2011 Wydham street races

[KiwiGS]

These street races are part of the Burt Munro series of events.
Me and number 2 son headed down to the races.
We had an awesome day, met GregT in the pits where he was sorting the number 56 GS1000 pre '82 and the pre '89 number 56 FZR600 bikes. Both bikes won all of their races, so congrats to Greg and Kevin.:clap:
No suprise of course......

11-30-2010, 06:00 AM
GregT

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.......Wyndham - qualified 3rd then more coil probs so after trying to sort it, parked it up and concentrated on his pre 89 Yamaha, 3 wins from 3 starts.

Next year it will be different....but they all say that........

Any way some pics
The all-conquering GS1000

Some of it its competitors

 

[Charlie G]

Thanks for the pictures.

cg

 

[GregT]

Thanks for the nice words and the pics Shane....winning at Wyndham turned it into a much better weekend after gales and freezing rain at the hillclimb and Teretonga.Helping was the Bourbon given as prizes - and of course we got a double ration with the two wins.... Aside from the Wyndham results the most pleasing outing was the only dry race at Teretonga where Kev was 3rd behind a Nico Bakker powered by a big Honda and an RG500 GP bike....no shame in being beaten by exotics like those.
Nice to meet the boys down from Auckland...hope your ride home was good but next time bring the racebikes OK....

Yes, I know the GS looks like a POS...but it goes like something off a shovel. Next winter the cosmetics may be done when the motor comes out for the big bore kit etc etc.....it never ends.

 

[gs58]

I got there for the long track, hill climb and Teretonga practice, but had to back in the North Island by Monday. Good to meet GregT and put a face to the name. Do you know what the diagnosis was for the Cooley replica?

Had a great ride there and back - can't beat those South Island passes, no traffic, and spectacular scenery.

 

[GregT]

Haven't heard what what the problem was with the Auckland based Cooley rep. Either a big end or a broken crank were the popular guesses.
You may hear before us as it was to be stripped when he got home.

 

[GregT]

I was sent this pic today - start of the first pre 82 race at Wyndham.

This gives a pretty good idea of Kiwi street circuit racing.

Three GS1000's in the shot....