SUZI (GSX-R)Track day 10/12/06

[Matt Bleck]

Was a great day alright Thanks Kiwi Rider & Suzuki!

As always meet some new faces, and caught up with the ones I'd meet before.

Last session of the day was the most fun, cheers guy's had a blast!

[DMNTD:Me]

A huge,no make that massive THANK YOU to all that organised the event and also on behalf of the Norfland Crew THANK YOU to Maunders Suzuki of Whangarei for not only providing my fat arse with a K6 750 for the day but for also putting us up for the night and providing us with the tickets too!
I mean how often do you get service like that eh????

Personally I had an absolute blast on the track. Had only done 40mins at Puke before(on my bike) so was awesome to get some genuine track time in.
Was a little difficult trying to learn how to ride a completely different bike to mine but didn't have any "serious" moments during the day.
As mentioned by Eddie,Annette had an pearler out there on her SV1000 getting better and better as the day got on and coming in with the cheesiest smile which made everything worth while.
I'm looking forward to the next track day with a passion now but hope to be allowed to take my scooter out for a test run.

Sorry,the pic's aren't particularly good and not many(too busy fizzing at the bung!) but here are a few anyway

The norfland crew actually making an appearance,, even though they only went to bed and hour before track day ..
and Annette had the biggest grin on her face after several sessions, and this time, Chris you had nothing to do with it..!!!

oh and yeah, i don't think were allowed back at the alpineresort,, something to do with some noise and shit.....WTF

Mate...don't exaggerate,was more like 3 hours sleep man
Ol' Basil at you hotel was slightly challenged wasn't he?

... I learn't how slow I was

LOL! Mate if you're the bloke on the red TL,sir you are not slow...not even close!
Was highly impressed at the smooth lines I saw

[boomer]

i've ran out of bling, so i'll do it tomorrow...

Cheers Chris & Eddie for the offer of a ticket!!! big ups

[nodrog:Me]

....next one is 22 nd ,, no excuses now boyo

yeah there is, its called work unless you want to give me one of them high paying metrosexual jobs that let you take heaps of payed days off??

[DMNTD:Me]

Cheers Chris & Eddie for the offer of a ticket!!! big ups

Welcome brother...anytime

[The_Dover]

yeah there is, its called work unless you want to give me one of them high paying metrosexual jobs that let you take heaps of payed days off??

don't you design kitchens? like those fags from queer eye?

"I think a nice mauve for the units and a good indoor-backdoor flow......"

[nodrog:Me]

don't you design kitchens?

nah, i just light fires!

[Morepower]

LOL! Mate if you're the bloke on the red TL,sir you are not slow...not even close!
Was highly impressed at the smooth lines I saw

You are too kind , there was some very tidy riders in all the groups , but I was impressed with just how fast some the fast guys were really going and making it look easy with it , they are carrying good corner speeds and keeping the bikes nicely balanced.
Its great that every one was having a good time, addictive things those trackdays.

Dave

[Ralph]

That was the most fun I've had with my clothes on for while, great to finally have a go on the full track, awesome! And nice way to try the new suit out and got my knee down for the first time, so much fun i had to do it again & again & again

Big thanks to all that organized the day and to Maunders Suzuki for the ticket.
Great having the stalls there to with Dunlop providing some tyre advice.

[DEATH_INC.]

Was just wondering about that passing up the inside rule. Was in the beginner rounds for the first three sessions and by the third I was doing much better. But I was finding it frustrating get stuck in the corners behind bigger bikes because they were right on the outside going into corners and I could outbrake them and hold more corner speed, but would get done coming out of corners. Being my first time on a track I saw some really big gaps but didn't know what to do, exactly what was allowed etc etc etc. I went into the medium group for the last round and although I didn't catch nearly the same amount of bikes I still had the same problem on one occasion...

Yeh, I find the same. It's a little frustrating when ya down so much on power and ya see a huge gap up the inside but can't use it.......but at the end of the day it's not a race (or so they tell me) and it's a safety issue. I've seen some pretty dodgy riding by guys even in the fast group.....
I know I'm kinda late, but thanks again for a great day Chris, despite riding like a squid I enjoyed it heaps.