Paeroa Battle of the Streets 22nd Feb 2009

nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:38 pm

Next street meeting for the KR1, apart from a track day at Manfeild on the 18th of Jan.
Check out the web site http://www.battleofthestreets.co.nz/default.asp
Found a photo of me last year at the event riding my old KTM #142
http://www.photosales.co.nz/details.php ... 2&pid=9421
Hopefully I will catch up with col at Paeroa.

col · Post by **col** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:13 am

I'll definately be there. Will try and catch you between races.

I'm also gonna pop down to Taupo to have a look at this being tested.
http://twostrokeshop.com/Aprilia_RS500_2008.htm

I'm also planning on wizzing up to pukekoe for the classic festival where kevin schwantz will be riding a Manx Norton.
http://www.motorcycletrader.co.nz/View/ ... x?Ne=0&N=0

nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:24 pm

Well I decided to brave the weather on Sunday and headed to Manfield for the Vic Club track day. First two sessions were very wet but by 11am weather was perfect with a completely dry track and plenty of heat to keep tryes sticking. Unfortuantly some idiot left oil on the track and the result was one damaged KR1. The dickhead who put oil on track had earlier that day reported a missing oil filler cap on his ZXR636. An annoucement was put over the PA looking for a spare oil filler cap, no one came forward. The guy was then offered a refund because he was unable to compete. So that should have been the end of him, but no. After accepting the refund he proceeded to duct tape up the gapping hole where oil filler cap should have been and joined in. Completely unware of what had happened a friend on a KTM660SMR an I were following the said ZXR636. Just as we were pitching in to turn two the ZXR636 went down followed by the KTM then yourstruely. On closer inspection the ZXR636 was covered in oil. Need I say more. Talk about pissed off.

nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:30 pm

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nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:32 pm

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nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:40 pm

This is how it used to look

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nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:22 pm

Found a pic from the track day. Seem to running out of RH foot pegs. RH foot peg is now 30mm shorter than the LH one.

http://www.hanshi.co.nz/events/090118-V ... 1)-392.htm
I tried the link and it dosen't seem to work, but if highlight the whole thing then paste it in the address bar and click go it should work.

alanw · Post by **alanw** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:32 pm

Bugger. I'm guessing the can got it as well

. Nz same as here always some Ahole spoils it, & if you had reported him & stoped him going out , You end up being called an Ahole

Alan.

nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:59 pm

All fixed and ready to go. Let the count down begin, see you there col.

nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:02 pm

Couldn't resist, just one more pic.

SHimmer45 · Post by **SHimmer45** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:42 pm

tidy race bike.

i can't believe the guy went out without a proper filler cap!!!!!! proper pissed of i would have been

nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:57 pm

SHimmer45 wrote:tidy race bike.

i can't believe the guy went out without a proper filler cap!!!!!! proper pissed of i would have been

Pissed off would be an under statement, but what really gutted me was that my blue mirror tint lens on my helmet got scratched.

I can fix the bike but not the lens.

col · Post by **col** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:44 am

I've got to find my way across from opotiki which should be fun

I'm still very good at not having a bloody clue where i am but i've got
me map and a fllask of bovril so all being well i'll track you down.

nzkr1 · Post by **nzkr1** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:36 pm

Another stinking hot day at Paeroa, apart from an early morning shower which cut the practices short it was a cracker day. Grid positions where pre determined by names drawn out of a hat?! meant I started somewhere near the back. All in all I managed 17th out of 34, better luck next year. Some guy approached me in the pits looking for a KR250 tandem and said he was the current Western Austrailia 250 champ, he said he used to race one back in the mid eighties. Unfortunatly I didn't meet up with col though. Here's a picture of me from race day.

KwakOn · Post by **KwakOn** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:26 pm

=D> =D>

good job, getting out there and staying on the black stuff is the main thing.