Something positive KB can do

[FROSTY:Me]

Folks I had an idea that I thought I'd share with you lot.
Taupo track is on the whole bloody fantastic.
There is ONE corner thats potentially pretty darn dangerous
The corner leading onto the start finish straight has a combination of slippery paint (its going to be blasted and replaced with non slip paint ) and a solid wall on the edge of the exit. .
Its nowhere near as dangerous as pukie but there is potential for some nasty damage to bike and rider.
INSTEAD OF WHINGING ABOUT IT LETS BE PROACTIVE.
I have access to the same sort of nylon sacks as they use at pukie and paeroa as bales to reduce injury.
The sacks are empty.
The normal filling is empty plastic milk bottles and empty 2.0l or 1.5l soft drink bottles.
Im thinking us KBers could fill em up with ourr empty plastic milk bottles and soft drink bottles --Ill get em stitched up.
We could donate them to Taupo track for use for any motorbike events held there.
In other words Us KBers could save lives or at the least reduce the damage done
I thought we 'd have 3 or 4 bale filling points
one here in dorkland at my place
one in wellytown--(JIM2 has offfered his place as a drop off point)
maybee hamilton
and Tauranga
To cover that corner will need about 8 bales

SO FOLKS --EMPTY RINSED OUT UNCRUSHED BOTTLES --WADDA YA ALL SAY??

[Disco Dan]

Great idea!

*bags not, taking one on my bike down there*

[Zukin]

Fantastic Idea

Happy to donate empty milk bottles.
Is anyone here work at Longburn Milk Factory? (P North)
Maybe you could get the seconds??

Sorry to hijack your thread, but
I see that last event you were looking for Track Marshalls?
I am a Senior member in a Crash Rescue team and can maybe help you out if you ever need it?
We cover events at Taupo and Manfield all the time, from Minis to the A1GP
We have our own Paramedics so you dont need St Johns, and we are all trained First Aiders and fire and crash rescue.

Let me know if you ever need us, that way everyone else can enjoy the day and not worry about standing on the track, they can actually spectate

[FROSTY:Me]

ok well its gonna take a lot of bottles

[LilSel]

Recycling day + back of wagon= lots of bottles
Happy to help

[Karma]

Out of interest... which corner?

Also, bottles could be saved, but logistically would need to have a few before bothering to pool them all together, so maybe save up all your bottles and dump them all in one place once a month?

[Disco Dan]

ok, cardboard box next to recycle bin in garage...

hey will even wash them out or will be very 'stinky' crash pads!

[Zukin]

Just interested to know who your "Paramedics" are.. as in who do they work for, what is their qualification etc. Also what training /qualifications do you have as Crash Rescue.

You know who I am, we have spoken on Targa
RSQKRU

[rwh]

I have access to the same sort of bales as they use at pukie.
They are empty. Im thinking us KBers could fill em up with their empty plastic milk bottles --Ill get em stitched up.
We could donate them to Taupo track for use for any motorbike events held there

I know you've got plenty of experience of racetracks Frosty, so I'm sure you know what you're talking about, but I'd just like to ask - are milk bottles an accepted filling for a bale to slow down bikes? Is that what's used at Pukekohe, or elsewhere? I'm a bit nervous about the idea of using something that just seems right by intuition, rather than having been appropriately tested and/or analysed.

Richard

[FROSTY:Me]

Out of interest... which corner?

Its the last corner before the start finish straight--solid wall on the exit
Its pretty low speed compared to pukie but would still be a nasty place to get tangled up in

[FROSTY:Me]

I know you've got plenty of experience of racetracks Frosty, so I'm sure you know what you're talking about, but I'd just like to ask - are milk bottles an accepted filling for a bale to slow down bikes? Is that what's used at Pukekohe, or elsewhere? I'm a bit nervous about the idea of using something that just seems right by intuition, rather than having been appropriately tested and/or analysed.

Richard

yea mate --empty milk bottles--they collapse and absorb impact
sure they arent the best solution --the perfect solution is to move the wall
second best is air fence -but even a cool bunch like KB couldnt raise the 20000 odd bucks for an air fence.
So if you folks want we can do something to make the track a bit safer

[ajturbo]

Its the last corner before the start finish straight--solid wall on the exit
Its pretty low speed compared to pukie but would still be a nasty place to get tangled up in

yer i know the corner.... scares me shitless at the speeds i go on the bucket..

[Karma]

Its the last corner before the start finish straight--solid wall on the exit
Its pretty low speed compared to pukie but would still be a nasty place to get tangled up in

yer i know the corner.... scares me shitless at the speeds i go on the bucket..

I've never personally found that to be a problem, you mean the corner with the pit exit? Then again I doubt I'm getting close to the speeds that others are taking through that corner.

I'll start putting the bottles aside, and we can sort out something in the new year to get them all together.

[Finn]

empty milk bottles

I didn't think you could get these anymore but wouldn't all that glass be dangerous? But I guess the thought of hitting a bale full of glass bottles would be enough to slow me down around that corner so good thinking Frosty!!!

[SwanTiger]

Would it be illegal to go along with a vehicle and trailor early on a collection day and empty all the recycling bins of their plastic milk bottles, does anyone know?