FXRRC RND 3 - This Sunday

[dan]

Who's in? Gloria kindly messaged me yesterday chasing up my entry that was yet to be sent in so filling that out this afternoon.

Little birdy told me Owen might be making the trip for his first race since 'The Unpleasantness'.

Weather looks cold but dry. Should be a good un!


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[Binksy]

Certainly will be. Got to work on setup for the 4 hour.

Much more importantly I've got to try and beat Carl :P

[dan]

*entered*

[Mstevo]

entered.... looking forward to the cold ;-) good practice for the 4hr

[chicken16]

Entered and bringing the thermals. Where do you buy those spiked tyres they use in ice racing?

[Stu23]

no racing for me , but carl will be there and I will be helping him out see you all down there

[Carl-52]

Why am i being brought into this!!!! ill be there tho, try get another trophy. Made bike improvements since broady so i should be up for new pb's and be able to bridge the gap to the next group

[Little Mick]

there in retro

[dan]

Started my prep today!


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[Mstevo]

talk about last minute!

[dan]

Made reasonable progress. Will be finished tomorrow arvo I reckon. Just don't look too close haha


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[Metal-Man]

oh the joys of jumping in the deep end with prep work and painting ...

[Mstevo]

oh the joys of jumping in the deep end with prep work and painting ...

Metal, just be grateful you don't have to get it done and fitted in 4days lol

[Turbo]

Hahah, this is great. Can't wait to see the finished product on Sunday!!
I'm in. Although, as it seems you can't cross enter, I'll only be running RYM - I need the start practice!

[dan]

Seat done



Took this just after the first coat but got another on now.

Too easy!


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[Metal-Man]

Seat done



Took this just after the first coat but got another on now.

Too easy!


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when painting yellow top coats .... ALWAYS ALWAYS apply a couple of white coats first, then yellow .... why?

if no white base, it'll take more coats of yellow to cover the "grey primer" (say 4 or more coats depending on a few different varying factors, like, viscosity or acrylic or enamel, for example), than opposed to applying 2 coats of yellow over the white base coat, giving you 100% coverage with less top coats applied.

[Phat3R]

I picked up a new tank for the Gixxer from eBay a few weeks ago ... I should a brought it around to Dan's paint shop! I bought some Red Kote to keep the insides nice and rust free.

[Phat3R]

You painting again Cam?

[Mstevo]

I picked up a new tank for the Gixxer from eBay a few weeks ago ... I should a brought it around to Dan's paint shop! I bought some Red Kote to keep the insides nice and rust free.

Red Kote's great stuff ;-)

[dan]

when painting yellow top coats .... ALWAYS ALWAYS apply a couple of white coats first, then yellow .... why?

if no white base, it'll take more coats of yellow to cover the "grey primer" (say 4 or more coats depending on a few different varying factors, like, viscosity or acrylic or enamel, for example), than opposed to applying 2 coats of yellow over the white base coat, giving you 100% coverage with less top coats applied.

Good advice. When I started painting I was thinking it would have been easier going over white than grey. Oh well, now I know for next time. I have another can so not a disaster but definitely would have been easier!


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[Little Mick]

riders list, schedule and garages

http://www.formula-xtreme.com.au/New...s?newsid=14990

gonna be a little embarrassing when the 300s finish infront of me...

[dan]

riders list, schedule and garages

http://www.formula-xtreme.com.au/New...s?newsid=14990

gonna be a little embarrassing when the 300s finish infront of me...

Haha tell me about it


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[Little Mick]

To make things interesting. ...


Mittagong exit this morning

[Turbo]

[Little Mick]

Sounds like a plan Owen

[Marshy]

What's that little dash in front of the temperature number?? And what is the blue tree for??



Sunday 19 July

Summary Min -1 Max 11 Morning fog/frost. Partly cloudy.Partly cloudy. Fog and frost in the morning. Light winds.

[Leezx10r]

Bugger!

[dan]

That's me out front!


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[Mr.Ed]

oh... I roaming marshall

[stevem]

All the best to everyone tomorrow, ride to the grip level not lap times.

[Little Mick]

Talking to Sam the track caretaker today. He said there was ice in the track this morning... I'm sure the day will be managed accordingly but take care everyone...

[Metal-Man]

You painting again Cam?

nah mate .... wish I could paint ya bikes though

[Turbo]

Minus three is not enough degrees!!

[Ruckos87]

Minus three is not enough degrees!!

High of only 11. What's That's that on your screen? U pumping up watching motoGP?

God luck all.


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[Marshy]

God luck all.

Amen, brother!!

[Little Mick]

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[Marshy]

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That's. Just. Wrong.

Too cold to be riding a bike! Who thought it was a good idea to build a racetrack at Goulburn??? Or, once built, schedule a race meet there in the middle of winter??

[Metal-Man]

That's. Just. Wrong.

Too cold to be riding a bike! Who thought it was a good idea to build a racetrack at Goulburn??? Or, once built, schedule a race meet there in the middle of winter??

And ... not do any maintenance or upgrade the overall track /run off area's

[Krackeye]

Man! Thought about going down for the TD part of today then sanity prevailed. Please take care everyone today. Grip will be very limited. But have fun. Brrrrr!

[Mr.Ed]

Kinda glad I missed out on this one now... then again, who am I kidding!?

[Little Mick]

I wish I had missed out. .... 2 races and 2 crashes. ...

[Marshy]

I wish I had missed out. .... 2 races and 2 crashes. ...

Bummer Mick. What happened??

[Little Mick]

Will post after I unload

[Leezx10r]

I wish I had missed out. .... 2 races and 2 crashes. ...

You ok mate?

[Binksy]

Was a great day out except a fair few crashes. Track seemed to have plenty of grip everywhere except where the water was seeping up through the track on t4.I had an okay day marred by horrific starts of course. Ended up with first in d grade (only due to a malfunction for Carl) and a new natsoft pb finally cracking into the 5s last lap of the day.

[Little Mick]

Well an interested day to the least....

Started out with the tyre warmers indicating they were -0.2 degrees....

The tap above said it all.....
The day started late due to the fog rolling in and was cut down to 3 races per group.

So the plan was simple... take it easy and stay upright...how hard could it be right????

The plan was working well in qually..... best lap of 1:20 (very cautious)....no drama - second row of the grid... the 300s were gridded up behind us with an extra spacing on the grid.

Race 1:
Outing lap and everything was sweet...go for the warm up start and the flag dropped. Got a great launch...but...the whole front row didn't move...not enough space to get through so pulled it up and we all got moving again...

Race start wasn't so grand... I bogged off the start, near stalled and caught it in time to get moving. Was thinking of Owen's incident and didn't want to hang around.
Managed to tuck in behind Dan into t2 and we were all marching around the track.... I got to T5 and we were all bunched up...not sure if I touched Dan's rear wheel or if I was on the bump leaned over due to the congestion, but I was sliding to the outfield with a group of 300s bearing down on me (which I had forgotten about)... was working out ok and they were avoiding me till I slid in the path of one of the young guys who couldn't avoid me... I felt the thud and remembered the 300s....
Bike flipped over as it got to the outer ripple strip and I rolled around a bit. Managed to get up ok and waved to the kid on the 300 who was now on the grass that I was ok and pointed to the track to get going again... Took a look at the bike laying there and It looked about 4 times heavier that it actually is.... I decided to leave it and head to the outfield and let the lights manage it...

damage was limited to a broken clip on and rear set...

I had my spare bike for parts and a bucket of goodies I threw in at the last minute. Replacement rear set and clip on sorted for next race....

Race 2:

Warm up start was good and all felt well around the track..

Race start was ok as well and we were off around the track. Pace wasn't there but we were at least pointing in the right direction...

Dan overtook me into T8 and I chased him around the track but couldn't keep up....

I got around to T8 and was going fine. I must have run into the turn a bit late and as I was tipping in I must have gone just off line and lost the front... back into the mud we go....

pushed the bike out of the way and waited for a pick up...

damage limited to a broken rear peg (same one from the first race).

once I got back in the shed, I noticed a decent rip in the leathers... on thinking back it was most likely where the 300 hit me as talking to the kid afterwards, he said that his forks hit me so that explains the rip..


All in all, only some very minor bruising and some minor repairs to the bike and leathers. Helmet appears to have escaped unscathed although I was sure I felt it scrape but appears it must have been in the mud..

didn't bother with race 3 as the leathers were in need of repair and Id had enough.

We had 6 in our garage and 3 of us went down... Hamish was out in Qually and Bill in one of the races.

track was ok and generally a good day out, just not one of my better days...

but such is life.. and I got away lightly...

more time in the shed...

cheers

Mick

[Mstevo]

my day was a lot better than Micks, Hamish and Gavin's and all the others who towed home damaged bikes :-(
3 wins from 3 races and my fastest lap on the last lap of the last race a 1.02.8 well down on my January PB but with water at turns 2,4, and 10 forcing some creative lines it wasn't to bad
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[Little Mick]

Congrats Mark. Well deserved win.!!!!!

[Carl-52]

Average and interesting day for me. Decided to pack dads bike just in case on saturday, you know just in case... qually was crappy, chased setup and did a 1:09 to get 8th. very slippy etc etc.

1st race, fired up the shia motivation (owen knows this far too well) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuHfVn_cfHU
Great start as seems to be the norm now (very happy), fought my way through to 5th on the first 2 laps and stayed there. Currently 1st in D grade 600cc.

2nd race got a great start again up to 4th by t1, throw out a low 1:06 (very good times for me) and kept it for 3 laps. going onto the back straight i hit the bumps and .......... BLOODY CHAIN COMES OFF!!! shit. pull in and its broken the front sprocket, rear sprocket, chain, oil filter and just brushed the cases. (damage to be confirmed but the cases look ok) 2nd race dnf, bike stuffed. so now i have a 1st and a 0 Binksy took 1st in D grade.

Hmmmmmmmm lets get dads bike out.

quick dirty preload adjustment on dads bike to get it sorta ok-ish. practice start. big ass wheelie getting used to dads clutch and his wonky bars. fair nuff, lets start this bloody thing properly.
Good start, up to 7th and in front of binks... wooooo binks gets me on lap 3 cant get him back. Brake lever folds down on me, gear lever is too high, seat is horrendous but dads bike is faaaasstt and the suspension is close enough. battle on the last 2 laps to keep 8th and 2nd in D grade. did a 1:08 on an outta wack new to me bike.

Didnt hang around for trophies just to get home before dark but it seems as tho i may have gotten 3rd in D Grade 600s ?? time to get this bike fixed for the 4 hour.

[Stu23]

not my fault my shoulder and not straight and level and one is shorter than the other !!! seems straight to me !! good racing today from everyone, kinda interesting watching the fog roll in at 10am, at -3 degrees... new there was a reason i wasnt racing thins weekend, i was nice an dry and almost ! stress free