MotoTT trackday - Full track Taupo 28/07/06

**kiwifruit** · 27th July 2006, 19:58

Originally Posted by blackbird2

all looks good for me at this stage.
will remind the boss at 5pm

good stuff!
you know we are booked out tho?

lucky for you someone has pulled out eh

see you there (bright and early

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**Goblin** · 28th July 2006, 23:33

Farkin WICKED DAY!!! Was great to see everyone! Sugilite...I had the best time EVER!! Thoroughly enjoyed every second on the back of the 7!! If that was cruising...I can only anticipate pushing it.

Awesome to see RossiGal out there getting some valuable track time. You GO GIRL!!!

Babyb & DingDong, hopefully next time, we will be out there too!

kiwifruit, you were kicking arse out there on ya little 150(?)....through the corners! Some new tyres & you wont know yaself out there!

Awesome day and I will endeavour to be on the track next month! On ma 400

**Rossi Gal** · 29th July 2006, 15:10

hey goblin, cool to see you there..and yup cant wait to see you out on the track. must just say a BIG thanks to all the guys who put it on..bloody AWESOME day!!!

cheers Kiwifruit was stoked i could get on the track.
all in all a great day, wicked turn out. looking forward to the next one..!!! hehe

**Zed** · 29th July 2006, 15:26

What an excellent day, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. First time for me on the Taupo track and what an awesome track it is, first time for my bike ever on a track and it performed well, professionally organised event, weather was brilliant with not a cloud in the sky, temperature was a tad nippy but comfortable nonetheless, every rider behaved themselves and was courteous to others on the track, and we had 5 x 20min sessions each which was enough to exhaust many of us!

Motobob and I drove down on Thurs night with the bikes on a trailer, we arose early on Friday morning to be greeted with blue skiies and a spectacular view of Mt Ruapehu in the distance (see pic), we knew it was gonna be a great day. We got to the track feeling fresh with plenty of time to sign in, prepare the bikes, and go through scrutineering. There were heaps of cool bikes in attendance including a new black ZX-14. Generally there was a good atmosphere all day and it was good to catch up with some new & old KBers, as well as meet many other track day enthusiasts.

For anyone considering to attend future MotoTT track days, I highly recommend you do so, they are well worth the time and money spent!

**Zed** · 29th July 2006, 15:31

More MotoTT pics...

**Zed** · 29th July 2006, 15:38

Even more MotoTT pics...

**kiwifruit** · 29th July 2006, 16:06

Was a great day, glad to hear you guys had fun

Good to see some new faces, and some familar ones,
sorry if i didnt reconise you (bio and kicking)

Had a bit of moose myself... crapped off the wee kr150 twice at what i thought was very mild cornering angles....
turns out the tyres on it are worse than i thought, oh well, leason leant.
Slowed me down heaps on the thou, was busy thinking "feck, i hope these tyres dont let go!"
Feeling a bit sore today, had a very sore head last night after headbutting a ditch after my first off.... doh!
Nothing like a good skid down the track to curb the confidence a little eh

We will have some high quality images for sale at very resonable rates soon, keep an eye on the website or drop me a pm if you are interested.

Sugilite- your a beast! Wicked skills that man.
Goblin- great to see you were keen to get on the back, must have been a blast!!
Zed- you were getting faster and faster, great stuff. Thanks for the pics and the motoTT plug

r4q2- i hope you have that rear end sorted by next time so you can unleash your full skills without having to hold back...
Saul- you were hauling out there 2up, awesome to see. Nice wheelies too

saw one down the main straight with Jess(?) on the back, hes keen isnt he! Wont be long b4 hes on a bike himself

Ding Dong- always a pleasure, hope to see you there on yer bike next time eh
The dude on the guzzi- love the bike man, very cool
Blackbird2- lookin good out there man, keep it up
If i missed you its cos i smacked my head and have lost a brain cell or two (leaving me with between 4 and 6)

See you at the next one

**sAsLEX** · 29th July 2006, 16:25

Sounds good, what the deal with requiring a NZ drivers licence? Is that legal reasons?

As I would of thought a few people would like to feed the bug whilst the are suspended by going out on the track.

You only need one to race at Paeroa and Wanganui as well, so some young racers who might not be licensed.....

**kiwifruit** · 29th July 2006, 16:34

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Sounds good, what the deal with requiring a NZ drivers licence? Is that legal reasons?

As I would of thought a few people would like to feed the bug whilst the are suspended by going out on the track.

You only need one to race at Paeroa and Wanganui as well, so some young racers who might not be licensed.....

Its so that we (motoTT) is seen to have some sort of "standard".
If any one doesnt have a current nz motorcycle (road) licence just contact us ride@motott.co.nz and im sure we could sort something out.

**Biohazard** · 29th July 2006, 16:47

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

Its so that we (motoTT) is seen to have some sort of "standard".
If any one doesnt have a current nz licence just contact us ride@motott.co.nz and im sure we could sort something out.

Are we talking race licence or road licence ??

**kiwifruit** · 29th July 2006, 16:50

Road licence

If you had a race licence but no road licence im sure that would be just dandy too

**Zed** · 29th July 2006, 17:14

Originally Posted by kiwifruit

Saul- you were hauling out there 2up, awesome to see. Nice wheelies too

saw one down the main straight with Jess(?) on the back, hes keen isnt he! Wont be long b4 hes on a bike himself

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Hey Saul, twas fun dicing with you out there, I had a guy approach me during the day who caught our syncronised wheelstand down the front straight on his camera, looked like an awesome pic too. He's gonna be emailing it and some more to me soon so once he does I'll post them up here!

**saul** · 29th July 2006, 17:20

Nothing like a good skid down the track to curb the confidence a little eh

That is for sure mate (track or road) I thought you had slowed down a bit

I didn't know that you had taken a knock, I thought that they must have been a couple of little low sides, hope you are feeling a bit better now

First lap with Jes on, we did the whole back (you know the long one) straight, she just sat up there really nice, after that it was all crap kept getting a false neutral 2-3 which on Olive is very unusual.