What do you do/did you do, in spare time?

[Daniel]

Raced bikes, gave up 10 years ago.

Now I do as many car and bike track days as I can fit in.

Tend to spend most of my track time in Spain......it's just so much better than here.

sadly.......things still go a little tits up from time to time

[Iain]

Great pix - what model of Kwak - that top image is stunning!

Don't get any time for track stuff these days (and have too many other things to spend my money on) - but I rate Cadwell as being one of the best for bikes - it's just the weather thats a bit of a lottery!

Iain

[Kimbers]

I love Cadwell too, but it hates me. Been off twice in my last three outtings. Raced at Snetterton 3 seasons and never fell off once!

[Daniel]

it's a zx6 B1 model.

My fave UK tracks would be donny and oulton.......cartegena in Spain is my overall fave though, amazing circuit

[Iain]

I love Cadwell too, but it hates me. Been off twice in my last three outtings. Raced at Snetterton 3 seasons and never fell off once!

Yebbut - that's almost in your back garden - so you should know Snett like tha back of your hand!!

I like cadwell 'cos it's 'interesting'

But then, I've never fallen off there and I'm no racer!!

Grew up with the noise of racing at Snetterton ringing in my ears - my Grandfather was vicar at nearby Quidenham - that and the proximity to Hethel has cost me a *lot* of money over the years!!

Iain

Edited January 20, 2007 by Iain

[Jussi]

Aah, another "Show Us Your...." topic, I really like these

Warning! This might get rather long topic from Jussi All my friends always complain I have too many hobbies, and like I have been saying to you: What I do, it always gets a bit too much...I'm just perfectionist about everything

So I'll start with history....

When I was a kid I had 12aquariums in my room, I bred fishes and sold them to pet-shop. Then I get guinea-pigs,birds,gerbils,rabbits...and these (almost everyone) in my room with 9aquariums (had to put 3 to our living room). I worked in local pet-shop on weekends, my dream was to start my own business in some day. Then I got allergic tests, with positive rersults (minor for dogs but biggest was to all dust). That crashed my dreams...it's hard to own a pet-store with only fishes in it. Still I have one aquarium in our living room, that's place for our Kois on winter.

I digged a pond in our yard, which is over 1meter deep, it's so deep that in first winter small fishes survived there. It didn't freeze to bottom.

Some people in Finland leave their Kois in pond for winter. They heat it during coldest season. I haven't done that cause there's always risk that those fishes might die.

Computers have been my hobby for some years, that's mainly because of my work. And it's easy during winter, don't have to go out.

Hifi and Home-Theater is my biggest hobby during winter. It's always nice to listen a good music or watch a film. This hobby is perfect for perfectionists.... My brother is a HighEnd-enthusiastic and from him I got this Hifi-enthusiasm. Our family is very musical (brother plays drums, sister sing and father have been played trumped) my father had a band and my brother had many bands....I just listen to music It's better that way...

Here's photo from our home-theater, screen-size is 132" (16:9) so that 32" (16:9) TV looks kind of small

If you look carefully you can see the equipment cabinet on the left side, that's taller than me

Photographing is my newest "hobbies". My grandfather was a photographer, so it might be him where I get my enthusiasm....Too bad I was very young when he passed away

Winter photo:

On summertime I'm hanging on our local race-track cafeteria almost every day...just drinking coffee

Jussi2 lives just near the track, so it's our meeting area on summer days...

And as you know, I go to car shows and races almost every weekend on summer

[Jussi]

Heh.. I warned you...too long to put in one post...does this mean I have to give up some of my hobbies...

Uups. almost forgot our cats...well that's mainly Heli's hobby but I'm stuck with them

Here's some fighting...

Emmi is a mean lady

And Kasperi is such a loser

Our cats are MainCoons and they have more trophies than my Esprit

Yes I'm a bit allergic but we had a dog (I had dogs for all my life). I can live with them if I don't sleep

in the same room with them. Our Netta passed away last year...

And new hobby...You all know I'm a bit coffee freak...I bought Espresso-maker to Heli for Christmas...And

now I'm making different coffees for her almost every evening

Now you may know why I'm some long periods away from this forum...I have too many hobbies and beside those I have to work

Of course cars are important to me, that's why I go to Race-cafe/shows and races B) And we have always something going on about cars with Jussi2...he fix cars and I'm trying to learn from him.

Sorry about the dusty Esprit...

Jussi the aquarium man

Edited January 22, 2007 by Jussi

[Kimbers]

I live at Wymondham and can hear them sometimes! Though they have just finished banking around the whole circuit to keep the noise down

Used to be a member of SMRC (Snet Motor Racing Club) and we had 8 glorious days a year when we could turn up in or on absolutely anything and race round the track. Obviously we used to be timed. That got me hooked and got me started on the slippery road to broken bones and a huge grin on my face.

[Iain]

Ah - Kimbers - small World!

Had friends in Wymondham - we lived in Spooner Row (went to the Village School).

Wymondham is a really nice town....

Went to school in Attleborough too - mum recons she knew the Finance Director @ Lotus at the time (early mid 70's?? - Fred Bushel perchance?)

My Grandparents are both buried at Quidenham - I'm sure they find the sound of racing engines a comfort!

Iain

Edited January 22, 2007 by Iain

[Kimbers]

Yes it was Fred at the time then from 80's onwards .....Sandiford can't remember his first name.

[mayevora]

My spare time is usially spent playing a bit of golf badly.

Had day off today. These pics taken lunchtime. Even If I play poorly, still pretty good views to take in.

[Tentenths]

Not just a cunning ploy to beat the roadblocks to the Branscome Beach 'treasure' then Ian?

[punky]

I do like a bit of virtual racing in my spare time.

This is my mate chasing me around Bathurst in a Lambo(don't have an Esprit on GTR2)

I also enjoy making a god almighty racket on those music tools in the background.

Anybody fancy a jam!

I'm with Jussi on the Hi Fi and cinema thing as well, although not spent much money on it lately.

And this is why!

This is where I spend most of my time now

[Artie]

When I'm not working on my cars, I contract with a rotary engine specialist from Florida called Pettit Racing. I have installed 20 engines for them in 3rd gen RX7's-model year 1993-1995 US. Here's engine number 21 coming out a few weeks ago!

Artie

Edited January 24, 2007 by Artie

[Jussi]

Ian that's not fair you're playing golf and we have here snow and ice

Andy nice racing setup you have there I have been playing couple of weeks LiveForSpeed, just the demo version. GTR2 and GT Legends are my favorites too

Nice looking theater-setup too B)

[Bibs]

He's got a CD player-player-player in there somewhere! Looks like fun

[bigsi]

i found a couple more...

me lookin a liitle less worn!

a couple of my discs

heres the kitchen before i hit it.. stinking dirty thing.. when we moved in

and after i spent 3 days in there

and heres the nice new staircase i fitted, imported from italy as 'woman' had to have it and a third of the price of having a new one made in the uk!!

carpentry, engineering, welding electronics, plumbing the list is endless and these days i cant do bugger all..

Edited January 24, 2007 by bigsi

[punky]

He's got a CD player-player-player in there somewhere! Looks like fun

Give me a shout when your in the Port and we can drink cider from a lemon-lemon-lemon

Nice studio Bigsi! bet that wasn't cheap.

I started on my kitchen 12 years ago and it's still not finished