Pukekohe open days timetable

**Keystone19** · 12th September 2006, 09:22

Originally Posted by Toast

Puke is pretty thrilling in places, like coming over the hill hard in fourth, as the bike starts to drift sideways on the crest at 200+...but the safety thing is almost enough of an issue to condemn it to being a shithole in my opinion (just my opinion...those who haven't binned there may differ)...sad that it will never be given the run off to make it a great track for bikes.

You should love it, after all, you can say:

"I binned at Pukekohe and survived..."

**Toast** · 12th September 2006, 10:49

Originally Posted by Keystone19

You should love it, after all, you can say:

"I binned at Pukekohe and survived..."

My body, but not my pride

Rather it that way though...can salvage my pride next time...

**SlowHand** · 12th September 2006, 12:44

Originally Posted by Keystone19

You should love it, after all, you can say:

"I binned at Pukekohe and survived..."

Sorry Jill, I'm not buying it.

Altho, if you let me ride your bike, I CUD say I binned Jill's bike at puke and survived... or it could say that on my gravestone. Questions questions, the people wanna know! so, in the interests of public knowledge, gezza go?

**Keystone19** · 12th September 2006, 13:20

Originally Posted by Strat

gezza go?

.......NO!

**LilSel** · 12th September 2006, 18:50

Originally Posted by Keystone19

The vid sounds cool - be good to see it!

Mainly just glimpses as ya'll fly by lol... but here ya go

(oh its from cell phone too so not the best quality)

**Bishop** · 13th September 2006, 22:19

Hi everyone,
I've never been to a track day and my brother and I are looking forward to the Open Track day on Sept 30. My bro rides a TZR that he's just finished working on and wants to test it before he sells it.
What are the rules (if any) concerning gear? Obviously helmet, gloves, boots are to be worn, but what about back-protectors, are they compulsory or is the built-in protection in a riding jacket enough? And will they let him on the track in riding jeans?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

**RM125king** · 13th September 2006, 22:35

they are very relaxed at puke. i went riding there in running shoes jeans and a light jacket and i was riding an r6 and they were fine about it. ride at your own risk i guess.

**Zed** · 13th September 2006, 22:51

Originally Posted by Bishop

Hi everyone,
I've never been to a track day and my brother and I are looking forward to the Open Track day on Sept 30. My bro rides a TZR that he's just finished working on and wants to test it before he sells it.
What are the rules (if any) concerning gear? Obviously helmet, gloves, boots are to be worn, but what about back-protectors, are they compulsory or is the built-in protection in a riding jacket enough? And will they let him on the track in riding jeans?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi Bishop,

At Pukekohe track days you just fill out a short form with name, addy, phone number, etc pay your $90 in exchange for a small sticker which you stick on the front of your bike or helmet, and that's it, you're on your own. They don't even look at your bike or gear. I think there is a level of trust there, the clientelle is usually the sensible type who ensures their bikes and gears are up to some standard, but of course one persons standards often differs from anothers!!

**Kornholio** · 15th September 2006, 22:47

Might have to bowl up to one of these...never been to Puke before, Boomer can show me the way around

**mynameis** · 28th September 2006, 19:05

Hey guys,

Never been to the tracks before and this will be my first time, looking forward to it as well as meeting you guys good luck !!

mynameis

**duncan_bayne** · 1st October 2006, 10:46

Originally Posted by mynameis

Never been to the tracks before and this will be my first time, looking forward to it as well as meeting you guys good luck !!

That was an absolute blast! Good to meet you, & hopefully I'll see you at the next one!

**Leong** · 7th October 2006, 22:09

I wasn't looking forward to it, cos I thought it's too fast and scary especially compared to Taupo, but I went to Pukekohe today and got on the track!!

Perfect conditions and about 15 bikes today. Spent the first session learning the lines, and braking points ( then the second and third still doing the same!! ) Took time getting used to the speed. In fact I got up to 220km/h before the kink in the back straight and though the bike was obviously capable of a lot more I felt like I was getting blown off.... I had learnt to tuck in behind the screen by then too, but maybe I could tuck in further (or maybe I'm just getting old). With time I got more comfortable going thru Jennian and Castrol, which are pretty awesome corners. Those esses coming onto the front straight are pretty fast too - leaned right over at around 150km/h I was getting passed like I was standing still by the 2 guys on the new R6's .

Tore up the right side of my rear tyre this time so I will need new rubber for the next Taupo trackday. Also used a full tank of fuel!!

Awesome day in the end... might even go again next week....Mounted the video camera for the last session - one lap of Pukekohe

**gijoe1313** · 7th October 2006, 22:25

Ooh, thanks for that write up Leong and for the movie as well - sounds like you had a ton of fun and learnt a bit in the process as well! Really makes me want to get out there on the track one of these days and give it a blat!

nice one, nice one!

**duncan_bayne** · 10th October 2006, 09:05

I just put Leong's video up on YouTube ... he emailed me an 8MB high-res version, but it seems YouTube scaled it back down again. Anyhow ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mdzyr5CbEIs