Tarawera 100

[Katoomer]

Did many of you here ride the 100 yesterday? I thought it was an awesome event . Having those top guys there was impressive and to hear Damian King at the prizegiving say that he had to let Cody and Hurls by as they were flying surprised me .Hope Hurley is not too bad after his crash .After all that rain the track was pretty good I thought.
500 people at the prizegiving wasn't a bad effort either.

[B0000M]

i dont think there was too many of us there, Cheese & Myself were both there, i thought it was excellent and it was a lot dryer than i expected. i was a bit gutted to only get 3 laps in, apparently if you come in 5 mins after the leader has lapped you, you dont get a 4th lap, but never mind as i feel pretty knackered now anyway. this event is the most well organised large event ive EVER been to, no hiccups, the scruteneering line wasnt even a particularly long wait esp considering there were 350 bikes, just everything ran smoothly.. apart from the start line, i dont know who crashed, but there were plenty of them, bikes on the ground left right and centre, luckyly i got through!

cheers to all involved

[dammad1]

How did Cheese go?

[jimmy 2006]

my mate crashed in the start, had 20 or so people ride over the top of him, then managed to come top 50 so good comeback i recon...

[cheese]

Welll...........

Being my first proper race I was quite nervous. I lined up with Sam (boooom) and was ready to go. I thought I'd hang back on teh start as I didn't want to get stuck in a pile up, but as the race started a hole opened in front of me so I thought fuck it and gunned it, I managed to get into a good line, but then 350 bikes and one coner caused a massive pile up. So I managed to get around and was picking my way though some people, the pack took about 3 kms to start to seperate and then I was spending most of my time passing people instead of getting passed. I got stuck behind a chick on a CR for about 3km, then finally got past her to be stopped at the first hill climb where there was a massive pile up. So it took about 10 mins for that to clear so I had a rest and waited for that to clear. When I got to go up I couldn't really see what the problem was and how they crashed, but hey it happens so I carried on.

I was doing ok until I took a corner wide and got stuck in the mother of all bogs. Someone had obviously hit it before and dug a hole and then a guy came behind me and was stuck too, luckily my cr was pretty easy to pull out, but his RMZ was stuck good, so after we got both bikes out I was quite knackered. I managed to hurt my back in the process too.

So I pulled into the pits, fueled up and carrie3d on. Second lap was much bette as you had and Idea of teh track and knew what was comming. Thre was an aweseom section with some great hill climbs and then a steep downhill.

the ground is a pumice sandy clay type surface and it is really great to ride on. the rain seemed to have made a few boggy holes, but the rest of the track was fantastic to ride on.

I came in after my second lap and could have gone for a third, but they said the race leader was 25 mins away and whatever place I was currently would stand. I was completelt shagged and my back was aching. so I called it quits and waited for sam to come in and I was going to help him get back out as fast as possible to get a good result. Unfortunaltely he was about 1 min too late and pretty stuffed too so we both packed up.

The dinner was bloody great. I met some awesome people and had a great time.

If you were thinking about doing it and were worried about it might be a bit full on, don't me. I'm a pretty average rider and I managed to do what I thought was pretty good.

I got a placing of 290 out of 350.

I'll be back next year for sure and I'll be working on my fittness before hand a bit more this time around. the race is very demanding.

Top effort from the club!!

[dammad1]

Good on ya for giving it a go cheese. at least you werent last! LOL

[Brian d marge]

Right thats ...Fun police here ...

all fun past and present will stop forth with ,,, no more trail rides ,,

no riding of the motorbycycle in a wooded area at all


Stop cease ....


Cause I am F%'(&&)'&$%(&'&=~~=|= envious



Stephen

[Danger]

Well I was impressed in my riding buddies result, 2nd in class and 44th overall! Bloody good effort I reckon! I was going to go with him but changed my mind because WMMC had a ride on and I'm off next weekend for the two day trailblazer.

Good on you Cheese for giving it a go and a great report.

[scott411]

great report cheese, was an awesome event, the speed that Cody Cooper and HUrley were going must have been intense,
awesome event, they new venue for the prize giving was awesome as well,

[cheese]

Yeah I think I had a mr king come up behind me (I think) and I was making every effort to get out of the way for anyone that was alot faster than me and I got a shove for my efforts and a "move cunt" screamed at me. There was a guy I was chasing down in front of me and he got rammed off his bike!!

So my advice is move for the fast people, and if you are uming and arring about giving it a go, go for it. Its such a well organised and run event. I had so much fun.

Other things I need to to, get my fort softened, jesus it felt like I had no suspension on the front at some stages!!

I think I want to go get into a few of the GNCC rounds now. I got the bug big time.

[Katoomer]

I let Cody lap me just before the finish in the big pines as I could hear him coming-that 450 was loud.The bikes in front of me didn't respond as quickly even when he was blipping the throttle so he had to follow for a minute in the tight stuff til it was clear.I talked to him at the prizegiving about lappers and he said he was held up a bit but didn't want to risk tangling with anyone,he deserved the win in my books.

[Reckless]

Great report cheese! Was good to read how it was from someone I have rode with so I can assess how I might do. Thats if I get off my lazy ass and work on my fitness a bit. I might go with you guys next time. I'd bloody be in the mega vets class though.
How shagged where you after the event.

[Fryin Finn]

We arrived at 6:30am and after scruitineering had to line up on the second row start. I couldn't imagine how early the first row guys must have arrived at the track.

The guys in front of me were a bit slow off the mark so I was mixed up in the melee through the first turn. In the first part of the race I had a bit of fun passing people then crashed and lost all the positions then settled into a sensible pace. Still crashed 3 more times. I thought the track was excellent but really physically tough - just no places to rest.

Darryl Hurley and Cody Cooper passed me halfway through my second lap at truly impressive speed. 5 minutes later I passed Darryl's bike lying on the track with him walking away from it holding his shoulder. I didn't see any trees for him to hit unless it was a log on the ground.
I was spent 2/3 of the way through lap 2 and groveled my way to finish 13th in class (mega vets) I was more pleased to finish and not be last than anything.

The whole show was outstanding - extremely well organised and the weather turned out fantastic. However I was pissed off to hear someone tried to steal a bike (and maybe more) The organisers soon had people on bikes patrolling the carpark.

At the prizegiving after I was privelliged to share a table with the Burgess family who are big in the Tarawera 100 and I was quite chuffed for the special mention and prizes for us Mega vet riders.

Already looking forward to next years event.

I got the first 30 mins on helmet cam before 1 crash too many stopped my video camera. But I'm going to have to develop a clear plastic tear off system for my lens to deal with the muddy conditions.

[cheese]

I'm fucking rooted, my back is sore but that was from teh bog I got stuck in. Sam wasted his shoulder, but I think he is ok. I'm just glad I have a sit down job today.

Rick to be honest you would love it.

[Reckless]

Good report Finn nice to hear from another old fella.

Thanks for that Cheese. You've ridden with me so if you say i'd love it thats good enough for me. I haven't been on an MX bike since I was 20 something till I got the CR to go out with the kids a year ago. Gonna start goin out to Ardmore more often on a Wednesday. Jeepers its only 15 mins from me. This fuckin mid life crisis shit is great isn't it!! yeehaaa!