Kiwitrackdays 11 January photos / videos

**eviltwin** · 13th January 2007, 20:08

my onboard video camera ($200 oregon from noel leemings) the sound quality is crap but with a bit of trial and error i think i can baffle it with a piece of foam.
only 2nd time around this track so excuse the bad lines, i'll get it right eventually!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6faum7ySZhE

p.s. how do you upload the you tube videos into this post?

**eviltwin** · 13th January 2007, 22:22

[YOUTUBE]6faum7ySZhE[/YOUTUBE]

just practicing to see if i can get this vid up in 'ere

**NinjaBoy** · 14th January 2007, 15:19

Originally Posted by eviltwin

my onboard video camera ($200 oregon from noel leemings) the sound quality is crap but with a bit of trial and error i think i can baffle it with a piece of foam.
only 2nd time around this track so excuse the bad lines, i'll get it right eventually!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6faum7ySZhE

p.s. how do you upload the you tube videos into this post?

Not bad footage for a cheap camera solution !!

**kiwifruit** · 14th January 2007, 15:22

yep, good footage... might have to invest!

**Leong** · 14th January 2007, 17:16

What an awesome day for those who turned up!! I guess due to holidays, people recovering from Christmas, the weather etc there were many reasons for the low turnout. I don't thnk there was even a thread about it here, so my little report's in Allan's photo/video thread!!.

We got a brilliant fine day in the end, often the way it is at Taupo and had six or seven 20min sessions. To say we were buggered afterwards would be an understatement!! There were 5 in the slower group and 12 in the faster so there was little traffic!!

We had a great day but Steve Fisher didn't. Due to the low turnout he lost about $2000 that day!! I for one would like to see him continue in business - otherwise we won't get so many or such a choice of dates for trackdays. He is a fellow enthusiast after all!! So if anyones contemplating doing Manfeild on the 19 Jan or Pukekohe on 21 Jan please register now, and if possible prepay!! Prepaid entrants go into a draw to win a set of tyres at these two meetings. We had about a 1:10 chance of winning an Arai helmet on Thursday because of the low turnout (and I still didn't win and No, I'm not on Steve's payroll - I just like doing trackdays)

Had a couple of good sessions chasing Bugjuice and eviltwin, my bike transformed with the new Diablo Corsa 3s. Interesting looking at eviltwins video above and seeing the speeds he was getting on the straights.

Here's a video of my attempt at a dice with him (not that we were racing!!) Intersting to watch after seeing his footage above, especially if you ride a 600!! Download "eviltwin.mov" at http://homepage.mac.com/leong.goh/Bi...Sharing32.html Its about 74MB!!

**justsomeguy** · 14th January 2007, 17:26

Originally Posted by Leong

We had a great day but Steve Fisher didn't. Due to the low turnout he lost about $2000 that day!!

Weekday trackdays are sometimes not worth it Leong.

It is cheaper for me to pay $300 to attend a weekend day than spend $100 on a weekday one due to lost wages, annual leave lost, etc, etc...

Then there's the headache of arranging leave as work projects don't change deadlines.

**boomer** · 14th January 2007, 17:38

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Weekday trackdays are sometimes not worth it Leong.

It is cheaper for me to pay $300 to attend a weekend day than spend $100 on a weekday one due to lost wages, annual leave lost, etc, etc...

Then there's the headache of arranging leave as work projects don't change deadlines.

surely you can get a munkey to look after the kwikimart for under $20 a day

**NinjaBoy** · 14th January 2007, 20:03

Originally Posted by justsomeguy

Weekday trackdays are sometimes not worth it Leong.

It is cheaper for me to pay $300 to attend a weekend day than spend $100 on a weekday one due to lost wages, annual leave lost, etc, etc...

Then there's the headache of arranging leave as work projects don't change deadlines.

Its all about organising your time and priorities... and ummm how much of a fix you need !!

**The_Dover** · 14th January 2007, 20:06

Originally Posted by boomer

surely you can get a munkey to look after the kwikimart for under $20 a day

yeah, I know some fucker that's looking for a job.

I wouldn't trust the bastard with a til or the porno mags though.

**boomer** · 14th January 2007, 20:52

Originally Posted by The_Dover

yeah, I know some fucker that's looking for a job.

I wouldn't trust the bastard with a til or the porno mags though.

hhehehe. Bitch

**Leong** · 14th January 2007, 21:34

Thanks for the great photos Allan!!

Good to have some that don't show my ugly catalytic converter!! Like that one of eviltwin, me and the guy on the Hayabusa!! 'cept it shows my poor body positioning. You'd think after all that time following eviltwin and buggy that I might have learnt something eh.... next time.

Shame you didn't make it to Manfeild.... it was an exceptional day!!! Could have done with some help from you on lines thru that sweeper....have you seen my vid?

**justsomeguy** · 15th January 2007, 06:47

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Its all about organising your time and priorities... and ummm how much of a fix you need !!

I need the fix alright, except my boss decided how much time I can have, no matter what I want my priorities to be...... joys of working for someone else......

**justsomeguy** · 15th January 2007, 06:48

Originally Posted by boomer

surely you can get a munkey to look after the kwikimart for under $20 a day

Those dunkeys who own kwikimarts earn 5K+ a week, if I was such a dunkey I would be at every trackday on a race spec F2 bike.

Edit - just realised dunkey - dunc** - I think i'm gonna call you dunkey from now on.

**kiwifruit** · 15th January 2007, 07:08

Originally Posted by Leong

Thanks for the great photos Allan!!

Good to have some that don't show my ugly catalytic converter!! Like that one of eviltwin, me and the guy on the Hayabusa!! 'cept it shows my poor body positioning. You'd think after all that time following eviltwin and buggy that I might have learnt something eh.... next time.

Shame you didn't make it to Manfeild.... it was an exceptional day!!! Could have done with some help from you on lines thru that sweeper....have you seen my vid?

cheers mate, glad you like them

i was gutted i didnt get down to mine field, was too crook.... still am

i haven't seen your vids yet, got to 55mb of the taupo one last night b4 the download "finished", gotta love 56k eh.... will dl both of them at work today

heres all the (half decent) pics i took:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.ph...1E708D5E327BAD