Bears Winter Series R1

[Joni]

I'm thinkin of lining one up for a bucket.

Perfect choice I reckon

[k14]

Jeepers! And I thought you were such a mild mannered and well spoken young man.....after this wee outburst I can see how wrong I was

Oops

I think if dangerous and tony spent as much time trying to be faster riders as they do bitching and moaning about being slow and how fxr's shouldn't be in there yada yada they might improve a bit . Either that or get some coaching from ivan

[dangerous]

Thanks to 30UTD who let me grab a short burst on the Tuono. Hope nobody has a problem with that? (other than 30UTD)

would you please keep up with the play... Who the hell is this 30UTD you are on about? maybe... just maybe if you put ya doobey down for just a sec, you may find that you are talking about this KBer http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php?u=1297
God help you if you mistake the missus for some one else while you are doing the biz in the sack

[diesel pig]

I still believe there has got to be a class where (for instance) a spotty faced 16 year old can buy a race bike for $300, and with no mechanical ability to hot the thing up with, go out on the track and find out how good he or she is. The way things are at the moment he or she would get their arse absolutely KICKED by highly modified bikes that have had what amounts to thousands of dollars in development (in labour and expertise) put into them. If our spotty faced kid doesn't understand that the otherwise ratty looking bikes at the front of the feild are highly tuned, he or she is very likely to go away thinking that they can't ride to save themselves.

NZ has got to have a true entry class where you can have close racing for next to no $$$. If it's not F4 and F5 then what is it?

Right TonyB you are a alright joker But I have to pull you up on this one. When you called me about going bucket racing I told you the Christchurch Club run a PRODUCTION Class and this was the EASIEST and CHEAPEST way to go bucket racing in canterbury and since the bucket you got off Russell Bleach was set up as a production racer this was a way you could of gone. The Production class is something I recommend to anybody looking at going Bucket racing in Canterbury and Tony most(99%) spotting face 16 year olds CAN'T ride for shit, It's the couple of seasons chasing the fast guys that gets them any good. Just ask Nipper

[gav]

I'm thinkin of lining one up for a bucket. Hope nobody has a problem with that? (other than 30UTD)

Not at all, in fact you could buy one of these!

[TonyB]

True DP, true. The thing is I'm in two minds about it. For one thing it's fun to take an old shitter and make it into a better bike. Its a bit of a challenge. But I also don't see why anyone should have to do it to be able to have other bikes to race against.

When I first started bucket racing I fully intended to leave it standard. But a few guys said it wouldn't be long before I started trying to improve the bike. They were right- at the first couple of rounds I did there was I think one other standard bike. I wanted someone to race with so I didn't have much option but to try and improve it. And really I've done piss all- it's now a 125, it has an expansion chamber on it, it still has the std 100cc 22mm carb (working on that one), it still has the same ancient Yokohama's, and with Stankos help I've braced the frame to cure some of its death wobbles. We were going to do the whole '17's and slicks' thing, but ran out of time and now I can't be arsed. This took time I didn't really have, and money I couldn't really spend. What I am wondering is if the rules were tighter, would I have had to do it at all?

And as for you K14, stop stirring and go back and read my posts again you cheeky little shit. Going to uni clearly didn't help with your reading and comprehension, did it? I have no problem with FXR's, because they allow someone with zero mechanical ability to own a reasonably competitive bucket from the word go. With an FXR, the rider knows they have a decent bike, so the rest is up to them. After having Nipper catch and harrass me on his bog standard GP125 (complete no doubt with evil handling), I know that my bike is more competive than I am making it look. Therefore I'm not going to do anything more to it until I'm riding well (or at least half decent).

[dangerous]

And as for you K14,

LMFAO... I think I was the one who was meant to bite Tony

[Buddha#81:Me]

Not at all, in fact you could buy one of these!

Buy one and try to race it you would be left in "no mans land"ya need to read the rule book! It would be a new class in between buckets and streetstock.
Nice looking bike though.

[gav]

Buy one and try to race it you would be left in "no mans land"ya need to read the rule book! It would be a new class in between buckets and streetstock.
Nice looking bike though.

Can't you see the restricter in the carb? All it needs to be legal, isnt it?
Wouldnt want to be breaking any rules now.........

Found this on a website too
As an aside, an excellent project was developed by Powroll before Honda started producing the CRF series. Basically, it’s a CR80 bottom end with a CBR600 head cleaved into a single cylinder format, then welded up giving a 150cc 4 valve 4 stroke, with a 6 speed transmission, i.e CBR600 divided by four. If you consider the technical problems, such as oil pump, big and little end lubrication, oil filtering, top end and piston lubrication etc, it is very impressive what you can do in a machine shop with a TIG welder and a skilled person at the wheel.

So youre wondering what it looked like? Like this.....

[Buddha#81:Me]

Can't you see the restricter in the carb? All it needs to be legal, isnt it?
Wouldnt want to be breaking any rules now.........

Found this on a website too
As an aside, an excellent project was developed by Powroll before Honda started producing the CRF series. Basically, it’s a CR80 bottom end with a CBR600 head cleaved into a single cylinder format, then welded up giving a 150cc 4 valve 4 stroke, with a 6 speed transmission, i.e CBR600 divided by four. If you consider the technical problems, such as oil pump, big and little end lubrication, oil filtering, top end and piston lubrication etc, it is very impressive what you can do in a machine shop with a TIG welder and a skilled person at the wheel.

So youre wondering what it looked like? Like this.....

Read rule 24-2-1 in your rule book, your flash larry 125 appears to be watercooled. Sorry go shopping again!

[gav]

Read rule 24-2-1 in your rule book, your flash larry 125 appears to be watercooled. Sorry go shopping again!

Oh yeah, so it is, hey, bad luck Manu boy!!

[stanko]

Read rule 24-2-1 in your rule book, your flash larry 125 appears to be watercooled. Sorry go shopping again!

Gavs 1983 rule book dosent have that rule !

[dangerous]

Gavs 1983 rule book dosent have that rule !

Hahaha... Stanko, you are to polite for this fourm... what you are really saying is
"gav's a old bastard, a has been Bucket racer, through back from the 80's just like his mate AJ"

Oh yeah, so it is, hey, bad luck Manu boy!!

hehe, thought you would have knowen beter Gav... but the 50cc virsion in buckets

[k14]

Read rule 24-2-1 in your rule book, your flash larry 125 appears to be watercooled. Sorry go shopping again!

Aswell as having a cr80 bottom end which again is against the rules

[F5 Dave]

Well I'm not going to read through all this claptrap, but has there been a date for SI BOBs yet? If so do post it up. (would have to force through the develpoment of my F4 bike, or just bring my 50 & hope for the best).