Well home again,And yes got to meet Tony Oily Bike and Dslam this time Dslam and i spoke for some time while everything that has happened in the world just
,While Tony Oily Bike created a groove up the course with his non stop action,I think he enjoyed himself.
Great event!!! wooohoooh!!!
I left the house around 06.15 on Friday to collect Dslam and our mate Juan, and got home around 21.30 on Sunday - what a great weekend!!
Good to have met both Shaun & Hunter (Hi Guys!), good bit of chin-wag too.......
Due to the condition of the sand in a certain place, the Sunday running (with better weather than Saturday) ended up being a less than the flying mile that was hoped for.
The sand is, to quote Murray (our start line marshall and overall knowledgable person), 'organic' and can change during the course of the day, and due to a softish section getting too soft, the initial distance was reduced in length.
Big grin factor from all the riders as best I could tell, and a really nicely run event by a great set of petrol heads. Thanks must go to all those who made it happen (and there were quite a few of them), but a special big thanks must to PJ for taking a great idea and turning it into reality - well done mate!!
As a rider, being able to run on this hallowed sand was a privilege........
Here's an idea of what a run was about:
Pull away and try to get some level of traction (spinning up is pretty darn easy on the sand in 1st, 2nd, 3rd and to a degree in 4th), notch the bike up through the gears (trying not to break traction too much), compensate fro the breeze/wind, and keep it nailed increasing speed to aim for a top speed at the timing trap at end of the designated distance (I think we running around a 1km).
Then gently sit up and allow engine braking and/or rear braking to slow the bike down (whilst also trying to keep the rear from breaking traction / skidding). Slow down sufficiently to either miss the 'soft' section, or gently run through it, before doing a 180 degree left turn to head back towards the assembly area, check the speed on the way back from the team at the timing trap who kindly held out a hand written speed for each rider (nice touch that!).
Saturday speeds started at 72.98 mph for the sighting run, then 86.6 mph, 90.70 mph concluding with 92.84 mph.
This meant I really wanted to get into the triple figure bracket on Sunday. First run was around 97mph, and then ended up with a 101 mph (
), and then a 102 mph -result!
The sand between the paddock/assembly area and the ocean was then treated to a few rooster-tails and power-slides as a celebration (as ya do!) heh heh!!
Will hopefully post a couple of piccies in the next few days
