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She'll certainly be ruined for other men after that ride.

Thanks @peteretep. This is sorted already thanks to @M.H..

That'll handle the bumps better than a GN! I wonder if it'll be slower?

Sup Y'all, There's a 250cc motorbike that I'm interested in and I'd really like someone to take a look / ride for me before I think about making an offer. The owner is based in Glen Eden. Would anyone here be able to go take a look at it for me? Really want to make sure it's all good before forking out any money. Cheers! Flick me a PM or reply here if you can help.

Aprilia vs Keeway, what's better?

Hi Steve! Markku here, welcome to oldschool . I see you've figured out how to upload pics to the forum. I'll work out a good way for us to share photos and videos soon. Also welcome to @Whoopeecock and @Tyla - was great riding with you two over the weekend. I was on the red MX100 (sorry for splashing you on Mt Patriarch Jeff ). This is basically it. I got a couple of pics and vids from the top, but was too busy holding on / nanging first gear to stop for photos. Here's my small selection of videos from the weekend. Happy to share them if anyone wants to add them to an edit.

You definitely deserve a brown diamond award for this year's punishment.

Now on stands.

Holy wow, what a ride that was! Thanks to everyone who had a hand in organising it and driving support: @RUNAMUCK @Willdat? @- i5oogt - @JustHarry @Mof. You're all absolute legends and every rider is appreciative of your efforts. I can't believe the terrain we managed to hoon through. Mt Patriarch and the Maungatapu Track were both outstanding and really challenging. A couple of years ago I never would have thought about attempting "roads" like that. Super stoked to have done it . Already looking forward to next year... if I didn't have a job I'd be keen to do it again with the Auckland crew in a few weeks. Here's a few favourite photos from the journey: Edit: @JustHarry - that oil is mine. It can be donated to anyone who needs to do an oil change on their bike... @RUNAMUCK was making noises about doing an oil change on his NBC.

See you soon, South Island!

Just checking as I pack - is a BBQ going to happen tomorrow?

Where are you staying in Hanmer?

How was the meet @Beaver? Looks like a cool location for it.

I've got a bit of downtime until the next race meeting, so took a chance to get some long awaited fabrication work done. I highly recommend Nick at SAFE Engineering in Palmy for anyone who needs automotive fab work / roll cages / other small engineering jobs taken care of. I've been needing to update my harness mounts since the rules changed a little while ago. Nick added a fresh bar to wrap the belts around and keep the harness on a good angle for my new neck restraint. While he was at it, I got him to add jacking points to the sides of the car. The vertical tube goes through the floor and is reinforced by a foot plate. This means I don't have to risk crushing my sills or chassis rails when jacking the car up from the side. And something I've wanted for AGES. Sill stands. Nick bored the sills and welded tubes in place that I can slot a set of stands into. This will make life far easier at the track and it'll be quicker to get the car up in the air for checks and maintenance. The stands will be made soon. The current state of it:

@Pee Dubs ^^^ This should answer your question about whether you've entered or not .

Thanks. It's been super fun to get it out on track again.

Siiiiiick, I'll book my flights now.

Speaking of this. I'm thinking of flying into CCH on Thursday and returning on Monday afternoon. Does anyone have a spare seat for me to get back to CCH? I can get to Hanmer on Thursday night and my bike will be on @WankBankA100's ute, so it'll just be me and my small bag (and a backpack).

I have another friend who's keen to attend from the NI too. He's based on the Kapiti coast, so we could all work together to make this work. At this stage I'm planning to fly into CCH on Thursday and will get a ride out to Hanmer with a girl I'm seeing. Then will likely need a ride back to the north island on Sunday/Monday.

Leave approved. Entry incoming.

Can I tentatively take the Blenheim bed? Keen to snag a bed in your Nelson room too if that happens. Gotta get my fill of Bort sharns for the weekend. I'll sort myself in Hanmer.

Who's sorted accommodation so far? I'm keen to get involved with something in Blenheim and Nelson. ** Yet to clear the leave with the new job I'm starting this week, but am pretty confident I'll get it cleared.

I had limited time to finish the panel work, so got it to a level that looked OK, gave it a lick of paint and threw this back together. The door is pretty wrinkly, so I don't think I'll fix it... Fibreglass doors will be happening soon... Spent my birthday at the racetrack. I had a cold, so was off the pace a wee bit, but managed consisted 1.17's all day long. The consistency paid off and I came away with a win in the final race! I did a terrible job with my camera and didn't have any charge in the batteries, so here's the only vid that worked. I qualified on P2 against some much faster machinery. Was swamped off the line and had a good race to come home in 3rd (one of the guys up ahead received a drive through penalty, gifting me 3rd place). Put the car on the trailer on one piece and am currently second in the GT Cup for the summer series. The final round is in April, so hopefully I can get a few good results to have a chance at winning the series.