Bucket racing

[Shawn]

hey i am keen to give it a go...is there any way i can borrow a bike down there for practice on the track or anything like that??...talking to XJ today totally made me all hyper about it…

[Marknz]

Depending on how serious you get, it can sometimes be an expensive sport. Check these buckets out from Aussie...

[Marknz]

here's my beast. I'm hoping it'll be back in Wgtn by the end of the season.

[FROSTY:Me]

nice looking rig that Mark
But keep in mind guys _all those buckets started out as street bikes and got developed over time.
Personally I wouldnt be arsed with all the fairings and stuff.
KISS it works best at mt wellington.
Flat bars no fairings .reasonable front brakes and a broad spread of power.
-thats why the 4 strokes do so well there
Ill scan pics of a couple of my buckets on them both I was getting solid mid feilds and occasional podeum places

[k14]

Yeah buckets look like quite a good class to start off with. Really cheap to get into and next to no running costs. Hopefully I can get into it next year.

[FROSTY:Me]

hey guys keep in mind --
Milky is selling a fantastic bike to build a bucket from--a cb125 twin
You could almost race it as is -the almost being tyres and track stup--
do it right and it could still be a road bike too

[speedpro]

We ran against 150 at Levels, on the long track the fast buckets still cleaned them up,on the short track the buckets have a even bigger advantage.

There is a perception of buckets as evil handling,dodgy arse peices of crap,some of them now are basiclly highly modified racebikes.

And there are a few National class riders racing them,even some previous National champions,so the level of competiton can be fairly high

At our last meeting we had three "National" class riders - Karl Morgan, Dave Manuel(250GP champ), and some guy called Gary Cunningham. They were fast but didn't just clear out from the likes of Dave, Rick, or Olly.

[speedpro]

here's my beast. I'm hoping it'll be back in Wgtn by the end of the season.

Funny looking chamber you have!!

I have some shots of AK buckets but they're all large files. Anyway . . .

I've edited them and they're all manageable sizes now.

[FROSTY:Me]

If mr speedpro is who I think he is --hes a lot more qualified to talk about mt wellington race track than I am.

[speedpro]

hey i am keen to give it a go...is there any way i can borrow a bike down there for practice on the track or anything like that??...talking to XJ today totally made me all hyper about it…

I normally try to get along to the Sat morning of a bucket weekend. Pretty well anyone who turns up with the gear can have a ride on my bike, #10 in the pic but #6 now. PM me a bit closer to the next meeting if you're interested as I'm not sure with my new job whether I'll be making it for sure. John Connor is a good sort and will generally let anyone who asks have a ride on one of his many buckets as well, even on race day.

[LB]

At our last meeting we had three "National" class riders - Karl Morgan, Dave Manuel(250GP champ), and some guy called Gary Cunningham. They were fast but didn't just clear out from the likes of Dave, Rick, or Olly.

Gary Cunningham races a GSXR600 and is pretty handy on it!

[RiderInBlack]

I normally try to get along to the Sat morning of a bucket weekend. Pretty well anyone who turns up with the gear can have a ride on my bike, #10 in the pic but #6 now. PM me a bit closer to the next meeting if you're interested as I'm not sure with my new job whether I'll be making it for sure. John Connor is a good sort and will generally let anyone who asks have a ride on one of his many buckets as well, even on race day.

Would love to take up you offer SP, but I'll have to wait until spring as work is full on at the moment (7 dayers until after Sept, but might get a break late July). I'd like to give buckets a go, as my old 245+Kg CBR1000 is a bit heavy to throw around the track (have taken it around Puke on 2 open days so far, and the VFR once at Manfeild).

[Eddieb]

In fact try this...

Thanks Mark, Does the season only have 5 rounds mid year or does it carry on through summer?

If so then If I was keen by the time I got organised I'd have missed most of this year.

[FROSTY:Me]

holey cow speedpro--i thought I was going nuts trying to figure out where the pic of dave was taken--then i realised it was running reversed circuit

[F5 Dave]

holey cow speedpro--i thought I was going nuts trying to figure out where the pic of dave was taken--then i realised it was running reversed circuit

Well I've only just stumbled on this, but that pic of Dave is from Last year's GP & that's me ahead of him, but sadly the bike got a bit sick later on.

If there is any one from Wgtn wanting more info PM me & I can probably get you a ride on my evil H.