Transmoto 12 Hour

[Cathi MeredithMember]

Riggs wrote:

She get spoilt everyday by having me in her life ! :laugh: :kiss:

:huh: :sick:

Back to the topic ……

[MalMember]

What a great event.

It started straight after night shift on Saturday morning. Capt drove down while I had a nap. We got there around 1:30pm, signed on and unloaded. I did the prolouge for us and didn’t come in last which was my goal. The prolouge track was great. A nice flowing sandy section into some tight greasy single track and then into the grass track to the finish. 4.4 km in length.

The local Apex club put on a great feed for everyone and we had a couple of beers and then off to bed.

I agree with Riggs’s take on the track. For the average punter is was a little on the hard side. No real sections to rest on. I found when I hit the short grass track section I opened up the bike and used just as much energy as putting through the singles. :laugh:

As the day warmed up we had bigger rests between laps. I wasn’t a race so no use pushing ourselves to exhaustion. We’d have a long rest then go out for a qick lap then have another long rest. 4 man team is the go for next year.

Transmoto did a great job with the event and as Capt siad they were great blokes to chat to. They will be sending out serveys to get feedback for next years event.

The pro guys are just awesome to watch ride and most of them did the right thing and past when safe. There were some nobs that treated it like the GNCC but you have to expect that these days.

All up I had a great time catching up with Riggs, Cathi, Hatto, Pauly and ScottyH and meeting some new guys. Ours neighbours around us were top blokes and very friendly. Spac from DBW was doing ironman and was completly shagged by days end.

Ready for next year now. :woohoo: :woohoo:

[jamieMember]

Like the pics,looks quick in the shots. How many entrants did they have ? It doesn’t look that packed in the photo’s. I read somewhere they had a rider limit,did they say if they reached it?
thanx

[PeterMember]

twobanger

There were 77 teams in the event, including the 9? ironman guys. Most of the teams were 4 man, so my maths would be …

58 x 4 = 232
10 x 2 = 20
9 x 1 = 9

Guessing total riders around the 260 mark, and a few no shows means about 250 on the day.

Yes they did close entries, mustve been when they hit the 250 mark.

[dennis da menaceMember]

you is the man Mal

this is the only pic of the Gasser with the front wheel on the ground :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

next year i might come up for it. reckon we can do the side by side thing for 12 hours? :unsure: :laugh: :laugh:

[MalMember]

menace wrote:

you is the man Mal

this is the only pic of the Gasser with the front wheel on the ground :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

next year i might come up for it. reckon we can do the side by side thing for 12 hours? :unsure: :laugh: :laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: Thanks Menace. i may look ilike the man, but I was a man with only 2 hours broken sleep in the last 24 hours about to start the prolouge. :laugh:

The Gasser is fun to ride mate and I can assure you the front was on the ground way more than off it.

Side by side for 12 hours :dry: :whistle: yeah I think we could do it. You’ll be a ball of fitness by this time next year and I’ll just wing it. :woohoo:

[RoyMember]

Well done boys and girls. Now for the low down and the bragging rights. Who’s the fastest Mal or Capt. How many laps?

I had a quick look at the results page. The boys at the pointy end of the race were speeding up as the day progressed. I’m guessing this has to do with less people being on the track. 36 laps is a lot of laps. Some of the pairs teams must have been pretty good as they beat all but one of the quad teams and that was the husqvana racing squad no less.

Well done on the trophy Riggs and CathiM. You have to be in it to win it.

Did anyone get any prizes.

[Dan BatemanMember]

Thanks for reposting the ride report you did Jeffro (:angry: @#$%n ride reports…) it was a good read.
Now i’m really looking forward to it

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