Hawke's Bay weekend rides

[Grumpy]

Sorry to hear that Big G. Sure hope things turn the corner for you soon.

Went down to the sprints this morning and saw a couple of Rob's runs. He was leading the time sheets when I left.

Thats one pwerty R1 Rob. How did the day finish up?

[Dooly]

Hi every body just got of Hospital had another 5 day stint things just aint going good.

Bloody hell George, you aint having any luck. What a run you're having.
Were you back in Royston?

I'm bored shitless here at home, soul destroying boredom sitting around, weeks to come. The dude stretched my leg and all the tendons/muscles etc an extra 2cm to match my good leg, after the new hip. Thought it was ok before, but what would I know eh? Said it will be painfull for a while lol.

Started the bikes today, revved the shit out of the Duc, felt good.!

[robertydog]

Had a bit of a run today at the drags . Gee its bloody hard work i can tell ya getting away quickly.
We even had the plod set up down the track beaming their radar getting top speeds at the 1/4 mile mark. Great turn out and what an awesome day
So....................10.96sec 1/4 mile time and the plod got me at 217kmph.

[Dooly]

Any interesting and faster bikes there today Rob?

[robertydog]

Didnt get to many pics as the pit crew didnt get down there till later

[speights_bud]

Had a bit of a run today at the drags . Gee its bloody hard work i can tell ya getting away quickly.
We even had the plod set up down the track beaming their radar getting top speeds at the 1/4 mile mark. Great turn out and what an awesome day
So....................10.96sec 1/4 mile time and the plod got me at 217kmph.

You think we need to strap the front forks of your bike, and/or lift the rear?

Had a video around here somewhere of a stockish ZX-10 doing 9.9's, he's just done the pipes and strapped the front end so it stayed down easier....

[robertydog]

You think we need to strap the front forks of your bike, and/or lift the rear?

Had a video around here somewhere of a stockish ZX-10 doing 9.9's, he's just done the pipes and strapped the front end so it stayed down easier....

Most stock 1000s would be able to do those times with the right rider and experience, setup, tyres etc. We are just mere mortals going out for a fun day.

[speights_bud]

Most stock 1000s would be able to do those times with the right rider and experience, setup, tyres etc. We are just mere mortals going out for a fun day.

Oh yup, i guess so, i've never tried drags so i wouldnt know what to do , so it was a fun day then?

[speights_bud]

Didnt get to many pics as the pit crew didnt get down there till later

First Pic there is Rob Findlay's Bike. Nigel Smith (Pro-cycles) is the Pilot in the Photo

[robertydog]

First Pic there is Rob Findlay's Bike. Nigel Smith (Pro-cycles) is the Pilot in the Photo

yep. Unfortunitly it didn't run very well and and after the 3rd run he gave up

[BigG]

Had a bit of a run today at the drags . Gee its bloody hard work i can tell ya getting away quickly.
We even had the plod set up down the track beaming their radar getting top speeds at the 1/4 mile mark. Great turn out and what an awesome day
So....................10.96sec 1/4 mile time and the plod got me at 217kmph.

I didnt think youd miss out of having a bit of fun, did that dood brake the 304 speed record for the production bikes. You had a fantastic day for it eh, did you not do the flying 1/4?

[speights_bud]

yep. Unfortunitly it didn't run very well and and after the 3rd run he gave up

Apparently they were having problems with the Pneumatic Quick shift on it,
Also told that because the road, unlike the proper Drag strip, is cambered and the wide flat rear tire it didn't want to track a straight line.

[Dooly]

Most stock 1000s would be able to do those times with the right rider and experience, setup, tyres etc. We are just mere mortals going out for a fun day.

Being heavily involved with drags when Thunderpark was around I can say that successfully getting a fast bike down the track and getting the optimum out of it is an artform.
Its harder than it looks, especially getting a good launch and your time Rob looks impressive given that it was the road.

[cowboyz]

he would have gone faster if he had painted it green.


top marks. I intended on coming down for a looksee but a few too many the past couple of nights resulted in me snoozing on the couch.

[robertydog]

Apparently they were having problems with the Pneumatic Quick shift on it,
Also told that because the road, unlike the proper Drag strip, is cambered and the wide flat rear tire it didn't want to track a straight line.

And coughing and spluttering.