Suzuki Owner Track Days 2008

**chris** · 22nd February 2008, 13:11

Originally Posted by Blue Velvet

Is there much fluffing round on the day or is it just straight down to business??

Unless we have to recover a bike, there is no waiting time between sessions. Riders are asked to come and wait in a 'collecting area' at the end of the pitlane once the session before is under way

Originally Posted by Blue Velvet

And how many riders per group?

Depends but usually no more than the high twenties.

**Blue Velvet** · 22nd February 2008, 13:14

Originally Posted by chris

Unless we have to recover a bike, there is no waiting time between sessions.

What about the start of the day and lunch?
What time does the first session start?

**chris** · 22nd February 2008, 13:16

Originally Posted by Blue Velvet

What about the start of the day and lunch?
What time does the first session start?

Did you receive confirmation of your entry? Sign on from 7.30am, riders briefing at 9.10am and first session at 9.30am.

**Blue Velvet** · 22nd February 2008, 13:22

Originally Posted by chris

Did you receive confirmation of your entry? Sign on from 7.30am, riders briefing at 9.10am and first session at 9.30am.

Sorry man I don't read my mail. It's usually all bills. I feed it to the next door neighbours dog.

No harm posting it here so others can be reminded too

Like, sorry for being keen and stuff

**Denniso** · 23rd February 2008, 21:37

Big thanks to Suzuki and Kiwi Rider for a bloody brilliant day , my mates and I had a blast THANK YOU

**T.I.E** · 24th February 2008, 00:08

unfortunately a few from up north were not too keen to make the trip as the weather was a bit iffy. and its a long way there and back with the bike in the back.

but after hearing how they fixed the flooding from last time, and a mate rang me to say he had a great time. im wishing those weather people could have been a bit more accurate. bugger bugger bugger.
glad ya had fun all. maybe ill make the next one. roll on hampton downs, it will only be a 3 hour trip yay.

unfortunately those track days are a bit pricy (with fuel and distance etc). move over taurang im moving down.
lol

**DonaldH** · 24th February 2008, 09:14

I was one of the guys who saw the weather forecasts and stayed at home.

Can anyone tell me what the conditions were like and I will go and have words with my mate who was predicting floods of bibical proportions. Piccies would be good at rubbing it in.

If it was rideable then bugger......

**Morepower** · 24th February 2008, 09:38

Originally Posted by DonaldH

I was one of the guys who saw the weather forecasts and stayed at home.

Can anyone tell me what the conditions were like and I will go and have words with my mate who was predicting floods of bibical proportions. Piccies would be good at rubbing it in.

If it was rideable then bugger......

The weather was overcast with the odd very light shower ( usualy for the slow group) by the time the next group went out the track would be dry again.
Try www.metvuw.com for your weather , rainfall charts are good. they predicted 1-2 mm of rain over 6 hrs for Taupo yesterday which was probably a bit pessimistic.

**DonaldH** · 24th February 2008, 09:57

Originally Posted by Morepower

The weather was overcast with the odd very light shower ( usualy for the slow group) by the time the next group went out the track would be dry again.
Try www.metvuw.com for your weather , rainfall charts are good. they predicted 1-2 mm of rain over 6 hrs for Taupo yesterday which was probably a bit pessimistic.

Thanks.

I kept an eye on the weather on the web and some sites reported 4mm of actual rainfall but that may have been in Taupo.

Bugger, looks like we made the wrong call this time. Good to hear however that it was a dry time for most.

**seemehi** · 24th February 2008, 11:46

I don't know if that was a wrong call - you still have to ride the bike in the rain there and back, and Auckland can be a distance if your'e behind a truck or two or three...

Next time

**TONO** · 24th February 2008, 12:31

Originally Posted by seemehi

I don't know if that was a wrong call -
Next time

The weather was overcast but the sun did come out and there was some blue skies.

Odd wee shower making a damp track but dried of quickly as it was warm and windy.
A choice day had by all I would think although the sessions were a tad long I thought...but I'm old and unfit.

sweated like a pig.
Still running my SV1000 in as only a week old and done 1100km when I got to track so never took it over 7500rpm. Still managed to get rid of the Chicken stripes and ground the hero knobs down a bit so I am happy.

Certainly gets around those bends faster than the GSX1400...whole new style for me having not really ridden a sports style bike for 30 years.

**Blue Velvet** · 25th February 2008, 09:01

Originally Posted by DonaldH

I was one of the guys who saw the weather forecasts and stayed at home.

Can anyone tell me what the conditions were like and I will go and have words with my mate who was predicting floods of bibical proportions. Piccies would be good at rubbing it in.

If it was rideable then bugger......

It was definitely rideable. You missed some great track time.

In my experience, opting out unless you're there to see it with your own two eyes is an open invitation for Murphy to do you royally.

I don't have any photos but I do have mild sunburn as evidence... Oh and my tyres are more worn on the left side again

**chris** · 25th February 2008, 09:57

Originally Posted by Blue Velvet

Sorry man I don't read my mail. It's usually all bills. I feed it to the next door neighbours dog.

No harm posting it here so others can be reminded too

Like, sorry for being keen and stuff

No worries. We may have to come up with a better system of confirmation if they end up as the mutt's dinner!

**chris** · 25th February 2008, 10:03

Thank you to all those who turned up and made it a great day. The weather was extremely good to us. The track stayed dry most of the day with just the odd light drizzle shower that literally took minutes to dry off.
Hope to see you again on the 26th April at Taupo.