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    GNCC- Virgin

    As this is my first time, i thought ill tell everone what the deal is, first ride of the round is this saturday( women and quads) and sunday (pro, clubman and rookies).
    all info is on the links in this page http://www.poweradventures.co.nz/
    hopefully it should be good and not out of my legaue, ill entre in the clubman group because that sounds like me and should fit in that group just fine.
    im hopeing for a top 20 finish and if im in the running after sunday then ill hea off to the other rounds and do the whole compertion.

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    I really want to do this, but it's mums 50th birthday.......

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    Im doing it too should be good its my first time doing the GNCC also they run the trail ride class on sat so you can check out the track

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    Dont waste your time doing the trail ride class, it is stupid. just go enter on sunday and race. you eill enjoy it, I have raced GNCC and was good.
    too busy nowdays to race.
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    Hmmm, lets see, trailride on Saturday arvo for $35.00, or race Sunday for 2-3 hours for what, $50.00? Seems like a Saturday arvo trail class is better value for money to me. Each to their own.

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    Likewise a GNCC virgin. Just picking up a Honda 250x this morning from botany to have a go. I reckon I will enter the rookie race first, as never raced before. looking forward to it though. will have a go on the trail on saturday just to get used to the bike and see the course. see you there with 1000 other entries. no doubt be knackered by the end of 2-3hrs riding.
    do you no if you need a pit crew?

    You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape.
    If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40.
    If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.
    And now a third thing a bloody big gun to shoot theives with!

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    I know from doing the two man that a pit crew does come in handy for things like fueling up and giving you a drink etc. I will prob go do the trail ride one this arvo just to see the track etc

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    I have a couple of kids aged 9 and 15 are they able to be a pit crew? or is this frowned upon?

    You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape.
    If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40.
    If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.
    And now a third thing a bloody big gun to shoot theives with!

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    Quote Originally Posted by A&R View Post
    I have a couple of kids aged 9 and 15 are they able to be a pit crew? or is this frowned upon?
    You can sling one of the kids my way if you want( oil my chain get a drink and (pick up my bike) ), i was just going to swing into the pits have my gas tank buy a tree some were and fill up, and use my camel back for my drink. kids might get a bit bored just standing around waiting for dad or mum to turn up.
    I'll try and find the results from the day and post them up on monday or whenever i can find them.
    look out for a black honda with a red tail section thats me, try not to roost me want to keep the goggles clean.
    you don't need a licence for this do you?

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    As I posted before, no licence needed. pit crew can come in handy.
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    Talking what did i get myself into!!!!!!!

    This was the biggest eye opener for me, about how bad my fitness is!!!!
    5 laps non stop each lap about 25-30 minutes, cris power did a lap the day before and the first lap took him just under 23mins, my first lap was
    25.30mins and then the times just got bigger, then smaller, then bigger, and then smaller for some reason

    Lap #1 the first lap was the hardest, with not knowing the track and with all the people that were going down and spaying me in sand , i went down in the deep sand hitting another bike that went down in front of me, my radiator fins poped out and took me a couple of mintues to fix up with the help of the ride that i hit. At this stag my arms were complety dead i didn't know how i was going to do another 4 laps!

    Lap #2 the second lap was better then the first, my arms where numb and i got into a rythem, but i was lossing so much time in the sand and the woops. At the end of the second lap i decided to to fill up the bike to the brim so i wouldn't have to stop again untill the end of the race.

    Lap #3 buy this piont i was no longer getting passed buy anyone else and in return passing a number of people that were to tired from going to hard out at the start, and also the bikes that had broken down or just given up

    Lap #4 i belive was the fastest lap that i did, i was picking the lines better then anyother lap and was managing to master some of the woops keeping my weight back and the bikes power to bob along and keep smooth, but with most of the woops i did what the bike wanted to do

    Lap #5 must have been the slowest lap that i did as i could give no more, in the fist part of the lap i was flying passing a few more people and also holding off a few. But my body had taking a beating, with all of the falling offs and woops of the other laps. In the last quarter of the race it seemed that i was just trail riding instead of racing.
    I got passed by two people that i had passed earler on in the lap which was a bit gutting as my fitness was so poor. When i finaly got back to the end of the lap i was over the moon ( just because the race was over).

    I rode back to my ute where i got off the bike and almost collapsed as my legs were like jelly, went back to the pits to pick up my spare gas and bike stand (thank you to the joker that helped me out on lap 2 with holding the bike up while i pored the gas made life easer) i could bearly carry the stuff back to the ute, had to have about 3 stop just to walk 100m.
    I went back to the score bored where about 15 other people were trying to see their times. in a feild of 70+ don't no the exact numbers, people were still racing around the track so they hadn't been scanned yet and their times wern't up. But managed to get a placing of 39th i think will have to check when they up load the web page could have been 29th didn't get a good look but i dou't it.

    This race was the hardest thing that i had done so far on a motorbike, will have to hit the gym and beat the streets to get fitter and faster so i can improve my placing.

    Thats all from me ill see you all at the next one!
    and hopefully break in to the low 30's for the next placing!!!!!!!
    Last edited by Buddy L; 15th October 2006 at 15:58. Reason: spelling mistakes

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    Gncc

    You definately need to get some fitness or else i might have to go to the next one to show you how to do it.
    Stringbean

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    check on www.gncc.co.nz for results. and yes to be fairly fit to be out their racing GNCC, good job for getting a few laps in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wellyman View Post
    Dont waste your time doing the trail ride class, it is stupid.
    What's your reasoning behind this observation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by chris View Post
    What's your reasoning behind this observation?
    Oops I take that back now, I see the trail class prices are now cheaper then race price.
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