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#1 ·
We have a racing series here in oz called BEARS Brirish European & American bikes. I have found a 07 S3 that is a statutory write off and I'm thinking about making a race bike out of it and competing in the above series, if economically feasible.
I was wondering if anyone else was doing something similar and if so any tips and advice would be appreciated
 
#270 ·
Hi Rob, great shots glad to hear that you really enjoyed the track day. No much riding for my lately, I've been renovating the house since saw you last at Mac Park:(
Enjoy P Island, in December ....I've been on that track a couple of times - world class!

I'll see around again somewhere,

Cheers,
Al
 
#274 ·
Last round at Philip Island has been cancelled, they couldn't fill the grid for the 8 hour so the event has been canned. This is extremely disappointing for me I was really looking forward to racing there.
There is a race meeting at Eastern Creek Formula Extreme next weekend trying to enter that, fingers crossed
 
#284 ·
Looking forward to tomorrow, just found out that we are using the same track variant that we did last easter for the first race. This will give me an idea if I have improved any, I feel I have, looking back my best time was a 1.58 so my target is to do better than that.
 
#286 ·
Thanks mate, I'm doing two rounds in Queensland next year so we'll have to catch up at one of them.
I just sold my arrow high mounts to a guy in Brisbane delivering them for him on Monday as I'm up there for work.
I'm a tragic I've been looking at the gopro footage of that meeting trying to find ways to go faster......lol
 
#287 ·
I'm finally doing more track riding - four days in the past month - and I really don't want to ride the streets anymore. My only real gripe is weight - I'd like to lighten the bike a bit. I probably will remove all the street bits over the winter and then put on a new exhaust - I'm thinking SC Project high single (I just like the look) - and that'll shed some weight. I'm curious if you've found any inexpensive (relatively speaking) ways to drop more weight off the bike?
 
#288 ·
Good to hear, flash is the expert on weight loss, although I do have titanium hips . I've just done the battery exhaust (mivv) and of course removal of all road gear.
It definitely makes a difference though. I'm into losing a little of my 105 kg which will help me more...lol
 
#333 · (Edited)
Hi kip 2013 calendar finally out, any luck with the cam guy?
Morgan Park May 4/5 which is a definite
Queenland Raceway 23/24/25 August which is a maybe, the week before that we'll be at Hidden Valley in Darwin so not sure I'll have my bike back in time or if I can afford it....lol
 
#291 · (Edited)
What a great weekend bike ran perfectly although still missing top gear sometimes and a little more preload on the front to cope with the bumps in turn 1 which were pretty unsettling at first, van worked out better lot less of a hassle loading and unloading.
I was hoping we were using the old track as mentioned earlier but the new longer track was the one we used which for me was fine as I was very familiar with it, so while quite a few people were complaining I was just smiling.
My mission was to see how much I had improved since I was hear last and I was pumped to do well, I had never raced this series before but it was well run and you got plenty of track time (2 quali and 6 races), the extra track time was my eventual undoing as I was so tired and sore on the sunday arvo I didn't do the last race.
I qualified with a 2.26 which gave me grid 17 out of 20, but managed to get that down 2.22 in race 1 and 2.21 in race 2 which was the quickest I managed. On the sunday I couldn't even get below 2.26 and it seemed the harder I tried the slower I was getting.
I really wanted to get down to to 2.20 but it was not to be but was wrapped with my 2.21. This equates taking off the 35 scs the new section added to roughly a 1.46 a huge improvement on my original 1.58 from last April.
I've got some gopro footage of my 2.22 lap, stupid thing didn't work on the 2.21 and also a good dice with a ducati monster that I will put up on wednsday.
 

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