Kiwibiker Track day TAUPO April 10th sunday

[Skunk]

I'm gonna try (for the slow class). I'll be in Napier on the 9th for a piss up. Sorry, for the WIMA Wicked Wine Trail (WIMA link)

[Racey Rider]

2. call your insurer and ask. Some companies are starting to allow 'track days' as long as it's not a competition or high-speed event as such. Specify that it is just a track day, with no competition involved. Else if they don't insure you, just ride real easy

This brings a question to mind. (which I will soon link to another thread so as not to highjack this one). If your bike is insured for a Track day and My bike is not, What happens in the scenario that I crash into you?
Normally it would be a case of: I say sorry, You punch me in the nose and we both fix our own bikes.
But if your bike is insured, Then I suspect your insurance company will end up chassing me to cover the cost of your $20 000 R1! Scary stuff!
Sorry,, but it needs to be brought up.

Please reply to this in this thread

good point, and no idea. call your insurer first and ask,

This is the point. For those of us that only have cheap "Race Track only" bikes and No insurance on them. We are happy to pay for our own crashes. But now that we can be sharing the track with expensive Insured bikes, We can't ride hard anymore, cause the risk of having to pay for your bike damage as well, (through your insurance company) is too great a risk. So if we can't ride hard any more on A RACE TRACK,,, what the point of going to a race track?? We would almost need only insured bike riding the track together and then Non-insured bikes riding together. What a headache!!

[bugjuice]

This brings a question to mind. (which I will soon link to another thread so as not to highjack this one). If your bike is insured for a Track day and My bike is not, What happens in the scenario that I crash into you?
Normally it would be a case of: I say sorry, You punch me in the nose and we both fix our own bikes.
But if your bike is insured, Then I suspect your insurance company will end up chassing me to cover the cost of your $20 000 R1! Scary stuff!
Sorry,, but it needs to be brought up.

good point, and no idea. call your insurer first and ask, then start another thread in the bike section and let us know, then we can have a good ol' chin wag over it before it turns into a thread about 'my bike is faster than your bike, so you won't crash into me' type of thing

Edit - there's already a thread there..

[scroter]

This brings a question to mind. (which I will soon link to another thread so as not to highjack this one). If your bike is insured for a Track day and My bike is not, What happens in the scenario that I crash into you?
Normally it would be a case of: I say sorry, You punch me in the nose and we both fix our own bikes.
But if your bike is insured, Then I suspect your insurance company will end up chassing me to cover the cost of your $20 000 R1! Scary stuff!
Sorry,, but it needs to be brought up.

Please reply to this in this thread


This is the point. For those of us that only have cheap "Race Track only" bikes and No insurance on them. We are happy to pay for our own crashes. But now that we can be sharing the track with expensive Insured bikes, We can't ride hard anymore, cause the risk of having to pay for your bike damage as well, (through your insurance company) is too great a risk. So if we can't ride hard any more on A RACE TRACK,,, what the point of going to a race track?? We would almost need only insured bike riding the track together and then Non-insured bikes riding together. What a headake!!

a friend of mine is goin thru this process at the moment, hes with honda riders club and apparantly they reckon on the track they will only pay for whos claiming not who they hit or otherwise. Check your policy, i just went thru a large insurance claim based on a track crash and the policy clearly states not racing or preparing for a race and as it wasnt and i could prove it by a copy of the signed indemnity i was covered. having said all this frosty is doing a good job so far and seperating riders into different groups does make a huge diffirence. go out there have some fun and hey you might even learn something.

[Drunken Monkey]

I'm in. Anyone else want to head down on Saturday evening, stay somewhere the night before, then come back on Sunday arvo?

[FROSTY:Me]

Well Ill be heading down saturday nite
I stay at camellia court in the motel units but they also have cabins with bunk beds

[FzerozeroT]

What time are you allowed to open the gates, I say get some sleep saturday and start at 7am.

and I'm still waiting for that a/c no. frosty

[bugjuice]

I was thinking about camping out, but the weather might not be as warm..
Any clue on the rates for the motel?

oh, and btw - RE: Insurance.. I'm covered can ya feel it..

[FROSTY:Me]

Ill contact them and advise on pricing
I pay 175 for a 2 beddy motel unit that can hold 6-7
but i think the cabins are cheaper

[FROSTY:Me]

What time are you allowed to open the gates, I say get some sleep saturday and start at 7am.

and I'm still waiting for that a/c no. frosty

We aint allowed to go on the track till 9.30 I think

[NC]

Oh sounds wicked!

Hummmm I wonder if I can get the NC back together before then...and looking pretty? Narh! I'm lazy lol

[DEATH_INC.]

Sounds like fun,but I'll have to see if we can afford it....... :spudwhat:

[Coyote]

just cos you're on a track, doesn't mean you have to play hard

And it doesn't mean you have to take it easy either

Slow class at manfeild was too slow, I was on the pace bikes tail the whole time. Moving up this track day

[Two Smoker]

Keep a space open for me Frosty.... Just waiting for the car to sell.... Ill help out with instucting... and if you hit my bike, its your own fault and dont go crying to your insurance company... And if i lowside and you hit my bike, you were obviously following too close therefore your at fault again, once again dont go crying to your insurance company...

[MadDuck]

If your bike gets hit and you not insured for track days we pop it in one of the vans drive up 22 and then call insurance company. "I guess I took the corner too fast sir"

Or is that kinda behaviour frowned upon by KBers ...I am now waiting for stone throwing