trip to phillip island march 07. wsbk and track days

[dungbeetle]

ok people. lets start planning this asap...im thinking ill take 1 or 2 weeks off at the start of march, and head to melbourne for the superbikes, and then a couple track days with rumblestrip. this is providing i have no training at work, or im not gonna be able to take the time off.
so soon as the ride day dates come up, lets start a thread for interest, and book a track day there asap....we need 15 to get the discount, and i think the discounted price is around 160. the full price is over 200 so lets get 15 aye!!!
so whos in...somewhere between march 2nd and 16th...07...

[Kat00]

Im in come what may, but lets arrange the day arouind Rumblestips visit

[dungbeetle]

yup i agree.....

[Rumblestrip]

Excellent guys....and thanks for the hotel recommendation Kat00. Also got a couple of other hotels and motels from some other OZ friends I have ridden with at Bira. Guess some of you have heard of Arthur Phillip Motel, Quest Apartments ............and they also mentioned the Waves Hotel. Looks nive BTW.

As soon as the dates are up on the site I will be booking both CS school and ride days. Hope to have time for at least a day at the Creek too before heading for Thailand.

Whats the weather like in March? Hot or?

Cheers

-Narve

[Bigdog]

Yep, March is still fairly hot. Damn you guys and your holidays :( boo hoo.

[Kat00]

HaHaHa PI it could snow rain or be 40 deg C most likely a combiation of all of them all. Very, Very unpredictable in Victoria at any time of the year.

EC on the other hand in March 8 degC early morning 25degC during the day.

March in Sydney is no doubt the best time of the year.

[Rumblestrip]

OK guys, I have now booked the following dates at PI:

- Afterburner ride day on March 5th
- Level 1 at the school on March 6th & level 2 on March 7th
- Ride day on March 8th

Do you know if they use the same rent bikes for the ride day as for the school?

I think I will stay either at the Arthur Phillip Motel or the Quest.

This will be a good week mates :ayyy:

[seraph]

when are you getting into aus matey? there's a fishing trip planned for sydney in late february, it's already going to be interstate, come along and make it international! -J.

[dungbeetle]

hmmmm that fishing trip may have to be postponed or sumthin...i, for one, wont be able to do the fishing trip and go to pi...and i know which oine id rather do.....

[Rumblestrip]

when are you getting into aus matey? there's a fishing trip planned for sydney in late february, it's already going to be interstate, come along and make it international! -J.

Any specific date for the fishing trip? What kind of fish you after?

[Kat00]

No specfic date set yet Narve on the fishing trip but we are planing a 1-2 night stay on a houseboat on a river called The Hawkesbury River.
50 Kilometers out of Sydney.

It is a magnificant place, if you like drinking , talking shit and generally misbehaving you will have a good time.

[MadHatter]

Hatter is in for anything, anytime. As usual :P

[Rumblestrip]

It is a magnificant place, if you like drinking , talking shit and generally misbehaving you will have a good time.


Heheheh...........sounds good to me :D

[revinR1]

i`ll wait and see what dates you guys decide on as to weather it fits into my holiday plan. Looks like I have all of March off.But Dunno if I can do Phillip Island,Tuncurry resort (1 week already booked) and QLD to visit some peeps in that time.

So nut out a set date and i`ll get back to you all

[GRL13]

Will have to put in for holidays asap, wuld only take the full week off, I dont have a tow bar on the car nore do i have a 2 bike trailer. I'd need to bum a lift of someone.

[Kat00]

I can see on thier web site dates for PI

Thursday, 8th of March, 2007
$219.00


But no mention of the 5/03/07 ?

[Rumblestrip]

I can see on thier web site dates for PI

Thursday, 8th of March, 2007
$219.00


But no mention of the 5/03/07 ?

Just received a mail from telling me the March 5th date was up on the site by mistake. They will definately run it, but for some reason they are not allowed by PI organizers to take bookings before January.
They call it an Afterburner day and they said it was not an ordinary ride day..........what they ment by that I don't know.

[Kat00]

Well, we will have to play it by ear for the time being Rumble until your dates are set in stone.
But as I said before, I will be there for a ride day with ya, and so will Hatter, even if I have to kidnap him.

[dungbeetle]

yeh you wouldnt know anything about driving that far would ya falco!!!

[quickchick]

Sorry peeps, I'd love to come but I really think it would be stretching my $$$ too much.

Cheers, :-)

[Rumblestrip]

OK folks, the dates for my trip to PI are set.

I will be flying into Melbourne on Feb 28th and return to Thailand on March 12th.
There are no ride days at EC that fits in so it means I will be spending my time in the AUS at PI and in Melbourne.
I was hoping to have more time, but I need to get to Bira to assemble (has to be shipped in two separate shipments to avoid some custom fees) and set-up my K2 track bike.
I will do the ride day on March 5th (afterburner) CS school on 6th&7th and the last ride day on 8th.

Hope to meet you and some of you folks for a ride on PI...... and maybe a few :beer:



Cheers

-N

[Kat00]

Me and Dungbettle are 100% absolute certities for either the 5th or the 8th.
Don't know weather I can swing both dates yet.
Like I said before I`ll kidnap Hatter if I have to.

[dungbeetle]

yup im an inna....and hatter fir sure...i have his bike so he has to come!!:D

[GSXR#46]

Wouldnt mind a run at phillip island, sounds like a good opportunity, myself and a buddy might make an appearance for this

[swabio]

I will see if I can make it too :) I might be able to do the 5th....

[Kat00]

Yeah the 5th is my preference.

[dungbeetle]

sounds good to me...but im easy..as everyone knows!!!:D

[miramoto]

My partner and I will be join you guys for this, Ian and I are probably doing
6th and 8th :mod_smilie_rockwoot

We are going the be there for Super bikes (2/3/4th) so the 2nd of March and probably leave 9th march.

superbikes 3 day pass, "Bar" SBK 3 Day Ticket - ($180) general is $120
accomadation for the 7 days gonna cost arotta money, many places are already booked out too.. so Im going to sort something out ASAP, if anyone wants to do superbikes aswell let us know and I'll post up available accomadation and prices and take care of the bookings..

Rumblestrip have you already booked at either Arthur Phillip Motel or Quest Apartments ?
The Waves Hotel, my personal favorite is already booked out :(

Mira

[dungbeetle]

on ya mira....
im still thinking about whether i can do the superbikes as well, but it seems silly not to come down a little earlier and watch the supers...
we could drive down saturday, watch the race sunday, ride day mmonday...and maybe hang out tues and drive home wed or sumthin like that...
think id run out of things to do in melbourne if i spent the week there!!!

[miramoto]

Fuck yeah, Cowes is teh boring a week is too long. Thinking about it we'll do Sunday, Watch you ride monday, ill be way too hung over :P but sober in time for Level 1 on Tuesday, rest some and see you off on wednesday then We'll ride Thursday.

[GRL13]

how long are the sydneites planing stayin down there?
where were ya gunna stay? my funds will be stretched with the track day and accommodation. If your gunna be there for 4-5 night+, maybe rent a house.

[dungbeetle]

well maybe sat, sun, mon and tues nights i guess...
could prolly leave tues and only do 3 nights i guess...not really sure yet!!

[Kat00]

Spoke to PI today and they said the reason why the 5th isn't listed on thier site is because no pricing for the day has been decided on yet.
But as Rumble has told us its a definate ride day date.

As soon as they put the date on thier website they will start to take bookings for the day and I will pay for my spot then.
That is going to be one hell of a good few days.:ayyy:

[miramoto]

how long are the sydneites planing stayin down there?
where were ya gunna stay? my funds will be stretched with the track day and accommodation. If your gunna be there for 4-5 night+, maybe rent a house.

Renting a house sounds like the go. One with a back yard so we can put our track bikes out of sight :ayyy:

[miramoto]

I just rang the owner, he is confirming availability with his partner will call me back tonight. Tis pretty cheap and doesnt look like a dive. $150 per night isnt too bad..

He said there is plenty of room in the back yard for trailers and its hidden from view. 5 mins from the track.

Would you guys stay in something like this?

[dungbeetle]

fuk yeh mira...that is the perfect set up...and between 10 of us it is 15 bux a night!!!
post up guys are we keen...lets get it booked....

[Bigdog]

I'm keen as and I reckon Falco wouldn't take too much prodding to go either. World Superbikes followed by our own little Rats Grand prix the next day, awesome.
Good stuff Miramoto, that sounds like the go.

[MadHatter]

We'll stay anywhere, we're rats.
I'm happy this is finally coming together :D I just hope they don't jack the trackday price for that particular day.

[MadHatter]

I just heard from a reliable source;) .. Of the few guys from cbr250.com who went to PI today, 8 came off!!

[Kat00]

Ive see 20 come off in a day at the Creek

[miramoto]

20 !!! Sessions would have taken forever to finish with that many red flags.
There were around 40 people from the cbr250 forum so, 8 isnt all that bad :p


The owner of the house said Its pretty much booked for us, but he'll need a bond deposit sometime soon. I'll go halvies with Al on this one..

[dungbeetle]

cool best we sort this soon...:D

[Bigdog]

Sweet, well done guys.

[dungbeetle]

the house will be booked next week so accom is organised....
everyone can buy their own wsbk tickets. but if we get the numbers we may be able to get a trackstar package for there....

[Kat00]

Trackstars package would be a big ask.
We have to be really careful because when everybody realizes this track day is on, seeing it is the day after WSB, it will sell out real fast.
If we fuck around with a trackstar package, we are likely to miss out.

[dungbeetle]

hmmm good point!!
ok maybe we should all book ourselves then...
do we know if this track day is available yet?
big thanx to mira to for doin the legwork to find this house...

[Kat00]

Yeah Dungy, I spoke to them last week. The Monday is defiantly a goer.
They haven't posted it on their site because they are not sure how much they are going to charge. I don't think its them setting the price either. Its PI.
As soon as they post it. I`m booking.

[MadHatter]

Wohoo! Good on ya mira ;)

[Falco]

just an idea....when traveling along the hume about 50kms before melbourne is a town called Broardford, they have a track for bikes (and dirt bikes also). since you have to go past this place to get to p.i., why not check it out. what do you all think?

[MadHatter]

Me and al have pondered it..

[Kat00]

If we do I bags doing it the way home;)

[dungbeetle]

yeh sounds liek a plan....we have all day saturday to get down there, so a slight detour is no prob...
ahhh i remember broiadford...theres a bbq there that i have been burnt by once!!! i was about a tonne over wieght on the arse...ya know the place falco?

[Falco]

yeh sounds liek a plan....we have all day saturday to get down there, so a slight detour is no prob...
ahhh i remember broiadford...theres a bbq there that i have been burnt by once!!! i was about a tonne over wieght on the arse...ya know the place falco?
thats the place there dungy, im always going past to late when the barby is cold!:p

[dungbeetle]

house is now booked with the deposit payed...we have it for the tues night to if we want it...$150 a night....sleeps a bunch so it will be cheaper the more we get...has an alarm...garage...:D

[Bigdog]

Sweet. This is gonna be fun.

[MadHatter]

Burnouts in the lounge room!!

[dungbeetle]

nooooooooooo burnouts in the lounge room....its mine and miras deposit....

[Kat00]

Burnouts in the lounge room!!

Is mono coming:beer:

[VINNIE]

After talking with MattK6 it looks like myself and him will be atending this shindig:ayyy: .I will talk with my place of work tomorrow for time off(Monday & Tuesday)Will drive down on the Saturday in MattK6 car towing our bikes,see the SBK on Sunday and doing the track day on the Monday:ayyy: then drive home on the Tuesday.

What a way to spend the first three months of the year EC in January,OP in Febuary and PI in March.Life is hard when your a RAT:ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

nice one vinnie....
gonna be a houseful!!!

[miramoto]

After talking with MattK6 it looks like myself and him will be atending this shindig:ayyy: .I will talk with my place of work tomorrow for time off(Monday & Tuesday)Will drive down on the Saturday in MattK6 car towing our bikes,see the SBK on Sunday and doing the track day on the Monday:ayyy: then drive home on the Tuesday.

What a way to spend the first three months of the year EC in January,OP in Febuary and PI in March.Life is hard when your a RAT:ayyy:
Yay Vinnie!! everyone else is welcome too.
Has anyone bought afterburner tickets yet? I just got home from my camping trip on the Murry, so been out of the loop..
Is there still going to be a bulk buy kat00 ? :)

[Bigdog]

Mira, looking at the website there is still no mention of the Afterburner day. I will call them tomorrow to confirm the ride is on.

[miramoto]

:confused1: I wonder why that is? Please let us know how you go Bigdog. Afterburner is definitely advertised on the calendar I received in the mail.

[Kat00]

Mira, looking at the website there is still no mention of the Afterburner day. I will call them tomorrow to confirm the ride is on.

I emailed them last night Biggie with the very question:ayyy:

And if we can arrange a group buy Mira we will do it for sure but we don`t want to waste too much time with this because as soon as everyone reliases there is a trackday on after the WSB`s it will sell out in a flash.

[MATTK6]

so what's going on with this thing?, as in, is they're a track day on the 5th?, does anyone know as to how much yet?
because i've been saying for the last few years (that's it, i dont care i'm going to PI this year), but every year something has stopped me, so i'm as keen as a beaver at a damn...:lmao:

[Wardy]

I'm keen also

[dungbeetle]

they didnt respond to kat00's email and mira rang them today but also couldnt get an answer...mira will know as soon as this gets ok'ed so hopefully we will know soon after her!!:D

[Kat00]

Spoke to them today and they assure me the 5th is going to happen.
Still not taking any bookings though.
If someone spots it posted on their website, let us all know will ya?

[miramoto]

They said they still haven’t got a price for it... anyhow they have a newsletter where it will be announced and I asked to be on their mail list. Haven’t received anything yet.

[Kat00]

I spoke to them again today and they said the details would be announced on their website early next week.
They also said they had been inundated with inquiries.

We are going to have to be quick.

[dungbeetle]

hmmm well make sure ya get hold of me, who ever finds out first, cause im a goer....gotta book hatters in to...
still gotta find out about the trailer...ill do that today...

[Bigdog]

me too...

[Kat00's Boss]

Bring your rat cards with you so we can tag any bikes with NSW plates on them :ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

ill be bringing them and the number plate surround on my car:D

[Kat00's Boss]

Thats great Al, did you get some for my car too ??

[dungbeetle]

i got 20 car ones and 20 bike ones....the bike ones look awesome. the car ones are so so but they have the site addy on them so they will do the job..

[Kat00's Boss]

How much were they again:confused1:
I'll have two:ayyy:

[MadHatter]

I wish i had a registered vehicle!

[dungbeetle]

10 bux each boss...

[Kat00's Boss]

ok thanks Al, will get them of you on Friday.:)

One day Dave one day.:)

[Rumblestrip]

So whats up folks...............are everyone booked into the Afterburner on the 5th, medium fast group?

I am getting ready to go leave from Korea.............this is going to a cracker :mod_smilie_rockwoot


BTW, how strict are the customs when entering AUS? I got some Norwegian Schnapps (potato juice) I want to bring. What is the punishment if you get caught with a bottle over the limit..........and what is the limit?

[dungbeetle]

hmmm i dont know on either case!!! but i reckon it would be ahundred years in jail for importing dodgy liquor...
will see ya monday...

[Kat00]

Yeah Narve, we are all booked in mate :ayyy:
It will take you less time to fly here than it will for us to drive to PI :thinking: But all the guys going down are probably excited as you are.

I think you are only allowed to bring in 1litre of booze ????

Just declare it mate to be sure.

See you in a few days mate, have a good trip:ayyy:

[MadHatter]

Don't declare it, stash it :D If they find it's too much you have to pay duty on the extra, that's all.
I think your allowed 2 litres now. Stash it anyway and we can enjoy the potatoey goodness :D

[Kat00]

And when they find it they will test it to see if it explodes and by the sounds of things it probably will :lmao:

[VINNIE]

Hey Dungy put two car and one bike plates aside for me.Thanks mate

[MadHatter]

And when they find it they will test it to see if it explodes and by the sounds of things it probably will :lmao:

:lmao:

[rasper]

Don't declare it, stash it :D If they find it's too much you have to pay duty on the extra, that's all.
I think your allowed 2 litres now. Stash it anyway and we can enjoy the potatoey goodness :D

Then we can see you all on an episode of airport security going off at the customs officers
:violent5:

[Rumblestrip]

And when they find it they will test it to see if it explodes and by the sounds of things it probably will :lmao:



:lmao: I'll take my chances on a bottle extra and see how it goes :)

Sending you a PM.

[VINNIE]

Mmmmmmm potato juice

[miramoto]

Sif worry about the drive to PI, my mate is riding his 07 R1 all the way from Townsville for this!!!
Seeyas on saturday morning, I should be meeting up somewhere on the Hume or Tulla freeways

[Rumblestrip]

Final call here from Korea. Leaving tomorrow morning 05:00 for Melbourne via Bangkok.

So everyone, keep the rubber down and ride safely to PI.

See you all there :ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

were going tonight...were going tonight...were going tonight!!!:mod_smilie_rockwoot :2191: :mod_smilie_bj: :clap: :wtf1: :beer: :mod_smilie_rockwoot :eyecrazy: :doggy: :mod_smilie_hitit:

how excitement!!!

[Kat00]

WooooooooHooooooo. Todays the day.

[Zippa]

have a good trip guys :beer: :beer: :beer: :ninja: :ninja: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[_chado77]

lets hope the vics put on the good weather for em on there PI track day:ayyy:

[Dunno]

To all you people headin down to PI, have a great time.
ps. watch out for the boys in blue, they will be out in force down there revenue raising as they always do on these big events:mad:

[dungbeetle]

bring on phillip island...we goin to do 300 down the straight!!!:D

[MATTK6]

so how was the weather down there today peoples, hope it was good for ya's and hope ya's had a ball

[daz]

Times people Times!

Hope there was lots of grip :ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

there is endless grip and endless space at this track. it is incredible!!!:O
we got no times, and had 3 full sessions and 2 shortened sessions. but the track is awesome and ill be back...
on a sad note. one of our members, sin, he doesnt post but he comes to everything....he had a massive tank slapper between turns 2 and 3 and went straight into the tyre wall and high speed. he was shot over the top of the wall. we were told he was sitting up when the ambos got to him, but he was airlifted out and we are now unscertain of his condition. his bike is fukked bad but we will get it goin again!! we will try to see him at the hospital tomorrow so we will update....

[Zee]

Sitting up is a good thing :mod_smilie_rockwoot

Give him our best wishes Dungy :ayyy:

[MATTK6]

glad to hear ya's all had a ball out there today:ayyy: and sorry to hear about sin, hope he has a quick recovery

[GRL13]

excellent you had a good run Dungie. make sure you send my best wished to Sin, hope all goes well for him

[quickchick]

Sounds like you all had a great time, apart from Sin. Best wishes to him for a very speedy recovery.

[shane]

Shittt.....

Terrible news!

Tell him everyone here send there well wishes and hopes he's ok!

Any pics of the bike?

[Kat00]

WoooooHooooooo, made it home intact.
Big bummer about Sin, it was a very violent crash but he seems to be OK.
Saw him in hospital this arvo, he needs surgery on his arm and finger.
Fuckkkkkk, that track is fast.
6 corners are about as fast as turn 1 at the Creek.
That track is unbelievable. Just after turn 10, WOT , knee on the deck for 300mtrs, hold it pinned for 11, roll off slightly for 12 and then its just a question of how big your ball are for the straight. Awesome.
Full report tomorrow. :ayyy:

[Cleverlie]

Geez! sounds like heaps of fun! Hope one day i can get down there for a turn.

[Kat00]

Got some sweet pics........Here is an example.
I`ll put a shit load in the photo album.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2263/zzrbri027mg0.jpg

[Kat00]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2370/zzrbri268qc2.jpg

[MadHatter]

We went to P.I. woohoo

I found a photo of john at sdpics.com, check it ouut
http://nswrats.com/stuff/MQ0Y7958.jpg

They somehow managed to avoid taking any pictures of me rounding a corner. Luckily EC is only two weeks away! See you soon you queenslanders you..

[Bigdog]

Wow, what an incredible weekend from the long boring 12 hour drive to the awesome blasting around the best Track in Australia.
The accommodation was excellent with plenty of room for the 10 of us, the hot water even lasted all of our showers too.
I couldn't have asked for better company as everyone had a ball and there was plenty of :beer: and :lmao:
The drunk attempted cow tipping at 1 am was funny as, damn cows turned out to be steers :omfg:
It was nice meeting Miramoto and Rumblestrip. Rumblestrip came all the way from Korea for the WSBK, Afterburner trackday and Superbike school. The Potato alcohol was very nice, thanks mate.:ayyy:
The Superbike racing was superb with Troy Bayliss taking out one race and James Toseland taking out the other. Man those guys can ride.
The track was something else, my bike has never gone so fast or shook it's head so much. Some of the corners are something else and you definately have to get your balls out to go fast here. My favourite corners were Southern Loop and Siberia, although the oil spill on Southern loop restricted your line a little. Everyone was riding well and judging by the smiles on their faces, were having a good time too. Unfortunately on the last session Sin had a pretty spectacular looking crash and ended up with a broken arm and finger. Here's hoping he has a speedy recovery.
Next time we go, hopefully this year, we will book into a regular trackday as the Afterburner day was a bit of a shambles and we were really lucky to get power for our warmers.
All in all it was a great time and I'm so bummed it's all over :(

[miramoto]

I cant believe I made it through superbike school after all the drinks on monday night. You guys rock, please come back for another track day, cant wait until I visit the creek.

[Bigdog]

No worries Mira but we will have to see the "Pairy Fenguins" next time. :)

[Kat00]

Yep, Biggie got it right.
The house we stayed in was outstanding and a big thanks to Mira for arranging that for us. There was some incredibly funny moments in that house. On Saturday night, I laughed so much, I didn't think I could take anymore.
The WSBs on Sunday were incredible, those guys are so fast, whatever they get paid, they deserve every cent. As mentioned before, the track is sooooo fast. It is in fact, the fastest track on the MotoGP & WSB calender.
Anyone thinking about going down to PI for a ride, don't waste your time going on an afterburners ride. Its a shit fight, best we could have hoped for was 5 sessions, as it turned out we got 3 full sessions. The first session was marred by a major oil spill, (got 2 laps), the last was shortened by Sins crash.(1 lap)
Of course neither of these sessions were the operators fault.
The orginising still left plenty to be desired. No pits, no power, registration took for ever, no grading whatsoever, had to dodge Harleys and extremely slow riders, regardless of what group you were in. The track is huge and you never get held up for very long though.
BIG WORD OF WARNING. If you don`t hold a road licence, you can't ride at PI.

I had big, big moment in the first session, A riders sump plug let go and I found the slick on the apex of T2, the bike got completely sideways :wtf1: and I am amazed I kept it up, a 61 year old rider on a K6 gixxer thou bit the dust behind me and was carted off to hospital. Took over an hour to clean the mess up.
Next session was really the first time we got to have a look at the track and me and Hatter were doing 1:55s, don`t know any other times for the day but Hatter & Biggie were going pretty quick,I was staying with them but couldn`t close the gap.

Turns 1 & 2 are brilliant and you could overtake at will there and the best method was to go around the outside in turn one and then switch to the outside again to clean the next bloke up just before tipping into T2 left hander :lmao:
Turn 3 is just so fast. WOT, stand it up and your at the 150mtr marker, it caught Falco and Biggie out :lmao:
T5, go around the outside or shove it up the inside, take you pick.
6 & 7 WOT, Right at the top of Lukey Heights there is a funny little part were you tip in just a little bit more to complete the corner and a million ride day guys must come to grief there. The immediate enty into T9 reminds me very much of the entry of T9 at the Creek but its a much shorter approach and the corer itself squares much more than T9 at the Creek. After T10 its spectacular, plant your knee on the deck and go as fast as your balls will allow through 11 & 12, onto the staright and hold on. :2191:

Been talking to Rumblestrip on GDC for a few years and it was unreal catching up to him. Like Biggie said, he came across from South Korea for a weeks riding at PI and he was suitably impressed and he promises when he starts work in Vietnam he will fly down to join us for some rides at the Creek.

I will definatly make the trip down south again but it will be for a normal ride day, not an after burners ride. I absolutely love the track.
Sin will be OK, I spoke to him on the phone in hospital on Sunday night.
He`d been flown to hospital a few hours earlier and typically, his only concern was "Hows my bike"

On a side note, man it is dry down south. Everything we saw down there was just about tinder dry.
Gundagai reminded me of what I`d imagine the moon to be like, in parts completely baron and in places red soil exposed with no vegetation at all. The Murrumbidgee River is flowing but only just by the looks of things, all the creeks flowing into it have dried up and couldn't help feeling incredibly sorry for the people down there.

All in all it was a fantastic few days, a little sad its all over.
Thanks for such a great time everyone.
When are we going again?

[MATTK6]

sound's like an awsome track down there kat00, and oce again glad ya's all had a ball apart from the shambles and sin coming to greif, but well done and good write up mate:ayyy:

[wharn-os]

I'll stick with fuck you all.... :ayyy:

[MadHatter]

My only regret is that we didn't see the pairy fenguins.

[Kat00]

To busy chasing the cows........

Speaking of which, how was that scrubber who pulled her tits out and put them on the pool table?

[dungbeetle]

and me and tracey and vinnie didnt get into that pic!!:(

[MadHatter]

That's because ya piked. You didn't come to the pub either! Not once!

[Zee]

Great report Kat00 :ayyy:

So, whens the Phillip Island track day thread starting Dungy?? :mod_smilie_rockwoot

Good to hear that Sin's isn't in too badder way :ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

hmmmm well maybe we could all go down for a weekend.....end of the year...ill look into dates

[dungbeetle]

and a pic
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/7752/1191937imgdd3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Zee]

Was that the house youz stayed at.....looks cool :ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

yup

[Kat00]

Yep

[GRL13]

sounds like ya'll had a blast. PI is the best. Hope I'm in a position next time to ride the track. cows tippin :lmao: ...................... at least ya found a cow of a sort :lmao: :lmao: excellent ya's had a great day :ayyy: .
was the drive down n back ok. would of been good to seen all of ya's drive past that's for sure. would make a lot of people jealous. can't wait to see more pic's.

[VINNIE]

That's because ya piked. You didn't come to the pub either! Not once!

Hey i was there and i drank you all under the table:lmao:

[VINNIE]

and me and tracey and vinnie didnt get into that pic!!:(

And i'm pissed about missing out on that photo

[Falco]

Spoke to Sin last night, he should be out some time tomorrow.
Surgery on 2 fingers and a cast for the wrist although not allowed to fly due to some kind of chest complications that my be an issue with altitude so he has opted for the train instead.
Im guessing Dungy, you should be expecting a call regarding the full extent of the damage to his bike as it was played down a bit on the visit in hospital.
Anyways this bloke is as tough as they come and should be back on track in no time.
heres to ya budd.....:ayyy:

[dungbeetle]

yeh i spoke to him yesterday to...they were gonna cut his finger off aye but they saved it!!!
ho sounded good on the phone. and his bike aint to bad. spoke to james spence today who has a bunch of yamaha parts so hopefully he will have what we need. forks, headers, subframe, radiator, triple, clip on, and stay. that should get him back on the road....

[Kat00]

It will buff out.

[MATTK6]

crash?, nah it's a custom paint job:lmao:

[VINNIE]

Did any one get the site of the photographer that was there on the day????

[Bigdog]

Click Me (www.sdpics.com)

[VINNIE]

Your the MAN Biggie

[MadHatter]

It will buff out.

The finger or the bike?

[dungbeetle]

ok spoke to sin again today...he got home this morning and his mum was stoked to see him. he is a little worried about his collar bone tho cause it is hurting and he thinks he may have cracked that to!! he has steel wire sticking out of his finger and he has an appointment with a plastic surgeon to have a look at his finger, and turn it back into a finger!!! his arm will be fine in 6 weeks..
he sounded surprisingly happy and is stinging to get his bike fixed and back on the track!!! he doesnt remember anything from before the crash happened, until sometime in the chopper so has no idea what happened in between!!
he was having a look in his gloves today, and thought he was digging some dirt out of them, ended up being a peice of bone that he dug out of his glove. so he has a strange souvenier from that crash!!!!

[VINNIE]

He's a true bike rider.More worried about when he can get back on the bike

[Rumblestrip]

Good to hear Sin came away relatively OK from that crash.....it looked and sounded very bad at first. Give him my best regards towards a speedy recovery.

I'm in Thailand now heading for some more track fun at Bira.

I'll never forget my stay at PI and meeting up with you guys was truly a great experience :) .........you are a great bunch of people, you live in the best country in the world and I will bee back ASAP. Promise :mod_smilie_rockwoot

The school was great for me and I learned alot from it.
Did a ride day on monday which was a real blast now that I knew the track and all, and it was alot better organized than the Afterburner day which was rather caotic IMO.

Have to go, but will post up a full report when I return to Korea.

PS! Mick, your photos were just awesome :ayyy: :ayyy: :ayyy:


See you soon friends


Cheers

-Narve

[Kat00]

Hey G`day Narve. Glad ya had a good time mate.
It was unreal meeting you mate. Gad an absolute ball.
Stay in touch mate and we all look forward to getting you to the Creek :ayyy:

[VINNIE]

On ya Narv.Let us know how the track is in Thailand
Thanks for the Potato juice as soon as Kat00 got back that night he woke me up and made me have a big scull.You could run your bike on that shit

[Kat00's Boss]

:lmao: :lmao:

[Kat00's Boss]

Gald to hear you had a good time here,:ayyy: was great to meet you Narve and will be good to see you again real soon.:) :)

[Bigdog]

What they said. It was a pleasure meeting you Narve and I hope we can all do it again real soon. :beer: