Kawasaki MiniGP Round 1, 2014 at Bonanza Circuit, Khao Yai!

[TonyBKK]

Let the Good Times ROLL!

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Met up with the fellas at McD near Red Baron this morning for a fun blast to Bonanza Circuit to watch Round 1 of the Kawasaki MiniGP!


Looks like Rob and Brian are about to scrap, dunnit?

• 
  Robert Mclean I think this photo warrants a Caption Me contest. My pick
  i) this town ain't big enough for the two of us Ennion
  ii) I know you were at Soi Cowboy the other night bitch
  iii) you better ask yourself punk..... Did I just fill up with 95 or 91. Well did I punk
  iv) you said when I rang you it was long sleeves. Now I look all silly
• 
  Jake Kawasaki V) give us a kiss
• 
  Robert Mclean vi) what you left my sparkly hat at Soi cowboy WTF

Eclectic mix of bikes! KLX 250, CBR250, Ninja 650R, ER6n, Versys, Z800, GSXR1000, Ninja 1000, Multistrada!


Beautiful day, but getting HOT! A pleasant ride east on the 304, then north on the 3481. Fast bikes waiting for slow bikes just outside of Prachin Buri


Plan was to ride AROUND Khao Yai National Park as they have been enforcing noise limits on vehicles and we knew most of us would fail, but as we'd pass within meters of the gate we decided to give it a shot and, much to my surprise, we all got in!




Nice Thai guy on a brand new Busa joined us-


Welcome to Bonanza Circuit, Khao Yai! Nice turnout!




YY found his next bike?


We had arrived just as one of the 250 races was ending after which everyone took a break for lunch while the Thai Stunt Team put on a great show-

KSR-


Ninja 300








Pretty trick Ninja 300 stunt bike Look at the size of that rear sprocket!


Burn rubber baby!


Z800 stunt bike with THREE calipers on the back disc!


















Ooops!


Z250 stunt bike-


Burn baby burn!




Was great to see lots of old friends!


Ken Sakamoto taking good care of his mechanics- this guy is the most un-Japanese manager I've ever met, and I mean that in a good way!

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Lots of eye candy too

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650cc open class race!


Pray for good luck!


On the grid-


Warm up lap-


10 lap race-


And they're off!


Micky Walker takes the lead early on-


Bonanza Circuit continues to improve their track and facilities.




Micky widens his lead-


Fun track, after that long sweeping right you've got a left up the hill-






You don't need to look back Micky- no one's gonna catch you bro!




Headed for another win- congrats Micky!


Nicely done everyone!


Good times with Team Green!


We stuck around and watched the liter bikes race- nothing like the sound of a 1000cc machine screaming down the straight! ZX10Rs, Z1000s and one Z800-


Some good battles!






We were invited to ride the track at 3pm, but in the interest of getting home before dark we passed and headed on home. Satonic was given an umbrella by YSS but couldn't figure out how to carry it... Down the back of his suit was not an ideal solution...


So, I busted out some duct tape and sorted him out


Poor Lawrence- he hasn't been on a bike in years and Satonic lent him his KLX with off road knobblies- really NOT the ideal bike for a ~400km road trip...

(he stopped on the hard shoulder and went to put his foot down, apparently not realizing that the soft shoulder was a good bit lower, found only air and promptly rolled into the storm gutter! Bike undamaged and the only thing Lawrence hurt was his pride

A good whack through the park and back into Bangkok where we hit up Chef Tu's Daddy Do for an excellent dinner. A perfect way to end a perfect day!

[peterpan]

Good one tony, I have not seen bonanza circuit, now days I can't even walk in a straight line, so despite being fit enough I can't ride a bike.
But I do keep up with your threads and the occasional chat with Graeme when I see him, his wife the gorgeous Fon assists me out when i need it.
I will remind him, he must be nearly the oldest "Big bike" rider still around now days.

[peterpan]

I still cant reconcile the "Thai logic" having a race track in the middle of a National park, Thai expediency, just cant beat it!

[terry57]

Had no idea that track was there ???

Anyway, those guys doing tricks on the bikes are incredible.

Good stuff right there plus the bints where good as well.

[TonyBKK]

I still cant reconcile the "Thai logic" having a race track in the middle of a National park, Thai expediency, just cant beat it!

Um, Bonanza Circuit is not "in the middle of a National Park", dude. Not even close...

[TonyBKK]

Good one tony, I have not seen bonanza circuit, now days I can't even walk in a straight line, so despite being fit enough I can't ride a bike.
But I do keep up with your threads and the occasional chat with Graeme when I see him, his wife the gorgeous Fon assists me out when i need it.
I will remind him, he must be nearly the oldest "Big bike" rider still around now days.

Sorry to hear about your deteriorating health. Must be affecting your head too? If he's such a good mate I'd have thought you'd know how to spell Graham's name...

Graham's not even 50 I reckon and is far from being the oldest guy ripping it up at the track. How about Hans Muehlebach tearing around on that Suter Honda? Or that really nice old dude Herbert Hoffmann who FLIES on his old Aprilia 2-stroke? In fact there are a bunch of retired dudes who hit the track regularly-

[beerlaodrinker]

A good whack through the park and back into Bangkok where we hit up Chef Tu's Daddy Do for an excellent dinner. A perfect way to end a perfect day!

The only thing better than that would be to go home with the stunner with the chest puppies on the far right


Good report cheers