Attendence Required 23 April @ Puke

[Two Smoker]

You guys probably already know this, but it's the Post Classic meeting at Puke on the 24th, so you may well get quite a few P/C guys practicing too (they probably normally wouldn't be there?) That's the reason I'm coming up, as I have several mates who race Post Classics.

I might even take the Thursday off and ride up, if it's good weather.

I like post classics, ill make my Uncle Jim come on his TZ350 race bike hehehe.. Hey KK, ill follow your van down to puke if that's ok with you???

Wonko no mods required..

[Coldkiwi]

For the inexperianced(like me) can someone give a run down of how things happen on track days.
Things like
Costs and what we get for it(number of laps)
How a day is run
Saftey gear needed
Any mod's need for street bikes to ride the circut
Start and end time
Insurance issues(or who pays if someone knocks you over)
anything else I can't think of.

Seriously thinking about it

what KK said.. although no ones on the track/revving engines before 10am (local bylaw rules designed to let the neighbours sleep in).
As for safety gear, buy/borrow the best you can. the spacier it looks and stiffer/heavier it is, generally the better it will protect you! also worth buying some ear plugs if you don't normally use them because it can get damn noisy (and tiring) listening to that wind rip past your lid all day.

[Racey Rider]

well the more bikes the merrier because if we have enough the cars have to go home!

How many is enough???

Is that what "Bikes Only" means!


Bikes only,,, but only if there's "enough"!

If I was a car racer there to practice and then suddenly was told to go home, cause we now have enough bikes, I'ld be brassed off! (That means "Rather annoyed", for those of you not used to such "Polite language").

What kind of show are they running up there!?!

Or is someone just makeing this "Bikes Only" thing up?

If I turn up to find cars on the track again, I'll be asking for half price admission!!!

[Motu]

You guys probably already know this, but it's the Post Classic meeting at Puke on the 24th, so you may well get quite a few P/C guys practicing too (they probably normally wouldn't be there?) That's the reason I'm coming up, as I have several mates who race Post Classics.

I might even take the Thursday off and ride up, if it's good weather.

Post Classics are always on my agenda,I'll bring the Honda so you can tell Brian it still goes.

[Kwaka-Kid]

Two smoker if you sort yourself out in time and its a good thing to learn anyway, strip your bike down and ill come pick it up, ive never taken a bike with indicators etc on to the track, even when i took my street bikes the day before id take off all indicators, brakelight, headlight (or just tape it up) change panels if a second set were available, and put the worst tyres on the bike so i dont ruin a good set! (haha kidding about that last one, i never had any good sets!) oh and its a good excuse to change the oil and go around torqueing up all the odd bolts on your frame, but the trick is to not be like me, and when u find the stripped ones dont just leave em in there! heli-coil the damn things! I've learnt so much over the past few years and my bikes looking GREAT in yellow with its black number boards!

[Wonko]

Sounds like a goer, just have to hear back from the insurance company about what their going to do about my bike and if they fix it up, or I can get it back cheaply, I'll be there.

I might have to beg, steal or borrow a pair of decent leather pants.

[Two Smoker]

Hey KK, can you keep that space in your van for me please ill do what you said and strip it down, i think my tyres can last about 2 more track days...

[Racey Rider]

'Twas thinking yesterday that if we had 10 or more KB'ers at a track day, we should be in a good poistion to get a Bulk Discount. $10 each off wouldn't go amiss. If we signed on as a group, all showing our Kiwi Biker sticker or something,
In essence, we are doing Free advertiseing for the track. We are creating a buzz, a "keeness" for bikers to get there. Because of Us, more bikes will be there. Thats got to be worth something to the Puke mangagement.
Or maybe they could make a $100 sponsorship to the KB web site. I guess that would be tax deductible for them.

Just thinking outside the tyre!
(is that allowed???)

Racey.

[Shawn]

hey other 150 / 250 riders,
im planning to come on with my ZZR250...as long as no one makes fun of my riding ...any1 from CDB area or somewhere close by that i can ride along??...please leme know....also how can i tape or take off all the lights when I have to ride it there?? Anyway this is gonna be my first track day...r they gonna kick me out if I don’t have pair of gloves...i don't have any and for some wired reason if I wear gloves I can't control my bike too good as I don't feel comfortable on’em at all?...is it coz i never rode with gloves on? also what are the chances of me falling off?...coz right now im totally broke and won't be able to fix it if i do fall off!!
Shawn

[White trash]

hey other 150 / 250 riders,
im planning to come on with my ZZR250...as long as no one makes fun of my riding ...any1 from CDB area or somewhere close by that i can ride along??...please leme know....also how can i tape or take off all the lights when I have to ride it there?? Anyway this is gonna be my first track day...r they gonna kick me out if I don’t have pair of gloves...i don't have any and for some wired reason if I wear gloves I can't control my bike too good as I don't feel comfortable on’em at all?...is it coz i never rode with gloves on? also what are the chances of me falling off?...coz right now im totally broke and won't be able to fix it if i do fall off!!
Shawn

Shawn.

I'll see you there with a spare set of gloves. What size hands have you got?
Tape your light's up when you get to the track.

And I promise, no one will be laughing at your riding. They'll be to busy laughing at my botched wheelie attempts!

[Kwaka-Kid]

hey dude, i have a few spares sets too, and yeah i love thin gloves as i have the same problemo- that and i get used to one favourite pair, trust me its not worth going out there without a set.

[White trash]

Shit no! No gloves, no ride.

[Motoracer]

If you are not sure what gloves are really for, reffer to this thread. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=2422

[Two Smoker]

Buy some gloves now full stop.... Will only cost you about $40 for some thin ones, but think about it...... $40....... or not being able to use your hands for the rest off your life?????? If your doing 150-160 on the back straight and your brakes fail before the hairpin, your hands will literally disintergrate....

[Coldkiwi]

hey other 150 / 250 riders,
im planning to come on with my ZZR250...as long as no one makes fun of my riding ...any1 from CDB area or somewhere close by that i can ride along??...please leme know....also how can i tape or take off all the lights when I have to ride it there?? Anyway this is gonna be my first track day...r they gonna kick me out if I don’t have pair of gloves...i don't have any and for some wired reason if I wear gloves I can't control my bike too good as I don't feel comfortable on’em at all?...is it coz i never rode with gloves on? also what are the chances of me falling off?...coz right now im totally broke and won't be able to fix it if i do fall off!!
Shawn

1) if you have a ZX6RR.. why in hell don't you bring that to Puke!? (or is that a dream bike?)
2)re, lights: just bring a roll of electrical tape with you and do it before you go out, takes only a few minutes
3) if you don't usually wear gloves its not too surprising you don't like them. But can I say I think you're mad? Buy some (even thin summer ones) and get used to them if you're really bothered by it. Even if you don't crash (at which point you'll be happy to wear a metal gauntlet with with welding gloves underneath) getting hit by a bug or flicked up stone on the fingers at 150kmhr plus can really hurt even with gloves on and I'd hate to see the aftermath of a stone vs bare finger at that speed.
4) gloves keep hands warm and give you feeling. by the time april rolls around, you will be able to freeze your hands in pretty short order by doing pukekohe type speeds and you run a serious risk of not being able to properly apply the brakes when your fingers start to cramp (not a good look 150m out from the hairpin)