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« Reply #45 on: June 22, 2013, 10:13:54 pm »
As long as u have fun thats what its all about. 8)

Any chance of getting your Dad to ride this event ?

No chance Peter.
I was going to ask, if I enter tomorrow is there a chance I may not be able to enter for the modern class? Is it full already? Thanks. There myself and Jamie Easton who has competed in viper previously looking a road tripping up
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« Reply #46 on: June 24, 2013, 08:17:57 pm »
Just filled out the entry form for the Castlemaine round online at the motorail oz website.
How easy was that! Get your entry's in,should be a great day at the new track ;)
http://www.mototrailsoz.com.au/motocross/mx-series/viper-vintage-motocross-2013

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« Reply #47 on: June 24, 2013, 08:55:07 pm »
Looking forward to sunday. Entries are done. No riding since round 1 of vcm and i have entered 3 bikes..  :'( gunna be fun, hope the weather is nice to us
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« Reply #48 on: June 24, 2013, 10:52:52 pm »
3 bikes?!
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« Reply #49 on: June 24, 2013, 11:08:21 pm »
I rode the track last Sat, bit of a ball-breaker.
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« Reply #50 on: June 24, 2013, 11:16:54 pm »
How so John?
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« Reply #51 on: June 25, 2013, 07:27:35 am »
Im in ,Well done with the entrys .easy to do when im away see ya on sunday with the crew . Missus is towing the bikes up and im driving down saturday night .
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« Reply #52 on: June 25, 2013, 09:44:30 am »
How so John?


I guess it was ok once I got use to it, there was a double jump with steep up ramp & landing ramp with not much run-up and bog-hole just before it making it a little hard to clear unless you went wide on the corner before it, if a rider was following they'd then just block your run up.

There is a set 7 big whoops that was faster & smoother to take if you took them as 3 double jumps, problem was there was a big bog-hole just before the first one spoiling your run, if you couln't get the speed for the first one, you didn't really have the momentum to clear the rest.

The track has many low-lying areas where water would pool, causing a one-line path around them, with no watering system it was dusty as hell between each lake.

A couple of very short table-tops with a corner immediately after them, you have to be ready to turn as soon as you land.

Ah well it is motocross, and I guess it is a minibike track with no real straights to mention, except the start straight that is only used for the starts.

If the open-class machine gets the holeshot, just pass them through one of the lakes putting a tidal-wave over them  lol (that's what happened to me lol).

I'm glad I pre rode it (not that it will help me ;-) )

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« Reply #53 on: June 25, 2013, 12:39:59 pm »
Oh well it will have to be more fun than that underra track which I despised....
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« Reply #54 on: June 25, 2013, 01:12:29 pm »
Oh well it will have to be more fun than that underra track which I despised....


What was not to your liking about Undera track Mark? I've never ridden it but heard lots of good reports :-\
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« Reply #55 on: June 25, 2013, 02:29:09 pm »
John, is this the Castlemaine track?  Although it is dry in this footage it looks good.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQdzRB-nekQ


And Undera was ok for me, best was the all powers all in Evo race where the fast guys on the right hand side of the split start went nowhere cause the rubber did not release for them and for once I was not in the last few  ;D, pity it lasted only one lap till we were flagged in for a restart...

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« Reply #56 on: June 25, 2013, 02:51:49 pm »
Yep that's the track, there is a couple of new jumps put in just before the start/finish stretch, it slows you right down coming on to the straight.

Everywhere you can see a slight bit of moisture will be a lake if it rains the day before, ah well I'll just have to ride around them so I don't get my white gear dirty  ;-)

I liked Undera, didn't like the slippery surface in the morning but it was a good for vintage machines I guess.
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« Reply #57 on: June 25, 2013, 05:11:53 pm »
Hey John,
              leave the superbike at home this weekend your motocrosser will handle Castlemaine no probs. Remember leave half the brain and 1 ball in the toolbox and all will be good once the gate drops.  ;D  See you Sunday.   Peter.
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« Reply #58 on: June 25, 2013, 05:58:26 pm »



 best was the all powers all in Evo race where the fast guys on the right hand side of the split start went nowhere cause the rubber did not release for them and for once I was not in the last few  ;D, pity it lasted only one lap till we were flagged in for a restart...
That would be my fault :-[,I got all excited & smacked into the bungee,I thought WTF?, why is everyone to the right of me still on the line but everyone to the left has buggered off into the first turn,then I looked down & realised the bungee was caught in my front brake cable guide,sorry guys :)

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« Reply #59 on: June 25, 2013, 06:43:35 pm »
Haha I think I holeshot that race and thought geez where's the 465 or husky of leatham didn't realize for most of the lap they hadn't even taken off lol..

And rookie it just wasn't my thing: no jumps really, flat corners and slippery as a butchers.. Inspired me to replace my 20 year old front tire though before castlemaine !!
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