Motard scarcity at VMCC. Options?

[scracha]

Wot about throwing some cones in the middle of the longer straights to stop their motors blowing up?

Sorry...but the F3/Pro twins/125 grid is full as it is.

Kick em out and get the post post classics bikes out there.

[Billy]

I read you wrong then. My apologies. I took your comment as meaning 'why isn't something being done about them'. Sorry.

I don't think you can use the slip road now - could be wrong though.

No,Your not allowed to park up there while a race is in progress on the 2 longer circuits

[roadracingoldfart]

nah you wont youre not good enough to race with us, I heard you where really slow.............................................. ......................









reverse Phsycology (however the fuck you spell it)

Hes never been fast Quasi , its the choice of bike he uses.....

I am. I crash a lot too!

Youve always been a bloody mid corner menace Pete

[Crasherfromwayback]

Hes never been fast Quasi , its the choice of bike he uses.....




Youve always been a bloody mid corner menace Pete

Only cause that's where I normally bin it!

[roadracingoldfart]

Only cause that's where I normally bin it!

Ahhhh , thats a cop out , we all learnt from crashing but you carried on longer , stamina i guess lol.

[Foxzee]

We need to get this thread back on track as it was posted guys...

[Shorty_925]

The first round had a decent number didnt it? Like Quasi suggested earlier, using the club circuit though with more laps getting the same track time.

Is Manfiled up for creating a track around the pits with a dirt section like Taupo has? Saw it on saturday, the berm before the step-up was just about completely covered in water.

[eelracing]

Ditch them if numbers aint coming in.

As per Scratchas point,introduce a post post classics class,call it pre 95 or 99 Evo's if you will and they will come.Worth a shot as motards have had there chance.

Theres a reason post classics and F3/superlights/twins are oversubscibed.
And it must bring in plenty of moolah for the club to boot.

As crasher stated,long straights and motards don't gel.They need heaps of corners and a dirt section to mix it up in.
Most of them are probably motoxing through winter anyway.

[Quasievil]

guys dont get pre occupied on the dirt thing, most (as far as im aware) dont like dirt, some do some dont and the donts outway the dos.

[Clivoris]

Seems simple enough too me.Run both classes together on the club circuit with a seperate flag for group 2,20 secs delay 8 laps.Incidentally according to the confirmed entries list,Pre 82 senior=1 entry,Pre82 junior=2 entries,125GP=8 entries,250 Minilites=5 entries.Incidentally,Dont mean too bring this up here,But owing to the fact I have emailed the club twice and received NO reply,What is happening with the wet tyre rule for 250 minilites,It needs to be cleared up ASAP,To avoid a dispute on race day

The other classes with low numbers aren't the same problem because they are run within other classes. Re the "No reply" Billy, I have previously explained that this is nothing to do with me. I have forwarded your e-mails and told those involved to get back to you. Please have a go at them and not at me. I can do no more.

Other points raised about introducing dirt sections. I don't know if we could and to be honest am not interested enough to check it out or do the work it would require. We have one occasional Motard rider I'm not convinced that it is what NZ Motard riders want either. I do have some sympathy with the idea of shorter straights and more corners being better and more attractive. Would this bring them out? Are there Motard riders passionate enough about it to use the extension during the short track rounds of the winter series?

Paeroa has a pretty bloody long straight. We have also had requests from Motard racers to run on the same circuit as the other bikes. When we ran the club circuit, I thought the motards did get more laps than the longer races?

I think I have counted 2 motard riders replying to this thread. Maybe the Motard racers don't subscribe to this site but this is an attempt to get some feedback from them. Maybe motard racing at the Actrix Winter Series just isn't attractive enough and they are voting with their feet?

[Sonykid]

How about adding BEARS to the existing Motard class?, They are all BEARS bikes anyway. This would give an opportunity to see some of the 100+ bears bikes that turn out to the Mothers Race day each year and should not take any more time, just bigger feilds in a class. Seems a bit of a luxury to have 5 or 6 Motards running around by themselves.

[sharky]

guys dont get pre occupied on the dirt thing, most (as far as im aware) dont like dirt, some do some dont and the donts outway the dos.

Really?

Why do you guys choose to ride a dirt bike then? (Honest question)

[Crasherfromwayback]

Really?

Why do you guys choose to ride a dirt bike then? (Honest question)

I'm all for getting dirty!

[Wannabiker]

.....bears......!

[Billy]

The other classes with low numbers aren't the same problem because they are run within other classes. Re the "No reply" Billy, I have previously explained that this is nothing to do with me. I have forwarded your e-mails and told those involved to get back to you. Please have a go at them and not at me. I can do no more.

Other points raised about introducing dirt sections. Maybe motard racing at the Actrix Winter Series just isn't attractive enough and they are voting with their feet?

Firstly Clive,I was not having a go at you,I know you have done everything within your power to rectify the situation.But I also recognise there are other Vic club commitee members that frequent this site and I thought it might bump them into a reply.Apparently not!!.I have spoken to Jim Tuckerman this morning and raised my concerns with him so hopefully neither of us need worry about it any further as it will be taken care of.

Secondly,You have clearly misunderstood my statement regarding the other classes,As I pointed out too Andrew,I was merely pointing out that other classes are also low on numbers and that it may possibly be due to the current economic climate.

Thirdly,Running a dirt section at Manfeild is not an option.Manawatu Orion experimented with running Moto X at the same meetings as roadrace back in 1978 to try and get more competitors and spectators to attend,(Yes shock horror,this problem is not a new one,Its been going on for 30 yrs,But thats a whole other story)And the resulting mess where the dirtbikes crossed the track(in between turns 3 & 4) was a complete disaster,especially when it rained and I seriously doubt Manfeild are gonna let motorcycles rip up their infeild anyway.
Hope this clears up those issues for you and good luck for the weekend