Racing advice

[wbks]

Yea ive been suggested that. Could be good. do many people go on to 400s and stuff from buckets?

[steveyb]

Check out:

www.motoacademy.co.nz for complete racing infrastructure,

and

www.vicclub.co.nz for the 2009 150 Streetstock scholarship.

Why buy your own bike when you can ride someone elses and have them do all the prep work? Then maybe get your own bike the following year.

You just learn to ride!

If you are older and bigger, keep your eyes on here for the announcement by Shaun soonish (we hope anyway) about Production racing bikes.

Cheers

[wbks]

Do you have to have much experience to do motoacademy? Because I'm 15 (16 in jan), I've done a couple years of mx racing (nothing stellar) and always wanted to race road but it says "Moto Academy aims to create a safe and fun environment for promising young New Zealanders to develop their national and international motorcycle road race sporting careers" so It looks like you need road racing experience?

[FruitLooPs]

As for RG150 speeds, you can get them to read ~170 down a long straight. Speedos are super generous though, so its probably closer to 155-160, that said i'm 80kg so a wee bugger might push one a long a bit more.


Great fun bikes to thrash around a track, and really good for gaining skills if its like the south island quite close racing.

[FROSTY:Me]

My advice here dude. If you have dirt racing experience then try a track day on the zxr--see how ya feel.
If the answer is--real good then read my thread--wanna go racing and just wire up ya ZXr and give it a crack at a taupo round of Pacific club series.
If you then still think HELL YEA then its time to decide which way to go --125/150 F3 etc--

[wbks]

Sounds like the way to go.

[vtec]

ZXR250/CBR250 is the best type of bike to start racing on. Plus you can enter your one in Post Classics aswell you will be competitive in that class if you are a good rider.

Broad range of tyre choice, fast, fun, safe, handle well, brake well, go well, cheap on gas, and reliable compared to two strokes.

[wbks]

Yea well I wouldn't consider myself a good rider but I think I would improve a lot with motoacademy and it would give me good insight as to whether or not I would want to spend close to ten grand over a year or two racing including spares and gas and transport etc. And if I find out I don't want race it would be a cool experience i think and I'll definitely be a better rider for it. I'm about to look into whether or not I would be able to make it to all the events and decide from there. Thanks for suggesting, steveyb!

[puddytat]

Yea well I wouldn't consider myself a good rider but I think I would improve a lot with motoacademy and it would give me good insight as to whether or not I would want to spend close to ten grand over a year or two racing including spares and gas and transport etc. And if I find out I don't want race it would be a cool experience i think and I'll definitely be a better rider for it. I'm about to look into whether or not I would be able to make it to all the events and decide from there. Thanks for suggesting, steveyb!

What else you got to do young fella, you'll just spend your money on piss & woman otherwise....

[quallman1234]

Do you have to have much experience to do motoacademy? Because I'm 15 (16 in jan), I've done a couple years of mx racing (nothing stellar) and always wanted to race road but it says "Moto Academy aims to create a safe and fun environment for promising young New Zealanders to develop their national and international motorcycle road race sporting careers" so It looks like you need road racing experience?

No reason, why you can't. I know plenty of Kids who started straight on a 125GP bike after some general riding experience. Don't be tricked by the 125 capacity they are no Slouches.

There are two Scholarships available for youngin's these days.
-Vic Club Scholarship (150SS Bikes) Up to 20?years old i believe. Send Cliviouris on here a pm for more information.
-Derek Hill Memorial Moto Academy Scholarship (125GP Bikes) is for 13-16 i believe.
Send a pm to SteveyB on here for more information

-Kyle #13 (MotoAcademy Rider)

p.s The 125's are much more fun than the 150's .

[wbks]

What else you got to do young fella, you'll just spend your money on piss & woman otherwise....

So I'm told...At the moment new leathers, clothes and paying off my dirtbike is enough

No reason, why you can't. I know plenty of Kids who started straight on a 125GP bike after some general riding experience. Don't be tricked by the 125 capacity they are no Slouches.

There are two Scholarships available for youngin's these days.
-Vic Club Scholarship (150SS Bikes) Up to 20?years old i believe. Send Cliviouris on here a pm for more information.
-Derek Hill Memorial Moto Academy Scholarship (125GP Bikes) is for 13-16 i believe.
Send a pm to SteveyB on here for more information

-Kyle #13 (MotoAcademy Rider)

p.s The 125's are much more fun than the 150's .

Well the 125's are purpose built, not modified road bikes, so I was hoping so That luke guy that got the scholarship must be pretty fast, huh?