and tell me this saturday is wrong?

[wkid_one]

Saturday is right........

My concerns for your complete disregard for personal safety are growing exponentially every time you post another comment!

Good luck on Saturday - if the weather is dodgy and we pull the plug on the Coro Dash, I will be along with the camera to get some knee down action on film!

[SpankMe]

Well there’s another open day on Saturday this month on the 26th. If someone will start another topic announcing it, I will make your post a front page news item. I have already created a calendar event for it. I will not be able to make it as I have a grand nephew's christening to go to.