KBer's go Bucket racing (chch)

**dangerous** · 23rd July 2006, 20:43

Round 3 BEAR's
Kickaha is away with work and a broken foot, so no green reps for his decent write up today... ya have me instead, so hang on to ya hats here we go...

Buckets, With a field of 27 there were 11 Kiwibiker's:
Spud
Thunder
Rashika
Tyger Tung
Gav
Jonny
Diesel
Dangerous
k14
tonyB
Stanko.
Awesome turn out guys, Rashika you made bucket history by racing two consecutive rounds for a chick, 1st timers thunder, Gav (old vet) good shit brothers.

Practice went well with most bikes returning to the pits.
Race1) I lead for 2 laps before being passed by Diesel, DC and #38... I finished 4th which I was happy with as I found the group riding was worring me as the memory of the crash last meet was coming back to me.
I loaned out my spare bucket to a new guy that wrecked it in a low slide on the hairpin.

Race2) Awesome start for me again and I held the lead for 5 out of 6 laps, but I lost concentration and DC, Diesel pig passed me, so I took a 3rd.
I have no idea how any of the others went as i never saw them

Race3) Swaped bikes with DC (RS framed MB) and was suprised how dofferent 2 Mb100's tuned similer can be, but the big diff being the out standing handling of the RS frame, having said that DC cleaned the field up on my bike.
Post Classics:
Well practice wasn't the best for me as the Kat through a wobbley due to me leaving the air box lid off.
Race1) got a good start in but lost a few places and finished 5th.
Race2) Good start again same shit as before and I think I finished around 5th-7th again.
The Kat took a bit to get used to, god ohhh mighty its a heavy beast, but bloody good fun

Race3) same shit in the all in but was carved up by the Motards, and had a laugh or two at Spuds antics on the KX750 of DC's
Thats my lot... take it away the rest of ya's

**Joni** · 23rd July 2006, 20:58

Where is the rest of the write up? the witty comments... the taking the piss out of of... of yeah... that right we take the piss out of you!

The

was out and it made for a perfect days racing...

Well done to Diesel Pig... as always him and DC showed us how its done (damn Black Betty was flying in that first race)... I missed the second one, what happened?:spudwhat:

Nice to see Gav and Thunder out there too...

Respect to Rashika who took Kicks bikes out - you looked good on the LC girl, maybe you should think of getting one

**onearmedbandit** · 23rd July 2006, 21:01

D, that wasn't 'boss' was it??

**TonyB** · 23rd July 2006, 21:11

Well done D. Bloody good to see you at the pointy end of the field! Wish I was there with you.

Stanko and I have made some real progress with my bucket- just one more thing to sort THE RIDER

I keep unsettling the bike. Will try altering the ride position and see how it pans out. Had a good time tho! Bloody good to be out on the track again

**gav** · 23rd July 2006, 21:26

Yeah that was fun! Big thanks to Stanko for the loan of the bike

the Ruapuna "B" track is ideal for buckets, but alot faster than a typical bucket track ie carpark and cones or Kart track. I was way off the pace but apart from the hairpin which I was running through in 3rd gear, the rest of the track is 4th, 5th and 6th gear, flat out! (and I was running a FXR150 motor)
Now I know why so few buckets down here are based on trailbikes, the internal gearing just won't let you run fast enough, and if you gear them up, they probably wont pull the gearing.
First time I'd been on the bike and main struggle was fitting my foot on the peg to change gear, brakes a bit spongy, but after a while found only really used them into the hairpin. Just started off the back of the grid, passed a few here and there but have no idea where I finished

great fun though!
All seemed over to quick though, no wonder the other guys decide to run Pre 82 etc.
Roll on Battle of the Buckets!! You North Islanders won't want to go back home after racing here!

**Skunk** · 23rd July 2006, 21:39

Originally Posted by gav

Roll on Battle of the Buckets!! You North Islanders won't want to go back home after racing here!

Shit. Shit. The AX100 ain't got a chance in hell. It's only a 4 speed box that pulls 110 tops. On a good day.

**Buddha#81:Me** · 23rd July 2006, 21:43

Practice buckets; went out an rode around, I found the track temp low from the overnight frost and provided fick all in the way of traction but overall it felt good. Yesterday I fitted a 14t front sprocket to bring the RPM back into the black down the back straight.

Practice pre '82; once again went out and took it easy until I notice I was gaining on Dangerous which only gave me the urge to pick the pace up only to have him pull off the track before being overtaken by the awesome power of the mighty CB250.

Buckets race 1; Found by fixing a long standing slipping clutch and the gearing change Im back on the pace ( on the back of the fast pack). Found it unnerving to have K14's cb125t pulling RPM that Mr Honda never intended it to do, stuffed his front up the inside of me only to think better of taking on the emence mass which is the spud. Made it home on about 6th just in front of k14. Judging on the pace of the fast guys I picked up a second or two a lap

The downside was Dangerous pipping me on the line after the overtaking move if the millenium two corners before the flag.

Buckets race 2; much the same as race 1 except I found myself following k14 I didn't seem to have anything left to get passed, lucky for me his exhaust broke in the last lap coming out of the hairpin

another 6th-ish finish.

Buckets race 3; swapped bikes with Tigertung not being a points race. Going back to a Proddy Bucket after a couple of seasons on slicks is entertaining to say the least, need-lest to say I couldn't wait to hand back the mighty CG at the end of the race!

All-in last race; My big Bro offered to swap his Z750 for the CB250rs (fair swap I thought) After dicing with death trying to get my head around a quarter of a ton of ill handling and no brakes, I settled in behind Dangerous on his Kat and found that the bikes had very little between them (with me riding it). Other than a BIG moment into the hairpin trying to pull up the elephant I managed to keep it together and bring it home in about 10th just in-front of D and the Kat

In all a great day was had and it was good to see the sun after the weather forecasts during the week was pointing to a wet meeting. With 25 odd buckets on the grid its looking like the Battle Of The Buckets, SI GP will be a winner.

Cheers Brent

**dangerous** · 23rd July 2006, 21:54

pic1) Ohhh FFS K14 its a fucking bucket
pic2) casualty... please help
pic3) blood n guts, well oil n metal...
pic4) Spuds such a friendly chap
pic5) Thunder
pic6) TonyB

**dangerous** · 23rd July 2006, 22:05

next pics are thanks to SuzyQ

1) Spud and Diesel
2) Rashika FXR
3) K14
4) Gav
5) Tyger Tung
6) Spud 250RS

**Sketchy_Racer** · 23rd July 2006, 22:11

HAHAHA IF TYGER TUNGS HANGS OFF ANYMORE, HE WILL FALL OFF THE SIDE OF THE BIKE!!

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good stuff tho guys!!!!

**dangerous** · 23rd July 2006, 22:15

1) Rashika 350LC
2) Dangerous Kat
3) dangerous MB100
4) Diesel on Black Betty
5) Rashika
6) Buckets

**TygerTung** · 24th July 2006, 07:00

Originally Posted by RG100!!

HAHAHA IF TYGER TUNGS HANGS OFF ANYMORE, HE WILL FALL OFF THE SIDE OF THE BIKE!!

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good stuff tho guys!!!!

Yeah well at least i got a knee down!

Those CG125's handle pretty terrible, you have no choice but to ride like that.

When spud rode it, he commented that it felt like it had front and rear wheel steering. I am kind of used to the wobbly flexible chassis and sort of like it!

**Rashika** · 24th July 2006, 09:14

yup I could see that knee down, and i was in fact a little concerned that you were going to slide right off there so i could have some target practice and run you over

Nah kidding TT, ya done good matey!

Well I cant give you all a blow by blow account, on account of the day being a little bit of a blur to me... guess it gets like that when you are racing in a couple of classes. Dunno how the boy across from us managed as he was in 3 classes!

Buckets: The FXR was great... I got better as the day progressed again, ONE DAY I will ride the same bike on 2 occasions, so hopefully will be better at the beginning of the day rather than nearer the end. Going into that first hairpin scares the crap outa me, just too many bikes all wanting to go first (27 in total), so I hold back from that frantic bunch a little till they sort it all out. Just as well really cos 1 bloke lost it in front of me, not a Kber tho

Had some fun with Tygertung trying to edge his way past for a couple of laps and then just pipping me at the finish line, ya young whippersnapper! I'll get you back when i figger out this getting ya arse off the seat crap...did start moving it a bit by the end of the day tho, proud to say!
Oh yeah and Ta Spud for letting me beat ya in the last race

Pre 82: Well what can i say... I just LOVED the LC!!!! God-damn it is one awesomely cool bike! I can see why my mates at highschool loved the buggers when they first came out. The first bike I rode (on the back of, mind you) was one of these... it really kindled my interest so i was thrilled to be riding one yesterday. And it didn't let me down at all, loved the powerband when it came in, seemed to get the timing just right...most of the time anyway. Felt like it was almost the fastest i had ever riden on the track. Probably was cos I didn't have the thought of paying off a binned Buell on my mind which seems to stall me a little on my road bike.
By the end of the day I had even got my confidence up to actually pass a couple of people on it, I was CHUFFED! Now just to work on the abovementioned bit about my arse and maybe I will improve

Ta for Dangerous for helping get the bikes out there, and Diesel Pig (and co) for same, and Speedy for moral support and 'specially SuziQ for pic taking.
All I can say is that I loved every damn minute of riding BOTH bikes...and no matter WHAT people say about Kickaha being an arse

, I think he is a damn good chap, lending out his bikes to me for the day.
HUGE BIG THANKS KICKAHA!