M1 Motorsport BMW S1000RR Début

[SWERVE]

Not really any difference between that and two riders with varying levels of throttle control/skill. Which is commonplace. In perfect conditions it may not be as beneficial as you would think as the riders brain may want more power earlier and the ability to slide.
Think the marginal track conditions is where it will stand tall. The problem is when a following rider has the "balls" to follow such a bike into the corner but not the "talent" to get out of it.
Check out brock davidson/drag racing if you want to see a different beemer.............. and if you know a little about the scene.....check the times!!!!!!!!

[imdying]

Looks like George from Carbon Aramid Construction is on the job:

[woodyracer]

i like those fairings, i thought carbon-fibre was restricted to re-inforcing though....

[imdying]

Nah, basically no restrictions on what you can do with it... they make everything from push bikes to the Airbus A380 from it. Pure carbon fibre is generally used with kevlar (aramid) fibre layers to provide a measure of anti-shatter and abrasion resistance.

George always provides very honest photos of his work... you can see all the slight imperfections in the layup before you buy.

[SWERVE]

Only the MNZ rules say that carbon fibre can only be used in re-inforcing points. To stop the "haves" and the "have nots" and the fact that it (as titainium)are not easily available in nz. Used to raid the skips at Dove Design (carbon) & TRD (titainium) back in the UK............ they threw it away.................!

[woodyracer]

Nah, basically no restrictions on what you can do with it... they make everything from push bikes to the Airbus A380 from it. Pure carbon fibre is generally used with kevlar (aramid) fibre layers to provide a measure of anti-shatter and abrasion resistance.

George always provides very honest photos of his work... you can see all the slight imperfections in the layup before you buy.

oh i knew that, but i mean in the rules for nz superbikes it states {i think} that you can only use carbon fibre for the re-inforcment of farings like around the bolt holes and stuff.

[imdying]

How did the Britten get past that?

[onearmedbandit]

How did the Britten get past that?

It didn't compete in the national superbike class, as it was never a production bike. (at least I think I'm sure it didn't.)

[Kickaha]

How did the Britten get past that?

The class was probably F1 at that time

[wharfy]

The class was probably F1 at that time

That sounds about right.

[Sketchy_Racer]

How could it not be safe? Serious question....


I found it was actually a bit harder on the tyre, usually i wouldnt be as hard on the gas out of higgins but with the TC i could be. The TC was set to let the bike slide a wee bit so you could turn a bit with the rear

Easy for it not to be safe, quite clearly after just one day of riding it you are relying on the TC to control your amount of rear slide instead of using you throttle. What happens when the computer has a gitch? or a sensor fails? Electronics in my experience always seem to fail at the most critical point.

Case in point is with the ABS on the hondas, Hayden Fitz was riding one in the 3 hour and got used to having abs and was just ham fisting the brakes going into corners, except one lap where for some reason the computer decided that the wheel was locking (when it wasn't) and just let the brakes off and he got to run off the end of the track.

[CHOPPA]

Easy for it not to be safe, quite clearly after just one day of riding it you are relying on the TC to control your amount of rear slide instead of using you throttle. What happens when the computer has a gitch? or a sensor fails? Electronics in my experience always seem to fail at the most critical point.

Case in point is with the ABS on the hondas, Hayden Fitz was riding one in the 3 hour and got used to having abs and was just ham fisting the brakes going into corners, except one lap where for some reason the computer decided that the wheel was locking (when it wasn't) and just let the brakes off and he got to run off the end of the track.

Id do the same thing i usually do when the back steps out to far. On your school of thought most bikes are unsafe to ride, most bikes coming out now have ride by wire throttles. What happens if there is an ecu fault and they hold the throttle wide? Electronics have no greater chance of failing then you have of a chain breaking or a flat tyre etc