Your "opinion" is noted. But it is just that, an opinion and does not constitute the bikes being cheater bikes. I suppose opinions are like arm pits. Everyone has one or two, though most people are not interested in them.Originally Posted by scracha
Interesting to note that you had to agree that in my circumstances that my only real option was to use a recent production replication of the parts I need to allow my bike to run again, but when yet the parts are being made by the man himself who made the original parts, all of a sudden it not acceptable? Make up your mind. But if you reread my prior comments, you will have to acknowledge replica parts are something that has to be considered and embraced for safety or allowing continued use of most or all bikes as things break or wear out and can't be supplied by the original manufacturer. Or in Kens case, they can be.
The bike you are most likely referring to which is the bike that Cam Donald has ridden well has Katana forks in it like that used in the Mc's from the period. With period 2 pot Lockheeds and cast iron non floating brembo discs like you'd find on a 900ss bevel drive etc. and a whopping 160 rear tyre. I mean the biggest they were using in about 82 was circa 150 or 3-75/6-00 dunlop which was circa 150. The TZ 350s were even using 130s then. By the way, Cam does 1.08s at HD like that. I recall hearing that it is quite small in the motor.
1300cc, hell that's small to what was being used in 1982! The rider who made these bike famous was using the full capacity limit of 1350cc for nz f1 I heard. Gosh, full fairings have been in regular use since the 1950s. 200 section rear tyres. Not seen one in NZ on a Pre 82 bike, But if someone is keen, more fool them with a 5 inch rim. I have seen it in Aussie and with UK riders. Not pretty but few and far between. May be 6 top Aussie riders.
NZ pre 82 rules a joke? So how many other country rules are you intimately aware of? NZ rules may not be perfect, but they are some of the tightest in the world. Please do elaborate on where the gap is. Note this is not production racing.
Having an understanding of lap times from the early 80s , I can also confirm that the pre 82 bikes never got to the lap record at puke set around 1982 and the track was 2 seconds faster after changes around 1990. Vis 1982 was about 1.02 or better (Spyda, that would be D Hiscock if I recall?) Best postie record was 1.03.5.
I was a spotty faced little rivet counter shit of a teenager who was the gopher and got dragged along to all the club and national level race meetings or raided the magazines that dropped through to house. So I got to see much of the technical side of the bikes in the early 80s before I started racing myself. I fact some of the bikes racing now or seen from time to time, are the very same bikes that I was looking at 30+ years ago or I now even own or have owned!
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