Which race bike & class?

[Mattr]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheers

[mr bucketracer]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheers

you could get a bucket racer (-; some run rs125 frames now and a very cheap competitive sport

[Shaun Harris]

250 Production mte, cheap and fun

[budda]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheers

Fun per Dollar = Cannot go past 250's, either Nats Class or Hyosung Cup .......

[Billy]

Hi,
I am looking at having another go at racing and for being out for so long im not sure whats best. I raced a 125gp fully supported by myself only at the age of 16 so was always lacking in everything, think I made the front row a few times though at puke. Now being 36 and still weighing 65kg, im after some close fun racing even if its only mid pack. Thinking about 125gp,sv or er6 or something else. Competitive 125s seam hard to get? and not many racing?
Cheers

Seeing as your in Auckland,You couldn't go past the Hyosung cup,They have their own supp regs for the class and police it very strictly so its a level playing field,Theyre cheap and easy to set up,Gary from GP Wreckers has a late model one for sale there right now for around $2k,Already has a screamin Demon on it and Ferg at Hyosung will help you out with anything else you need,Plus the Hamilton club also run the class at their winter series,So plenty of racing close to home for not too much outlay,250 Production would be your next bet,But its a bit of a lottery at the mo and a lot more expensive if you want to be at the pointy end.Otherwise theres a healthy bucket scene up your way.

[nodrog:Me]

Dont be a poof, get a sidecar.

[Shaun Harris]

Dont be a poof, get a sidecar.

He said Racing dude

[nodrog:Me]

He said Racing dude

Thanks, I thought he said spanking my monkey.

Hows your MNZ Licence coming along? You are going to need it to race your ER6 powered sidecar at the isle of man next year.

Thats if you can get time off from selling sacks of weed at the traffic lights.

[quickbuck]

you could get a bucket racer (-; some run rs125 frames now and a very cheap competitive sport

Something else.... I know of a great little 250 Production bike going cheap!





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[Shaun Harris]

Thanks, I thought he said spanking my monkey.

Hows your MNZ Licence coming along? You are going to need it to race your ER6 powered sidecar at the isle of man next year.

Thats if you can get time off from selling sacks of weed at the traffic lights.

Bought a pound yesterday for $2200-00 and sold it for $3400-00 not a bad days work eh

[Mattr]

Sounds like with the hyosung cup you get a lot of racing at hampton for the year. Are there many 250 production bikes up here that do hampton and Taupo, how many meetings are generally involved with these bikes.

[Billy]

Sounds like with the hyosung cup you get a lot of racing at hampton for the year. Are there many 250 production bikes up here that do hampton and Taupo, how many meetings are generally involved with these bikes.

Na not many many in the North Island outside of the Hyos,Probably the best you'll find at a club day up here is between 1 and 3,Whereas with the Hyo cup they get as many as 35,It is slowly building up in the North,But unless your dead keen on doing all the National rounds the Hyosung would be ideal.

[quickbuck]

Na not many many in the North Island outside of the Hyos,Probably the best you'll find at a club day up here is between 1 and 3,Whereas with the Hyo cup they get as many as 35,It is slowly building up in the North,But unless your dead keen on doing all the National rounds the Hyosung would be ideal.

Billy is on the money. I will just add that there is no rule that says you can't have 2 bikes though. I mean they are cheap enough, so you can get your race craft up to speed in the Hyosung cup and then run the Ninja in Nationals....
It is a shame for the Hyosung, but the Ninja is a bit quicker all round.







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[Billy]

Billy is on the money. I will just add that there is no rule that says you can't have 2 bikes though. I mean they are cheap enough, so you can get your race craft up to speed in the Hyosung cup and then run the Ninja in Nationals....
It is a shame for the Hyosung, but the Ninja is a bit quicker all round.







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Nothing to stop him doing the nats on a Hyosung,Theyre not that far off the pace and they do have some advantages over the Ninja,In his case he's 15 ks lighter than a number of the Ninja competitors AND they have the added advantage of the wider rims so they can run super corsa's front and rear,If someone was to supertune their Hyo to the same spec some of the Ninja's are,They'd be in with a shot,Dan Mettam got 3 rd on his a coupla years back.

[quickbuck]

Nothing to stop him doing the nats on a Hyosung,Theyre not that far off the pace and they do have some advantages over the Ninja,In his case he's 15 ks lighter than a number of the Ninja competitors AND they have the added advantage of the wider rims so they can run super corsa's front and rear,If someone was to supertune their Hyo to the same spec some of the Ninja's are,They'd be in with a shot,Dan Mettam got 3 rd on his a coupla years back.

Well there isn't anything to stop him from doing that..... but correct me if I am wrong, when Dan was #3, I was actually faster than the guy who ended up #5NZ.....
The pace has picked up considerably at Nationals. Dan is also a very handy rider.....
Super Corsers? What are they??

As for the Super Tune... Well, yeah, mine can run top 10 with a 100kg on board..... so it will really fly with a 65kg person.....