One of the wonderful things about the weekend was the number of two stroke bikes out on the track still doing the business. Team Blue Haze is an informal group of similar minded blokes who like to do their bit for the planet by reminding everyone as to why two strokes no longer dominate the racing tracks these days. That lovely wafting of two stroke smoke across the pits and the crackle from the chambers reminds many us of our youth when such things promised a good time as you either made your way up the road or around a track. Three members were out on the track with Dion on his now trustworthy Honda NSR (after a couple of seizures), Alan De on his RG500 XR14, and Tim getting in some race time on his CBR600 ready for the arrival of his TR500. Also on display was the De Bros TR 250 that isn't to far off getting a bit of track time. In the pits were a number of other two stroke enthusiasts. Jock Woodly who was up from Blenheim was having a great time in the North Island sorting out his very quick TZR 350. A further glance around the pits also revealed a quite a variety of machines of the two stroke kind. Notable others included BSA, Benellis and Jawas of various flavours. I am sure that time spent down south at the Southern Classic will further inspire the team.
Of course the majority of bikes at the meeting were of the four stroke variety. A firm favourite is the Post Classic class with its wonderful mixture of muscle bikes from the seventies and eighties. great to see Chris Sales out their on what must be one of the quickest XR 500s anywhere in the world. In fact an earlier video of this bike from 7 years ago has had thousands of hits from around world with Chris's father Peter piloting it around Manfeild. It was an excellent couple of days of racing and spectating with more to come with summer just around the corner (hopefully)
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