RG150 Vs CBR250RR?

[John]

Can't you make a wire frame then fibreglass onto that?

I'm gonna learn this at school anyway, but I wanted to see if I could do anything before Round 2

At the moment, I'll be able to race, only I won't have a front fairing and no front brakes

You can, but if you do that you havto make it fully plated so that it sets even otherwise you will be sanding....and...sanding....and...sanding

Good luck either way I'm sure someone else has a better grasp on it than my newbieism

[Coyote]

You can, but if you do that you havto make it fully plated so that it sets even otherwise you will be sanding....and...sanding....and...sanding

Good luck either way I'm sure someone else has a better grasp on it than my newbieism

I don't mind alot of sanding if it means getting the right shape

If anyone finds a useful site, let me know

[Racey Rider]

Tyres are really important cause I think thats why I fell off first time round,

Didn't help that you rode the exact line of the cement dust on that corner.
Vid shows your back tyre wash out on the dust.

[Two Smoker]

Tyres are really important cause I think thats why I fell off first time round, and as I said before, the ones that came with the bike look realllly dodgey

Why cant you use GPR70's???

[k14]

Yeah you can use any street tyres, this means gpr70's will be sweet. Save up about $450 for a set and you will be sorted. They are the best tyres you can get for a cbr250, make sure you get the right profiles though so it doesn't affect your turning ability.

Guttered to hear about your crash, hope you get everything fixed sweet.

[Coyote]

Bike doesn't look so nasty once the fairing is off. The brake lever/reservoir assembly is beyond repair as half the bloody thing is missing, that'll need replacing. Fairing can be taped up I guess, that be allright if I can't get a fairing for round 2, but ideally I'll be getting a fibreglass replacement. The fairing mounts are all bent, got a new rubber mallet (christmas already? :-p) to whack them into place, going to try that liquid metal on the crankcase, allthough not sure how ideal that'll be as the crankcase looks in real bad shape

If I can learn how to do some fibreglass fairings, it'll be an enormous help

[Coyote]

Didn't help that you rode the exact line of the cement dust on that corner.
Vid shows your back tyre wash out on the dust.

What the hell is cement dust doin on the track?

Also I had been taking that line most of the time, wouldn't I have washed out on that corner earlier?

[JohnBoy]

id say to cover something slippery...
i didnt hear anything about it and they didnt say anything at the brief.
anyways i rode on em a bit and had good traction

[Racey Rider]

What the hell is cement dust doin on the track?

They use it to cover/absorb oil spills.

Thinking about it, I'ld be a little brassed off if you spread sump oil around the track couse you didn't fix the hole in you crackcase properly. Liquid Metal may work in the short term, but One little Off, and I'm sure it would leak oil out again easily.

[Coyote]

They use it to cover/absorb oil spills.

Thinking about it, I'ld be a little brassed off if you spread sump oil around the track couse you didn't fix the hole in you crackcase properly. Liquid Metal may work in the short term, but One little Off, and I'm sure it would leak oil out again easily.

The liquid metal will be short term untill we find a suitable replacement, or I can mend this one at metalwork

[k14]

Yeah I wouldnt be using it either. Get it welded up or get a replacement. They won't be too expensive from a wrecker. I wouldn't rate the liquid metal to last very long and what about if some breaks off and gets inside your engine??

Hope you get it fixed sweet.

[Coyote]

I'll have to wait a week or so untill I can take it to school

[CBobR]

I was following Two Smoker around Pukekohe last year, and his RG was running out of ground clearance before my CBR250RR even though he was hanging off more.

The 1:18s were on my second trackday, just starting to scrape stuff at castrol, after a couple more I did get a bit faster to the point were ground clearance was a problem.

Two Smoker is a way more skilled rider than me, so at Puke at least, I think that the CBR is a bit faster than the RG (might be different at tighter tracks).

Hope this helps.

[Coyote]

Two Smoker is a way more skilled rider than me, so at Puke at least, I think that the CBR is a bit faster than the RG (might be different at tighter tracks).

Coming out of the corners, I was passing the RGs as I was quite significantly faster

Felt like I was cheating to be honest

[avgas]

really depends on the setups of the bikes as well. when i had my motor ticking over nicely and i knew the RG - she would fly, i even scared the occasional fireblade on our rides. However this all came to nothing as i blew the living shit out of the motor at 24,000ks. mind due that said - atleast 15,000 of those ks were above 9,000 revs. Either my bike or my license was going to give way - so i was kinda happy the bike went first.
However in standard form the cbr has a good 10hp over an RG - so it really comes down to the rider (im a crap rider hense why i got my rg tuned)
Someday ill have my Bimota Vdue (with a proper motor) and we'll see if 2 stroke is really dead