WSID Drags on 07/02/06

[pan]

Just thought I'd remind everyone that the Bike Nights at WSID are resuming on the first Wednesday of each month...

Anyone else going to this?

(didn't know whether to post this on the "Track Days" or "Road Rides" section)

[_chado77]

i might be keen but think im a bit stretched in feb with sneaking in a track day on the 4th, night ride on the 10th and various other crap things like weddings etc

[MadHatter]

I wouldn't mind finding out how fast the 10 goes with lower gearing..
But that'll have to wait till I register it!

[NdJ]

Hmmmm, so are the first Wednesday of the month only for bikes? I've never been.

Their website seems to say you can drag bikes or cars every Wednesday:-
http://www.wsid.com.au/MajorEvent.asp?Event=Wicked&Page=Basics

Soooo... I've never been to a dragstrip, guess I'd be keen to check it out and maybe give it a go me thinks... :ninja:

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[_chado77]

yeh show up any wednesday.. but on the bike nights they have prizes specific too the bikes also besides the usual best reaction time etc

[dungbeetle]

its a fukken awesome night there...
i went to the last wed night of 06 in december, but my bike caught fire on the way to the drags, so i didnt end up running....
i may make the feb one, will know when it gets closer...gonna depend on where im working...

[Wardy]

Anyone got any pointers on bike setup and how to get off the line quick etc. Went for a look once last year but yet to take the bike out.

[dungbeetle]

just practice mate. im pretty slo anyway, but if ya get goin at the last light before the green then ya reaction time should be good. other than that, just have fun

[Wardy]

what about tyre pressures? I've heard they need to be fairly low. around 20-25psi

[Kat00's Boss]

I may be there, will see whats happen then.:)

[dungbeetle]

bah i dont bother with all that stuff...seriously, the first time ya come, just come and have a go...
i dont do a burnout or anythiung. just line up and beat my mate!!!:D

[pan]

Anyone got any pointers on bike setup and how to get off the line quick etc. Went for a look once last year but yet to take the bike out.

I'm with Dungy. Just show up with normal tyre pressure, etc, and have fun. If you launch and find you're losing grip, then try lower tyre pressure, etc...

Whether you want advice or not, you'll get it if you show up to race from all of us... We love giving advice. :)

Trust me. Take my advice. I'm not using it anyway.

[VINNIE]

Anyone got any pointers on bike setup and how to get off the line quick etc. Went for a look once last year but yet to take the bike out.

Just have fun mate:ayyy: When i went out i changed nothing and i ran 11.7 on my 96 ZX9:ayyy:

[pan]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuum, Vinnie, from what I recall, you didn't actually run 11.7
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Check your time slip again.
That was your Reaction Time dude...
:rolleyes:

[Kat00]

I wouldn't mind finding out how fast the 10 goes with lower gearing..


Not as fast as the mighty one geared.:thumbsup:

[VINNIE]

Uuuuuuuuuuuuum, Vinnie, from what I recall, you didn't actually run 11.7
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Check your time slip again.
That was your Reaction Time dude...
:rolleyes:

I was reading the time slip upside down:n:

[Kat00]

Anyone got any pointers on bike setup and how to get off the line quick etc.


I wouldn't be too worried about it Wardy.
I went for the first time last month and I like you was full of questions.
I just treated it like a set of traffic lights, Light went green and I went, didn`t even rev it, just rode off like I normally do and did a 10.4 on my second run.
Its an easy game :lmao:

[Cleverlie]

Hmm, what are the requirements for the rider/bike to enter?
Would like to get around to seeing what times i can pull up, never done the drags before.

[Kat00]

Road worthy bike, Helmet gloves and license and I think that is it.

[Cleverlie]

No leather pants?

[Kat00]

no I saw Hatter in jeans last time

[Cleverlie]

Alright and its $45 to enter, guess i will squeeze some practise in on those private roads before i get the courage up to go onto the strip.:shifty:

[dungbeetle]

yeh mate...$45 to enter, get there at 430 and lane split all the cars so the bikes get in first. i wear my work pants, king gees, steel cap boots and a textile jacket, helmet and gloves....
if im coming from home i put the leathers on but they aint neccesary. no oil leaks, brakes work, chain correctly tensioned. thats about it. line up, have fun...
like pan said, we are all full of advice out nthere that we rarely use, so just ask!!:D or find someone thats actually fast and ask him!!:D

[MadHatter]

You can wear jeans but you won't go as fast because your balls will feel the air flowing past them and shrivel up.

[Wardy]

Cheers guys.

Have another question though, will they accept my bike if I've still got race glass on it?

[dungbeetle]

race glass is fine...as long as ya trailer it there!!!!
cause youll be riding home in the dark...or ya could follow me home!!

[pan]

So how about we make it more interesting and talk-up a few grudge matches then, hey?

Hatter VS Kat00?

Dungy VS Fire-brigade?

Pan VS "Closing time at 10:30pm"

[pan]

Actually, I'd like to challenge Girlie!

Come on out Girlie. I'm not afraid of you (in a straight line, anyway).
I'll bet you a bag of hot chips (best of 3).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/pansta/Hayabusa/other/jedibattle.gif

[Wardy]

race glass is fine...as long as ya trailer it there!!!!
cause youll be riding home in the dark...or ya could follow me home!!

Thanks for the offer, but I'll make sure it's on the trailer...Don't need to be attracting any attention from the cops. Haven't been pulled over on the bike yet (had the lights flashing, sirens blazing as they fade into the distance a few times though).

[Zee]

It's not for me guys :headshake:

[dungbeetle]

grudge matches aye...i wont be outrunning the fire brigade. they may stop my bike from being a milten mess of chrome and polished aluminium!!!
but id be happy to beat 11.3. never done it since the forst time i went there@!!!!

[MATTK6]

hey wardy, it is an awsome night out there, with my bike, the only change i made was to the rear suspension, and that was simply tweeking it up as hard as it would go, and i managed to get down from 11.00 to 10.3, but yeah, just get out there and have fun, after all that's what all bike riding is about.

[dungbeetle]

the date on the title is wrong by the way...im wasted drunk and i just noticed it...ots 07 now..not 06..
anyway ill be at this one. im workin in narellan now so ill go straight from there...fingers crossed it wont catch on fire again!!!
its only a few weeks away so whos coming?

[seraph]

oh me me me!!! I've never been to the drags before :D I'll get a bitch ride with someone and go ogle :D -J.

[dungbeetle]

yeh come on jamie...think kurt came down last time...so he knows the go...
just enter his bike for him!!!:P or borrow the death machine!!!

[seraph]

just enter his bike for him!!!:P or borrow the death machine!!! fuck no, you wouldn't get me on the deathmachine if you paid me. K's bike, however, I have made friends with... muahahahahaha ;) -J.

[fatcat]

fuck no, you wouldn't get me on the deathmachine if you paid me. K's bike, however, I have made friends with... muahahahahaha ;) -J.

It's just biding its time... :headshake:

[MATTK6]

i'll see how i'm traveling after the track day, i may make an appearnece at this, but will prob be just as a spectator.:drool:

[GRL13]

Actually, I'd like to challenge Girlie!

Come on out Girlie. I'm not afraid of you (in a straight line, anyway).
I'll bet you a bag of hot chips (best of 3).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/pansta/Hayabusa/other/jedibattle.gif

your on Pan, but only over the 60 footer. I can smell them there chips now. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hot chips n vinegar

[dungbeetle]

bring on the grudge matches

[pan]

your on Pan, but only over the 60 footer. I can smell them there chips now. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm hot chips n vinegar


60 footer???
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I was there tonight. Managed a few 10.7's but 60 foot was only 2.0
I gave it heaps in one run and 60 foot was 1.9, but I lost traction and went sideways almost all through first gear, backed off them on again... ended up a 12.1.

How about we compromise and make it 330 foot?

[mike-s]

i just imagine that im next to some wanker in a skyline/wrx that i just want to beat off the lights and just leave the line in that manner, then i just get it going almost to redline and go from there :)

[VINNIE]

60 footer???
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I was there tonight. Managed a few 10.7's but 60 foot was only 2.0
I gave it heaps in one run and 60 foot was 1.9, but I lost traction and went sideways almost all through first gear, backed off them on again... ended up a 12.1.

How about we compromise and make it 330 foot?

Not bad for the slow buzza rider:lmao:

[pan]

Here's the beast losing traction through first gear!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/pansta/Hayabusa/Drags/Pan170107fat3.jpg

[#CAS#]

Thats not losing traction Pan, this is losing traction
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/cas3234/QLDShootout2.jpg

Thats at Willowbank at their last Sportsbike Shootout, it was 38 degrees and the track surface was over 65 degrees, the rubber was melting off the track.
I fishtialed the full length and went across the finish line still spinning in 6th.

[dungbeetle]

sounds like fun cas!!:D
will see ya on wed night

[Fingers]

Thats not losing traction Pan, this is losing traction
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a356/cas3234/QLDShootout2.jpg

Thats at Willowbank at their last Sportsbike Shootout, it was 38 degrees and the track surface was over 65 degrees, the rubber was melting off the track.
I fishtialed the full length and went across the finish line still spinning in 6th.

Willowbank is a hole though... only thing i think its good for is burnouts its no good for times... i got mates that have 11 and 12 second cars that cant break the 13 barrier there something seriously wrong witht that track!!!!

[pan]

CAS is breaking traction because he's got about 500 HP running on his turbo Busa and would break traction anywhere...! ...though I HAVE heard Willowbank is crappy too!

[GRL13]

I smell them hot chippies Pan. mmmmmmmmmmmm

[dungbeetle]

bike night is next wednesday aye...ill be there...with a fire extinguisher!!!

[pan]

I smell them hot chippies Pan. mmmmmmmmmmmm


I'm not shaking in my boots. It's just cold where I live! :n:

[GRL13]

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: sure Pan. thousands believe you :lmao: ;)

[Birdman]

not going in feb, have way too much to do

[pan]

Bump.


This is looking like a great night.... if the storms stay away!

[dungbeetle]

yeh ive heard the weather os coming!!! but ill be there if its looking clear:D

[NdJ]

Hate to say it, but the weather does not look real promising at this point:-
http://www.weather.com/weather/print/ASXX0112

[pan]

I like weather reports like that. It keeps more cars away!

[dungbeetle]

problem is that it keeps me away to.i aint riding to work in the morning only to get rained on in the afternoon!!:(
ill see what its like in the morning. dont want the bike gettin dirty before sat nights foto shoot!!

[VINNIE]

problem is that it keeps me away to.i aint riding to work in the morning only to get rained on in the afternoon!!:(
ill see what its like in the morning. dont want the bike gettin dirty before sat nights foto shoot!!

Takes to long polishing all that BLING hey Dungy?

[dungbeetle]

yes it doesn vinnie!!:D
i gotta bail out of this now. my missus is coming to stay for a few nights and its much more fun to play with her than you guys!!!:D

[VINNIE]

yes it doesn vinnie!!:D
i gotta bail out of this now. my missus is coming to stay for a few nights and its much more fun to play with her than you guys!!!:D

Your still polishing what ever way you go Dungy :lmao:

[dungbeetle]

:D

[VINNIE]

:D

:lmao:

[NdJ]

... and there goes the first crack of thunder from the sky above -- sounds like there really is going to be a storm tonight :( I'm out for the drags tonight -- sigh...

[pan]

I just spoke to Girlie. She's at the gate and it's raining slightly. Only one gate open. No cars. Looks like it'll be called off.

[dungbeetle]

lukky i didnt come up then...its raining here, so i would have had to clean the bike again!!
anyway ill see you guys on sat night

[pan]

It's official.
Racing is cancelled.

[pan]

Just wondering whether we should put off the photo night for a week or two...

[dungbeetle]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i dunno if i can fit it in on another weekend!!:(
ya know we would have to be pretty unlucky for 2 events to be rained out, it never rains in sydney!!

[VINNIE]

Stop using the R word

[pan]

R is for RATS

(we ain't water rats though... can't afford to get our bling bling wet!)

[VINNIE]

R is for RATS

(we ain't water rats though... can't afford to get our bling bling wet!)

Good on ya Pan.

[pan]

Oi, check your PM's.
Have you done any paperwork for Jindy yet?