Paeroa pix (17 February 2013)

[bosslady]

$30 wouldn't get YOU far but it would go far for SOME people who have a lot of passion/enthusiasm and are keen to watch but don't have the cashflow for gas and ticket to match. Not myself personally but would have been me a few years ago... just my $0.02

To be put off by a pitiful $30 admission fee is pathetic. Competitor entries were $150, I did a full top end overhaul on one bike in the week prior, at whatever they cost, my teams used more than $70 worth of race gas, several hundred worth of tyres & several hundred in repairs resulting from competing at Paeroa, in the weeks to come. Not to mention two of my riders who flew from Australia to compete. Seriously, thirty fuckin dollars. Get over yourselves.

[bosslady]

Just as long as it wasn't your son that was suddenly running out on the track

Kudos to the fast acting gate man who ran across and swooped him up. I was ready to jump onto the track to slow the bikes, as we were almost getting under way for the race

how did that happen?

[sidecar bob]

$30 wouldn't get YOU far but it would go far for SOME people who have a lot of passion/enthusiasm and are keen to watch but don't have the cashflow for gas and ticket to match. Not myself personally but would have been me a few years ago... just my $0.02

I guess it comes down to priorities.
Some people would rather spend $30 on lotto tickets that they have more chance being run over crossing the road to buy, than winning & never complain about that, some would rather spend it on a day's entertainment.

[Gremlin]

how did that happen?

Somehow got out of a gate and ran down the track, then couldn't get back through, so turned around and went back. By that time we're all noticing and the gate man is nabbing him.

I had reins and a harness when I was a child... now I know why...

[Madness]

$30 is exceptional value for money when compared to other events.

Some of the locals are hard case. I reckon Paeroa must be the place to go for a really cheap tattoo.

[bosslady]

I guess it comes down to priorities.
Some people would rather spend $30 on lotto tickets that they have more chance being run over crossing the road to buy, than winning & never complain about that, some would rather spend it on a day's entertainment.

For sure. I'm still waiting to win lotto too, but it's proving hard seeing as I never buy a ticket I thought it was worth it personally, esp as I don't get out to events hardly ever. Next time I will prepare better though, the heat was unbearable!

[jellywrestler]

For sure. I'm still waiting to win lotto too, but it's proving hard seeing as I never buy a ticket I thought it was worth it personally, esp as I don't get out to events hardly ever. Next time I will prepare better though, the heat was unbearable!

the Christian Motorcycle Association use a hall that looks out onto the back straight and have decent toilets and cold water all day long most years, that's a good place to spend the hottest part of the day. not sure whether they were there this year though

[george formby]

To be put off by a pitiful $30 admission fee is pathetic.
Competitor entries were $150, I did a full top end overhaul on one bike in the week prior, at whatever they cost, my teams used more than $70 worth of race gas, several hundred worth of tyres & several hundred in repairs resulting from competing at Paeroa, in the weeks to come.
Not to mention two of my riders who flew from Australia to compete.
Seriously, thirty fuckin dollars. Get over yourselves.

I concur.
Oy tink it was $25 last year. Would not bat an eyelid at $50. Paeroa & similar NZ races are one of the very few opportunity's world wide to push the fence & watch street racing. A whole day of getting your ear drums burst, watching & smelling NZ's finest nutters old & young on a spectacular array of machinery equally old & young from just a few feet away with a pint in your hand? Priceless.

[Gianz]

I concur.
Oy tink it was $25 last year. Would not bat an eyelid at $50. Paeroa & similar NZ races are one of the very few opportunity's world wide to push the fence & watch street racing. A whole day of getting your ear drums burst, watching & smelling NZ's finest nutters old & young on a spectacular array of machinery equally old & young from just a few feet away with a pint in your hand? Priceless.

I think 30$ was ok, it's great to be so close to the riders passing at 200+ kph, seeing such diverse bikes racing together and I've got respect for all the riders. Exspecially for the riders of the red old school sidecar that were trashing it every corner, they were worth the 30$ by themselves.
And it's cool to see 10 years old SV650s still there trying hard and sounding awesome. Love that vtwin sound.

It's good that you could drink ALCOhOL without feeling like a kid trying to hide the porn magazines. And there's plenty of options for cheap booze and food everywhere, and you can pay cash or use any card you want, no big corporations monopoly as it's too often the case in Auckland.

BUT that fucking 2$ program was just wrong. I didn't have cash with me (bought ticket online) and I couldn't give the kid 2 bucks. Didn't know all day what was happening (PA system was awful) and couldn't find out who won what.

Is there a website where they explain the different classes? There was an old yamaha racing with the BMW 1000 that I still don't understand why it was there

[busadayz]

Good on the guys and girls for getting out on track and doing what alot of other people should be doing instead of doing it on the road.
Even the people who finished at the back of their respective races deserve alot of credit for having the guts to go through the effort of "qualifiying" to race there. Alot of time, effort and money goes into it for some that amounts to about twelve minutes of actuall race time. Is it worth it?
I would say so, once at least.
More people need to get into it, they are are a great bunch of people to talk to, and like most motorcyclists happy to help if they can.
I hope to line up on the grid myself 2014. Even if it is towards the rear.

[Madness]

As usual the bike park along the riverbank was well worth a squiz. I thought this was interesting, amongst many others.

[Monkfish]

I concur.
A whole day of getting your ear drums burst, watching & smelling NZ's finest nutters old & young on a spectacular array of machinery equally old & young from just a few feet away with a pint in your hand? Priceless.

Speaking of old nutters...

I was at the bottom of the front straight -right opposite fathers tavern, and had an awesome view all day. I could see up the straight all the way to the kink, and round the corner up to the off camber corner up the hill. Soo good.

unfortunatley I saw the bad crash in the last Formula Paeroa that saw both riders go to hospital.

But I also saw that CRAZY bastard in the post classic sidecars on the old trumpy. He was absolute nuts! Sideways all day from the braking area on the straight, all the way areound farthers tavern, and up an over the off-camber corner. he had some cojonies that guy. you would have to have a death wish to be a swinger for him. (and I hear she is a little crazy)

But such a good day, I will be back next year, and I hope all the riders pull through OK.

[clmintie]

I also don't have a problem with $30, but just out of interest, was there a 'family admission' discount?

I did't go, but for work reasons, I was shooting the National Downhill in Rotorua.

[bosslady]

I also don't have a problem with $30, but just out of interest, was there a 'family admission' discount?

I did't go, but for work reasons, I was shooting the National Downhill in Rotorua.

I am relatively sure there was for the online early bird tickets there were, but not 100% on that.

[george formby]

But I also saw that CRAZY bastard in the post classic sidecars on the old trumpy. He was absolute nuts! Sideways all day from the braking area on the straight, all the way areound farthers tavern, and up an over the off-camber corner. he had some cojonies that guy. you would have to have a death wish to be a swinger for him. (and I hear she is a little crazy)
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Our little coterie could not make it this year but that is exactly why I love it so much. All the characters on the track. Another classic side car last year had the swingers shoulder smoking going through the kink on the main straight and his hemlet knocking a bit of hay from the bails. You can't see that from a grandstand!
Oh, not to mention the hilarity in the pits when someone has get off the bike from one race & make the grid for the next one in time.

I will remember to carry loose change for a programme next year.