2017 NZSBK Superbike Championship - on hold

[mr bucketracer]

Put the fat bucket rider on an adult bike & see what happens.

as long as it rainning (-; with slicks lol, i have respect for slone and dennis charlett for racing in lower cc class's for giveing new riders a chance of racing with top rated racers , im just a has been that likes the odd challange (-; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxML6mCfJnA

[mr bucketracer]

Maybe its time do do away with all the rules and just have a court of KB to decide all disputes in the off season

yes , third place wins , truck the other 2 lol

[Grumph]

He'd probably do better than all the 'adult' bike racers I've seen show up at a Bucket meetings spouting how they are going to wipe the floor with the regulars but actually found it a lot harder to get to the pointy end than it looks. Except for Paul Dobbs, that cunt was fast out of the box on just about anything.

One memorable incident down here when a experienced and good "big bike" rider tried buckets. Started off the front and won the drag to the first corner - then got run over by half the field when he backed off for the corner....Limped away vowing never to return.

The whole thing with the championship is unfortunate. I'm given to believe that there was a wish initially to keep it low key, wrongly IMO. Full transparency all the way in todays world of instant communication. People looking in will undoubtedly choose sides - as we here have - but full disclosure should at least let the watchers understand the decision.
I don't like how it all got out either. Official channels should have been better.

[jellywrestler]

Maybe its time do do away with all the rules and just have a court of KB to decide all disputes in the off season

nah lets just get the rules right, and people working to them. if the riders knew the rules the ones that aren't well written would be rewritten, and if the officials tried anything within the rules they'd be pulled up real smart by riders who wouldn't stand for shit, as i mentioned before it's a widespread issue, hope like fuck we can all get the shits up us enough to do soemthing about it and move on with better systems.
also do the officials have tests with scenarios thrown at them? that would help both the officials with interpretation and working out where some rules are poorly written.

[Berries]

I grew up down the road from Donington so saw a lot of bike racing in the late 70's, 80's and early nineties before moving to NZ. Have been to two events here in the last 20 odd years, there has really been nothing to tempt me to travel two hours to go and watch. Until this cocksucker of a thread which has added a bit of interest to the whole proceedings. When is the next SBK round at Teretonga? I'll be there with bells on.



And a copy of the rule book, probably.

[Drew]

I grew up down the road from Donington so saw a lot of bike racing in the late 70's, 80's and early nineties before moving to NZ. Have been to two events here in the last 20 odd years, there has really been nothing to tempt me to travel two hours to go and watch. Until this cocksucker of a thread which has added a bit of interest to the whole proceedings. When is the next SBK round at Teretonga? I'll be there with bells on.



And a copy of the rule book, probably.

There is no Teratonga round this season.

[Berries]

Well that pissed on my chips rather quickly.

[jellywrestler]

Well that pissed on my chips rather quickly.

get up to hampton downs round, they're running a half trackday and half new zealand championship road racing day including the prestigious new zealand tourirst trophy meeting, you'll be able to ride your bike half the day and watch the racing the other half of it.

[sidecar bob]

get up to hampton downs round, they're running a half trackday and half new zealand championship road racing day including the prestigious new zealand tourirst trophy meeting, you'll be able to ride your bike half the day and watch the racing the other half of it.

Really? Is that the state of nz roadracing? we cant even fill a whole day with top class actual racing.

[jellywrestler]

Really? Is that the state of nz roadracing? we cant even fill a whole day with top class actual racing.

we can , and we often struggle at hampton downs to get through the day, but now they have seven sessions for past legends display (2 x 30mins) and 5 x 20 min track day sessions. 2 hours and forty minutes per day , to be fair one 30 minute past legends dissplay is in the lunchtime period.
maybe it's an economic thing but why not have the track day during the open practice on friday, and saturday leaving sunday to get on with it.?
might bring a number plate along and grab a superbike for the trackday sessions

[eldog]

Somehow like every sport etc need more people to be involved
riding, behind the scenes, watching.

need to make it interesting to general public~ like me

and more visible advertising/programme timetable.

talk it up.

a mate of mine is involved, but not once has he asked or mentioned about upcoming events.
he knows I am interested and ride bikes.

[jellywrestler]

and more visible advertising/programme timetable.

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what are you talking about, there's an ad for the very same meeting on the front page of this very same forum, albeit for the 2015 round.
to be fair, advertising is so bloody hard these days as it's so diluted, shame they can't have a billboard for what's on at HD on the road, would be safer to do that than have people trying to gawk and find out when driving past it

[Grumph]

Well that pissed on my chips rather quickly.

The round at levels is better viewing - and closer to you.

I'm picking the setup at HD is pure economics. The Auckland round wherever it's held has always struggled to cover costs.
One year I suggested at riders briefing that the competitors go across to the main stand at Puke and personally thank the dozen or so people there....

[Drew]

Suppose the track day thing is a good way to get riders to come to the event.

[scott411]

get up to hampton downs round, they're running a half trackday and half new zealand championship road racing day including the prestigious new zealand tourirst trophy meeting, you'll be able to ride your bike half the day and watch the racing the other half of it.

interesting new devlopment, you have to try new stuff, and making hampton downs pay for itself is not easy,

wonder how it works and if these riders will need to have a race licence (not a championship one) to practice under a MNZ permit,