Something positive KB can do

[Shaun]

Hey guys...if this can or is being purseued its a brilliant idea. Personally, that wall scares the bejeezus out of me, far worse than anything at puke, at least there you are running alongside the wall. This place is a head on. And, being a second gear crner, with a long exit, we are approaching the wall with lotsa speed, and fighting the bike right to the edge of the track...over the paint. If this was to be done, would you have some way of securing the bags to the wall or ground? Cause usefullness is somewhat reduced if bags are flicked out of the way by a bike....

awesome thoughts for being proactive on saftey. Definitly an area in sure most all races will support!!!!

Frosty is gunna suck your what

[Brett]

Bloody good idea, I will save all of our bottles.

[Meekey_Mouse]

Hey Frosty, is this still going ahead?

If so I'll get my youth group to start saving bottles... they go through so much Coke I'm sure their teeth are gunna rot out before they are 22

Also, I'm happy for my place to be a drop off point

[Prof - R]

hi does anyone know any more about this or should i stop collecting

[FROSTY:Me]

Basicly in a nutshell the track owners have said NO to any bales being put up on that corner.
I don't know what to do -its fucking frustrating.
what frustrates me more is that despite many people showing serious concerns --and a bandage type solution being offered MNZ keep issueing race permits for the track--reinforcing their attitude.
Now WE are as guilty as anyone --WE keep riding there at the various track days held.
Now that said-despite my repeated run ins with AMCC club pres on a personal basis I support him wholeheartedly on this safety front. -we are in total agreement abouty that corner and that there are MORE bales needed at Pukekohe
AMCC are prepared to supply me/us with a pile of empty bales.
What is needed for filling is empty WASHED milk containers (plastic for you smart alecs) --
So Im thinking for now lets fill em up with what we've collected and get the ball rolling---its got to be good for the sport and for us.

[Karma]

I've got a shedload of bottles stashed, I've only one request, for the KB trackday we can rename it weasel's corner

[roadracingoldfart]

MNZ has a safety comittee im sure so if there is a concern about a certain part of a track in N.Z. and the track owners / operators wont / cant make a change to satisfy safety concerns then it is up to an MNZ affiliated club to lead the way to get a change or an agreed solution to the said corner.

Both the Vic Club and Pacific Club amongst others hold events at Taupo and as such must have the ability to approach the safety comittee at MNZ and ask them to arrange a poll from racers and club members or at least do an impartial inspection of the said corner in person.

MNZ are in no way to my reconning in a comprimising position here as they are the permit issuers but are not the event operators.
They (MNZ) can im sure make a submission with reccomendations to the Taupo track operators to sort out a corner that has attracted so much attention from so many bike racers. If a safety issue is found a withdrawl of permits will see a solution found in 5 mins flat.

Just for the record i cant see for the life of me why Aaron Slight and Chris Amon signed off the track layout when they were asked / payed to in design stage. Its a cock up and a danger to an already high risk sport.
I personally hate the corner and am shit scared of the paint there especially in the wet even if your going slower.
Cheers Paul.