Prolite 250 Ninja

[Billy]

hahaha your dreaming!!! I just watched a 250 proddy race from back in the day and if you think 10 secs is comparable you must be on drugs Id like to see someone do that on a hyosung 250

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRz6H...layer_embedded

On drugs? The lap record for 250 production in 1985 was 1.25... held by either Robert Holden from memory,On an RG250,The race you watched was 1990 World Superbikes wasnt it,In 1986 when the first generation TZRs came out there were numerous riders lapping in the mid too late 1.20s and in fact the tailenders (Paul Buick,Stephen Thompson and co) that were lapped by Dave and Slippery in that race were lapping in the high 1.27s even then,250 production has been running in this country since 1979 and believe me the laptimes were much slower back then than the current bikes,In fact the outright lap record at Manfeild in that year was only a mid 1.19 set by Dave Hiscock at the Shell two wheeler on a GS 1000 en.

[The Chow]

On drugs? The lap record for 250 production in 1985 was 1.25... held by either Robert Holden from memory,On an RG250,The race you watched was 1990 World Superbikes wasnt it,In 1986 when the first generation TZRs came out there were numerous riders lapping in the mid too late 1.20s and in fact the tailenders (Paul Buick,Stephen Thompson and co) that were lapped by Dave and Slippery in that race were lapping in the high 1.27s even then,250 production has been running in this country since 1979 and believe me the laptimes were much slower back then than the current bikes,In fact the outright lap record at Manfeild in that year was only a mid 1.19 set by Dave Hiscock at the Shell two wheeler on a GS 1000 en.

Good lap time in 1981 on the first LC250's was 1.27-1.28 , the year before 1.30's. The first five LC's which I was lucky enough have one were the beginning of the new race bred marketed machines. The next year when everyone had LC's the times were 1.26-1.27. These were the early days , the later years with the race replica 250's times were much faster. But you have to compare the 4 strokes with the early 250's not the ones in the Video mate. ;-)

[CHOPPA]

Doesnt matter how you wanna twist it, the proddy 250s I just watched were running around 1.16-1.18 mark that is 10 secs faster and that what I was talking about the difference between a race replica and a commuter.

My original point is that few top MX riders would bother racing a prolite bike cause they are slow and there kxf250 would feel 10x faster. I would enjoy racing them now because I have a better understanding of road racing.

[CHOPPA]

On drugs? The lap record for 250 production in 1985 was 1.25... held by either Robert Holden from memory,On an RG250,The race you watched was 1990 World Superbikes wasnt it,In 1986 when the first generation TZRs came out there were numerous riders lapping in the mid too late 1.20s and in fact the tailenders (Paul Buick,Stephen Thompson and co) that were lapped by Dave and Slippery in that race were lapping in the high 1.27s even then,250 production has been running in this country since 1979 and believe me the laptimes were much slower back then than the current bikes,In fact the outright lap record at Manfeild in that year was only a mid 1.19 set by Dave Hiscock at the Shell two wheeler on a GS 1000 en.

Apologies Billy it was actually Budda that was saying the proddys back in the day were running the same lap times as the pro light

[Billy]

Good lap time in 1981 on the first LC250's was 1.27-1.28 , the year before 1.30's. The first five LC's which I was lucky enough have one were the beginning of the new race bred marketed machines. The next year when everyone had LC's the times were 1.26-1.27. These were the early days , the later years with the race replica 250's times were much faster. But you have to compare the 4 strokes with the early 250's not the ones in the Video mate. ;-)

So your saying my X7 wasnt one of the racebred machines then LOL,

Yes that was the point I was making,Budda suggested the laptimes were similar to the earlier 250 proddy bikes,Not the ones shown in that vid

[SWERVE]

Regardless of lap times (faster or not) the simple fact is....... if there is a large field of these 20+ with a mix of old (think they,re fast) talant and young (they are fast) talent......... battling it out for the entire race and only covered by a couple of seconds it would be awesome to watch and compete in.... whatever your previous experience.
Just read Daniel M,s latest report to get an idea.
If people really get behind this it could be a huge success.....it could.
Just watched young Alex Bowers on his new Ninja 250 at Levels on sat. He has been riding a rg150 for a few years now........... you should see the grin when he gets of the ninja.

[budda]

Regardless of lap times (faster or not) the simple fact is....... if there is a large field of these 20+ with a mix of old (think they,re fast) talant and young (they are fast) talent......... battling it out for the entire race and only covered by a couple of seconds it would be awesome to watch and compete in.... whatever your previous experience.
Just read Daniel M,s latest report to get an idea.
If people really get behind this it could be a huge success.....it could.
Just watched young Alex Bowers on his new Ninja 250 at Levels on sat. He has been riding a rg150 for a few years now........... you should see the grin when he gets of the ninja.:sunny:

and THAT, good Sir, is the point EXACTLY .... the grin factor is missing in some of the other classes, but these young 'uns have it right - ENJOY YOURSELF !!!!!!!!