Pukekohe Open Day 26th April

[Coldkiwi]

KK, may I respectfully suggest that you get a professional bike mechanic to check your forks, wheels, chassis and brakes for dents/warps and bends before riding it again!? Small deviations in the geometry of the front end will have a large effect on the handling and could well put you on your arse again but maybe in the traffic next time if you have to brake hard.

Checks are cheap too!

[Kwaka-Kid]

Hey hey now i did check it! honest!

alrite alrite, i only did a 1/2check, i couldnt be botherd spending the extra 5 seconds and effort bending over to look if there are any dirt stains on the frame down under :P

Nah mate, cant afford that stuff, no mechanic has ever gone near any of my vechiles, nor will they ever ive taken out all maintanence and rebuilds etc.

It explains alot doesnt it?  but i think i deserve 10 points for trying.

[bluninja]

So where were these hordes of people that were coming today? It was great to meet Spankme, Slim, and Hoon from this site, and meet Dan a second time.

It was a nice warm day, very little breeze....ideal conditions. Personally I had a smashing time....smashing my front brake lever, smashing my footpeg.... as I reaquainted myself with crashing at hairpins. Thanks to Hoon for not running me over, sorry if I spoiled your lap time and thanks to Slim for replacing my front brake lever. Decided I couldn't straighten the peg up enough to rest my foot on so made that my last session.

Apart from a bent bar end lever and a few scratches on the exhaust (and the above), that's all the damage done. The damage would have been less, but as I knew I was going down I gave the throttle a handful to spin the back wheel out and away from me....as I didn't want the bike attacking me as it did last time. No damage to me, just a scuff of the leathers, though I expect my back will be stiff in the morning......but it's better than having a sore wrist 

TTFN

[wkid_one]

Oh bugger me - you didn't??......that's no good?!?!?!  What was I saying about confidence exceeding capacity?

As long as you are okay - that is the main thing - bikes can be repaired....bones etc are a little more difficult....Puke seems to be having its fair share of riders going down lately.  All I can say is I am glad I stopped early as I was getting to the point of pushing a little too far myself.

No doubt Si I will see you on the race circuit as well in the near future as today secured my desire to race......bring on the bike....

I had a blast today...(and a few scary moments!).....quicker times and even scraping exhaust pipes - nice!

 

 

[Kwaka-Kid]

bugger man! no good to hear

all the best for a fast and good recovery, and yes your lucky you didnt damage your wrist... where would you be without it :P

damn, now im thinking about it i wish i hada low sided    did lifting the bike back up - running off the track, and fully barrell rolling your bike ever cross your mind? or is it just me that chooses to do these things

cu

[bluninja]

KK, I was more thinking about your sore wrist For me it went more like...let's carry more speed and wind it on a bit earlier, whoops, there goes the front, a bit more gas, there goes the back, shut off a little, don't want to flip over the top, more gas, oh deary deary I'm going down, give it more throttle so the bike goes away from me cos I don't want it hurting me, not sliding much, better tuck in and roll, I'm stopped, is anyone coming from my left? stand up and step off track. Track clear, pick bike up and wheel to armco. Wave at the passing bikes, take a breather, check bike, ride back to pits.

Strange to say it, but I am much happier now about getting back on the track...would have preferred not to crash. I'd got to the stage where I was full throttle everywhere but the left before Castrol, Castrol, and the hairpin and the tyre grip was fine. So I was just working on some different lines and seeing if I could carry more speed.

A rap for the leathers Kerry from MSW made me. Tha't's twice down the race tarmac in the leathers and only a few scuffs to show.

TTFN

[Kwaka-Kid]

good stuff good stuff

so what times were u running? what bike was this on? the RSVR?

[bluninja]

Times???? My pit crew were planning the pull down on the engine, the suspension specialist was preparing new shims, my personal trainer was off somehwere with my brolly babe, and my manager had flown out to Sugo to see if he could secure me a ride in WSBK; so nobody left to man the data aquisition units

A guy (Williams) on his Kawasaki was lapping in 63 seconds and he lapped me about every 4 th lap, so I guess that would be 80-90 second laps. I was riding the SV650 as I don't have a key for the RSVR at the moment, I could start the bike, but I can't refuel it

Still, maybe I'll get out there on the Mille when my keys sorted, it was good fun.

TTFN

 

[Kwaka-Kid]

SIXTY THREE SECONDS?!

Glen williams is it?

[Hoon]

Good to see you're alright Bluninja, you gave me a right fright falling over right in front of me!  I saw you lean in, take the turn then all of a suddenly the bike fell on its side then you pushed it away mid spin with the gas (rather nicely I might add.... lots of practice huh).  Luckily it happened at the slowest part of the track!

[Kwaka-Kid]

Just be thanklful it wasnt me Chasing you... MY ZXR400 has no rear brakepads and a massive thick groove in the rear disc to proove it, aswell as a front tyre that cant handle hard braking... You would have felt the bike pile over you for sure

[bluninja]

Thanks for that Hoon..hmmm so I made the turn, so why did it all go pear shaped? As for practice that's now twice I've lost it at a hairpin, but this is the first right hander. I guess cos it was slow I had time to think about what to do as I went down (but not enough time to work out how to pick it up).

KK, you would have smacked into Hoon first before you got to me

TTFN

 

[Slim]

Despite several attempts to talk me into having a play myself, I just had fun watching everyone else on the track and taking pictures (how did those turn out, btw???)

Was nice to see Dan again (whose mobile # has changed, if he's being rude & not replying to any of you ) and meet new peeps too, including Hoon, who felt his 2-stroke was too obnoxious to park anywhere near the rest of us. Lucky I'm not backwards about coming forward, eh?