Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
2010 Nov Wakefield Park, 3rd in class and 3rd in 1hour race!
What a weekend! After getting hit at eastern creek from the outside by a maniacal modern desperate to not be beaten by a Retro, I found the exhaust had been broken! Off to the exhaust place near work and $20 later it's fixed. Ready to go!
For a change, I was packed and ready 24 hours early so I took it all to work so I could leave from there.
Saturday am was tender steps on the bike, getting the feel for it seeing it had not been raced here. It was awesome! Everything worked well all weekend. Still had the same old dunlops on from the Creek, and they were still gripping well at my pace.
Brett Clarke and Nigel Taylor were at the head of the pack about 8 seconds ahead, but hey, they're both A graders on superduper superbikes.
Between races 1-4 I finished I got 3rd in class. My racing got better and better as I got more and more familiar with the bike. It was a pleasure to ride even though it's quite underpowered, being an almost toally stock motor still with the original type twin muffler road exhaust. Worked well apparently a couple of times as people couldn't hear me at their heels and didn't open the gap allowing me to sneak in under or around them.
There are videos available for your viewinig please on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/user/zoltanp1967?feature=mhum
The 1 hour race was awesome! I forgot to set the camera up for the Le-Mans start, and pressed the start button on about lap 3 I think. There's some good dicing, with my positions moving between 7th to 11th and back to 5th, before handing over to Stewar Lomax. Stu normally rides a 95 YZF750 and got 2nd in class for the day in the heat races. He enjoyed the FZ although it is very different from his superbike spec yzf. He got within half a second of my time on it, not bad on a strange bike he didn't want to crash.
There was even a safety car slowing progress for a few laps for Stu when one of the riders fell off and needed to be checked. He was fine.
The other chaps from Team Cooranbong had various results: Martin on the T750 went better and better, and only ran off once. However Graham's bike played up with a fuel supply problem and he spend most of the weekend working on it. Had it mostly sorted by the last races.
Again Thanks for the support from Vanessa's Hourglass Photography, PIRTEK NEWCASTLE / HUNTER and the warmers from Emtek worked well.
The next race isn't on for a couple of months, I'll post something on the RetroRacing website.
For a change, I was packed and ready 24 hours early so I took it all to work so I could leave from there.
Saturday am was tender steps on the bike, getting the feel for it seeing it had not been raced here. It was awesome! Everything worked well all weekend. Still had the same old dunlops on from the Creek, and they were still gripping well at my pace.
Brett Clarke and Nigel Taylor were at the head of the pack about 8 seconds ahead, but hey, they're both A graders on superduper superbikes.
Between races 1-4 I finished I got 3rd in class. My racing got better and better as I got more and more familiar with the bike. It was a pleasure to ride even though it's quite underpowered, being an almost toally stock motor still with the original type twin muffler road exhaust. Worked well apparently a couple of times as people couldn't hear me at their heels and didn't open the gap allowing me to sneak in under or around them.
There are videos available for your viewinig please on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/user/zoltanp1967?feature=mhum
The 1 hour race was awesome! I forgot to set the camera up for the Le-Mans start, and pressed the start button on about lap 3 I think. There's some good dicing, with my positions moving between 7th to 11th and back to 5th, before handing over to Stewar Lomax. Stu normally rides a 95 YZF750 and got 2nd in class for the day in the heat races. He enjoyed the FZ although it is very different from his superbike spec yzf. He got within half a second of my time on it, not bad on a strange bike he didn't want to crash.
There was even a safety car slowing progress for a few laps for Stu when one of the riders fell off and needed to be checked. He was fine.
The other chaps from Team Cooranbong had various results: Martin on the T750 went better and better, and only ran off once. However Graham's bike played up with a fuel supply problem and he spend most of the weekend working on it. Had it mostly sorted by the last races.
Again Thanks for the support from Vanessa's Hourglass Photography, PIRTEK NEWCASTLE / HUNTER and the warmers from Emtek worked well.
The next race isn't on for a couple of months, I'll post something on the RetroRacing website.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Eastern Creek, Retro vs moderns = 3rd place trophy!
Wow! after months of tinkering nd rebuilding, we hit the track at Easter Creek Raceway for a round of the Honda / R-Jay's Series with St George Mcc. Retros are invited, though entries are a little down as everyone's saving their bikes for the big Post Classic meeting at wakefield for the following weekend.
Retros are to line up on the same grid as up to 2004 Clubsport bikes. This should be fun! And it was! it's not often I have had to start near the backend of a grid, but my aim to carve through and pass on the outside where possible paid off.
The bike shows great promise, and after fixing a loose airbox robbing my power during qualifying, it fares ok in race 1. race 2 was also similarly fun. So I figure to maximise my fun, I'll cross enter into the modern a-d grade grid! Sunday's first practice results ina lost gearchange circlip, quickly remedied for first race. After a promising start, the bike runs out of puff! In I come, working madly, checking basics to spark plugs. Nothing concrete is found, and the bike fails even more in Sunday's first retro race. This time the problem is found: a dodgy earth to the fuel pump!
For the rest of the day the little old fz750 fares very well. At the end of the day, even though a couple of races are missed, I win a 3rd place overall trophy for solid finishes in the good heats. Apprantly I was not the only one with mechanical gremlins, and a couple of falls by others placed me in the points. Fair enough, you've gotta be in it to win it and all that.
Thanks to my sponsors, Hourglass Photography, Pirtek Newcastle and Emtek Racing Accessories!
NEXT race: this weekend, nov 20-21, at Wakefield Park near Goulbourn.
Zoltan
Retros are to line up on the same grid as up to 2004 Clubsport bikes. This should be fun! And it was! it's not often I have had to start near the backend of a grid, but my aim to carve through and pass on the outside where possible paid off.
The bike shows great promise, and after fixing a loose airbox robbing my power during qualifying, it fares ok in race 1. race 2 was also similarly fun. So I figure to maximise my fun, I'll cross enter into the modern a-d grade grid! Sunday's first practice results ina lost gearchange circlip, quickly remedied for first race. After a promising start, the bike runs out of puff! In I come, working madly, checking basics to spark plugs. Nothing concrete is found, and the bike fails even more in Sunday's first retro race. This time the problem is found: a dodgy earth to the fuel pump!
For the rest of the day the little old fz750 fares very well. At the end of the day, even though a couple of races are missed, I win a 3rd place overall trophy for solid finishes in the good heats. Apprantly I was not the only one with mechanical gremlins, and a couple of falls by others placed me in the points. Fair enough, you've gotta be in it to win it and all that.
Thanks to my sponsors, Hourglass Photography, Pirtek Newcastle and Emtek Racing Accessories!
NEXT race: this weekend, nov 20-21, at Wakefield Park near Goulbourn.
Zoltan
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