Stuntskills / Dragwars 8 April 2006

**kickingzebra** · 9th April 2006, 12:38

Who were the two guys who raced a few times with GSXR 1000 and z1000? They seemed to be making bloody quick starts!!

**The Stranger:Me** · 9th April 2006, 13:36

Yes, thank you guys very much. Was an awesome day.

Despite a couple of embarrasing starts the best we managed on the X11 was 11.62
The YZF was very consistent around 12.6x

As a matter of interest what gear were you guys and girls crossing the finish line in.
The X11 was in third and the Yamaha in 6th.

**R6_kid:Me** · 9th April 2006, 14:03

Originally Posted by CaN

As a matter of interest what gear were you guys and girls crossing the finish line in.
The X11 was in third and the Yamaha in 6th.

good point... i was just getting to 200ish so would make it 3rd-4th, i seemed to be getting to a change just before the boards... which i'm assuming was into 4th.

forgot to say thanks for letting me give the YZF-750 a thrash, and apologize for the couple of times it looked (and felt) like i was gonna drop it

I'm sure after a bit more practice we'll have it steady on the back wheel!

**The Stranger:Me** · 9th April 2006, 14:30

Would be interested to see then if you dropped a tooth on the rear what happens to your time. You would loose the extra change then.

I think dropping 2 teeth on the Yamaha would have put me at max speed right on the line.

I feel that the X11 would have benefited from going up a couple of teeth to push me right to the top of powerband in third at the line.

Oh well, just musing, next time.

Hey don't worry about the YZF, I wasn't, that's what it's there for.

**one-speed** · 9th April 2006, 14:34

yep thanks for a very good day
managed to get 11.04 at 210km out of the old cbr need to nail those starts
was getting better each time till the battery gave in half way through the second round so bugger never mind i'll get i the tens next time.
great to meet most of you guys and girls
great day well done

**ukbandit** · 9th April 2006, 15:01

Originally Posted by White trash

Glad you enjoyed yourself UK. Thankyou from Riff raff and myself for you and everyone else that made the effort to attend.

Seeing 40 smiling participant faces and a whole lot more smiling spectators at the end of the day was all the encouragment we need, the next one will be sooner than you think.

gasing the bike up now, where is it? im already on my way

thanks to you and riff raff for the whole thing never done that before, the bike was thinking what the hells going on lol my usual haunts for practice like that is the good old industrial areas, just nice to be able to play without the worries of the boys in blue. if you need any help for future stuff give me a shout. and it was nice to put faces to names

thanks again guys

**Riff Raff** · 9th April 2006, 15:27

Righto I've caught up on some sleep, so I can do a proper post now.

The weather at the start of the day resulted in my carefully planned schedule being thrown out the window. Thankfully the Weather God and Goddess actually have a soft spot for bikers and decided to dump the daytime rain quota at the start of the day to ensure the rest of the day was good for us. Once we got the day underway it all ran very smoothly. Everyone was well behaved and no one was injured (except for Larriken in a beer-fuelled moment after the event, but that's another story, and there's no prizes for guessing that the pit bike was involved).

Unfortunately the last minute change to our end time for the day was a bummer, but I think most people got more runs down the strip than they thought they would anyway, so it's all good.

I was planning on getting out there myself, but with everyone turning up at different times during the morning once they realised it wasn't cancelled, I was kept busy sorting them out. With my scrutineers all out on the track I had to do a bit of that myself using the "yep it's got two wheels, go for it" method. By the time everyone had turned up I had caffeine overload from the No-Doz tablets I'd been popping, and felt it would be unsafe for me to hop on a bike with the shakes I had going. I settled for videoing the day but quality is a bit rough in places due to the aforementioned caffeine shakes! I had a great time watching everyone, and seeing the improvements people made through the day. You all made Aunty Riff Raff very proud for taking part in the very first stunting/dragging event in New Zealand.

I'd like to say big thanks to the following people for all their help on the day:
Trevor from Champion Dragway for making it all run smoothly. Trev is very keen for us to all come back again and had a blast watching the stunting.
Lynita, Mr Me, Grunta, Cookie, Enigma who all did bits and pieces during the day, but most importantly helped to gather times for the drag racing.
Lionel - one of my colleagues from work and a KBer (but he can't remember his login name!). He came to spectate, but as an Advanced Paramedic he brought a kit with him and was on hand should the worst have happened to provide advanced life support. We're all grateful we didn't need his services, nor those of the ambulance I hired for the day.
To all the photographers who were there, a big thankyou for getting some wicked shots. Big Dave has some particularly awesome shots and I look forward to seeing them in Kiwi Rider magazine. There was also a professional photographer there. He will have photos uploaded onto his site this week ( www.dragpixs.co.nz ) and you can order photos from him ($20 for an A4 size photo).

As mentioned in WT's thread thanking our sponsors, big thanks go to Motomail, Kiwi Rider magazine, Big Dave, Bent Rim Productions, SpankMe and Dodgyiti.

A big thanks to all those who travelled from far afield to take part in this day. I believe Fizzerman and Mrs Fizz take the award for travelling the furthest, followed by Larriken and Mouse.

Prizes of the day went to:
DSS3 - fastest drag time overall. He won a Chicks Dig Scars DVD and a Scared Sheep Squadron t-shirt.
Quickchk - fastest female drag time - Chicks Dig Scars DVD
Sam Barling won the subscription to Kiwi Rider magazine for stunting.
Swanman was awarded a consolation prize pack (which included duct tape, electrical tape and a few other goodies) for letting his bike kiss the ground.
Waylander also got one of these packs for doing the same thing on the way to Meremere.

For all those who were interested in the design for the Scared Sheep Squadron logo, we have NC to thank for it. When she came to Auckland to pick up the TL she kindly allowed me to thrust pencil and paper at her and drew exactly what I had in mind. Thanks chick it gave me the basic design to play with and expand.

The t-shirts came up great and I may look at doing some more for those who are interested.

Thanks everyone for being there, whether taking part or spectating! Of course special mention has to go to White Trash who has had to put up with my stressed state while organising it and who took over on the day to ensure it all went smoothly. His commentary during the drag racing was very humourous too - Trev was so impressed he asked him to come back today to do the commentating for the nationals!!!
Larriken has also been of great help over the last few weeks with ideas and advice.

With the success of this one, you can all be assured that I will be organising another one!

**IronicCapers** · 9th April 2006, 15:44

DAMMIT!! i hate havn to work weekends to make ends meet
Im gona be fukin rich in a few years no doubt so i can retire early and devote myself to bikes

**ukbandit** · 9th April 2006, 17:50

Originally Posted by IronicCapers

DAMMIT!! i hate havn to work weekends to make ends meet
Im gona be fukin rich in a few years no doubt so i can retire early and devote myself to bikes

hey IC there will be another time and place Q. what would rather be in a few years A) fukin B) rich C) both

answers on a post card only please

**DMNTD:Me** · 9th April 2006, 19:39

Huge appreciation to all who organised one of the best events I've been to in a long time
After ratshit weather reports from some of the Jaffa crew we decided to cruise down from Whangaz through the rain,road works 'n all anyway...100% worth it in every way!!
Also scored a DVD which absolutely rocks cheers man
Got a few pic's too...

PS: Was also good to FEEL 'em cars at the end of the day OMFG