Yeah right like that was ever going to happen
I spent the week running round sorting bits for the bikes, I had to do fork seals and steering head bearings on both the FXR150 and the RD350LC,new chain and sprockets for the FXR and sort the slipping clutch on the RD350LC and fit the new pipes after Stanko did a little mod so the RZ350 pipes would fit
Finally about 10pm Friday night it was all done, despite the sprockets not turning up and the supplied chain being to short which cause a bit of aggravation, I bodged up a chain out of left over bits and sorted out my gear, up early and loaded up and headed to the track, Stanko and Dangerous were already there and Spudracer turned up not long after, cruised through sign in and scrutineering and sat about talking shit
Format for the day was 2 races per class then a 30min Bucket/Streetstock race then a all in Senior race 55 minutes +1 lap, Stanko had asked Dangerous to co ride the Senior on his RD350LC and Diesel Pig had sorted a ride on James RD400 so I asked Spuds brother Darryl to co ride with me
First practice and we roll out the mixed F3/pre82/125GP class for my first ever ride on the RD350LC, first impression was a very linear power deliver and the next was a serious lack of ground clearance, but it steered ok, cornered ok and stopped pretty average, but after a few laps I got to grips with it and was getting around ok, next practice was buckets and I first thought something was wrong with the FXR as it felt so slow after the RD350LC but after a few laps it felt a bit better and we were good to go
Race 1 Junior
Dangerous gets his first taste of Stanko’s Rd350LC and gets a awesome start putting four bikes between us into turn one and it takes me 4 laps to get past them and peg him back and then we go wheel to wheel for the next three laps I chase him into the sweeper pegs dragging and have got it pinned but straight line performance is the same and I cant make the pass until the end under brakes and I go around the outside of him he gets back past me and I chase him for the rest of the lap and then as he goes into turn one I go up the inside of him he tries to come back underneath and duffs a gear change and I make a break then I stuff the hairpin up and run wide and he’s up the inside on the way out and out drags me to the next right, I chase him for the rest of the lap knowing it’s the last and are right behind him onto the straight but with both bikes being so even can’t run him down before the flag, so for one of the very very few times in his racing life he beats me
Race 1 Buckets
We line up with the RG150 street stock lads and the lights are out and we’re away, into turn 1 and DC on his RS/MB100 blows past on my right past a couple of bikes flicks to the left and takes another couple and then mows down about 6 more before the hairpin, Spudracer also outruns me and I set about chasing him down catching up and passing him as he lacks the straightline speed of the mighty FXR, a couple of the RG boys keep holding us up with some weird lines into the dipper and making it a bit more interesting, lap after lap we’re swapping places and I just make sure I’m in front on the last one and as he tries in vain to pass me out of the sweeper beat him to the line
Race 2 Junior
DC takes the RD350 out for a familiarisation race and doesn’t do to badly getting onto the back of James and swapping places each lap and finishing fuck knows where
Race 2 Buckets
TonyB gets a puncture in the previous race so I give him the FXR to play with and while discussing race Tactics for the Enduro with DC forget to watch how he goes, Dangerous reputation as being hard on gear carries on with him destroying the piston in the MT
Race 3, 30 min Enduro
I get off the line ok and pass a few RG150 into turn 1 and start hammering it, however just when I’m least expecting it Diesel Pig pulls out and passes me around the dipper on his CB125T for the next few laps we change places a couple of times a lap I can hear his bike missing for which I’m grateful as other wise he’s probably get away, I normally pass him down the straight but he gets by me at the hairpin and I chase him to the infield sweeper and getting on the gas earlier pull past into the next right just to have him pass me at the dipper again, this carries on for quite a few laps and then we come up behind Spudracer and Dangerous going hard out (we were lapping them) and blow on past them to leave them struggling in our wake coming into the sweeper and Diesel Pigs hand goes up and he pulls off leaving me riding along by myself and then as I exit the dipper DC comes past to lap me, a couple of laps later and the flag is out, race distance 50.9km by the trip meter set on the grid so around a 100kmh average on the FXR, Spud also gives Dangerous a thrashing as well
Race 3 55minutes + 1 lap
We get back to the pits and the 5 min call for the senior Enduro sounds, I’m doing the first stint, we grid up for the Le Mans start with DC holding the bike, flag drops and Stanko beside me manages a couple of steps and falls on his arse as he trips over his own feet , I’m across the track 1 kick and the RD350LC fires up and I’m away about 5th or 6th with James on the RD400 in front, chasing him as hard as possible pegs decking out everywhere and not making to much inroad on him I gain a bit of space then screw up a corner and loose it all again and cant make it back, I start to focus a bit more on what I’m doing and get a bit smoother, the fast guys have started coming past and then before I know it my pit board it out at the 30 minute mark and a lap later I pull in, I get the fuel cap off as I hit pit lane, then as I brake spill fuel out of the tank, DC dumps 4 litres in while Joni cleans up our spilt fuel and then he’s on the bike, a quick push and he’s away
While we’re doing that James obligingly falls on his arse at the hairpin to let us catch him up and Stanko comes in to hand over to Dangerous, Me Joni and Stanko wander up the hill to watch and first we see DC slowly first catch and lap Dangerous who then ups his pace and sticks with him passing each other and then they both drag in Diesel Pig on James RD400 catching him on the straight DC takes him on the right and Dangerous on the left and they carry on pulling away, DC decides he’ll stop dicking about and pulls a gap on Dangerous and then it’s all over and the flag is out
Awesome day and the LC is so much fun to ride, couple of things to fix, the brakes are a bit spongy and the front dives a bit to much under brakes but for $500 it’s already repaid that in one days racing
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Then we carried on battling it out and having an awesome time, dont think I have ever pushed the cb125T so hard before.
yank tank at Glenorchy 2006 rally
Well not quite, he did manage to save it and just hoof it across the runoff grass, great save man!
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