ghey beemer racing on prime

[Lou Girardin]

One of those 'amateurs' is Stefan Mehrtens.
No-ones mentioned lap times, that'll show the truth.

[Kornholio]

Yes there were a couple of international racers I recognised....Im pretty sure their lap times at Donington were in the 1'40"s whereas the MotoGP bikes do it in 1'25" aroundabouts....so a little off the pace

[inlinefour]

my 2 cent's worth , i thought they went pretty well considering . winja don't know if you have owned are ridden a naked bike at over 230k's it's fuck hard work & i can tell you that from owning one & trying to do it .165hp in a nake bike is bloody impressive , we have that in our gsxr . plus they are very long & the rear shock doesn't let them wheelie that easily.
2 cent's used up bye
a few of us round here have toyota hiace vans we can race them and make a series , doesnt mean its interesting.

What one person finds interesting, another will not. Simple fact really. Do you think you could hop onto one of those BMWs and beat the pack? I doubt that seriously as it does not look totally easy. I heard that they might be canning that class of racing next year anyhow, so you might not have to put up with it much longer.

[WINJA]

what one person finds interesting, another will not. simple fact really. do you think you could hop onto one of those bmws and beat the pack? i doubt that seriously as it does not look totally easy. i heard that they might be canning that class of racing next year anyhow, so you might not have to put up with it much longer.


theyll canning it cause of the lack of interest , see the lack of crowds.

[inlinefour]

theyll canning it cause of the lack of interest , see the lack of crowds.

Yea I noticed that. Quite surprising as it is often raced in between Moto GP rounds.

[vifferman]

those bikes are so fucken gutless they cant even powerstand, see those losers trying to do victory lap antics .

Whelp, the first race I watched a few weeks ago, I was telling the fambily how they couldn't wheelie, when bugger me! A couple of them pulled quite respectable wheelies at the end of the races. I suspect they were muscled up rather than just powered up, but they were wheelies nonetheless.

Ugly bikes though.

[Lou Girardin]

Yes there were a couple of international racers I recognised....Im pretty sure their lap times at Donington were in the 1'40"s whereas the MotoGP bikes do it in 1'25" aroundabouts....so a little off the pace

What do production sprotbikes do then? That'll be a bit more like comparing apples with apples.

[inlinefour]

What do production sprotbikes do then? That'll be a bit more like comparing apples with apples.

Bit like comparing 125cc, 250cc and moto gp, a waste of time...

[roogazza]

Well I don't know if you blokes have seen them live, but I did this year at Mugello and Catalunya and I found them to be bloody impressive. They run them on the Saturday of practice and Qualifying. Oh, and most of the riders are ex GP and Superbike riders ! G.

[gav]

When it started out as the Boxer cup stuff, think it was a bit better and more like "celebrity" racing with ex racers like Schwantz and Cadalora etc, now with the 4 cylinders its just err naked "ugly" bike racing, and think a few of those riders are becoming specialist beemer cup runners. BMW are pulling out of MotoGP so we probably wont see them next year (thank god)

[Gasman]

My 2 cents worth says it was an interesting race. Skill was where it's at, not just power. I suggest you do some more research into the ability of those bikes before you write them off so easily. They didn't win awards for nothing. I agree with the bit about riding a naked at high speed, it's a new experience for those of you surrounded by plastic.
Of course I'm biased, and my current ride couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, but I'd happily take your Suzuki on over a forestry track!

[WINJA]

my 2 cents worth says it was an interesting race. skill was where it's at, not just power. i suggest you do some more research into the ability of those bikes before you write them off so easily. they didn't win awards for nothing. i agree with the bit about riding a naked at high speed, it's a new experience for those of you surrounded by plastic.
of course i'm biased, and my current ride couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding, but i'd happily take your suzuki on over a forestry track!

dunno mate , the magics pretty fast on gravel