CAPTAIN OBVIOUS

MK111 TMO cx500

2010-08-24T06:07:00.000-07:00

Sorry peoples, its been awhile.

TMO MK11 is due for its final ride on 3rd October at Eastern Creek we'll add a tacho and refit the temp gauge - just to see what revs its pulling down the straight.

\Our plan is to take the bike off the track after that ride day - then bunker down and build the MK111 version of my fav. P5 race bike.

cheers Lyall

CX500 takes 2nd at EC

2010-06-29T03:46:00.000-07:00

Just a quick note, didn't manage to dip into the 1.55s at EC mainly due to the track temp being so low - traction was not great. However took out 2nd place on the day in Forgotten Era 500 and better still 1st New Era Formula 2 on the SFA Racing supplied VFR400.

Sadley my newest pride an d joy had a lay down on the second turn on the first lap of practice. The new front tyre all wrong for the bike. Rider ok just peeved off and surprised by the total lack of adhesion from the SAVA front tyre. Bike sustainded normal lowside damage - peg, brake levers and fairing.

Many thanks to 'The Creator' and the trio from the CX500 club that came out to show their support. Oh and my favourite 'pit bitch'- couldn't do it without you.

cheers
L2

More PCRA BSFOS Easter 2010 Eastern Creek

2010-06-25T06:39:00.000-07:00

More pics BSFOS Easter 2010

2010-06-25T06:25:00.000-07:00

Pics, BSFOS April 2010 Eastern Creek

2010-06-25T06:22:00.000-07:00

BSFOS EC APRIL THIS YEAR - PICS

2010-06-25T06:02:00.001-07:00

Eastern Creek freebie

2010-06-24T04:28:00.000-07:00

Just incase I didn't mention it, entry to Eastern Creek International Raceway this Sunday (the 27th June) for round 3 of the PCRA series is free.

If you want to drop by - racing starts at 9.00am and finishes at 4.30 (approx.)

I'll be in pit gaqrage 28- you are welcome to pop in and say g'dday.

regards
Lyall

Classic Dirt Track KO Honda XL250 on its way

2010-06-20T03:27:00.000-07:00

My pre '75 dirt track project is coming along nicely - many thanks to 4strokepete.
If the planets align and the methanol doesn't run out, the bike will have its first run at Nepean DT 9th July.

CX500 update

2010-06-20T03:07:00.000-07:00

As i noted in the last post we have fitted a new Avon AM22 110/90X18 to the front of the CX.

We also dropped the forks through the triple clamps by 12mm and raised the rear by 10mm, thus raising the whole bike. The additon of another seat pad gives me a little more leg room and gets the weight up higher. I'm looking forward to see how the changes affect the handling of the bike.

Personal goal for this weekend ok Sunday, is to drop straight into the 1.58s and stay there for the day. Nah bugger it - I wanna nail a 1.55. Oh and to stop dragging my toes on the deck!

Look forward to seeing you all at 'The Creek' 27th June.

I've merged/folded my cx500racer blog into capt. ob.

2010-06-20T03:02:00.000-07:00

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
New Front
Just (re)fitted an Avon AM22 110/80X18 to front of TMO. We tried this tyre a year or so back but certain people weren't happy with it however that person doesn't push the bike as hard as I do so itshould be interesting to see how we go. My main concern with the last tyre we had was the instabilty into turn one at EC.

regards
Posted by Captain Obivous at 4:19 AM 0 comments
Labels: New Front for TMO
Sunday, May 16, 2010
PCRA RND 4 2009 ORAN PARK
Its only due to Thumper500 putting more shots up on his photobucket site that i'm writing this as it seens so long ago....

Round 4 2009 was help at Oran Park GP circuit Sunday 5th July, and as always at OP the racing was great. Such a loss McMansions on our beloved race track.....

Leg one 350 - unlimited FE/PC

Had a great start, and was chasing Bruce Ireland on his TZ750 I really can't remember which lap it was but natsoft says the field completed 2 laps which probably means Bruce crashed on the second lap - I stand to be corrected..

Before his off Bruce out accelerated me down the staright and as I hit the dip and was readying myself to smack TMO (The Mighty One) down a gear in prep for turn one I saw Bruce run wide and onto the dirt after said turn one, and from my POV it was dirt, dust, arms and legs and bike. The bike and Bruce had come to rest as I went past.

Bruce broke his collarbone and sadley has been missing in action since then, however I have spotted him out and about on his ZXR1200 courier bike.

Posted by Captain Obivous at 5:17 AM 0 comments
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Quick Pic Oran Park pcra rnd 4 2009
Thunmper500 has recently added some more pics from last years meet at Oran Park
.

This was the was the only time I raced the bike in 2009.

I was rather happy to 'pick up' 2nd place for the round.

I've cut and pasted the Natsoft results for the round:

PCRA Interclub Club Championships Round 4
ORAN PARK GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT

Post Classic & Forgotten Era 350cc - 1300cc (Leg 3)

MEETING CLASS POINTS REPORT
Event R18 4 Laps
Scheduled Start 00:24
Track Dry
Page 1 Issue 1
Start Sun Jul 05 16:55

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pos Bike Rider Sponsor BikeType R6 R12 R18 Total

Forgotten Era 350cc Riders

1 92 David Hall (NSW) Yamaha 350 25 25 25 75
2 98 Roger Ward (NSW) Yamaha 350 18 18 22 58
3 35 Julian Hardy (NSW) Yamaha 350 22 20 0 42
4 27 Lech Budniak (NSW) Yamaha 350 0 22 0 22
5 19 Jeffrey White (NSW) Yamaha 350 20 0 0 20
6 45 Michael Hockley (NSW) Yamaha 350 0 0 0 0
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Forgotten Era 500cc Riders

1 11 Rick Kwok (NSW) Yamaha 500 22 22 25 69
2 90 Lyall Komura-Cairns NSW Honda 500 20 20 22 62
3 30 Mitchell Mulligan (NSW) Ducati 500 25 25 0 50
4 73 Marcus De Caux (NSW) Bimota 400 0 0 0 0
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Forgotten Era Unlimited Riders

1 12 Richard Easton (NSW) Bike Wreck Suzuki 1000 25 25 25 75
2 72 Ivan Hoey (NSW) Bike Wreck Yamaha 650 20 20 22 62
3 42 Simon Genev (NSW) Honda 900 16 18 20 54
4 26 Keith Higgs (NSW) P&M 1230 22 22 0 44
5 60 Bob Garner (NSW) Ducati 900 18 0 0 18
6 36 Bruce Ireland (NSW) Yamaha 750 0 0 0 0
7 41 Chris Munn (NSW) Honda 1100 0 0 0 0
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Post Classic 350cc Riders

1 94 Karl Zirn (NSW) Yamaha 350 22 22 25 69
2 32 John Kelsey (NSW) Honda 350 20 20 22 62
3 74 John Simms (NSW) Yamaha 350 18 18 20 56
4 50 Glenn Hindle (NSW) Max TR3 25 25 0 50
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Post Classic 500cc Riders

1 40 Robert Marriner (NSW) Honda 500 25 25 25 75
2 14 Robert Seiler (NSW) Honda 500 20 22 22 64
3 46 Allan Murray (NSW) ROAD RACE TIMERS Suzuki 500 22 20 20 62
4 24 Michael Murray (NSW) Suzuki 500 18 18 18 54
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Post Classic 750cc Riders

1 8 Nicholas Sears (NSW) Honda 750 0 0 0 0
2 57 Des Ayres (NSW) Norton 750 0 0 0 0
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Post Classic Unlimited Riders

1 63 Robert Young (NSW) Ron Young Engineering Ducati 1000 25 25 25 75
2 62 Robert Johnson (NSW) MG 1000 20 20 22 62
3 38 Steve Wood (NSW) Honda 836 22 22 0 44
4 76 Adam Muldoon (NSW) Honda 900 18 0 0 18
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Issue# 1 - Printed Sun Jul 05 17:10:00 2009 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63342353 www.natsoft.com.au/results
Results by Road Race Timers Chief Timekeeper Dave Cameron
Posted by Captain Obivous at 4:32 AM 0 comments
Labels: CX500 ORAN PARK 2009 PCRA
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
BSFoS contd.
The lead up to BSFoS was busier than we expected.

I hadn't raced the bike there since 08 and a number of mods had been done on it since then. Not to bore you with te dettails but a quick action throttle had been added, a change of front tyre (again) and a change of front brake m/c size had been done.

The bike was ready to go for an ARDC pribate practice day prior to the 'Sheene- well we though it was only to discover witth a week to go that the front brake M'C was jammed.

Not a good way to be prepping for the most important Historic meeting in NSW.

As the CX was not ready I took Scott's VFR400 out to the track (and my KR125) and spent the day trying to get under 2.00 min.

My thugght was if I could go round the creek at less than 2.00 at a prac day then it might be worth racing the bike. I did and I did, but enough said this is 'The Mighty One's blog.

cheers

Lyall
Posted by Captain Obivous at 5:02 AM 0 comments
Labels: BSFoS the nuts and boolts VFR400
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
BSFoS
Hmm, CX500 giving factoy Suzuki TR500 a hurry up -

Dennis Brown worked hard to keep his Suzuki TR500 in front of TMO, rest assured he'll have to work much harder next time he turns up to race!

The last hit out the bike and I had was at Easten Creek over the Easter weekend. The end result was a third place for the meeting in Forgotton Era (P5) 500, but that doesn't really tell the story. I'll get to it soon.

cheers

L2
Posted by Captain Obivous at 4:36 AM 0 comments
Labels: CX500 faster thn ever?
Saturday, May 8, 2010
CX500 PCRA BSFoS - 'The Mighty One'

Hi all,
I've decided to set up a blog just for my 1978 HONDA CX500 Forgotton Era (P5) race bike.
Posted by Captain Obivous at 8:41 PM 0 comments
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Garage clearance

2010-06-05T06:53:00.001-07:00

Oh and this one too:

ebay item 330440262717

I'm throwing a couplee of toys out of the sand pit

2010-06-05T06:50:00.000-07:00

Ebay item 330440228904

MNSW

2010-06-01T04:16:00.000-07:00

Hello all,

I got myself elected onto the MNSW Historic Road Racing Sports Committee (thingy) a few weeks back. I'm praying it won't be an exercise in futility.

cheers

2011 New Historic Classes

2010-05-25T05:09:00.000-07:00

For those that care about such things there is movement 9finally) to get the present NE1 PCRA class ratified as a bona fide Historic class next year, its gunna look somewhat like this:

2 weeks ago the MA Historic commission got together and set up a draft rules set for P6 which is based on the GCR’s of 1989. It is still planned to have NE up and running in 2011.

The next step is that MA will distribute the draft rules to the states for comment. As one of three on the MNSW Historic Road Race Sports Committee I assume that I will be asked to comment. Therefore I would like to ask all members of the PCRA, but especially members who have or are currently running NE bikes for input.

At the Wednesday PCRA club meeting the main draft rules were announced as:

Classes up to:

125cc GP
250cc Proddy
250cc GP
750cc Superbike (meaning 750cc for 4 cyl 4 stroke and 1000cc for 2 cyl 4 stroke)
1100cc

Upside down forks out
End 90 cut off
No v-twin 250 Yamaha’s

At the MNSW Annual Meeting the following day the rules differed as such:

750cc (Larger twins run in 1100cc)
Original upside down fork allowed if originally fitted to the bike.

And the best part is we can now get down to the business of preparing bikes for the new Historic class.

cheers
L2

ST george/Nepean Dirt Track

2010-05-11T04:32:00.000-07:00

For those of you who are interested in DT check out St George's web site:

http://www.stgeorgemcc.com/#

NEPEAN DIRT TRACK PRACTICE DAY - NO GO!

2010-05-09T03:54:00.000-07:00

My planned dirt track practice day didn't happen, awoke saturday morn to find the smallest deckhand on the barge was ill, so the bike stayed on the trailer and I stayed home.

At least it gave me chance to think about what bikes to run with this year and having recently purchased an XL250 K0 with the intention of racing in 'pre75 something should go.

My good mate Pete 'Two Snakes' up in QLD was kind enough to pick up the bike from some strange Brissie suburb and is, as we speak, giving the bike a 'once over' for me.

If all goes to plan, the bike will be in Sydney June 26th as Two Snakes will be racing with us at Eastern Creek at the PCRA meeting on the 27th.

NEPEAN DIRT TRACK PRACTICE DAY

2010-05-07T03:43:00.000-07:00

Hi all, yep that's my 1982 XR200RC that I'm taking to Nepean Dirt Track at Agnes Banks - north west Sydney, tommorrow (saturday) for one of Penrith/St George Practice Days (and Lord don't I need it!). I did one a little earlier in the year and realised that all my years of street riding had 'stiffened' me up, I found it really really hard to let the bike move around as it should in the dirt.

Will take my camera and try and get you a few shots of the bikes and people out there, especially the nonmodern stuff.

regards

L2

Jon's pics from BSFoS 2010

2010-05-03T04:05:00.000-07:00

Here are few pics that my new M8 Jon Wallis took on the Saturday at Eastern Creek International Raceway. Mind you he was pretty busy assisting me with tyre warmers on/off bikes on stands bikes orff stands etc etc.

Thanks mate.

You might like to check kout his website:
http://www.jonwallis.com

PCRA BSFoS

2010-05-03T03:54:00.000-07:00

Eastern Creek raceway, on a CX500, that's not on steriods, hmm that's gotta be a little interesting. Well it was. The bike has been to, gosh, many BSFoS and Bob Blythe Mem. meetings at Eastern Creek, with only three riders, and every time its been there its provided its rider with a trophy. 2010 was no exception. As they say at the ABC I 'picked up' actually, no, I was 'handed' a third place trophy for my efforts on the Easter weekend.

Short story long it took me three days to get the 'Mighty One' round the track at under 2min. best lap was 1.58 however, I need 1.51 to put that Ducati '500' in its place.

KR125 - It's not a static display!

2010-05-03T03:40:00.000-07:00

Hello all,
before i launch into our adventures at the recent BSFoS I'll post up a pic of my1978 KH125 based Forgotten Era (P5) race bike. It cut some great laps on Friday practice but was sidelined by an electrical gremlin.

Thanks for the pic Rick. For more of Ricks pics clidk: http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t177/Thumper500/BARRY%20SHEENE%20FS%202010/?evt=user_upload_approve&sort=ascending

PCRA ONE HOUR 2009 FIN.

2010-04-21T03:41:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd close up my thoughts on last year's one hour by saying many many thanks to Neil Carlyle for entrusting me with his Honda RS125. It certainly was an experience. I've raced a few different bikes round Wackyfield, Suzuki GS125 Superlite, Honda CX500 (aka The Mighty One) a bad VFR400 (one hour 08 or was it 07?) Honda CB125 (aka The Mini Mighty One one hour 08), GSX250, Honda Bros/XL500 thingy.

At this stage the best bike and the fastest I've been round the track is on Neil's RS at 1.14 which I'm pretty happy with, especially considering the limited time I had on the bike

Maybe we'll do it again this year, eh Neil?

Cheers

lyall2

PS the pic is of me on 'The Mighty One' and Neil on his RS125 at a 'mixed' race a year or so earlier.

PCRA one hour 2009

2010-04-17T05:49:00.000-07:00

ok so it say 12th on the leader board, but we finished 1th overall and 4th in our class. WIll give race run down next blogg. Thanks for watching....

cheers
L2

MOre pics 20096s PCRA one hour

2010-04-17T05:43:00.001-07:00

2009 PCRA One Hour contd....

2010-04-17T05:08:00.000-07:00

More pics from the start of the one hour

pcra one hour 2009 more pics

2010-04-17T04:25:00.001-07:00

The one hour races at Wakefield are great fun, especially the Le Mns start. and especially if youstall the bike whildst trying to find your starting place....

Lyall2's first blog....

2010-04-17T02:29:00.001-07:00

Hi all,

thought I'd start with a pic of me last November at Wakefield Park awaiting Neil Carlyle to finish his part of the PCRA One Hour race.

regrds

for results of that race meeting check Natsoft race and timingg results November 09