The Goat of Hampton Downs

[scrivy]

to suggest that a General Bikers forum isnt the place to discuss these sorts of things is also somewhat short sighted.
Maybe some people are getting too precious on KB? Where else can you discuss these racing matters?? Can't see you talking about it in crotchet forums........
This is a free for all forum and you can say exactly what you want!!!

he didnt even have the courtesy to say "Sorry mate, I hope you are ok. I'm sorry I knocked you off."
This is simply the culture we have now in the world. People don't give a flying f@ck about others. Sadly, I can't see things changing in the near future either. No one is man enough to step up to the mark and admit fault.

Amazing that in our small niche sport, we have individuals that think so lowly of others in our sport.

[wharfy]

dont no wat points lead meads is leading in 600s but i no im leading da nz 600s. an in regards to your riding gear... bad luck shit happens you buy saftey gear to protect you an sounds like you had good gear which is good to hear but yes good gear cost alot i no! but what happen to you sucks but you cant go on a web site like this to wat seems like make yourself feel better bout yourself over what happen. cant change what happen so if were me i would move on

Can somebody translate this for me ?

[scott2ride]

I would T BONE him to show him how it feals. He rides and acts like a wanker, so deserves treating like one
Perhaps honesty is not the best thing on the internet eh

Hey Shaun, how the hell are ya! Yeah I sure felt like T boning him, though I suspect he will get what he deserves without me knocking him off.

Absolutely on the money Marcus,Racers should never be on the track at the same time as roadriders and this is a classic example why.... Roadriders fast or slow are horrendously indecisive and lack the basic knowledge involved with racing a bike.All trackday operators should be running RACE ONLY classes too avoid this sort of thing happening again

This is somewhat of a generalization, and several non-racing road riders I know are massively quick, smooth and very decisive. Having said that, I do agree that separating road and race riders has merit and it would be great to see if it is financially practical for operators of track days. But I suspect it wont be that simple as track days dont often have enough pure racers to devote a full 'class' to.

Personally, I prefer the fast group because normally they know their limits and dont do stupid moves like happened this time.

Ill give you 6k for a trade form your bike, 7k the difference and you can have an Ex Factory Racebike....

Sounds like a dodgy deal to me but then again, I dont know what the bike is you are selling

Besides, the damage to my bike is not that high. Maybe $2-3k. It just gets extra nasty once I replace gloves, helmet, leathers & boots. sniff sniff

[Tony.OK]

Absolutely on the money Marcus,Racers should never be on the track at the same time as roadriders and this is a classic example why.

Same can be said for some peoples versions of race ethics too.............there's agressive riding, and then there's just stupid riding.......taking the oportunity to make a clean pass shows some maturity as a racer, the stuff it in at any cost method won't see anyone gaining any respect or staying friends with the sport for too long in a little country like this.

I'm in total agreement with Marcus on trackdays, ya can still have fun but have to allow lotsa room for people, or just bide yer time and wait for an easy oportunity.............no prizes for being the fastest of the day.


Doesn't take many throttle jockeys to give the small racing community a bad name in the eyes of the public (future sponsors maybe too)

[Rcktfsh]

Can somebody translate this for me ?

Originally Posted by nick2slow
dont no wat points lead meads is leading in 600s but i no im leading da nz 600s. an in regards to your riding gear... bad luck shit happens you buy saftey gear to protect you an sounds like you had good gear which is good to hear but yes good gear cost alot i no! but what happen to you sucks but you cant go on a web site like this to wat seems like make yourself feel better bout yourself over what happen. cant change what happen so if were me i would move on


Here was me thinking the 600 title might be recovered by a NZ rider this year, however as english would not appear to be Mr Coles first langauge I'm left wondering what is?

[Shaun]

Can somebody translate this for me ?

He said

Wharfy is a tosser! Now where is the weather report for Hampton this coming weekend

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by nick2slow
dont no wat points lead meads is leading in 600s but i no im leading da nz 600s. an in regards to your riding gear... bad luck shit happens you buy saftey gear to protect you an sounds like you had good gear which is good to hear but yes good gear cost alot i no! but what happen to you sucks but you cant go on a web site like this to wat seems like make yourself feel better bout yourself over what happen. cant change what happen so if were me i would move on


Here was me thinking the 600 title might be recovered by a NZ rider this year, however as english would not appear to be Mr Coles first langauge I'm left wondering what is?

His old mans text messages are just as bad also, god dam trends

[Billy]

This is somewhat of a generalization, and several non-racing road riders I know are massively quick, smooth and very decisive. Having said that, I do agree that separating road and race riders has merit and it would be great to see if it is financially practical for operators of track days. But I suspect it wont be that simple as track days dont often have enough pure racers to devote a full 'class' to.

Personally, I prefer the fast group because normally they know their limits and dont do stupid moves like happened this time.




:[/QUOTE]Yeah it was a generalisation,But thats how it is.I feel 100% safer on the track with experienced racers than I do with fast roadriders

[ArcherWC]

However, of course Bryce had a completely different opinion than you as to what had happened rightly or wrongly.

, all I'm saying is I can see there is a different viewpoint from a racers perspective than a fast track day riders perspective. A similar thing happened to me when I was only riding track days...Paul Brown went around the outside of me in turn 7 at Taupo and hit the outside of my bike....I was VERY pissed off with him and went over and confronted him about it...he seemed to me to have an attitude exactly the way you have described how Bryce reacted to you...unconcerned. I was angry at him for some time after this event but now realize how it happened....it was no big deal to him as he was completely used to racing environments yet to me it was a massive deal! Because of this differing viewpoints, I seldom do any track days now as it is too dangerous mixing racers with road riders.

Cheers
Biggles

Haha I remember us having a similar "chat" a few years back mate

[scott2ride]

Yep Billy, I cant argue with that. I feel 100% safer on the track with experienced racers than I do with fast road riders as well. But its a shame the 'racer' in Meads didnt engage his brain particularly well this time.

[nick2slow]

its in tick tock

Can somebody translate this for me ?

[nick2slow]

English was my best subject at school. i think i done great

Originally Posted by nick2slow
dont no wat points lead meads is leading in 600s but i no im leading da nz 600s. an in regards to your riding gear... bad luck shit happens you buy saftey gear to protect you an sounds like you had good gear which is good to hear but yes good gear cost alot i no! but what happen to you sucks but you cant go on a web site like this to wat seems like make yourself feel better bout yourself over what happen. cant change what happen so if were me i would move on


Here was me thinking the 600 title might be recovered by a NZ rider this year, however as english would not appear to be Mr Coles first langauge I'm left wondering what is?

[Biggles08]

Haha I remember us having a similar "chat" a few years back mate

Yeah but your a wanker! ehehehehe....

[BiK3RChiK]

What about instead of having a completely seperate day for racers than joe public track days, why not have a 'racers' class for them to practice and if the reeeeaaaaally fast joe publics want to go out and give it death with them, then it gets 'approved' and off they go. It seems to me that racers have much to show joe public who might even want to get into racing, so why exclude them from track days?

Anyhoo, as you were...

[Robert Taylor]

What about instead of having a completely seperate day for racers than joe public track days, why not have a 'racers' class for them to practice and if the reeeeaaaaally fast joe publics want to go out and give it death with them, then it gets 'approved' and off they go. It seems to me that racers have much to show joe public who might even want to get into racing, so why exclude them from track days?

Anyhoo, as you were...

How about exclusive sessions for those who have a known habit of taking people out, preferably on different days.