**UPDATED** Mini-Twins racing at Croft - 16th Apr 05 + Pics

[Cloggsy]

Anyone fancy going to watch :?:

Look here (http://www.minitwins.co.uk/dates/dates2005.html) :D

Suppose I'd ought to check if I'm working or not first :?: :roll:

[mrbizzy]

I saw mini-twins racing and Brands last year - along with some of the other 'lower' divisions - and it was fantastic fun. You cant help but feel an affinity with those guys - they're out there simply because they want to be. Great stuff!

[Stan the Man]

Anyone fancy going to watch :?:

Look here (http://www.minitwins.co.uk/dates/dates2005.html) :D

Suppose I'd ought to check if I'm working or not first :?: :roll:

I would be interested in that. I will make a note and pm you nearer the time.

[Captain Nemo]

me too.

[jakeblues68]

:D Im up for it, will we meet up and ride together?

[BURNER]

Need to check work dates but maybe. Also need this weekend to get MOT done.

[gerbilion]

looks a good to me... date on calender was empty :wink:

[Cloggsy]

Ticket prices for this is £10 adults (for each day,) kids (under 15 free) - billy bonus :thumbsup: :D

I'm working the weekend of the 16th/17th, so I'll be takin' a bus load of our reprebates to the racing too :roll: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Captain Nemo]

which day are people going?

[jakeblues68]

Sunday is prob best for moi :)

[Cloggsy]

which day are people going?

Saturday for me :D

[KrZ]

I want to go as well, anyone from in and around newcastle want to go with me?

[Cloggsy]

I might even go again on the Sunday, I'll be in the cage with my two kids in tow :thumbsup:

[Captain Nemo]

saturday sounds best for me, sunday will probably be wifey and family duties :(

bet it rains sat, sunny sunday

[jakeblues68]

anyone going firm on the sat/sun thing? Suppose it depends on the weather and family commitments, my missus is OK she knows its two wheels, four wheels and then her and the kids :lol:

[Cloggsy]

anyone going firm

:shock: I like bike racing, but not that much :wink: :oops:






I was going to go both days (both in the car though :roll:) however, the Toon are on the tele on Sunday too (& there's the MotoGP :twisted:)

Come on the Mags, Come on Rossi :wink:

[jakeblues68]

sorry :? Army speak again, Ritchie will have to translate it for everyone :lol:

[Couerdelion]

Saturday sounds good to me (Now i've said that it will definitely rain!)

Anyone fancy meeting up for the ride over?

Meeting Mark (capt Nemo) at about 10:00am @ Squires for a 10:30 (ish) set off.

Anyone else is more than welcomee to join us.

[Couerdelion]

Just checked the Weather forecast for tomorrow

Did it for thirsk, leeds and darlington (thirsk about half way in between) and it looks like it will be rain free tomorrow :-)

here --> http://uk.weather.yahoo.com/UKXX/UKXX1224/index_c.html

Anyone else definitely going?

[Cloggsy]

Meeting Mark (capt Nemo) at about 10:00am @ Squires for a 10:30 (ish) set off.

You know the gates open at 9:30 :?:

[jakeblues68]

Its absolutely chuckin it down here, hope it does one during the night, dont want to pay on the gate and then to go home an hour later, wet through and pee'd off. :(

[Cloggsy]

Its absolutely chuckin it down here, hope it does one during the night, dont want to pay on the gate and then to go home an hour later, wet through and pee'd off. :(

Met Office (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/lib/includes/fsssi/city/leeming.html) says its gonna be dry all day Saturday :wink:

[Couerdelion]

MRO POWERBIKETOUR 2005 TIMETABLE CROFT
Saturday 16thApril 2005
Time Duration Session Class
09.15 5 minutes Warm Up - Aprilia RS 125 Superteen
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Supersport 400
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Grand Prix 125
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Supersport 600
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Aprilia RS 125 Superteen
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Grand Prix 250
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Powerbike
asacc 15 minutes 1stQualifying - Grand Prix 125
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Minitwins & Supertwins
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Supersport 400
asacc 15 minutes 1stQualifying - Powerbike
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Supersport 600
asacc 15 minutes 1stQualifying - Grand Prix 250
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Minitwins
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Supertwins

LUNCH BREAK – 12.30pm – 1.30pm
SUPERPOLE RACES
1.35pm RACE 1 - APRILIA SUPERTEENS 5 LAPS asacc
RACE 2 - SUPERTWINS 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 3 - MINITWINS 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 4 - SUPERSPORT 400 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 5 - SUPERSPORT 600 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 6 - APRILIA SUPERTEENS 5 LAPS

asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Grand Prix 125
asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Powerbike
asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Grand Prix 250
asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Super Sidecars

asacc RACE 7 - SUPERTWINS (1stmain race) 10 LAPS
asacc RACE 8 - MINITWINS (1stmain race) 10 LAPS
asacc RACE 9 - GRAND PRIX 125 (1stmain race) 10 LAPS

[Cloggsy]

MRO POWERBIKETOUR 2005 TIMETABLE CROFT
Saturday 16thApril 2005
Time Duration Session Class
09.15 5 minutes Warm Up - Aprilia RS 125 Superteen
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Supersport 400
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Grand Prix 125
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Supersport 600
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Aprilia RS 125 Superteen
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Grand Prix 250
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Powerbike
asacc 15 minutes 1stQualifying - Grand Prix 125
asacc 5 minutes Warm Up - Minitwins & Supertwins
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Supersport 400
asacc 15 minutes 1stQualifying - Powerbike
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Supersport 600
asacc 15 minutes 1stQualifying - Grand Prix 250
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Minitwins
asacc 15 minutes Qualifying - Supertwins

LUNCH BREAK – 12.30pm – 1.30pm
SUPERPOLE RACES
1.35pm RACE 1 - APRILIA SUPERTEENS 5 LAPS asacc
RACE 2 - SUPERTWINS 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 3 - MINITWINS 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 4 - SUPERSPORT 400 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 5 - SUPERSPORT 600 7 LAPS asacc
RACE 6 - APRILIA SUPERTEENS 5 LAPS

asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Grand Prix 125
asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Powerbike
asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Grand Prix 250
asacc 15 minutes 2ndQualifying Super Sidecars

asacc RACE 7 - SUPERTWINS (1stmain race) 10 LAPS
asacc RACE 8 - MINITWINS (1stmain race) 10 LAPS
asacc RACE 9 - GRAND PRIX 125 (1stmain race) 10 LAPS

It's probably not worth getting there much before lunchtime then... All the racing is in the afternoon

[Cloggsy]

Come on then... Who went :?:

I saw 3 Sv's; 2 blue 'S' & 1 silver 'S' (pic's to follow :wink:)

[Cloggsy]

Some pic's from today :thumbsup:

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin1.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin2.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin3.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin4.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin5.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin6.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin7.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin8.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin9.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin10.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin11.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin12.jpg

http://www.hvweb.co.uk/cloggsy/minitwin13.jpg

Boy, can some of these fellas ride :shock:

1 minute 33 seconds to go around Croft - Faster than the Super Twins today too... Number 99 was the race winner by a country mile today, he was lapping over 2 seconds a lap faster than everyone else today - top drawer riding :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

[jakeblues68]

Nice pics mate,

I did manage to escape the kids and got up to Croft at about 4ish but the dragon on the gate wouldnt let me in (in the rush i left my wallet at home)

[Cloggsy]

Nice pics mate,

I did manage to escape the kids and got up to Croft at about 4ish but the dragon on the gate wouldnt let me in (in the rush i left my wallet at home)

Racing started really late due to the poor weather - the Mini Twins was the second race & it didn't get underway until about 16:15 :roll:

Plenty of qualifying before that though...

[jakeblues68]

b h-ll,
you mean I could have gone home picked up my wallet, filled the bike up, raced back to Croft and still have seen the racing?

Was it all pointy's?

[Cloggsy]

you mean I could have gone home picked up my wallet, filled the bike up, raced back to Croft and still have seen the racing?

Pretty much really... They ran the second mini-twins race late on too, because there were concerns about the weather for the Sunday... So if you go today it'll be a very limited meet :cry:

Weather's glorious this morning too :roll: They can't start racing 'til 12:00 though :(

Was it all pointy's?

Pretty much - there were a few curvies, but mostly pointies :thumbsup: Quite a few K5 to boot too :shock: :twisted:

[Couerdelion]

Cloggsy the Silver SV was mine. The Blue K5 was Cpt nemo's.

I thought the racing was good but had to leave after the first mini twins race to get back to Leeds to go out.

Bob collins was way in front of any other rider in the Mini twins, and how cool did the naked that qualified second look? Nigel summat, crashed out on first lap I think.

[Cloggsy]

Cloggsy the Silver SV was mine. The Blue K5 was Cpt nemo's.

I thought the racing was good but had to leave after the first mini twins race to get back to Leeds to go out.

Bob collins was way in front of any other rider in the Mini twins, and how cool did the naked that qualified second look? Nigel summat, crashed out on first lap I think.

Was it Nigel Cooper (or something like :?:) You left at the same time as me fella - didn't see you go though - my Ford Transit must have been faster :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Couerdelion]

Watched a couple of the minitwins being dyno'ed before we left.

Was speaking to Nigel before the race and he was saying the bikes are restricted to 72bhp and are tested after each race. Basically the bikes are the same as most of ours. The remove the PAIR system, new springs up front, Ohlins at back and that's about it. Plus changing the bolts for lighter ones. Oh and not forgetting getting rid of the lights and panneling and fitting a new subframe.

[Captain Nemo]

mr courdelion an i spoke to the chap who ran the CTR team, nice bloke, nigel?, he was riding a mad looking k4 naked with big wide renthals on , it looked wicked , him and his team mate were well quick, i think his team mate won, we were sat in the grandstand (mini) when the naked one came round turn 1 you could hear the bellypan scraping when he cranked it over, how far over do you have to lean to scrape a belly pan?, he had the bin it of win it racer mentallity, unfortunately he binned it , still good to watch though while it lasted.

CTR will rent you one of there bikes if you want to do one of the minitwins races, theyll even hire you it to do a track day first.

after watching these boys Mr Courdelion and i have decided we want to be racers, just not on our own bikes...

wheres that bank loan application form......