Hibernating
It was also great to see the positive results from the feedback from the last trackday
I was not up for riding yesterday but went along to support friends who were, was totally shocked to see how many ppl were lined up for it, what an awesome turn out ..
it would be good to see the capping system in full effect as had to wonder if the number of offs was contributed to the amount of riders on the track .. seemed to be more than 30 in some classes
Have toKarma ... Justice catches up eventually !!
Just a Dog
Nope, i saw three and they were all rider error (or perhaps tyres etc) but splash and the hairpin always gets someone !Originally Posted by chanceyy
It was also great to see the positive results from the feedback from the last trackday
I was not up for riding yesterday but went along to support friends who were, was totally shocked to see how many ppl were lined up for it, what an awesome turn out ..
it would be good to see the capping system in full effect as had to wonder if the number of offs was contributed to the amount of riders on the track .. seemed to be more than 30 in some classes
Think it was more a fact of a numbers game as in percentages !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Hardcore Biker
I second that! Was a few too many but I thought it was a great day. I would pay a bit more for a prebooked place. Maybe some more sorting between what classes people should be rideing in ..
holding the line...
Hibernating
fair call .. seen a few earlier in the day with bunching up of group & few running off the track .. also with a whole track everyone wants to be out asap but if they wait for a few mins you have all this lovely track pretty much to yourself ..
Have to
Just a Dog
Yep i realise that and being a member of a social club, i also know we're always looking at ways to raise funds, so we can attend all the rallys/gigs without it costing the members anything but a bit of time ! Know the costs of hiring manfield and ambo's etc and yesterdays event was a winner for em ! A few extra bucks per rider and prebooking means more track time and the club still wins !
My point was there is a niche so to speak down this way and someone WILL run with it i'm sure !
Not 100% sure how many members are in the CD but it's a long standing club that i'm sure, with the knowledge they have now of running a trackday, it wouldn't be hard to work out a roster where its members don't have to work every trackday !
Or perhaps an alliance with another club !
Just mooting ideas is all ! No ajenda at all apart from wanting to see more trackdays in the lower north !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Forum whore
Be Careful.As with any club I bet it is the same(few) who do all the work.
wasn't me!
wahoooo ye bitches....
Great day CDMC, you guys are just getting TOO popular LOL....and big ups to the awesome ambo staff. They are legends too.
Short Arse Biker
When I asked the question about why dont you do sign on earlier and put the bikes on the track at 9am instead of 10 I was purely just asking a simple question.
Yes I am associated with the VMCC and we too travel from far away on the day to get to the track by 7am. Most of the volunteers that run the VMCC series travel fom Wellington, Upper Hutt, Porirua and Whitby so therefore they leave home around 5.30 to get to the track in time for the gates to open and get all of our jobs done that we do at every meeting before qualifying starts at 9am.
I do know how much work has to be done before the bikes can go out onto the track and as you know also that if you didnt have the volunteers that you do have it just wouldn't get done. They are truely a God send to have in any club.
We pay for hire of the track from 9am-4.30pm and isn't that what you guys would have paid for also for track hire for the day.
I just believe in getting your moneys worth and by starting at 9 instead of 10 would give the riders a little more track time which is what it is all about.
Like I said in my previous post you guys did an Awesome Job and put on a fantastic track day which was enjoyed by so many who turned up for it. The numbers showed that.
Pit Bitch no more
mmmmmmmmwahoooo ye bitches....
Tis a Yamahahahaha G. Just thrash it like you stole it.Gixxer 4 ever
It really did look very unloved. Specially as it was next to the R1 that the whole crowd wanted to look at. Gixxer 4 ever
The Loose Goose
We have about 70-odd (some, very!) members and while there is a small group of people who always seem to be there helping out no matter what the event is, we do have a pretty good bunch of people and a lot do put their hands up to say they are keen to help out. Hell, last track day we even had a guy join on the day, not ride, but help out! And, like any club, there are people who have never helped out and you wonder why they bother joining a club - oh, that's right, to take advantage of the subsidised events!
As mentioned (here or another thread), Manfeild used to say nothing on the track before 10am. Not sure when they changed it but we've carried on working on that time - so this may be looked at for future track days. It would mean a bit more organisation on our part, but the committee will talk about this and see what the consensus is.
We don't do it as a business, we do it to make some money (or to make very little if it rains, or the track is closed due to flooding like it was a year or so back) for our club members. We could run more track days but I doubt anyone would be keen to volunteer once it looked like being a money spinner, they'd want paying and fair enough. Unfortunately we often get bumped off days we book so some years we can't even run two track days - because we run them on Saturdays or Sundays. Many track days run as a business run them during the week but with volunteers that is not an option for us. It is likely someone will move in and start running it as a business but I doubt it will be us. And I bet whoever does run it will be charging a shitload more than $50 a day!
Yes, I am pedantic about spelling and grammar so get used to it!
Just a Dog
That would an unquestionable fact !
Well all i can say is i hope the idea might be tabled !
Know ya have to book a ways in advance for manfield and After the last two events a few eye's may be open to the posibilities if the club were to take a gamble on booking a summer of monthly trackdays !
Sure there is a chance of losing money on a wet day, but thats why i invented global warming !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Hibernating
yeah we just need a few more to turn up wearing their Tee's as well .. certainly got a lot of good comments on themwahoooo ye bitches....
ohh yeah hon you will be sweatingmmmmmmmm
Have to
Hardcore Biker
Afew looks, points and giggles, LOL
I think that pre booking isn't very fair on those of us without a credit card or regular internet access.
Yes i have noticed that it seams to be alot of the same faces helping out at track days, Balzy and i have helped for both VC and CD and we are members of neither club. We don't do it for pay, praise or anything really it's done purley because we love to get out there weather it be on the track or waving a flag, every little bit helps for the fellow biker in all of us to keep the track days going
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Hi all,
My new website is now up and running and waiting for its virgin user..... Huge thanks to Matt and Rick for all the hard yards and it has been a huge learning curve for me.
Anyway for it's christening I have uploaded CDMTC Track Day photo's and am slowly filling the other galleries as time allows.
URL is http://www.wfactor.org for the website and http://www.wfactor.org/?p=gallery&g=trackdays specifically for the TrackDays Gallery.
There is over 900 images in there, so hopefully you find something that you like. For future meetings/track days however I will try and break it down into class to make it easier to search.
Yes what a great day and great crowd!! Awesome to see so many people all enjoying themselves and I was really impressed to see so many more women out there 'doing it for themselves'...Excellent day out once again
Thanks Chanceyy and yes indeed here I am (predictable?that is Chrissie .. KB profile of her_b4 .. she will be along with a link later for the pics) great to see you there!!
Hopefully there is something there for everyone
Well, we live in hope eh?
Good to meet you Latte Bitch!! I swear I have met more KB'ers on the weekend than I have since I joined over four/five years ago!!
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Hey! Woah awesome website! I like how the photos are displayed and how they enlarge when you run your mouse over them. Cool to see a couple of photos of my dad and myself. When I click the "+" button though when selecting a photo, it sends me back to the top of the page and I have to troll through the photos again to find where I was up to. Not a big problem or anything.
Thanks heaps for the photos! Will show Dad tomorrow!
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