Chch Wednesday Maintenance Evenings

**Emlyn** · 18th May 2009, 19:33

Originally Posted by Bent51

Haha you were too fast for me

Lol... that will be my sticky "throttle" issue.. running at high revs, the bike and I !! lol :P

**Mr Triple** · 18th May 2009, 19:40

Originally Posted by Emlyn

Lol... that will be my sticky "throttle" issue.. running at high revs, the bike and I !! lol :P

That will be it.. hopefully no cruse control for you after Wednesday.

**helenoftroy** · 18th May 2009, 22:11

Originally Posted by McWild

Well I was going to make a thread, but instead I'll just hijack this thread...

I am now the proud owner of a 1978 YB100 bucket race bike!

Stripped right down, with a four speed gear box, necessity to premix two stroke oil, and an ear shattering exhaust, this is the bucket that will end all other buckets. If you can even call them buckets.
Too intensely powerful to even idle without constant revving, this is the bucket you can expect to see and smell roaring past you on the racetrack, leaving all you wusses on FXR150s crying for the sweet satisfaction of a two stroke.

Have fun trying to sleep tonight, bucketaroos and bucketeers...
The YZF-B1 is the stuff of nightmares.

the McWild has been bitten by this highly addictive racing bug!!

Awesomely awesome!!will your wee machine be ready for the next meet on
the 30th May?(cams meet)

Buddy!have you not seen the wickedly stupid grin I have on my face every second Im on the track?Bring it on whippersnapper!!

Geez when I tell Casualty(Sam)he'll be Green with envy!!

**McWild** · 18th May 2009, 22:28

Probably won't be able to do any actual racing til mid June. Life is demanding

As such I'm not even free to get it home til Friday, but when I do you'll all be heaing about it!

...probably so that I beg for spare trailer spots lol.

Oh and pm me your address for the party thing a ma thing. Please.

**stevewederell** · 19th May 2009, 18:01

My baby was tired from the trek to work today and needed a rest - see below

**McWild** · 19th May 2009, 18:44

Originally Posted by stevewederell

My baby was tired from the trek to work today and needed a rest - see below

I cringed hard... that sucks dude. What's the damage?

**KiwiPhoenix** · 19th May 2009, 19:12

Ouch!

So obviously the training wheels didn't work!!

What happened?? Hope you manage to get it fixed ok!

**Mr Triple** · 19th May 2009, 19:15

Originally Posted by stevewederell

My baby was tired from the trek to work today and needed a rest - see below

Bugger Steve hopefully not too much damage, so what happened.

**stevewederell** · 19th May 2009, 20:13

I nearly cried, but after inspection hardly any damage!!

There are a few scratches on speedo and tiny one on pack rack. She didn't go all the way down so no road (or car park) test performed.

Kind of a catch 22, if I hadn't parked so close to wall, she would have gone right over, but if I had parked further away perhaps the tarmac would have been more solid...I did think perhaps the gods were either testing me or saying I should stay home...

I'm still going

**McWild** · 19th May 2009, 21:10

Forgive me if I'm not getting something, but how did it actually fall over? Wouldn't the side stand have kept it up?

**stevewederell** · 19th May 2009, 21:22

LOL, the side stand didn't fail, the tarmac underneath however failed, buckled and now there is a crater where the side stand was sitting.

**Shadows** · 19th May 2009, 21:24

Originally Posted by McWild

Forgive me if I'm not getting something, but how did it actually fall over? Wouldn't the side stand have kept it up?

Not when the asphalt gives way. Sometimes it's pretty thin and doesn't take much to punch a hole in it. I know somebody whose bike came close to being written off as a result of that happening (brand new Speed Triple back when they were the latest thing and parts were expensive to come by).