Bucket racing

**F5 Dave** · 27th August 2004, 13:54

I didn’t say I liked Longburn, just that it didn’t smell. Most of the grease was left in the carpark by the workers HQs etc

Yeah I was going to expand that Ohakea GP around the base race was really good fun, even if a couple of those curbs were a bit scary. Esp. that one exiting out onto the tarmac! If you fell into there there’d be no coming out.

I remember you furiously punting a wobbling CB125T to take out the B 100 race from memory.

Other good GPs were Foxton, through that dip section & up the hill again, & I also liked Ohakuni although both me & your bro were a little bit damaged from our coming together.

**Kickaha** · 27th August 2004, 18:19

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

Putting that in prospective though kick--dont you race on the big tracks--as in full sized tracks not carparks n stuff

Yeah I went to Grenada North and I wouldn't bother coming up for a meeting there.

We mainly run Ruapuna B Track,which would be Taupo size,we also run the full Levels track and went to Teretonga the other weekend and ran full track we also do Greymouth and Nelson street races

Originally Posted by F5Dave

Raced the last meeting at chch airbase (starting with B something?) & that was similar, but not as good tarmac.

Well if Wigram starts with a B,that was the first bucket race I ever did.

Blenheim is awesome but I struggle with the small tracks after running the big ones all the time and the Aotea Wankers (residents) association has made it impossible to run at Carrs road again

**FROSTY:Me** · 27th August 2004, 18:39

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Frosty, so you've raced Mt Wgtn a ways back from the sounds, just trying to place you, what bike did you have?

dave-I started out on a honda MB50--Ill scan the pic into my puter.
First meeting was one of the last at the Wiri container terminal.
It was totally stock except I took the seat off,cut the back off the tank and raced her. it was semi competative back then
-well if ya dont count the
Then I had a TF100 based bucket with gt125/185 front end and a square swing arm out of -shit actually I dont remember.
Then the suzuki rg50 came out -a little pocket rocket. two stroke water cooled All I did to mine was change the front sprocket.
I played around on a friggin horrible contraption-xl125 based with a gt185 front end-Bubbles grey origonaly built it up and I dunno why bit I could never get the bloody thing to run right.
I gave it up for awile -focussed on "real" racing
I bought one of the rowan mb50's and had a huuge off on the sweeper
I hurt my neck pretty bad so i gave it all up.

**Eddieb** · 27th August 2004, 20:20

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Big ccts are boring,

Kaitoke would seen huge after the carparks I would imagine. I think the buckets would a bit lost somewhere like manfeild but for me I'm looking foward to Kaitoke.

**gav** · 27th August 2004, 22:16

I started racing at Redwood Valley Kart track (Nelson) and used to travel to Woodbourne and Blenheim Kart track. Raced at Greymouth, Port Nelson, Wigram, Carrs Road and Ruapuna. First bike Suzuki GT50, then KV100 sold to newbie, built another bike (this happened alot, let new guy ride, hes keen as, hey, just buy this! cool, hang on I need another bike!!

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**speedpro** · 27th August 2004, 23:06

I liked Taupo when the Hamilton club ran the GP there. Mt Wellington is smaller than I prefer. One track that noone has mentioned is Wanganui, what a hoot carving up 400s throught the esses and into flower garden or whatever it's called now. Manfield round the front part, back on the return road and through the entrance to the pits and back out onto the straight through the gap (which isn't there any more I think) in the concrete pit wall onto the straight. The Shell 2 Wheeler on the main circuit was fun as well, chasing Stefan Merriman on a CR125 and some other guy on a Kawasaki KX125. Merriman kept sliding both wheels round the inside of me on the sweeper with both feet up at about 90mph smooth as silk. He's a God on the bikes. Other tracks I've liked would be Ohakea which could be soooo fast, Wigram, Kaitoke and Blenheim kart tracks which are soo much fun especially with the SI guys at Blenheim. Tracks that aint so hot - Ohakune which I found to be a bit abrasive, Carrs Road which I found to be a bit wet. The Wiri container terminal was good but that is going back a bit and Whenuapai had potential as well. I had a little watercooled Suzuki AC50 back then - handling? what handling??

**FROSTY:Me** · 28th August 2004, 10:17

Originally Posted by speedpro

I liked Taupo when the Hamilton club ran the GP there. Mt Wellington is smaller than I prefer. One track that noone has mentioned is Wanganui, what a hoot carving up 400s throught the esses and into flower garden or whatever it's called now. Manfield round the front part, back on the return road and through the entrance to the pits and back out onto the straight through the gap (which isn't there any more I think) in the concrete pit wall onto the straight. The Shell 2 Wheeler on the main circuit was fun as well, chasing Stefan Merriman on a CR125 and some other guy on a Kawasaki KX125. Merriman kept sliding both wheels round the inside of me on the sweeper with both feet up at about 90mph smooth as silk. He's a God on the bikes. Other tracks I've liked would be Ohakea which could be soooo fast, Wigram, Kaitoke and Blenheim kart tracks which are soo much fun especially with the SI guys at Blenheim. Tracks that aint so hot - Ohakune which I found to be a bit abrasive, Carrs Road which I found to be a bit wet. The Wiri container terminal was good but that is going back a bit and Whenuapai had potential as well. I had a little watercooled Suzuki AC50 back then - handling? what handling??

Sp--we must have raced together at some stage.

**Eddieb** · 28th August 2004, 21:14

Tomorrow isn't looking so promising with this weather, bugger it all.

**F5 Dave** · 1st September 2004, 09:30

Yeah, have been down in chch for a couple of days & rememebred that Wigram must be a funny spelling with a B on the front.

Eddie, you missed a great day racing. Yes it rained but it was surprisingly grippy & then it dried out totally for the last couple of races.

**StoneChucker** · 29th September 2004, 17:14

I've read the thread, and from what I can summise, you need to get a bike at or under 140cc? Doesn't matter what, but 2 or 4 stroke is your choice? What about a racing licence, and how do you pay the course fee's, on the day?

Does the bike need a wof / rego? How often are the events run in / near Wgtn? I know these have been covered, but I'm still lost.

Can I just turn up at an event after I get my bike?
I appreciate it if someone can humour me and lend a halfwit a hand

**Eddieb** · 29th September 2004, 17:33

2 stroke up to 100cc, 4 stroke up to 140cc. I have a 4 stroke 125 but would probably go 2 stroke if I upgraded the bike.
Races normally the last sunday of each month in Upper Hutt/Tawa/Kaitoke depending on the month.
No reg/wof etc required but bike needs to meet race conditions as per MNZ rules, i.e. wired sump plug, fluid catch bottle etc.
Kaitoke also require crash bungs to stop their surface getting damaged when you bin it.
Yes you need a race license $80, to get one of those you also need to belong to a MNZ affiliated club, e.g. Vic MC club $40.
Entry is $25 entry per class raced in paid on the day.

Yes you just turn up and go for it.

And I think F5Dave's still got a bike for sale....