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    Paeroa street race 2019

    Who would be keen to race a bucket at Paeroa ?

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    i could un retire for that
    i'm over buckets

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr bucketracer View Post
    i could un retire for that
    Now thats good news
    Im putting a proposal forward for Buckets .
    Fingers crossed I get my RS125 89 finished and get to race it at Whanganui and Paeroa .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick 52 View Post
    Now thats good news
    Im putting a proposal forward for Buckets .
    Fingers crossed I get my RS125 89 finished and get to race it at Whanganui and Paeroa .
    you'll need three ticks before either of them

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    You first need to ask yourselves if the public would be interested in seeing such rubbish, let alone paying for the privelidge.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    You first need to ask yourselves if the public would be interested in seeing such rubbish, let alone paying for the privelidge.
    Well, they've run regularly at Greymouth. Before the licences got too expensive, the bucket races were one of the highlights of the day. Thirty plus buckets running four and five abreast into corners and bouncing off kerbs and each other. Better than all-in wrestling to watch. LOL.
    If you're putting on entertainment which gets the spectators up to the barriers to watch, they're well worth doing.

    Organisers have to decide which of a parade of expensive machinery or a no holds barred race on buckets is going to entertain more....

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    You first need to ask yourselves if the public would be interested in seeing such rubbish, let alone paying for the privelidge.
    with i think only one class having double digit numbers on the track this year it'll be tough to make the meeting even work next year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    with i think only one class having double digit numbers on the track this year it'll be tough to make the meeting even work next year.
    And low spectator numbers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    And low spectator numbers.
    I was there and would go again if the conditions were similar.

    Watching a bunch of skilled riders on the street was entertaining as well as watching the locals

    READ AND UDESTAND

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    You first need to ask yourselves if the public would be interested in seeing such rubbish, let alone paying for the privelidge.
    I agree.
    Watching 3 or 4 sidecars drop shit all over the track until they blow up is way more interesting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sidecar bob View Post
    You first need to ask yourselves if the public would be interested in seeing such rubbish, let alone paying for the privelidge.
    Seeing such rubbish ??? I think you need a little more respect for the best feeder class in motorcycle racing .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick 52 View Post
    Seeing such rubbish ??? I think you need a little more respect for the best feeder class in motorcycle racing .
    I think you need to pull you're collective heads out of your arses & respect there a lot more going on in motorcycle racing than buckets. Hence my oft used term "bucket bubble"
    I don't have a problem with motorcycles of any type or class, just the attitudes of those that operate them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonu View Post
    I agree.
    Watching 3 or 4 sidecars drop shit all over the track until they blow up is way more interesting.
    Which time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jellywrestler View Post
    with i think only one class having double digit numbers on the track this year it'll be tough to make the meeting even work next year.
    Putting it bluntly - survival is all about putting numbers on track. Numbers equal entry fees - and it costs as much for a bucket entry as a F1 bike.

    Down here most clubs run a bucket class at meetings - it's economics 101 - entries equal money for the club.

    Tradition doesn't guarantee entries. Just because you've always run a class doesn't guarantee it will stay viable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    . . . . Just because you've always run a class doesn't guarantee it will stay viable.
    Buckets have run with essentially the same rules(or lack of rules) since mid '80s. Would seem a viable class.

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