Thank you ALL for TD5

[slinky]

Great Day Frosty, A big thanks to ya for the effort you put in

A suggestion though, it probaly woulbe be more benificial to have the second checkered flag at the marshal point at the end of the main straight just before you enter the pits. There was a couple of sessions that the red flag came out when I was coming down the straight, saw the red flag at the end, and wasnt to sure if it was the end of the session or we had been called in for a incident and we still had track time left (maybee that was just wishfull thinking on my part)

As I said great day and I look foward to the next one.

yup, i second that one, or i think 3rd it.

Was an awesome first experience trackday. Cheers for Organising it frosty. Had a Blast!
n thanks J for teh tips.

[Disco Dan]

Awsome day, big ups to Frosty for organising!

I was marshall on pt2 and filled up Kittyhawks camera with dozens of photos and video!

highlights include, deathstar being red flagged on the first lap of the first session for... yep you guessed it... dangerous riding. Theres always one idiot I guess... when they let him back out and he got overtaken by 3 scooters on the same corner I almost fell out of the bird nest! And some dude on a scooter scraping his flipping spare tyre round the corners.... I was impressed!

Got heaps of photos of mainly those people I recognised out there... Whitebelt, Frosty, Micro, R6kid, Kittyhawk, Morcs, Karma, Deathstar, and a many others.... pester kittyhawk for the photos!

The sun strike caused a few people to run into problems on turn 1, few locked rears, smokers, wobbles and the odd run off...

Was good to watch how everyone takes the corners diferently etc and people that turned in early turn 2 compared to turning in late and seeing the extra speed and better positioning for the next bend was interesting to watch... I feel like I have learnt a lot from watching and looking forward to my turn!

Great day, got to meet a few new faces...

Why was everyone so cold? I was toasty warm sitting up in the birds nest, in my full bike gear and thermals! Be prepared folks hehe

[Karma]

highlights include, deathstar being red flagged on the first lap of the first session for... yep you guessed it... dangerous riding. Theres always one idiot I guess...

Dude, you ever gonna shut the fuck up?

He was out on the track having fun, and after some advice stopped putting his foot out and was fine for the remaining 3 sessions.

And as far as idocy goes, I see you rode that lovely 600cc bike of yours down to taupo on a learner licence, how's that for retarded.

[HDTboy]

Great Day Frosty, A big thanks to ya for the effort you put in

A suggestion though, it probaly woulbe be more benificial to have the second checkered flag at the marshal point at the end of the main straight just before you enter the pits. There was a couple of sessions that the red flag came out when I was coming down the straight, saw the red flag at the end, and wasnt to sure if it was the end of the session or we had been called in for a incident and we still had track time left (maybee that was just wishfull thinking on my part)

As I said great day and I look foward to the next one.

What ever happened to RED FLAG MEANS GET OFF THE TRACK AT THE PITS?

[Disco Dan]

Dude, you ever gonna shut the fuck up?

He was out on the track having fun, and after some advice stopped putting his foot out and was fine for the remaining 3 sessions.

And as far as idocy goes, I see you rode that lovely 600cc bike of yours down to taupo on a learner licence, how's that for retarded.

The last session he picked up the pace and was looking good from what I could see. Good on him for getting out there and trying to improve his riding. Was funny him putting his foot out like a retard thats all

Thanks, it is lovely What makes you think im on my learners?? hahaha Im not thick.

[Disco Dan]

What ever happened to RED FLAG MEANS GET OFF THE TRACK AT THE PITS?

yeah there was a few who seemed blind. The amount of people overtaking on the red too was a worry...

[Karma]

The last session he picked up the pace and was looking good from what I could see. Good on him for getting out there and trying to improve his riding. Was funny him putting his foot out like a retard thats all

Well it wasn't posted above as saying it was funny, sounded like a barbed tounge to me.

Thanks, it is lovely What makes you think im on my learners?? hahaha Im not thick.

Well that much is debatable. Good on you for going down and marshalling, but if you're not man enough to come and have words in the pits then don't go posting your shit in here.

[Disco Dan]

Good on you for going down and marshalling, but if you're not man enough to come and have words in the pits then don't go posting your shit in here.

Only op I had was on the lunch break... not many people stayed in the pits while the pro's had a blat... Was in the birds nest the rest of the time dude.

yeah I love marshalling, its great fun! At puke i got to watch everyone race around the track, then took a lap myself and was interesting how the line that looks good when your on the track changes after seeing it from the sidelines. As I said, I feel ive learnt heaps... when im confident enough to risk my only form of transport on the track then I look forward to being given the learn by some very enthusiastic scooters too!

[ManDownUnder]

Well TD5 must have been exhausting... I wasn't there but I've seen the effects.

Was splitting along the NW today and there's an old Yammer Hammer in front of me, splitting but... well... "only just" if you know what I mean.

So I wait wait wait... finally a gap opens up a bit and I ease on past.... so I'm sitting in front of him and bugger me the cheeky shite pulls up parallel... and gives me the bloody elbow....!

"Oh looks it's errr ... Hi FROSTY!"

It'd be the ONLY time I've ever passed FROSTY splitting and he was either away with the fairies (I've heard he's not that way inclined though) ... or just knackered.

[Disco Dan]

It'd be the ONLY time I've ever passed FROSTY splitting and he was either away with the fairies (I've heard he's not that way inclined though) ... or just knackered.

$5 on fairies

[Pumba]

What ever happened to RED FLAG MEANS GET OFF THE TRACK AT THE PITS?

Yes I agree and that is what I did every time I saw the Flag, However I was uncertian as to if I went back to the pits and lined up at the bit exit cause there was time left on our session and once the incident had been cleared we could restart OR If stopped at where I was based in the pits took off my gear and procced to shit about how fast I wasnt, cause the session was over.

Hey its just my opinion on somthing to improve, but I could be an optimist and want more track time than I got

[Kickaha]

Hard luck story of the day--Our man K14 --All the way up from the south island and damages(unconfirmed at this stage broken ) his collar bone.
Mate I hope ya heal fast

I'd like to wish K14 a mega speedy recovery. Was gutted to see him down.

He now has a three piece collar bone, clean break in two places, but seemed happy enough when I talked to him today, and planning his drive back down

[FROSTY:Me]

Thank you frosty for the day,i understand it takes a lot to organise this,
ok im gonna be the bad guy here...... i feel the day was a balls up" yes i enjoyed it but feel it could have run a whole lot smoother( we didnt get our second session until just before two)
as far as i am concerned there was way to many people,
a few incidents where people got pulled back into the pits because someone had a flat tire etc just slows everything down..
in saying all that , i actually enjoyed the day and had fun

ps this is intended as constructive critisism...,

You aint beeing the bad guy --Um I agree with you. --others have told me what fun they had--and the atmosphere was frigging stunning.
I tried a more er "relaxed" aproach to the day than normal -and clearly at least for me that is NOT an option.
The buck stops HERE and there were several issues during the day that WILL be resolved for the next one. The result will be a more EFFICIENT turn around of groups.

[Colapop]

That mean you want me to stand on the track stopping them from going by next time?

[HDTboy]

you'd be quite effective at that job col