As I said in my posting, number 12! This tyre rule issue, is really only for the 150 class!
I have read a couple of comments on this thread, where people have said that there is NO benifit to wet tyres over cut slicks or treaded tyres, TOTAL RUBBISH FOLKS! Sorry, NO direct attack, just my oppinion after 23 years of racing myself.
There really is nothing to argue about my above comment, just take a look at any rules in any country and the availabillity of tyres to riders and teams, V Rossi could not even ride as safe as he normally could in the wet on dry tyres! FACT.
I am not trying to attack any one or put any one down here, I am really trying to get you to all look at this from a safety,logical, management point of view.
J hepburn, and many others involved in this subject have so much true full on racing history behind them, that we all need to read and listen to what they have got to say, not required to agree with them, but please, give them some room to move, so they can continue to help our sport grow. It is not fair, nor intelligent, or even true KIWI like to get on the internet and bag people, but this is what seems to happen these days, when it comes to issue's like this, and that really is a shame, because it takes the true focus off the main point of issue, and also makes a few people with some thing worth while to say, refrain them self from posting, as they cannot be bothered getting involved in internet war of words.
Come on team, lets try to keep to the issue on this subject, and try to remember what this class is truly all about, and it is all about helping the future of our great sport.
Perhaps a simple rule like, a controll tyre is required to race in this class, some kind of treaded tyre! and please do not complain about how much these tyres may cost, it will still be a huge lot less than a funeral bill.
What MNZ is trying to do here ( In my oppinion) is to help this class grow and SURVIVE! if the safety side of it is ignored ( Because we are Kiwi's and have to give it a go mate!) MNZ will always have there knockers of what they do, they are a company that finds itself between a rock and a hard place all the time! And this tyre rule discussion going on at the moment is just another case of trying to do the best thing, but they cannot please every one all the time, as well as a choice of words at the beggining of it all, where it appeared that this rule would apply to all classes.
There are some riders who could go and race in the rain all day long using slicks and live to tell the tail, but, there are also a lot of very young riders in this class, who only understand one thing, stretch the throttle cable now and try to win now, it is this bunch of future talent ( and some ones child) that this rule is being taked about.
I think there should be an age limit put on this class, 15 Years old MAX!
This would make it a definate learners class, NO OLDER WANTABEES, ( Again, NO attack on anyone ) and would also make the rule making for it, a lot easier, FACT, an under 15 year old with bugger all race experience, know's a lot less about safety and machine set up than the people trying to make it safer. It would also possibly show to parents, that this class is all about building a safer foundation to get there children into motor cycle racing.
The 150 class is a learners class! designed orriganally for KIDS! so lets try and agree to make it as safe and cost effective as possible, to help bring on our future hero's in our sport
I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots! ALBERT EINSTEIN
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Originally Posted by Sketchy_Racer
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