F5’s Taupo weekend

[F5 Dave]

Well I’m still reliving it, I do love that track, despite those rather dodgy patches on the best corners.

I turned up wanting to psych DaveD on his very fast Derbi by putting the full fairing on my 50. Only to match up & see his with one on it.

I never got near him in practise so I wasn’t sure exactly where I was at. To confuse things the timing was a bit loose & DaveD supposedly posted a 1:22 on his 50. Yeah right. But then later I was awarded a 1:23 which wasn’t particularly likely either.

The GP itself was a bit of a doddle. DaveD’s bike got a good start but later was overheating & he didn’t finish. None of this I was aware of, once out front I just put my head down & went for it. No point finding out someone is as fast as you or faster & blowing an early advantage. From a few laps in I realised I was pretty much alone & copped a look. Nuttin. But figured I best just keep going at a reasonable pace, when you slack off is often when you fall off + I was enjoying myself & making up for the mistakes I’d been making in practise, this was to help in the races the next day. With the times I was doing I would have ended up in 3rd in the F4GP.

The next day we were all mixed in with the F4 & 150 streetstocks. Amusingly due to timing issues I found myself on front row, hoho! Still I needed every bit of help as the 50 gets murdered off the starts by bigger bikes. First race I managed to get through the mess early & found myself catching TZ350 on his GP125. After some tussles & a bit of a dive or two I managed to get ahead only to be blitzed on the straights. After a bit of a time I broke free. Ended up 6th. Bet a few of the 150s would be pissed to realise a 50 was midpack in their race.

Next race I got a worse start & was 6th on the grid. This time Rob got held back so I was passed him quicker & then had 3 150s to contend with. Took a few laps to break them but they were slowing me up down the hill for sure. Wasn’t ‘that’ far behind Rick when Trudes fell off, but I was never going to be in contention with him or the other 150s. Pity I didn’t have my old F4. Actually I think my H100 might have been enough of the business.

Either way for sunday I got 1st F5 & if they had been taking points I would have 2nd F4 & ~ 5th or 6th overall. Not bad for an old man on a tiddler.

Bring on next year.

[jrandom]

Bet a few of the 150s would be pissed to realise a 50 was midpack in their race.

Inconceivable!



Was great watching you out there dude. Nice report.

[Skunk]

Congratulations on the F5 title. Pity things weren't smoother on the KV huh. Roll on next year...

[Buckets4Me]

go go the mighty 50
if you cant guess most of these are of F5Dave

[dangerous]

Man that clutch of yours gets a hammering Dave, I watched all races from the grand stand and your sound stood out over every other bike even when I couldnt see ya. Well done D5

[koba]

I was absolutley amazed at how fast you punt that thing around. Its a 50 FFS!

[F5 Dave]

Cheers guys. Yeah up the hill the poor clutch got a hounding, I was expecting it to start slipping but it held up bless it.

[TZ350]

go go the mighty 50
if you cant guess most of these are of F5Dave

No Son!

not "go go the mighty 50"

that should be Go Go dear old Dad,

beat that young Lad

who's got one of those new fangled water-me-cool thingies.

.

[F5 Dave]

That 'new-fangled' bike was designed in 1982 I believe, & that 'young lad' could join Ulysses MCC (admittedly as a junior member).

[TZ350]

Be afraid, be very afraid, there has been much discussion around the smoko table this week about ways to improve/control the cooling of the 125 head and/or go to 100cc and water cooling. 100cc engines have been brought, research done and plans made. evil laugh

[Skunk]

Be afraid, be very afraid, there has been much discussion around the smoko table this week about ways to improve/control the cooling of the 125 head and/or go to 100cc and water cooling. 100cc engines have been brought, research done and plans made. evil laugh

Give me your GP125 then. I need a new engine for the AX

[Buckets4Me]

Give me your GP125 then. I need a new engine for the AX

he has to ride something while he spends 3 years developing another engine

[Skunk]

I've only spent 4 years developing the AX... time to get more gears.

[Buckets4Me]

more is always better unless it's weight

[Skunk Control]

Congrats on the F5 title.