Bucket update

**Sully60** · 12th August 2007, 21:27

Did the bike go into the wall at the end of the pit entrance?

**Sketchy_Racer** · 12th August 2007, 21:32

na.. just coming through the kink after the sweeper, just after pit entrance.. i just ran over one of the new grid marking paint lines.. (thick, i know.) back went out.. i tried to keep it pinned and just lowside the thing.. but na.. it regripped spat me at the wall.. then hit the wall itself..

I've never heard anything as loud as it was when i hit that was aye. it's undescribable!

From then i remember standing at pit wall thinking..im going to have me a wee lay down right now.. before i pass out..

**Ivan** · 12th August 2007, 21:41

Yeah I was in the cut through an undescribable cruch it might havebeen the sound of your knees breaking

Oh god I cringe thinking of it,

Honestly guys I thought he was dead

**Sully60** · 12th August 2007, 21:45

Yeah my boss told me about it. He doesn't know you but I used the small brain in my big head to put 2 and 2 together. When do you think you'll be riding again? And do you have a proper bike to ride (buckets you know) The racing has been really good but we need more punters. I think if I put another sketchy block pass on Tex he'll just get frustrated and run me into the tyres again!

**Skunk** · 12th August 2007, 21:47

Ice my arse! Too much twist more like. I had no problems at half your speed...

**Skunk** · 12th August 2007, 21:48

Originally Posted by Sully60

The racing has been really good but we need more punters. I think if I put another sketchy block pass on Tex he'll just get frustrated and run me into the tyres again!

That was show of the best I've seen for a while. We were betting on when you would T-bone him.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 12th August 2007, 21:54

Originally Posted by Sully60

Yeah my boss told me about it. He doesn't know you but I used the small brain in my big head to put 2 and 2 together. When do you think you'll be riding again? And do you have a proper bike to ride (buckets you know) The racing has been really good but we need more punters. I think if I put another sketchy block pass on Tex he'll just get frustrated and run me into the tyres again!

Well.. i have me a Suzuki GP125 that should be ready to roll pretty soon..

I need wheel bearings, a master cylinder, and a deacent tyre.. then its good to boogy

I've bought another RS125 as well..

I can't wait to get back to buckets.. i wanna do some crashing that i can get up and laugh about! and lets not start on the elbow rubbing!!

**Ivan** · 12th August 2007, 21:54

Yeah guys,

When you see your best mate crash 10 metres in front of you and watch him slam into a concrete wall and jump up then fall back to ground and not move honestly, It scares you, And then when you get over to see him get sent away and ambulance on track, lights flashing brought back memorys of Owens crash, man it sucked,

**Sketchy_Racer** · 12th August 2007, 21:55

oh, and i should be back riding in 5 weeks..

**Sully60** · 12th August 2007, 22:01

Oh Skunk
It's easy for the bucket racers who have enough power to actually close the throttle going into the corners. I have to make up for carrying all that excess baggage somehow!
I actually was going slighty slower than I did on the warm up lap the grip went away really quickly. Tex and I walked a lap after everyone left(standing water at this stage) and did our highly scientific foot scuff track adhesion test....there was none! this place would be seriously spooky with proper rain on it.

**Sully60** · 12th August 2007, 22:01

Oh Skunk!
It's easy for the bucket racers who have enough power to actually close the throttle going into the corners. I have to make up for carrying all that excess baggage somehow!
I actually was going slighty slower than I did on the warm up lap the grip went away really quickly. Tex and I walked a lap after everyone left(standing water at this stage) and did our highly scientific foot scuff track adhesion test....there was none! this place would be seriously spooky with proper rain on it.

**Sketchy_Racer** · 12th August 2007, 22:03

God.. think of the powerslides that even a bucket would be capapble on that surface it it was wet!!

**Sully60** · 12th August 2007, 22:16

You could probably powerslide quite far if you got it stood up and pinned nice and early.
I slid from the apex of the top turn (going anticlockwise) to the tires on the outside, about 10 or 12 metres. I'm sure it actually picked up speed one I hit the groud - no one passed me even as I was spinning around holding the bars still trying to save it. This IS the kind of crash to have. Come back to buckets Glen and Ivan we are going to change the track layout so we can crash on both sides in one race.