Kiwibiker DragWars Night - 4th Feb, Meremere

[Devil]

The few times I went the fastest cars were doings 9's (inc Jonah Lomu in his GTR) and one was even in the 8's. I dunno, maybe things have changed or it was an off week or something....we'll see.

No doubt, have seen them myself, just not at the nightspeed events.
Im just going off the results on dragwars.co.nz

[Two Smoker]

So is this still happening? If i have the money, and i can run a race bike, ill shoot down and give it a go....

[k14]

Well i just got the time off to come up, so i will be there.

[RiderInBlack]

This will be a first for me. Any advice re:tyre pressures, etc., for dragging a bike (namely "Roxanne")?

[Blakamin]

This will be a first for me. Any advice re:tyre pressures, etc., for dragging a bike (namely "Roxanne")?

My cages that I used to drag on street tyres had the pressures dropped 8-10 psi for sidewall flex and traction on launch... wouldnt know on bikes tho... people I knew that ran bikes ran drag tyres....
a big contact patch is nice but you dont want anything weird (wobbles, too much heat) at speed
or wheelies
All depends on your launch technique....
slip the clutch.....

[k14]

Just thought we should see who is definately going to be there? I am riding up on friday arvo and will meet whoever turns up there. We need a kber place in the pits or something.

Ill be on my black cbr with blue, white and black leathers.

[Hoon]

Yep everyone the Drag nite is this Friday!!! All the bikes normally park up next to the grandstand by the start line (because they can).

I wouldn't worry about tweaking anything until you have a few runs under your belt. Just ride what you know first off and go from there. Its very casual so no need to stress about the finer points as it will probably take you 5-10 runs to get your technique sorted anyway.

For first timers it pays to get there early as then you will have the track to yourself and can get in a bit of practice before the crowds roll up.

[DEATH_INC.]

Ok,r we gonna meet at the a/b or just make our own way down?
What sort of meet is it,a points meet or just a casual meet?
The only real advice I can give is lower pressure helps 10-15psi,and a short burnout helps heaps.Launch on the last orange.
If it's a points meet you can run DYO if you want,or just run heads up in the bike class.
Dyo is better for any slower vehicles,it means you are only racing your own times.....
Heads up is simple first over the line wins.....

[DEATH_INC.]

looks like I'm busy until 7ish on the Friday. Gates open at 5, but what would the last sign up time be?

They normally take entries 'till they start racing,around 8 or 9 ish....

[DEATH_INC.]

Do you mean get your ass kicked by other bikes? If I came,I'd plan to lol. But if you meant beaten by cars, I'd seriously doubt many cars could beat decent sports bikes, ridden well.???

Nope,I mean by the cages,I've had my butt well and truly kicked on the 12 a few times.....

[Drunken Monkey]

looks like I'm busy until 7ish on the Friday. Gates open at 5, but what would the last sign up time be?

Usually just as practice is finishing, so you could probably sign up to race any time up to around 9pm.

[Wonko]

Looks like I'm going to be finishing eailer than I thought, around 5ish. Any thought's on a group ride down there?

[Atomic]

This will be a first for me. Any advice re:tyre pressures, etc., for dragging a bike (namely "Roxanne")?

Talk to Arven, he dragged his old Gixxer750 at Meremere a few times. I think he started with some scary sideways action due to the strip having far less traction than the street but sussed it out eventually with some decent times in the 11???sec bracket.

Best time for a run at Meremere is after a V8 meet when the track has been preped properly.....or so Iv heard anyway.

Good luck!

[avgas]

im so excited, yet terrified bout fri.
I dont want to loose every race - but i hope i can win at least one.
Might be a little latish (630) depending if i have to wait for the misses to get hme.
Will be there on a ratty, loud, blue/black ZXR - oh and you can tell me cos i got a matt black Shoei on, and some old ratty blue/white/black leathers.
But most people tell me now by my limp

[Draco]

Okay, so far we have definately coming: death, draco, k14, joni, wonko, riderinblack and avgas. Twosmoker, motoracer and drukenmonkey are a maybe??? Who else is up for it???? Any other amateurs to keep me company?