2011 BCF Minimoto & Karting - 13th Nov - All welcome!

Wave2k · G's Stalker Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Karma :

Good day, and good to see some new faces as always. Thumbs Up

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The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

Was a great day and post-race syndrome set in. I quite fancied an evening blast through some select cotswolds roads, but I got stuck behind a twat on the A429 doing 40mph in the NSL - I had to let Chris750 past because he'd have a better chance of overtaking... which he did.

Worst bit of the day is now.. I have a splitting headache, and a purple calf from when a handlebar went straight into it when i highsided. Definitely should keep my antics on 4 wheels cos I had some brilliant ding dongs with half of the field carving my way up. Chuffed I made it to 6th for today's overall standings and having fastest lap on one of the sessions. - Go Birmingham Wheels centre if you want solely karting - it's outdoors, floodlit, has a 500m straight and laptimes of 1 minute. Sodi karts again, but not sure what displacement - good for 45-50mph.

I was driving home thinking - WHY IS MY STEERING LIGHT and WHAT IS UP with my pedals. I got to a clean stretch of twisties between cirencester and cheltenham (after overtaking some slowpokes) and got the Vtec singing and dancing on the civic!

Was nice to see the old clique again after all these years.. must have been streetfighters sunday 2005 the last time I saw most of you lot together!

Best comment of the day was Korn - "You should look at #14. Charities collect money for him!" I looked at his visor and there was a guy who was licking his face making brum brum noises!

Some of the spastic crashes were DIRE, launching a car perpendicular to the start finish straight and have it recoil back onto track!

My night is not over because I need to carry on racing - I need to complete my 6th season on Forza 4 and get me up to driver level 45!
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

Korn was there?
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The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

Yeah, did you not realise? He wore the Off Road silver glittery helmet mate
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Slightly dull watching grainy footage of someone else being consistently overtaken, but in case you’re a glutton for punishment here’s the first of the minimoto sessions from today.

https://youtu.be/f3LIi0cAiLw

Taken on my little MD80 affixed to my helmet by a high tech substance I like to call Scotchtape.

I’ll see if I get time to upload the other two minimoto sessions over the next few days, no guarantees. Only got one and a bit sessions of the karts due to premature battery failure.

Hope to see some hi def footage from the GoPro that was going around.
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Ta to all those that turned up Thumbs Up

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Yes, technically they are midimotos - minis are a couple of inches shorter and lower!

As every year, I think "must sort mine out and do it some more" Smile

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Chris-red kindly filmed the last karting race from the sidelines, will stick it up tomorrow.
Sorry it wasn't properly gridded - I took an appropriate punishment and started from the back! (They didn't want to do it as a race at all, because they were running out of time.)

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

It seems that the current trend is towards facial fuzz, marriage, responsibility, cars and Guy Martin style Mutton Chops. Perhaps we can blame some of it on Mo-Vember...?

Despite not being able to ride or drive karts, I'm still glad I went. Really good to catch up to the 'Old Skool' BCFers, but it is a little scary to think that next year will be the ten year anniversary of BikeChatForums! Next year I'll do my usual 'mobile chicane' thing and normal service will be resumed.

Twas a great day out! Smile

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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Meant to say - sorry for some slightly more, err, 'progress, making' overtakes in the final session of minimoto.

With a win in sight thanks to a decent power minimoto to make up for pie-related issues, prisoners could not be taken!
(Especially near the end; squeezing past someone down the main straight on the left, when there wasn't quite room, even with my knees in and a rather bargy-out braking manoeuvre in to the penultimate hair pin.)

Just uploading the karting video chris-red took of the final session - does anyone know if youtube downloads can be resumed these days, as in it's original format as I'm uploading it, it says over 10 hours, which is probably longer than I'm going to have this laptop on this internet connection. Edit - seems they can.

Also, note; if people got their deposits in earlier, we'd have a longer slot booked for us and less waiting around while kids got to crash about! Smile

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Wave2k · G's Stalker Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Karma :

I felt robbed, i was being nice and going round the outside, only to lose the lead to hellbent G pushing his way through Razz

ill give you a better race next time Smile

Its a shame the last karting race was a bit of a kuffufle, it was so easy to win it was almost hollow, but not quite Razz

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After several mini moto crashes im hurting today too
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The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

My calf has a purple bruise the size of a kiwi! I showed it to my workmates and i can only assume it was from the tumble and having a footpeg driven into me! Driving to work was a killer... Strained groins and rolled ankles. I wish my car had bucket seats because my lumbar region is feeling quite tender.
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steven_191 · Nearly there... Joined: 31 May 2009 Karma :

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Heh; if I remember, you only got past me in the first place thanks to a not too dissimilar move Wink

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Wave2k · G's Stalker Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Karma :

Seb · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Karma :

You should know better than that, look at what happened to me last time I tried to pass on the left on that straight Laughing

Gutted I missed it, hopefully next time!
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The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

Show us your overnight developments!

https://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/297669_10150465597810712_500990711_10568099_2046748234_n.jpg

HOW DID THAT happen!

I found it agonising driving to work because my groin was strained from the minimoto and my back and sides were killing from karting. Not to mention rolled ankles!
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

steven_191 · Nearly there... Joined: 31 May 2009 Karma :

I became one with the bike. and the floor

first video is here

its round 3 of the karting. light is a bit crap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W01ppmC0K3A

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

The video taken from the sidelines of that last session found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0RnB7-Xi3A

(Still processing as I type - it was uploaded in original 3.5gb 1080p so may take a bit of time.)

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