Paekakariki Hill road

[SPman]

Its a great road - just got to be a little careful, 's all.

Oh well, I can still look at it on Google earth...

[Deano]

what I was meaning was privateers as in what makes up the bulk of club racing and mid pack national racing in NZ and else where... there was a bloke...can't remeber his name...big fella...died a lil bit ago...took a stock gsxr1000k1 out on the IOMTT practise laps and did a 123mph lap...STOCK BIKE!!

Just because Honda doesn't choose to make the fastest road bike.........the road ain't a race track bro.

Did you beat Rob Jackson anywhere last year ?

[merv]

what I was meaning was privateers as in what makes up the bulk of club racing and mid pack national racing in NZ and else where... there was a bloke...can't remeber his name...big fella...died a lil bit ago...took a stock gsxr1000k1 out on the IOMTT practise laps and did a 123mph lap...STOCK BIKE!!

Yeah just joking, know what you mean. Are you talking about David Jefferies? IOM is a bit different in that they race Production Superbike as well as modifieds don't they? Anstey won the Production race didn't he a few times - they seem to call it Superstock now. Here's his IOM record http://www.iomtt.com/TTDatabase/Race...L&ride_id=4310

In the end the issue is down to sponsorship isn't it - if Suzuki sell more cheap bikes and they are fast and they support guys racing them then they do race them. That seems to be the pattern as Suzuki have had sharp pricing for years.

p.s. Honda gave Kenny Roberts engines, that was pretty decent of them eh!

[cowpoos]

Did you beat Rob Jackson anywhere last year ?

nope...probally more the rider at fault in that case...dispite him having a ex jared love fireblade with shit loads of HRC gear in it...and 190cc more....but he did get learnt by a certian rider on a 600 suzuki...totally learnt!!

[cowpoos]

Yeah just joking, know what you mean. Are you talking about David Jefferies? IOM is a bit different in that they race Production Superbike as well as modifieds don't they? Anstey won the Production race didn't he a few times - they seem to call it Superstock now. Here's his IOM record http://www.iomtt.com/TTDatabase/Race...L&ride_id=4310

yeah thats the bugga...and yeah this was in a practise....it was a stock bike...the production bikes have limited mods [suspension,few breathing mods etc] the one he rode even had a stock can

In the end the issue is down to sponsorship isn't it - if Suzuki sell more cheap bikes and they are fast and they support guys racing them then they do race them. That seems to be the pattern as Suzuki have had sharp pricing for years.

suzuki like all brands support there top riders in NZ [bar kawasaki i think]....in auz they suzuki hav started some sort of payment scheme for race results right down to club level...and I reckon pricing is really pretty similar in the grand scheme of costs... but as for the size of the company it is by far the smallest motorcycle company in japan...

p.s. Honda gave Kenny Roberts engines, that was pretty decent of them eh!

thats coz yamaha was winning and the feild would hav been smaller without lease loning engines...didn't yamaha do the same thing???

[cowpoos]

and just for the record....I acctually preffer kawasakis....with suzuki a close second!!!

[Deano]

nope...probally more the rider at fault in that case...dispite him having a ex jared love fireblade with shit loads of HRC gear in it...and 190cc more....but he did get learnt by a certian rider on a 600 suzuki...totally learnt!!

Didn't everybody....

[Grub]

Out of curiosity ... how did a Paekak Hill Rd thread become a MotoGP one?

[Sparky Bills]

on a honda!! be a slow safe trip home eh!

Actually, on the CB it is rather slow. Too big and not enough ground clearence for that hill.
Still fun regardless.

[Panther]

damn it all! its raining otherwise that hill would have been mine!