SA Fz6 owners - Anyone wanna do a track day?

[appollo]

hmm wonder if we could get a posse together for a fz6 convention in tazzie

[FZ6 Tas]

Sounds brilliant to me. Make sure it is between Nov - March though. Trust me, I'm freezing my ass off. Went for a ride today on a perfectly sunny day mid teens and the wind chill was worse than that of some days I have commuted under 5 degrees. We don't get much rain but hell it is cold.

[Wolfman]

Am seriously looking to venture down to Tassie in January, Feb....so that's plenty of time to sort a posse of SA boys to get it together for a decent riding holiday...we could be on to something here!

[aussiejules]

wolf are you going up to mallala this saturday for the open bike track day, sounds like the perfect. Sorry just as i was typing this i remembered youve got yours in for the wild mods, damn what ****ty timing, either them a week later or your gear getting here a week earlier. (And no this isnt a stir, it was a real question and i answered it myself when i remembered what you were doing) Any other adelaideians going up.

[stumbles06]

Urgh, weather is turning nasty this weekend. Don't think I'd want to be out in the rain on the track. Would love to get out there one day though.

Hopefully this is the end of the crappy weather, almost time to re-rego the bike and get back on 2 wheels. (Had a bad dose of HayFever last couple of days.. so fingers crossed)

[aussiejules]

Yeh not happy had mine reged for last 3 months and ridden twice, a bit different than when i rode to work every day rain hail or shine. Im too scared of dropping mine to go up and i dont have leathers.

[Wolfman]

Originally Posted by aussiejules

wolf are you going up to mallala this saturday for the open bike track day, sounds like the perfect. Sorry just as i was typing this i remembered youve got yours in for the wild mods, damn what ****ty timing, either them a week later or your gear getting here a week earlier. (And no this isnt a stir, it was a real question and i answered it myself when i remembered what you were doing) Any other adelaideians going up.

Well i would love to go, and could go on the Ducati if i really wanted to, but if i dropped that i would never forgive myself...parts are as rare as rocking horse poo, and my insurance company would just laugh at me!

There will be other times...might go out & watch though, just to see how it all works, with safety etc. Might be a good chance to take my car for a decent run. So if your interested in even going up to watch, i am keen, would take my son, and my big Monkey Boy mate, Matt - Mr TRX! Could be a good day, with a quiet beer in hand.

[Wolfman]

Ended up going to Mallala yesterday...was very quiet, only a few bikes there, mostly practising for today's racing, was sorta hoping there would be someone there with an FZ6 cup bike, doing a bit of testing, so i could get in their ear! but no, none in site!

A lot of competitors stayed away yesteday as the weather was dodgey.

Best part of the day, was watching a 65 year old guy on a 35 year old BMW street bike (totally stock, apart from air filters) having a fang on the track! Now that's inspiration. (he wasnt exactly slow either, he had the old beemers enbine covers scraping all over the place!

We had a great day, and even stopped at St Kilda playground on the way home, so my boys could have a play. Also stopped at Adelaide International Raceway, to show my 9 year old the track, and as we sorta let ourselves in...gate was open, we ended up meeting the track manager / caretaker, and had a really cool chat about plans for the much run down circuit, which is currently being resurfaced.

Anyway, just thought i would share.

[Ozfazer6]

Sounded like a good day Wolfman,was thinking about going myself mate but the weather turned a bit too nasty virtually overnight

[Wolfman]

There's another ride day coming up soon! next Saturday in fact, September 20 at Adelaide's very own goat track posing as a race track...Mallala...is very tempting...

Oh and for those of you who might want a bit more info, follow this link.

http://mallala.com/startyourengines/...ions.htm#bikes