Dead Tadpole Junior and Ladies Cross country Race August 15 2009

**Ktmboy** · 17th August 2009, 20:22

Originally Posted by Henk

The dead engine start is for safety reasons, it's about the only way to avoid everybody getting to the first corner at the same time and the chaos that that causes. Straight dead engine used to be the the way with hands on your bars but then electric start four strokes turned up and gave the thumper riders a huge advantage and hands on heads is about the only realistic way to even things up. If it makes you feel any better about it,I did a rodney 2 hour at Mangawhai years ago where they started us lying on the gound twenty meters behind our bikes. That made a fun start to the day.

Haha, yes I remember a hare and hound way up in Okaihau in the 70's. The buggers made us run up a freakin hill for 50metres in the mud just to get to our bikes. Try kicking over a TT500 when you're fucked already.
Oh dear off topic. Sorry ladies.

**oldskool** · 17th August 2009, 21:59

Here's some footage of the Tadpole with Indy starring in his first race event.

**flyingcr250** · 17th August 2009, 22:11

[QUOTE=oldskool;1129359863]Here's some footage of the Tadpole with Indy starring in his first race event.

woooohoooo epic bail, good stuff

**Ktmboy** · 17th August 2009, 22:16

Crikey...Is the young fella still alive?. There were some good bails in there. Jeez he could become a tree hugger like me.

Good on him for finishing

Question; Is the bike geared too tall?

**jt119** · 17th August 2009, 22:16

[QUOTE=flyingcr250;1129359898]

Originally Posted by oldskool

Here's some footage of the Tadpole with Indy starring in his first race event.

woooohoooo epic bail, good stuff

second that good stuff

**cheese** · 17th August 2009, 22:25

That was a great vid to watch Evan. He is really at home on that bike. Just needs to gain some more confidence as those crashes he had if had just hung on he would have been ok.

**vazza** · 17th August 2009, 22:33

Oosh nice bail at the start there! Good to see her get straight back on the bike! Good stuff!

**L Rider** · 17th August 2009, 22:36

Originally Posted by vazza

Oosh nice bail at the start there! Good to see him get straight back on the bike! Good stuff!

Corrected it for ya

**oldskool** · 17th August 2009, 22:46

Originally Posted by Ktmboy

Crikey...Is the young fella still alive?. There were some good bails in there. Jeez he could become a tree hugger like me.

Good on him for finishing

Question; Is the bike geared too tall?

haha a green tree warrior. as long as the frogs aren't lurking in the bush.

He bailed 11 times. The best was an over the bars job ending with a face plant. Pity that one wasn't recorded.

When I got the bike it was geared 14:48. I changed the front to 13. Am thinking maybe the back needs to go to 50 or 51. To make it 13:50. Dunno.

It's mostly used at the sandpit and he struggles to make it up the superbowl as it currently is.

**Ktmboy** · 17th August 2009, 22:46

Originally Posted by cheese

That was a great vid to watch Evan. He is really at home on that bike. Just needs to gain some more confidence as those crashes he had if had just hung on he would have been ok.

How do you hang on when you're hitting a tree? I'm surprized he even got up.
His technique will come with time. The bike seems very, lets say, harsh.

He will get there though as we all do.

**Ktmboy** · 17th August 2009, 22:54

Originally Posted by oldskool

haha a green tree warrior. as long as the frogs aren't lurking in the bush.

He bailed 11 times. The best was an over the bars job ending with a face plant. Pity that one wasn't recorded.

When I got the bike it was geared 14:48. I changed the front to 13. Am thinking maybe the back needs to go to 50 or 51. To make it 13:50. Dunno.

It's mostly used at the sandpit and he struggles to make it up the superbowl as it currently is.

RM80 is 13:48 and a RM85 BW is 13:47 from memory. Yours should be OK. Must have been the body mass of the sweep rider.

**L Rider** · 17th August 2009, 22:55

Originally Posted by oldskool

haha a green tree warrior. as long as the frogs aren't lurking in the bush.

He bailed 11 times. The best was an over the bars job ending with a face plant. Pity that one wasn't recorded.

When I got the bike it was geared 14:48. I changed the front to 13. Am thinking maybe the back needs to go to 50 or 51. To make it 13:50. Dunno.

It's mostly used at the sandpit and he struggles to make it up the superbowl as it currently is.

When Rach got it, it had the 13 front & 48 rear. It was very harsh with the 13 - we all hated it like that. I realise though everyone rides different & prefers different gearing.

Won't going back to the 14 in front be same as changing rear to 50?

**noobi** · 17th August 2009, 22:56

Originally Posted by Ktmboy

How do you hang on when you're hitting a tree? I'm surprized he even got up.
His technique will come with time. The bike seems very, lets say, harsh.

im surprised the lever is still in one piece. let alone his hand bones...

and yea, i noticed it was very kind of on or off
i suppose the upside of riding a bike geared too high is you learn demon clutch skills

**L Rider** · 17th August 2009, 23:02

Originally Posted by Ktmboy

RM80 is 13:48 and a RM85 BW is 13:47 from memory. Yours should be OK. Must have been the body mass of the sweep rider.

Could be wrong but thought RM80 was 14:48 which was what John changed it too. Maybe he just changed it from the 13 to tame it - he aint here to check with