A new class for buckets?

[Paul in NZ]

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2012/06/06/gasoline-engines-make-bicycle-racing-more-fun/

Looks like fun!

[Mental Trousers]

hell yeah!!

[Yow Ling]

maybe great fun, but why would you want to run those heaps of shit in a full on race class, with bucket racing speeds approaching 160kph they would just be a hazard to everyone else. plus they don't comply with the current regs and with those motors never will

[blackdog]

maybe great fun, but why would you want to run those heaps of shit in a full on race class, with bucket racing speeds approaching 160kph they would just be a hazard to everyone else. plus they don't comply with the current regs and with those motors never will

Woah with the hate. If there were 5 guys show up with them, why not let them run a couple laps in their own class.

I see the bucket spirit is waning with you Yow.

[Kickaha]

Woah with the hate. If there were 5 guys show up with them, why not let them run a couple laps in their own class.
At most (if not all) meetings there wouldn't be time for a start

I see the bucket spirit is waning with you Yow.
You're way off the mark with that comment

[Yow Ling]

Woah with the hate. If there were 5 guys show up with them, why not let them run a couple laps in their own class.

I see the bucket spirit is waning with you Yow.

So if 20 of them turned up at Hampton downs you would like them to run in a class of their own as well. why not run tricycles with motors as well?
Why would any responsible club allow those illegal junk piles on the track ?

[blackdog]

At most (if not all) meetings there wouldn't be time for a start

You're way off the mark with that comment

No probs if there are time issues. I just thought a couple laps at a cart track wouldn't hurt. Of course they wouldn't be scheduled on a full race track, or at an actual race meeting (except as lunchtime entertainment).



So if 20 of them turned up at Hampton downs you would like them to run in a class of their own as well. why not run tricycles with motors as well?
Why would any responsible club allow those illegal junk piles on the track ?


And if we are talking 'legal', how many buckets are allowed on the road? Or did you mean ineligible.

I'm all for a three wheel bucket class! Oh, hang on they are called chairs.


I do see what you mean though, maybe better suited for supermarket carpark racing. Except that's illegal.

[gav]

They would probably fit right in at Mt Welly, seems you can race anything there with the buckets :devil2: And shouldnt this thread have been started in the Bucket forum maybe?

[codgyoleracer]

F6
Pushbike frames
No suspension
50cc max
No brakes..............

;-)

[tigertim20]

theyre reminiscent of the old board track racers from, what was it, 1900-1920's era or so?

[Paul in NZ]

So if 20 of them turned up at Hampton downs you would like them to run in a class of their own as well. why not run tricycles with motors as well?
Why would any responsible club allow those illegal junk piles on the track ?

Pretty much what people used to say about buckets back in the day.....

FFS -I'm having a laugh and to be fair if it has wheels someone WELL race them sooner or later. Anyway, cyclemotors were once a very large chunk of the market. All it will take is a deeper depression and 200mpg will mean they become relevant again.