Minimoto / Karting final details (Oct 14th, M4 J17)

[Ste]

Just got in, wicked day

[Bendy]

Twas good.

Fair play to Zimbo for completely destroying a 'moto.

And G finally won something.

[Icey]

[G]

Good day. Nice to meet Zimbo as well as Icey and Wilson.
Think maybe my usual advice of getting faster slowly might apply to small bikes as well Zimbo .

As bendy said, I finally got a trophy for /something/ (and quite an impressive one, considering we didn't even get a print out of the times, last time!)

A few pics, trying to sort out video; though gutted I didn't get the last kart race - had some great battles with Wilson, but he managed to keep a well fought 1st place.

[chrisw]

Must get faster....need a better trophy!

Good day, I ache now tho, I also learned that falling off doesn't always hurt!

[Gazdaman]

My hips ache like nothing else!

A few observations.

Mini-motos are fun.
G is quick.
Ste is a liability in a go-kart (to the point that people spectating were boo-ing him as he came round)

I think 3 or 4 of us on the mini-motos had 33s best laps. G's was a full 2 seconds faster!

Anyway, G, any chance you can upload your onboard vids?

Nice to meet the people I havn't met before! Nice to see the others again that I have done!

Gaz

[G]

Still plenty of bits I think I could get quicker - like not bottling it and holding it on full pelt all the way around the back corners for a start - though those walls do look awful solid, even for one of my nature .
So anyone wanna go play again sometime - maybe a free practice night? (if my back don't feel too bad tomorrow, anyway).

Minimoto practice is encoding as we speak, will try and get it up tonight. Other two will be tomorrow.

[G]

Note that oddly, in some cases the corners on the minimoto actually look more upright than some on the karting vid, thanks to the way I'm holding my head/hanging off.

Note that the quality is a bit iffy due to some very harsh lighting conditions - a dark hanger with large doors open at either end - resulting in really bad glare. Generally, though, I'm pretty impressed with the camera setup.

This has been reduced to 46mb, so not about 5th the size, but still a fair chunk as it's just the unedited track time, so may not be of interest to those that weren't there.

https://www.giffould.com/r/vids/20061014/minimotopractice.wmv (45mb)

Second vid uploading...
https://www.giffould.com/r/vids/20061014/minimotorace.wmv (55mb)
It reckons it should be uploaded by 1:40am (sunday 15th), or a bit before.

[lozzypop1]

3:42 and Page is unavailable!

What's the next day out going to be? might have to pootle down and join you guys, looked like you had fun!
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[Gazdaman]

Both pages not found.

I'm definitely up for that again.

I rekon I can go faster than you with more confidence. We had a good tustle for a few laps.

Gaz

[G]

Wrong dates in the URL.

Both links sorted now and also uploading the kart practice as well.

Kart practice now up:
https://www.giffould.com/r/vids/20061014/kartpractice.wmv (33mb)

[Zimbo]

[G]

First time I did minimotos (quite a while ago now ), I think I crashed ten times in thirty minutes track time - and that was on a lot grippier track surface as well!

I wasn't holding the throttle fully open right around the back, seems maybe that was a good idea! It's probbly best to test the limits of traction on the slower corners , though there is the old addage 'go fast in the fast corners'.

I was quite often getting little slides on the slower corners and if you look a fair bit into the race-video you'll see me half save a slide on the first of the back corners when I try and take a widerline.

[Icey]

[PsychoHippy]

As ever I had an awsome time, gutted I was taken out on the first hairpin on the go kart race - I think it would have been a great scrap between me an Chris . Still made it from last on the 1st lap to 3rd at the end

A bit of a shame there weren't more for Minimotos, would have been fun to be chasing someone other than G (Damn he's FAST!).

A big thanks has to be said to G for providing the food and doing the BBQing as well.

Will definately be up for it again, as long as it fits around work.
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[Nb]

I wish i had seen this thread earlier, used to go to hully pretty often for minimotos. Looks like the track has changed since i was last there... https://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3040644630132022439&hl=en-GB
Just watched the minimoto praccy, looks like you lot had a riot.
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[G]

Used to go a few years ago.
Can't remember it quite like that, but do remember it similar - they do change it quite a bit.

They're getting more and more professional looking - and now have lap timing stuff for this sort of event. Even got a 'briefing room' with a sofa and a couple of arm chairs .

Looks like we might be going again sometime in the next few months - if enough people are actually serious about it.

[djr]

[PsychoHippy]

That lap timing system was a bit dodgy to say the least

Nb, that is a really old layout for Hullavigton, I'm pretty sure that straight across the front of the track was taken out about 3 years ago
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[G]

Think the indivdual lap times were ok themselves - just got a bit confused with where people ended up.

Got your kart lap sheet here, by the way.

[PsychoHippy]