Sidecars at Cemetery Circuit?

**sidecar bob** · 13th June 2012, 20:15

Originally Posted by Pussy

Mmmmmm..... Tracey and Jofesine!

Hey!! thats my wife youre talking about bitch!! well one of them is.

**Pussy** · 13th June 2012, 20:22

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Hey!! thats my wife youre talking about bitch!! well one of them is.

I must buy a sympathy card for Tracey on your anniversary......

**Kickaha** · 13th June 2012, 20:26

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

With all due respect Kick, I believe your team twice promised to attend, but decided not to show at the last minute.
Its that kind of thing that makes it hard for all of us, not least of all the poor organisers who are trying to put on a class event & not look like fools themselves.

No such promise was made, we made the decision not to attend 2010 at least 3 months out from the event as we were told we had to do the full tri series or we couldn't do any individual rounds, one week out from Wangas we were then told by the organisers we could enter Wanganui but by then we'd cancelled our accommodation and were looking at double the ferry costs due to late booking

2011 we didn't even consider doing it

Personally after the huge delays the last times we've been there (08/09)I consider it fairly poor value for money especially as we have added costs compared to every other sidecar team

**sidecar bob** · 13th June 2012, 20:31

Originally Posted by Kickaha

No such promise was made, we made the decision not to attend 2010 at least 3 months out from the event as we were told we had to do the full tri series or we couldn't do any individual rounds, one week out from Wangas we were then told by the organisers we could enter Wanganui but by then we'd cancelled our accommodation and were looking at double the ferry costs due to late booking

2011 we didn't even consider doing it

Personally after the huge delays the last times we've been there (08/09)I consider it fairly poor value for money especially as we have added costs compared to every other sidecar team

Then it would seem that a member of your team made promises to the NZSRA, for reasons unknown, that you clearly knew nothing about.

**Kickaha** · 13th June 2012, 20:42

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Then it would seem that a member of your team made promises to the NZSRA, for reasons unknown, that you clearly knew nothing about.

Regardless of what may or may not have been promised one extra sidecar still wouldn't have got the numbers to the twelve per round the organisers were promised

This might be just the kick up the arse a few people need to wake up and realise that as a class we're not indispensible and hopefully we can go forward in a much more productive way than the previous two years

**sidecar bob** · 14th June 2012, 07:35

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Regardless of what may or may not have been promised one extra sidecar still wouldn't have got the numbers to the twelve per round the organisers were promised

Yeah, thats the attitude, we adopted that stance when you guys had 5 outfits at your fake nationals down south a couple of years back.

**scrivy** · 14th June 2012, 08:37

Originally Posted by Kickaha

Well if you didn't ride like a pussy he wouldn't have so much time to look around

Pfftt...... We won a race at the Creek 2 months back and he was still looking backwards waving at 2nd place...... I know this because I was watching......

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Yeah, thats the attitude, we adopted that stance when you guys ha 5 outfits at your fake nationals down south a couple of years back.

**oldrider** · 14th June 2012, 10:34

Been going a long time ... lost a good school friend there (Bill Linton x Woodville) in the late 50's, he was killed in a sidecar race!

**jellywrestler** · 14th June 2012, 11:05

Originally Posted by oldrider

Been going a long time ... lost a good school friend there (Bill Linton x Woodville) in the late 50's, he was killed in a sidecar race!

Don't think Bill died at the Cemetery Circuit, think you'll find it was at the Motua Gardens circuit 1962??

**Kickaha** · 14th June 2012, 17:46

Originally Posted by sidecar bob

Yeah, thats the attitude, we adopted that stance when you guys had 5 outfits at your fake nationals down south a couple of years back.

Must be where you guys got the idea for your "extra" outfits for the Tri series and Paeroa

**saul** · 14th June 2012, 19:39

Love the sidecars. I always find them very exciting

Have done a few have a go days and that has added to the interest.

**oldrider** · 15th June 2012, 09:56

Originally Posted by jellywrestler

Don't think Bill died at the Cemetery Circuit, think you'll find it was at the Motua Gardens circuit 1962??

I was away overseas when it happened, always thought it was the cemetery circuit!

Thanks for that, Bill was a good guy we grew up in the same street, lost touch after leaving school. (As you do)

**codgyoleracer** · 17th June 2012, 17:30

Personally i can take-em or leave-em.

Facts are tho, that a lot of JoBlo public look forward to seeing the three-wheeled trollies out there and the historical connection should not be forgotton.

Political clap-trap asside, I would stil like to see them participating , however i suspect that there are pressures on the organizers revolving around time/amount of classes and amount of attendees for the big 6 0 event ?

GW