Who is the likeliest new racer from KB

[wkid_one]

I think my quack would have something to say with my driving up 3 days after surgery - I will be there tho - promise

[twistymover]

Originally posted by wkid_one
I think my quack would have something to say with my driving up 3 days after surgery - I will be there tho - promise

Listen to the Quack,
Look after your back.
Unfortunately, I'm not going down, otherwise I'd offer you a lift.

[Dave]

Hey Dave - if ya read this, now im finally doing it, you can give me that ass-whoopin around the track now, i do deserve it.

See ya there!

[Coldkiwi]

well I'm sorry to say, not only did KK roundly whip my butt getting to the first race round at Pukekohe, I'm not going to be at this round on the 16th either

New bike was the original plan but i just don't have the money on hand to pay for the ancilliary stuff (bits/licences/testing)

looks like I'll have to make do with track days till the march round...

pants

 

[bluninja]

CK, nice bike. Shame about not racing.......was it the cost of a battery charger to recharge when you leave the parking lights on that tipped the balance?

TTFN

[Coldkiwi]

errr not quite.. mainly just that I haven't sold the Zx-6R yet!! (although its not far off that!) I was planing to use the money from that to pay for the mods/gear/licence/fees for the weekend. But money situation permitting I'll try and get to the December TT round at Puke.

[Kwaka-Kid]

you what? your SELLING the 6R? no way! thats crazy... you have urself a perfect F2 racebike right there.. strip it down, derego it, PERFECT! then you dont care if u smack it up, u dont need to worry about getting to work on monday etc coz its pure race...?? so were u planning on racing this new bike/riding it to work each day?    duude, please keep 6R and race it, dont need mods dude! look @ my VFR, just homemade can and thats IT!   and from that what i have learnt is that i really dont need the fastest bike out there as i am no way going to do very well/let alone come first anytime too soon, so i dont feel my pretty much stock bike is limiting me yet...

[Coldkiwi]

Yeah she's definitely up for sale because I need the money more than I need to go racing. I wouldn't race the 6R anyway because its too soft and squishy for serious race use. The GSXR will be much better that and more likely to get me out of a bad judgement call in a race without testing the leathers than the ZX.

You say the 6R doesn't need mods... but i will be very surprised if I don't drop at least 2 seconds off my time at Puke with this bike just under brakes and the extra top speed alone. So if I went racing modified versions of my GSXR (highly likely in F2) on an old stock ZX6R I would be really struggling to make it competitive and would probably bin it trying.

I know what you're saying logan and I have thought about it but I don't want my debts to get any bigger than they are just yet. I'm happy with my new toy and want to get a little closer to being in the black before I start shelling out heaps more cash (hence, I need the money from the 6R)

[Kwaka-Kid]

fair enuf dude... itd just suck to see yah come off in race and have a repair bill worth more then the 6R!? and thats in cosmetics alone

Good stuff if you wanna be competative but im sure that hanging out the back of the pack is just as fun as out the front.  I dont know how many people have said this to me now, but its about the races within the races, or they say something along those lines.. and that is SO true.. like i reckon (without yet experiencing) being out front 5seconds ahead of anyone else would get boring and id loose interest... whereas id far rather hang out the back surrounded by 2-3 bikes all changing positions etc, just so exciting! yeah alright when you walk up to the board and see you placed last or something it might not feel as good as a 1st, but dude, i just wipe that outta my head with the massive grin on my face knowing that last race was worth every last cent my bikes worth (heh the whole five of them cents)

[Coldkiwi]

when I say competitive, I don't mean I intend to be in a podium finish but neither do I want to be lapped as I start my the 5th lap! I'm sure the bike is capable of getting a 1st position in the NZ rounds if at the hands of Chambon and co. so I'm hoping to work up to a level of maybe finishing in the middle of the pack after a couple of meetings. We'll see

[bluninja]

Well a fantastic test day at Pukekohe today. The showers of the morning blew over to give a sunny day and dry track.

Just in case KK fails to mention it....he was getting his knee and pegs down at most corners and was getting really fast. Mitch had an absolute ball on her new bike after settling in on it...and finishing her last session...she looked like she had just had the best sex ever Ho-hoon just got faster and faster through the the twisty bits, particularly Jennian and round to Castrol. Shame he's so limited on top speed.

Me I just pootled round slowly being impressed at how fast these guys were and how much work I need to do to just keep up with them. In the frist dry session Ho-hoon and KK were doing 78 second laps, which is 8-10 seconds better than the last race meeting.....and they got faster through the day.

We're at the track on sunday 16th at Pukekohe for the real stuff...actual racing. 

TTFN

[750Y]

way to go people, sounds like an awesome day and everyone getting stuck into it. good luck for the races.

[babyB]

  i would ave gone but didnt know

wots a test day and wots a ride day wots a open day, hell wots the diff between them? and where do i get the dates from

[750Y]

Originally posted by babyB
  i would ave gone but didnt know

wots a test day and wots a ride day wots a open day, hell wots the diff between them? and where do i get the dates from

there's 3 types of day
1: Racing Day(full competition need race license & full gear)
2: Track Time (organised by Northern Accessories where classes of bikes are run at the track, non competition just fun, with marshalls/safety bales/cameras etc need reasonable gear)
3: Trackdays/OpenDays/TestDays(most saturdays or fridays where You pay $80 and do Your own thing ie practise for the next race or just blow out some cobwebs at Your own pace, non competitive again). This day is probably the most enjoyable as there is no pressure to perform and You get lots of time on the track(20 mins sessions alternating with other classes eg. cars/trucks/single seaters etc from 10:30 -16:30 need reasonable gear)
8-)

[bluninja]

I have a sheet with the test dates for Pukekohe on...including a bikes only day on a friday in Jan. I will post them when I remember to take them out of the car.

BabyB are you racing tomorrow?

TTFN