Which race bike & class?

[Mattr]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheers

[mr bucketracer]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheersyou could get a bucket racer (-; some run rs125 frames now and a very cheap competitive sport

[Shaun Harris]

250 Production mte, cheap and fun

[budda]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheers

Fun per Dollar = Cannot go past 250's, either Nats Class or Hyosung Cup .......

[Billy]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheers

Seeing as your in Auckland,You couldn't go past the Hyosung cup,They have their own supp regs for the class and police it very strictly so its a level playing field,Theyre cheap and easy to set up,Gary from GP Wreckers has a late model one for sale there right now for around $2k,Already has a screamin Demon on it and Ferg at Hyosung will help you out with anything else you need,Plus the Hamilton club also run the class at their winter series,So plenty of racing close to home for not too much outlay,250 Production would be your next bet,But its a bit of a lottery at the mo and a lot more expensive if you want to be at the pointy end.Otherwise theres a healthy bucket scene up your way.

[nodrog]

Dont be a poof, get a sidecar.

[Shaun Harris]

Dont be a poof, get a sidecar.







He said Racing dude

[nodrog]

He said Racing dude

Thanks, I thought he said spanking my monkey.

Hows your MNZ Licence coming along? You are going to need it to race your ER6 powered sidecar at the isle of man next year.

Thats if you can get time off from selling sacks of weed at the traffic lights.

[quickbuck]

you could get a bucket racer (-; some run rs125 frames now and a very cheap competitive sport




Something else.... I know of a great little 250 Production bike going cheap!





Sent from my Nokia using Tapa talk.

[Shaun Harris]

Thanks, I thought he said spanking my monkey.

Hows your MNZ Licence coming along? You are going to need it to race your ER6 powered sidecar at the isle of man next year.

Thats if you can get time off from selling sacks of weed at the traffic lights.








Bought a pound yesterday for $2200-00 and sold it for $3400-00 not a bad days work eh

[Mattr]

Sounds like with the hyosung cup you get a lot of racing at hampton for the year. Are there many 250 production bikes up here that do hampton and Taupo, how many meetings are generally involved with these bikes.

[Billy]

Sounds like with the hyosung cup you get a lot of racing at hampton for the year. Are there many 250 production bikes up here that do hampton and Taupo, how many meetings are generally involved with these bikes.

Na not many many in the North Island outside of the Hyos,Probably the best you'll find at a club day up here is between 1 and 3,Whereas with the Hyo cup they get as many as 35,It is slowly building up in the North,But unless your dead keen on doing all the National rounds the Hyosung would be ideal.

[quickbuck]

Na not many many in the North Island outside of the Hyos,Probably the best you'll find at a club day up here is between 1 and 3,Whereas with the Hyo cup they get as many as 35,It is slowly building up in the North,But unless your dead keen on doing all the National rounds the Hyosung would be ideal.


Billy is on the money. I will just add that there is no rule that says you can't have 2 bikes though. I mean they are cheap enough, so you can get your race craft up to speed in the Hyosung cup and then run the Ninja in Nationals....
It is a shame for the Hyosung, but the Ninja is a bit quicker all round.







Sent from my Nokia using Tapa talk.

[Billy]

Billy is on the money. I will just add that there is no rule that says you can't have 2 bikes though. I mean they are cheap enough, so you can get your race craft up to speed in the Hyosung cup and then run the Ninja in Nationals....
It is a shame for the Hyosung, but the Ninja is a bit quicker all round.







Sent from my Nokia using Tapa talk.

Nothing to stop him doing the nats on a Hyosung,Theyre not that far off the pace and they do have some advantages over the Ninja,In his case he's 15 ks lighter than a number of the Ninja competitors AND they have the added advantage of the wider rims so they can run super corsa's front and rear,If someone was to supertune their Hyo to the same spec some of the Ninja's are,They'd be in with a shot,Dan Mettam got 3 rd on his a coupla years back.

[quickbuck]

Nothing to stop him doing the nats on a Hyosung,Theyre not that far off the pace and they do have some advantages over the Ninja,In his case he's 15 ks lighter than a number of the Ninja competitors AND they have the added advantage of the wider rims so they can run super corsa's front and rear,If someone was to supertune their Hyo to the same spec some of the Ninja's are,They'd be in with a shot,Dan Mettam got 3 rd on his a coupla years back.

Well there isn't anything to stop him from doing that..... but correct me if I am wrong, when Dan was #3, I was actually faster than the guy who ended up #5NZ.....
The pace has picked up considerably at Nationals. Dan is also a very handy rider.....
Super Corsers? What are they??

As for the Super Tune... Well, yeah, mine can run top 10 with a 100kg on board..... so it will really fly with a 65kg person..... ;)

[CHOPPA]

Id agree 250 production looks like fun, 65kgs would be awesome

[Billy]

Well there isn't anything to stop him from doing that..... but correct me if I am wrong, when Dan was #3, I was actually faster than the guy who ended up #5NZ.....
The pace has picked up considerably at Nationals. Dan is also a very handy rider.....
Super Corsers? What are they??

As for the Super Tune... Well, yeah, mine can run top 10 with a 100kg on board..... so it will really fly with a 65kg person..... ;)

Not sure that any of that is really relevant,Things have moved on in a number of areas since 2012 to improve the times being achieved and none of it alters the fact the Hyo is a 250 production machine if he feels thats where he needs to be at some stage,That said your not likely to see many Hyo's competing at the nationals until MNZ get their act together.

[quickbuck]

Not sure that any of that is really relevant,Things have moved on in a number of areas since 2012 to improve the times being achieved and none of it alters the fact the Hyo is a 250 production machine if he feels thats where he needs to be at some stage,That said your not likely to see many Hyo's competing at the nationals until MNZ get their act together.


All fair points, particularly the last one..... However I'm trying to sell my bike here.... ;)
So Ninja 250R is a great way to go in my opinion.... :)





Sent from my Nokia using Tapa talk.

[codgyoleracer]

Id agree 250 production looks like fun, 65kgs would be awesome

Agreed, some of the best racing in the nats was watching the 250s bar- to bar, just awesome. And they will teach the basics.

[budda]

Nothing to stop him doing the nats on a Hyosung,Theyre not that far off the pace and they do have some advantages over the Ninja,In his case he's 15 ks lighter than a number of the Ninja competitors AND they have the added advantage of the wider rims so they can run super corsa's front and rear,If someone was to supertune their Hyo to the same spec some of the Ninja's are,They'd be in with a shot,Dan Mettam got 3 rd on his a coupla years back.

15 KILOS lighter - how are those rose-tinted glasses mate ? 65kg is nearly 15STONE lighter than some of 'em

[Gremlin]

Auckland club has Hyosung Cup, looks like Hamilton's winter series has them as well. They're low budget but highly competitive, and since the bikes are pretty much equal, it comes down to racecraft, and has said, big fields too.

Otherwise, a mate has stepped from that (and still racing it) to a SV650 and doing F3 or twins (or both, no idea) and doing pretty well because of the racecraft learnt from Hyosung Cup.

65kg... want some of mine to make it more fair?

[Mattr]

Auckland club has Hyosung Cup, looks like Hamilton's winter series has them as well. They're low budget but highly competitive, and since the bikes are pretty much equal, it comes down to racecraft, and has said, big fields too.

Otherwise, a mate has stepped from that (and still racing it) to a SV650 and doing F3 or twins (or both, no idea) and doing pretty well because of the racecraft learnt from Hyosung Cup.

65kg... want some of mine to make it more fair?

Ha Ha no thanks, the twins was the other idea, but since its been so long from being on a race bike will prob start with the 250s. Want to get along to a race meet and check them out. Thanks for the replies