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- Sat May 13, 2017 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Information
- Topic: Bike Guys
- Replies: 31
- Views: 45331
Re: Bike Guys
Trevor Slaughter had an air conditioned 20ft container one year. It ran on solar panels and a wall of batteries. Impressive. A generator would be cheaper. I'm not convinced that the old story about bike riders not pulling their weight still applies, if it ever really did. I always get great help fro...
- Sat May 13, 2017 1:51 pm
- Forum: Australian Event News
- Topic: Volunteers 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22239
Re: Volunteers 2017
I forgot to mention that if we had T2 at three miles long and T3 right behind it at two miles long we almost have a spare T1. That's really adding versatility.
- Sat May 13, 2017 1:48 pm
- Forum: Australian Event News
- Topic: Volunteers 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22239
Re: Volunteers 2017
Thinking more about your volunteering experience, Gary, has got me pondering (again :roll: ) the notion of a third track. People usually howl this down with claims that we don't have enough volunteers, but it sounds like that isn't actually the case after all. I'm just thinking out loud here and thi...
- Sat May 13, 2017 12:32 am
- Forum: Australian Event News
- Topic: How to be a Good Starter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10783
Re: How to be a Good Starter
Thanks Chris for that phone call in 2013 asking if I could help out on the start line, I think it all turned out pretty well. I just wish we had been able to have a decent camp setup from 2013 so that we could recover better every night. A better equipped start line would have helped too. In another...
- Fri May 12, 2017 8:58 pm
- Forum: Australian Event News
- Topic: Volunteers 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22239
Re: Volunteers 2017
Gary, Thanks for your comments. Ironically, Bob Ellis was complaining that he didn't have enough help scrutineering the cars. I think that's the sort of thing that a volunteer coordinator would help improve. And why did Tom Banks say we didn't have enough volunteers? Maybe he knew of gaps that weren...
- Fri May 12, 2017 7:10 pm
- Forum: General Information
- Topic: Newbie Bike Classes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19600
Re: Newbie Bike Classes
Richard,
Here's what I had in mind. Enjoy. By the way, just have a look at the salt all over the Ducati.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u4u4m4 ... 203.860142
Cheers
Ex Starter Dave
Here's what I had in mind. Enjoy. By the way, just have a look at the salt all over the Ducati.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u4u4m4 ... 203.860142
Cheers
Ex Starter Dave
- Fri May 12, 2017 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Information
- Topic: Newbie Bike Classes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19600
Re: Newbie Bike Classes
Fortunately I am old enough to be able to use the 4 speed column shift. None of this three on the tree rubbish! it was the holes in the floor I didn't much like, they were so big there was salt spray on the inside of the back window! I wonder what we'll get to replace old Rusty.
- Fri May 12, 2017 11:43 am
- Forum: Australian Event News
- Topic: Volunteers 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 22239
Re: Volunteers 2017
I happened to run into Tom Banks at the Willowbank Nostalgia Drags the other week and, unsurprisingly, we were discussing how to further improve Speedweek for 2018. He complained that it is very hard to get enough volunteers to achieve what we need. I find that hard to imagine. Every entrant MUST pr...
- Fri May 12, 2017 10:30 am
- Forum: Australian Event News
- Topic: How to be a Good Starter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10783
Re: How to be a Good Starter
Thanks Mr H, the reason we manage so well is good volunteers like your wife Barbara. She turns up every year, knows what she's doing and makes my job so much easier. Claire and Dave Bolger are also champions. This year I was also blessed with the help of Tracy from Triple Affleck. Thanks also to Joh...
- Fri May 12, 2017 10:01 am
- Forum: General Information
- Topic: Newbie Bike Classes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19600
Re: Newbie Bike Classes
Richard, Further to my comments of last night and after having another look at your Beeza, I can tell where it will rust after you run it on the salt. This isn't just for you, it's for everyone with a bike like it. I see a lot of ferrous metal on your bike. The spoke wheels worry me, salt spray will...
- Fri May 12, 2017 12:20 am
- Forum: Australian Event News
- Topic: How to be a Good Starter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10783
How to be a Good Starter
Hello everyone, My brother and I have decided that after five years as starters we have done enough for the time being. We originally started running the start line in 2013 as volunteers for Trevor Slaughter but he last ran in 2014. We'd like to do something else now. Pete is now a flaggie for the A...
- Thu May 11, 2017 11:52 pm
- Forum: General Information
- Topic: Newbie Bike Classes
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19600
Re: Newbie Bike Classes
Richard, Les is correct, your lovely old BSA is wasted and at risk on the salt. Don't take it, get something else that is cheap, has no sentimental value, can at least go 100 mph and has parts readily available and you'll enjoy the week much more. You really should volunteer so that you better under...
- Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Information
- Topic: 2017 Satellite Imaging
- Replies: 36
- Views: 87170
Re: 2017 Satellite Imaging
Isn't that bizarre? How can a trench move? I wonder how deep the blue bits have to be to turn blue. There is still a faint mark where the "Blue Channel" used to be. Maybe it is part of the lunar cycle and moves around every month. Someone probably knows.
Cheers
Confused Dave
Cheers
Confused Dave
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Information
- Topic: Ross Brown
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12961
Re: Ross Brown
Does anyone know if he's up to taking visitors, and if so where is he?
Dave
Dave
- Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:29 pm
- Forum: Build Diaries
- Topic: WA rookie team have a Hudson Terraplane
- Replies: 191
- Views: 853480
Re: WA rookie team have a Hudson Terraplane
Thanks Greg,
We can make that happen, even the two way runs. We will do whatever it takes to give Ben a real shot at the record.
Cheers
Dave
We can make that happen, even the two way runs. We will do whatever it takes to give Ben a real shot at the record.
Cheers
Dave