So it was a 1.30pm flight back to Wellywood. Choppa picked us up and after picking up the van we were all on our way to Palmy and a night at The Chancellor Hotel - (great biker friendly hotel if you want accomodation in Palmy try them and say Merv or Sloan sent you)
We were joined for the night by Choppa & Moggy... thanks for the wine & breakfast moggy

Left for track at 7.00am on friday (dont think it had stopped raining since we got of plane) Changed Ants bike to wets and made some adjustments to the 250 ninj a.
Shouldnt have bothered as it was dry by the time we went out...except the river at T1 and a very damp Higgins. Both riders had a good day with valuable seat time and set up achieved.
Sat saw it fine but very cold, so settings were adjusted once again. Seth qualified 5th overall and 2nd prolite behind Sam Croft. Ants qualified 6th overall and 1st protwin but managed to drop it at splash on lap 7. Bit of panal damage and a broken shifter rod.
Race 1
Seth got a great start..... once the minilites had cleared off him & Sam Croft had a fantastic battle with some very close racing (some closer than close) on the last lap Seth went on the wide line into splash and suffered the same fate as Ants. So a DNF....... but not before setting a new Prolite lap record on the previous lap. This one is official....... so i guess the one at HD last week must be too.
Bike was pretty battered but i managed to fix it (i thought) but in warm up of race 2 the gears wouldnt shift properly so Seth pulled into pits so a DNS.
Race 1
Ants dropped a few places from the start but settled in and made a couple back. He was also suffering gear selector problems (bike wouldnt down shift) so came home 10th overall and 2nd protwin (i think). Race 2 was a repeat of race 1...got a better start but gear shift still playing up.
So it was back to ChCh on Sunday ....... the SV will have to be stripped and checked later this week..... but yesterday evening was spent stripping the ninja and assessing damage. No real majors....every panal is damaged and will need a full repaint (gonna test my limited fibreglassing skills) and tank needs some attention. Thank god the painter isnt going away for the hols.
So overall a successful 2 rounds of the tri-series for OS Racing. Like to say well done to Sam Croft for staying consistant (hope Seth gave you a taste of whats in store at Nats) Thanks to organisers for putting on the ultralite class. Choppa for being a good buggar. All the helpers and race meeting crews.
So a few days rebuilding the ninja and sorting the SV ...... a few days at home ... and then its Nats..... see you all then.
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