Simplifying the rule book?

[Drew]

Well ya know Drew I actually asked that question in the other thread.
Do YOU want to be on the racetrack with someone who does indeed know the rules and feels they don't apply to them?

I accepted that very fact early on in my racing career. Trick is, run as close to the front of the field as your bike allows, and you're away from the squids...like me.

[GSVR]

I accepted that very fact early on in my racing career. Trick is, run as close to the front of the field as your bike allows, and you're away from the squids...like me.

Another good one would be to work on a reputation of being an out of control rider who never takes the same line twice. Any sane individual would use the utmost caution when at any proximity to the aforementioned rider.

[Drew]

Another good one would be to work on a reputation of being an out of control rider who never takes the same line twice. Any sane individual would use the utmost caution when at any proximity to the aforementioned rider.

It's funny, it's usually the guys between what you described, and what I described, that are a problem.

[FROSTY:Me]

Another good one would be to work on a reputation of being an out of control rider who never takes the same line twice. Any sane individual would use the utmost caution when at any proximity to the aforementioned rider.

Funny you should mention that--there was a pretty famous racer a few years back who used that trick in the rain --came in shaking his head after practice saying how slippery it was.--just to put the shits up the competition

[suzuki21]

Funny you should mention that--there was a pretty famous racer a few years back who used that trick in the rain --came in shaking his head after practice saying how slippery it was.--just to put the shits up the competition

Was it Craig Shirrifs as he is famous. Anyway, the MNZ website has the rules split up into categories, if you are still struggling with it I can assist LoL. When I started racing early 90's I read the rule book before my first race as I wanted to do things properly. Shame others dont feel that way.

[jellywrestler]

Funny you should mention that--there was a pretty famous racer a few years back who used that trick in the rain --came in shaking his head after practice saying how slippery it was.--just to put the shits up the competition

'Rubber' Robbie Deans did that , in the wet and the dry.

[FROSTY:Me]

Was it Craig Shirrifs as he is famous. Anyway, the MNZ website has the rules split up into categories, if you are still struggling with it I can assist LoL. When I started racing early 90's I read the rule book before my first race as I wanted to do things properly. Shame others dont feel that way.

hehehehe--nope young master shirrifs wasn't even a twinkle in his mammas eye when this guy was racing.

[FROSTY:Me]

'Rubber' Robbie Deans did that , in the wet and the dry.

hehehehe--actually no I wasn't thinking of him but now ya mention it ........

[FROSTY:Me]

Was it Craig Shirrifs as he is famous. Anyway, the MNZ website has the rules split up into categories, if you are still struggling with it I can assist LoL. When I started racing early 90's I read the rule book before my first race as I wanted to do things properly. Shame others dont feel that way.

Mate the rule book has 20 years of additions and ammendments to it since then
Be honest here-do YOU know or care what the restart rule is for a grass track race who has crashed?
Is it different from the restart rule for a "road" racer who crashes? -what is that rule and is there staff at every road race meeting to ensure that rule is able to be efficiently carried out?

Not having a go at you or for that matter anyone here just saying maybee theres a reason people aren't reading the rule book and maybee that reason is that its become difficult to find basic rules.
If I'm wrong in thinking that then hey great. To be honest I'd rather be wrong .
But if I am indeed correct isn't it something that even an eejut like me could help to sort out-let alone all the bright sparks out there with iq's over 100

[scott411]

Mate the rule book has 20 years of additions and ammendments to it since then
Be honest here-do YOU know or care what the restart rule is for a grass track race who has crashed?
Is it different from the restart rule for a "road" racer who crashes? -what is that rule and is there staff at every road race meeting to ensure that rule is able to be efficiently carried out?

Not having a go at you or for that matter anyone here just saying maybee theres a reason people aren't reading the rule book and maybee that reason is that its become difficult to find basic rules.
If I'm wrong in thinking that then hey great. To be honest I'd rather be wrong .
But if I am indeed correct isn't it something that even an eejut like me could help to sort out-let alone all the bright sparks out there with iq's over 100

I agree with you that the rule book is to big for most people to comprehend, but you have to remeber Road racing would only rank 4th on terms of rider numbers for MNZ, # 1 would be trial rides, # two would be MX, # 3 would be off road racing (enduro/cross country)

since the trail rides dont even have a set of rules, you only need to create 3 books now, and the cost of printing 3 books starts to skyrocket, (or more if you start thinking about ATV, Speedway, grass track etc)

now it is much easier to do it in a pdf file, that people can print out the sections that they need, they have already done this on the MNZ Site,

[FROSTY:Me]

Hey scotty I'm hearing ya but frankly the rules have got so convoluted. section and subsection etc that its quite harrd to navigate.