South Morang Saturday 16 Sep 06

[Muzzard]

Another track day coming up and as you already know we need to put bikes onto the track.
I can add with good certainty that we need to impress over the coming 2 track days as the gaze is on us and the mini riders.

So please bullshit the boss and tell him 'your donating a kidney that day', tell your missus 'you love her but theres something you just have to do,' tell whoever anything you need to, to get to the track next fortnight :shock: ...
10 am start as usual and still $25...
Make the most of it while you can ;) ...

[Sibbo]

I will be there with the berg, so if you all want a laugh, come and see me scratch my new bike.

No excuses people.

Hang on, that is the day before the GP. So its all go as normal? If it is, all you non-vic werdo's can drop in for the track day, on the way down to the island.

[Muzzard]

And before you all start, 'Its Grand Prix weekend, I'll be at the Island'
I know this...
So dont bother with bullshit on this thread its 'cutting the fucking mustard time' or you ride in ya backyard.

Just if your coming or not...

[Sibbo]

Well thats answered my question.

Its all good.

[Flash]

I'll be there even if I'm not riding my bike!! :D

[chefmoto]

So you guys can have a laugh I'll be there on the Mini (just think of me as a speed hump). Lets get as many a two wheel beasts as we can and start building pressence at GPTC. Any one else bringing mini's?

[Muzzard]

Good on ya Craig,
I shot Jake a PM so maybe he will respond soon..
He is proud of his new green plastics and I hope wants to show them off ;) ...

[Muzzard]

Will be endevouring to use the dirt section for those who want the whole box and dice.
Please as you post your replies, nominate whether you wish to use the dirt next fortnight and that will allow for the broom and shovel etc to be brought for use between sessions.
Remember majority rules..

[Flash]

If I dont have a bike I'll clean the track etc.

[Sibbo]

I would love to use the dirt.

Ash, your are my pit crew. So it will be your fault if I am not the fastest!

[Flash]

:shock:

[Sibbo]

:roost: :pimp:

[Flash]

I have been posting this upcoming track day on some other web sited to get some other guys out to try it, and it seems that no one wants to come :cry: I have to say that I'm starting to think like Muzz now!!

[Muzzard]

Gotta keep going though Ash until we are nil.
At least then, when they come and its no longer there we will have had our fun.
Cant say they weren't told. :roll:
Now you see the want for a big bike too, lonely laps piss me off. :evil:

[Flash]

I understand that particulaly after a long drive!!

[speaksgeek]

OK then, I'm thinking I might give sat morning a miss at the Island, and do this instead.
I have leather pants, and a full armoured cordura jacket, is that going to be ok?
I haven't figured out the catch bottle, but I'll see what I can rig up before then.

[Flash]

SHould be fine mate. I've seen the pocket bike guys riding in shorts and t shirts :shock:

[shane]

I haven't figured out the catch bottle, but I'll see what I can rig up before then.
2x zipp ties and a red bull can and you are good to go

[Wobbly]

I haven't figured out the catch bottle, but I'll see what I can rig up before then.
2x zipp ties and a red bull can and you are good to go
:up: :up:

Danno's bike still has the carton of 'ice break' hanging from underneath the rear suspension linkage from where he fit it up back up in wodonga :lol:

[Muzzard]

So long as you are conscious of the safety factor and you obviously are. Common sense rules when it comes to apparel and we just ask that you make an attempt at the track conservation issues ;)
I appreciate the sacrifice of the day at the Island.

[shane]

a few of the boys got back from sepang yesterday ,apart from paul who got 3rd in the superbike support race . the rest said they would have much rather had come to the track for a few laps on the supermoto and watch the race on tv . they said sunday was ok but sat very hot then very very wet and boring.
its great to watch 1 time and to here the big fourstrokes roar , but you see so much more on the tv ..so if you have been before go PRACTICE it will be much more fun .
by the way randy was 2 sec a lap slower 2 up on the duc than the fastest superbike

[Muzzard]

Randy can punt that thing with 2 up :twisted:
I am pretty well of the same opinion as Shane.
Been to see the big bikes once or twice and would now prefer to get a better view without the hassle of Island hopping and the expense that a trip like that can cost.

GPTC for me and no phone calls get answered Sunday...

[Muzzard]

Thursday rollcall.
Speaksgeek, Sibbo without a doubt, Ash without a bike, (I dunno :roll: )
myself, Craig on the mini,..
Any others?

[speaksgeek]

Yep, I'm in.

[Muzzard]

I will be there @ 10am.
No doubt pulled up behind Sibbo who would have slept there against the gate just to be in first... :lol:
Might be different to use the dirt for the last session and do it in reverse for effect.
Would make the little tabletop more rideable and the right hander not as weird too if we were to re-enter the track on the apex next to the Clubhouse. :-k

Besides I've got about 1/2 a track day in the rear tyre on the left hand side :roll: .

[Sibbo]

I dont have my rad guard made up yet, so I wont be able to follow too closly in the dirt, but it would be worth a go doing it reverse with the dirt section, it might be ace, you never know.

You will probably rock up to see me doing wheelies up and down the road at 10am!!!

[Muzzard]

Aint much roost off a motard tyre mate :?
Besides wont you have already blitzed us down the back straight and be half a lap ahead? :shock:

[Sibbo]

yes, the next lap I will be comming to lap you and I dont want to root my new rad.

But if there is not too much roost, it should be OK then.

[Flash]

HOw dry is the grass this time of year by the way?? :lol:

[shane]

HOw dry is the grass this time of year by the way?? :lol:
its green and soft :D all the better to land on 8)
i hope sibbo doesnt :cry: when the burg goes down th road for the first time :D
only one more sleep to go sibbo :) :)

[SMC690]

I'm in for every track day I can possibly make after this weekend.
Except MotoGP & SBK. :)
Sorry Muzz.

[Muzzard]

All those going down the Island today and tomorrow,
Take it easy, so you can come to the next track day OK? :)

[Muzzard]

Good weather, Brett was already lapping around when I arrived :D
and Angus and Craig came straight after us about 1030.
Quite a large amount of things with wheels there today but only the 4 motards (3 and 1/2 really as Craig was running block today on his bling mini) along with the little motard from GPTC which was also quite fast. :shock:
Brett had mixed fortunes today and I will let him elaborate on that, my back tyre is stuffed and Angus will lead the next motard cross country expedition, quite capably too as I saw him and his nice LC4 once or twice in different locations exiting the track into the grass. :lol:
All good though for his first attempt at a big bike like that and by the end of the third session was ripping around smoking the tyre into the corners, sometimes not necessarily when it should have been though. ;)
Craig ran with the pocket bikes a couple of sessions and then decided it looked safer with us. Not that slow either considering it is only a 125 and not yet developed.
Well put together little unit Craig and now I have to get Tania one too.. :roll:
Look out Jake, ditch that frame and come this way :P ...

Must have been a severe accident near the Euroa interchange as we were diverted through the town and passed several ambulances and police cars with the party lights on. :(

[shane]

sounds like fun muzz , did you run the dirt section ? how was sibbo for speed he has been talking the talk did he back it up , on the track ??????

[Muzzard]

I had a good day Shane thanks.
The weather was nice not a lot of breeze and a few good sessions were had.
I dont want to pre-empt Brett having a say about how his day was mate.
I think Craig will no doubt have a comment as will Angus too.
There was some many karts and pocket bikes as well as the hire karts now in the sessions making it 4, so although we had a quick look at the line and in reverse looks feasible with some track work we didnt use the dirt today.
Maybe a good thing :shock: ...
Ash lobbed at mid arvo to spectate although dressed in leather and riding the Husky to get there, declined the opportunity for me to pass him too.
Mate I gotta get a bigger bike, poor little thing got a wringing today chasing the 650 bikes around but of course being an old fart has advantages like my body being so friggin' withered now I can slip in on either side also because I can :lol: , change direction between the 2 of them , squaring 2 hairpin corners in 100' and passin' em both :twisted: ...
Hang on a minute,
Maybe they should get smaller bikes ;) .
In fairness though Angus has only had his 640 a matter of months, Craigs on a mini motard, and Sibbo, well :roll: ...
Like I said I had a good day mate 8) ...

[speaksgeek]

I had a great time, found my way around the track - not terribly fast, but around anyway.

Took a couple of photos
http://www.speaks.geek.nz/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=443

I was amazed at several things... how fast the track can actually be, considering how tight it is.
How perfect the pockets bikes are for kids (and how silly adults look on the sports ones).
How sticky my tires really are, and that it's actually possible to scrub them right down to the edge of the front tire.
And how much fun can be had for $25.

I recommend anyone come along, there's no pressure to be faster than you're comfortable with.

[Muzzard]

Glad you enjoyed yourself Angus.
The more the merrier I reckon, and you are right about the easy going nature of the track sessions.
You ride your own pace and it gives you the opportunity to learn a bit about your riding, like you said the tyre adhesion, and the advantage of watching others that are quicker to learn the lines and just how far you can push it.
Practice, Practice, Good place to do it really ;)

[Sibbo]

Good day, but the bloody corner comming onto the straight.....got me again. 3 times I have ridden there and crashed at that corner twice! This time it was at or only just before the apex and had a fight frith the front end, which did not want to come back from a slide.

Still need to work on a few sections, where Muzz was faster than me, but not for long!

Angus is a bloody quick learner and the next track day he will be a force to be reckoned with!

And the dirt is pretty bloody slippery with road rubber! I almost fell off in the car park and fell off in the dirt section doing about 5 kph!!!

[shane]

good job champ , great to see you didnt let the team down and through it down the road .
we where out yesterday but only matt and myself , had a great time .matt had redone the suspension on that other CRF i got , i also put a new 16x16 radial brembo on it . what a break its sweeeeeeeeeeeet .we got the bike dialed in real good , i could not get past him the BASTARD, then he lost the front in a 3 gear flat out right hander about 2 foot in front of me ha ha ha ha the lap before he had pulled a meter or 2 on me on the way into that corner i thought fuck he is quick there but revenge was mine

[Muzzard]

Still need to work on a few sections, where Muzz was faster than me, but not for long
And by that time, I too will be riding a bike with a motor bigger than a sewing machine and you wont see which way I went matey :twisted: ...

[Sibbo]

Pfrrt, you are starting to sound like Ash, when I get my new bike, bla bla bla bla.

And we all have choices to what bike we decide to buy, if you wanted hp, you should of gone for a bigger bike. But you have a wike with a sweet smooth engine that makes putting power down a breeze. Probably a better bike for South Morang, but when we go to a bigger track (non-kart), it might be a different storie.

[Muzzard]

:lol: You crack me up Brett...
Bigger bike by 400cc, newer by 3 years, supermotard specific, younger, and not able to bring it,
You are starting to sound like all the others that get blitzed by a 250 mate ;) ...
Bigger track means I change the gearset and still ride round you :twisted:

[Sibbo]

Im not going to start making excuses, but I improved over the day, did I not?

A bit more time in the saddle and I feel that I should be able to mix it with you, then you can be one one ditching it chasing me.

[Flash]

You guys are funny. When you ride you bike to work as well we'll see how many track days you do!!
As far as worried about riding a Husky out of warranty your right I am I have had a list of failures (most trivial) that I wouldn't have the cash for right now if it were to happen again, not to mention a bigger failure that would see me repairing it and selling it and getting a car.
If I had a 610 I would have been on it no problem but almost 30000km's on a competition based bike is getting up there don't you think? When the Berg gets there (if and it is a big IF) and you have a wife house etc then give me shit.

[chefmoto]

Hi guys, had a great day Sat ,so swapped tyres and out i go Sunday Dirt, Jumps, Berms and home for GP. Wrong! Hospital 2 pin and 1 plate 6 weeks off bike and worst of all missed GP :x . I think I,ll stick with motards. :lol:

[Sibbo]

Hi guys, had a great day Sat ,so swapped tyres and out i go Sunday Dirt, Jumps, Berms and home for GP. Wrong! Hospital 2 pin and 1 plate 6 weeks off bike and worst of all missed GP :x . I think I,ll stick with motards. :lol:
Spewing, what happened?

Get better soon.

[Sibbo]

When the Berg gets there (if and it is a big IF) and you have a wife house etc then give me shit.
:yadda:
The berg has not been bought to do high k's, so will probably take 10 years to do that many k's. It was bought to be ridden at the track and in the hills.

But I do see your delimer in only having one fragile bike that is about to break and force you into a cage, or you could pre-empt that fate and buy another bike now.....but..... :whip: you have a wife :whip:

[Flash]

I'm not about to buy a bike if I'm moving over sea's, so I have to wait a few weeks to see if I'm going.

[Sibbo]

If your off OS, just blow up the 450 and it wont matter!

C'mon, you know you want to!!! If you go os, you will have soo much $$$ that you wont care that you left a blownup 450 back in Aus.

[Muzzard]

Craig mate,
What the friggin hell happened there then? :cry:
Pins and plates both Shane and I are intimate with so if you got any problems ask.
If I can help you out in any way at all mate sing out OK?

[shane]

. Wrong! Hospital 2 pin and 1 plate 6 weeks off bike and worst of all missed GP :x . I think I,ll stick with motards. :lol:
thats real bad luck craig
plates , pins and screws ???? where what happened ??? what type of break was it ?? like muzz said him and i are the king of the metel plates :shock: :shock:
what ever you do mate do not just sit on the sofa and watck GP reruns it will take a lot longer to get back on the bike . get your self down to the local gym and do as much as you can :D , if you dont have plaster once you get the stitches out gt into the pool it will help a lot
get well soon mate
supermoto is safe . supermoto is safe . supermoto is safe . supermoto is safe . supermoto is safe . at least thas what i tell the wife :D :D :D :D

[Wobbly]

Sibbo shitcanning someone about not buying a bike - now that is gold :lol:

And good call on the supermoto thing - all that dirty stuff looks a bit sketchy to me ;)

[chefmoto]

Something went wrong with bike (What I don't know haven't seen it yet) but throttle jammed 2 meters from berm and befor I got clutch in I had my first experiance of FMX 25 ft gap no down ramp! heading for tree decided to eject. Crushed top end of wrist (forgot tech name), But yer , not my first plate or screw so can't wait to start recovery.I got the Pro Curcuit pipe on and rejetted and the diffrence was great until u no what.
Cheers guys will prob still go out on 30th so see u then

[SMC690]

That's no good to hear chefmoto! :(

[Muzzard]

That friggin bling Pro Circuit Ti pit bike pipe :evil: ...
Bastard, too much herbs for the pilot :lol:
Scaphoid is the little irregular beggar thats busted mate and being from the lunatic fringe that is DH MTB, you have no doubt seen them before, but usually attached to ya mates arm :roll:
Like Shane said no plaster means physio as soon as the pain allows, no pain no gain.
Besides, your daughter is faster than you at the moment ;) ...

[Flash]

Get well soon

[chefmoto]

Thanks muzz but I've been getting enough crap of her at the moment that I'm slow and holding her up coming onto the straight, At least I've got an excuse know (as lame as it is). :oops: