Road Racing Hill Climb - NZ National Championship

**Deano** · 30th November 2007, 18:03

Originally Posted by Ivan

Sweet yip under 600's then,

Sounds good id be keen as for that man

And MNZ licence number 13660

GP125 is an option too mate.

Originally Posted by Jim2

After seeing the vid and remembering some of the runs up there with UncleB I'm wondering if I shouldn't get a comp license and enter the Katana. It'll be WFO for 70% of that course.

Hmmmm.........

How do I explain a weekend away on the same weekend as the Hillclimb.....

Hmmmmm......

I'm sure UncleB will be watching on the day. I'd say he will be spewing he never got to compete in it.

I'm happy to help out with any fabricated story........but I'm all care no responsibility if shit hits the fan.........

**skelstar** · 30th November 2007, 22:22

Originally Posted by Deano

...but I'm all care no responsibility if shit hits the fan...

Chicken shit.

Does she get REAL angry Jim2? ...or the kind of angry where she lets you keep the second bike when she finds out you're selling it to make a new kitchen?

**jrandom** · 1st December 2007, 07:27

Originally Posted by Deano

That video has actually put more than a few people off entering.

Odd, I wonder why?

If it's because they think they couldn't go that fast, it's a bit silly. Only one person can win anyway; if nobody turned up unless they were positive they had a go at the title it'd be a sad and lonely day. I know I wouldn't be as fast as Mr Craig or Drew along there, but WGAF.

I was expecting a much twistier course than that, honking along that road would be a right bucket of giggles.

**James Deuce** · 1st December 2007, 08:14

Originally Posted by Deano

but I'm all care no responsibility if shit hits the fan.........

That goes without saying.

**Deano** · 1st December 2007, 12:42

Originally Posted by jrandom

Odd, I wonder why?

If it's because they think they couldn't go that fast, it's a bit silly.

No - it's more because the road frightens them - not that there is anything wrong with that - it can be a scary road at speed. There isn't much room for error.

Some I have spoken to don't trust themselves to ride within their limits up it either.

**Mooch** · 1st December 2007, 20:43

Originally Posted by skelstar

Chicken shit.

Does she get REAL angry Jim2? ...or the kind of angry where she lets you keep the second bike when she finds out you're selling it to make a new kitchen?

We are talking bike meets with angle grider to make 4000 bit jigsaw ....... Not a lady to be on the wrong side of.

**Ivan** · 2nd December 2007, 14:09

Id probly do GP125 asI want a chance of winning well maybe I still could in up to 600 lol

**Str8 Jacket** · 2nd December 2007, 18:42

Originally Posted by Deano

No - it's more because the road frightens them - not that there is anything wrong with that - it can be a scary road at speed. There isn't much room for error.

Some I have spoken to don't trust themselves to ride within their limits up it either.

Yeah, it does look scary BUT if I had a bike to ride I would love to ride it at near 100% of MY ability and I know that if did then I would be pumped! I know that im never gonna be fast but pushig my own abilities further than I normally would is what gives me the biggest buzz!!!

**Two Smoker** · 2nd December 2007, 20:13

Just thought I would post my interest in doing this hill climb...

**Mooch** · 3rd December 2007, 08:21

Originally Posted by Deano

No - it's more because the road frightens them - not that there is anything wrong with that - it can be a scary road at speed. There isn't much room for error.

Some I have spoken to don't trust themselves to ride within their limits up it either.

This is a shame,

This year was my first time on the hill. I had good advice by a fellow rider that (Yamaha RD 2 stroke rider) said go up each time as smooth as possible, Try not to brake on the first time up to learn the flow and ride at a pace you feel confident at.

I kept this in mind and on the practice day , each run improved by 2 seconds. On the later runs for me the hill was starting to flow and I was able to increase speed and brake later. While the hill was a real buzz I still felt that I was in complete control.

I'll never be able to ride or push as hard as the front runners. For me it was the enjoyment of give the hill a go without have to worry about cars coming the other way or loss of license. It was also a buzz to see my times come down each run.

If you thinking about this event, give it a go , yeah the video looks scary at that kind of pace, but your ride up the hill at your pace doesn't need to be. And you'll still see 200kmh plus on a few sections.