Street racing; making up rules as they go..??..

[TonyB]

Fair enough.

Back on topic though [].

effective 1 July 2007

4-3 Twin cylinder four strokes shall be limited as follows:

a) Up to 500cc, no restrictions apart from fuel as above.

b) Over 500cc, two valves per cylinder, are restricted to 750cc and fuel as above, over 640cc must not be water-cooled.

c) Over 500cc three or more valves per cylinder, are restricted to 650cc and fuel as above.

Additionally these machines must retain the standard OEMair box, air filter element and
carburettor (with the exception of removable jets or throttle body, including injector).

I can see how the confusion has been created with the SV650. If you can't have a watercooled TWO valve over 640cc, then why the hell can you have a watercooled FOUR valve of 650cc. Its seems bloody odd, but then I guess 4-3.c) was added as the ammendment in July 07, and A & B were left the same as they always were? Maybe the organisers just got 4-3.b) and thought "well thats it then". Pays to read all the way through the rules eh!

Well that at least explains why the F3 racing was so even...and why I placed as well as I did (for me) in the first race!

[dangerous]

back off topic to on topic...

For organisers yes, for us- no, not unless a committe member like Steve is on the forum. Otherwise we are all just spouting uninformed BS.

uninformed BS I think not Tony, we have both been at these race meets, every one else thats posted has raced or watched... so how the hell can we be spouting uninformed BS???

See what Rashika said, nicely put that post was even put a cork in your gob.
Right Im giving up cos I put way to much effort into our sport (look at how the BMRC has pulled ahead since I was dumped in charge) as Rashika's post above also says... but if my works all in vain, well stuff it ill do as tony wants and shut up.

[steve74]

Well that at least explains why the F3 racing was so even...and why I placed as well as I did (for me) in the first race!

I know exactly what you mean tony, i won the first F3 race. ok i had a bit of luck with ritchie's bike stopping while streaks ahead of us, but a win was a win. ya take out the sv650s and the kitted 400s and its back to the old days, great fun!!

[TonyB]

So Steve, was it a coincidence that there were no kitted '400's there, or were they kicked out of F3 too?

uninformed BS I think not Tony, we have both been at these race meets, every one else thats posted has raced or watched... so how the hell can we be spouting uninformed BS???

I get the feeling we're talking about different things again D. But I'll bite...Racing in an event doesnt give you much information at all. Think about it- when your in the pits on race day, we've got no idea whats going on out on the track. We're lucky to know what race is coming up next, let alone exactly why a race was stopped/red flagged. If the race order is changed, we NEVER know why. Shit I didn't know Dan Ornsby and Mitch Rowe ended up with broken bones till I read about it in the paper. I've raced in two BOB's, but have no idea what goes into organising it. I've raced in two Port Nelson's and complained long and loud about the 'backwards' track direction before, during and after both, but after talking to an organiser, I can now understand why they do it.

[steve74]

So Steve, was it a coincidence that there were no kitted '400's there, or were they kicked out of F3 too?

na mate, ritchie newberrys kitted zxr400 was there, he was streaks ahead in race 1 untill his engine cut out on him on lap 6. He told me he had it dyno'd at over 80hp and was hoping to get more out of it before the nationals. He won race 2 and was power wheeling out of the corners. a real rocket, built by the best in the 400cc business, Andy Bowell. Mr feral1 has pretty much the same set up. im heading over to ruapuna this weekend to cheer them on. I think glen williams is the one to beat on that trick SV but im hoping the south island boys on the trick 400s give him a good curry up

[TonyB]

Its meant to be possible to get around 80hp out of my Monster....but my pockets just aren't that deep! It was bloody good to have evenly matched bikes to race against for a change!