Advice needed!

Thought I'd do a brain dump of all the stuff I would take to a race meeting, this might take a while to compete and may be edited a few times;

2 sets of leather - good set and a set for the wet / rain
2 pairs of boots for the same reason - it's a long weekend with soaking wet kit.
2 pairs of gloves as above.
2 helmets, one for wearing and a spare incase first helmet gets mullered. Tint and clear / pinlock visors for both helmets.
Dog tags always get hung on the coat hanger of the main race suit
Back protector always use a separate protector as the ones fitted in race suits dont normally go low enough to protect your coxis
Johhny Suit is a good idea.
proper motorcycle ramp, or a least a decent scaffold board
Charge the transponder on Thursday, attach to the bike on Friday night.
Stanley rolling tool box - with all the tools I could possibly need.
Environmental mat - (2m*1m rubber mat) a requirement if you have to park on the grass (does happen)
2 kg fire extinguisher
Umbrella - it's Scotland ffs
shorts and cycle shorts
latex gloves (or whatever they are made off these days) otherwise you have black hands for 2 days
20L jerry can, Machinemart sell a good one
5L pouring jug, again machine mart. The best way to pour in or decant fuel from the bike with a siphon http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/5-litre-measuring-jug?da=1&TC=RV-051720000
small compressor and airline - saves a lot of dicking about when setting tyre pressures.
bead breaker, not 100% necessary I was always anal about tyre prep and can change my rubber with total self sufficiency - handy skill if there is no tyre truck
Digital tyre pressure gauge - a must have
basic spares - bars levers and foot pegs to get a crashed bike back on track
Get one of these http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-double-sided-organiser-cht602 Great for all your spare bolts, dzus fasteners, ty wraps, nylocks etc
a stock of basic lubricants, copper grease, WD40 etc and some bike cleaner / muck off
Oli and an oil catch tray. If / when the bike goes down and you burst an alternator casing you will have to drop the oil to replace. Be prepared etc and you can be back out next session - better than missing racing for the rest of the day.
Good quality gaff tape 2" wide, you'll be shocked how often you use it.
A blue paper industrial roll - you never stop cleaning the bloody thing!
refuse sacks, at least one per day
extension lead with 230V blue industrial (commando) plug to fit to electricity supply + a normal extension lead as you may be a fair bit away from the nearest supply box
front ad rear paddock stands. Personal opinion Harris are best (and the most common)
race licence - you cant sign on without it!
You need an orange bib - I can post you my original one which I bought from the SACU office, let me know and I can shove it in the post.

Someone mentioned the Costco 10' x 2o' Canopy, they are solid and robust but only really suitable for a squad of 2/3 riders who race together. if you are on your own a pop up is way better as it will take a lot less time to deal with and takes up less van space. I got my canopy from a place up at Stirling who are into karting, they have a sale now and then and let go of canopies at keen prices. Worth a phone call to see what they have got. I'll try & find them on the interweb.

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Used to be Custom Canopies, I think this lot are the same people;- http://lptent.brinnmarketing.com/motorsport.html
 
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:tea:Large kettle and lots of cups,sugar,milk and some coffee,pen for signing autographs when you start becoming "famous",decent bog roll as the bogs at East Fortune are well known for not having enough(pre-race skits kick in about 10 minutes before a race)-good luck for this season,hope to see you when i pop over the hill to watch the racing(plus if your stuck for some stuff and i'm home i could bring it for you-if required).Graham.
 
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COURAGE and LOTS of it for the first corner, pull the throttle open and go

always better to lead from the front than dice with the middle men
 
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Love the bike already G. i'm glad you went for a japanese twin,
and by the way, those sunloungers are putting all the wheelie bins to shame , atb :)
 
Great looking bike Anteater!!

GSPOT racing wouldn't be very child or parent friendly so we have a couple of options but so far we are thinking!
My mates at school always called me Gee so .......
GEE racing or Team GEE is the team name and my race number is 33 so this works with the G33!!!!
What do u dudes think???

Started working on the bike! Got the bodywork off tonight and we are gonna give a good going over oil change filters, general check over everything to get to know it!!!
I'll need to swap the rear spring as the lad who raced it before me was 11 stone with his full kit on!! Is this an easy job??

Need to buy quite a few things

Got a rear Harris stand so gonna buy the front one(yolk type)
Transponder
New battery charger
Oil - motul 300v seems to be the oil that most swear by.
New optimate charger
Spare helmet
Spare gloves
Spare leathers
Nut and bolt organiser
New dzus fasteners
Extension leads
Gazebo

Ive got most of the above planned how much and where just need the ££££££'s

Still need a big set of bollox too!
 
What size of lid are you g? Am puttin a agv s4 up for sale this weekend, only wore about a dozen times. Size lrg £50
 
Post up what you need and sizes. i am sure the sdc and dun have all the kit.we will throw in all the gear.i have spare Gp rated gloves etc etc. rather you have them than getting dusty in a drawer .. In fact still @@@@ed from birthday celebrations so i will throw £100 imo then fund.Come on peeps a £5 a head and watch team gee race. We all have a spare 5 quid. lets help g spot.
 
Andrew H said:
Some SDC sponsorship would be a great idea and everyone can afford a fiver - I'm in
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One of my original thoughts way way back but was hoping & waiting someone else would suggest (to avoid conflict of interest etc) to help the Gspot get started...so now someone has....

YEAY

I think it is a great idea......consider me in for a donation at the AGM....bring a bucket not a hat......

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Got the bike started up today after a good charge on the battery! It's got some rip off it!
Got oil, filters, battery charger, brake fluid today so got a couple of things to be playing with. Also got a nut and bolt organiser and its nearly full already! My new Dzus fasteners are ordered too. Also noticed its a race shift, Hopefully that'll be easy to get used too! Fun fun fun! Spent more time in the garage in the last week than is probably healthy!
 
Anteater said:
You need an orange bib - I can post you my original one which I bought from the SACU office, let me know and I can shove it in the post.
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I thought I'd be fine with just a tee shirt but a bib would be great. Shall I PM you my address??
 
Got all the old stickers off and cleaned up the bodywork today, it's in pretty good nick after removing all the glue from the stickers, took hours though.

Also made a few phone calls getting some exciting stuff organised. 10 weeks to go til the first weekend at east fortune for training and practice weekend.
If you dudes are bored of these updates just let me know and I'll quit.
Cheers Gee
 
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