Also what gear do you need to race? Is a zip together suit alright or does it have to be a one piece suit?
Hardcore Biker
Also what gear do you need to race? Is a zip together suit alright or does it have to be a one piece suit?
Forum whore
"What bike makes the best bucket racer?"
Please define best!
Someone once said, that if they were me, they would make the best bucket racer possible, as if I wasn't.
Your right, to get started you need to know/findout/define what "best" means to you.
Zip together with the zip in good condition is OK. Boots, gloves, backprotector and good (not necessarily super expensive) helmet less than 10 years old is required.
Join a motorcycle club like AMCC $50 (usually can be done at Buckets if Wendys there on the day) and get a $100 Motorcycling New Zealand racing license (day licenses available on the day at Buckets).
These rules are waived if you want to have a freebe tryout ride in the practice sessions and prelim races (at the discretion of the organizer). Although without the club membership and MNZ licence you can't ride in any points races.
Everything is geared to helping newly interested people get started and is a very friendly group of people.
I am still building my bike, more work than you would think but then you want the best Right!
Some of my mates have been along for a ride, every one was very friendly to them and I have been down to look a few times.
Po ta toes
Surely it has a lot to do with personal preference?
Hardcore Biker
One that performs the best. eg fastest top speed and easiest to flick round corners.
BMW Motorrad
I was wondering... How about a RS125? Honda or Aprilia...
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
human
im sure there out of buckets league?
40hp ?
BMW Motorrad
Aah so they do have some regulations on the power too...Originally Posted by Rodney007
If you can make it on Kiwibiker you can make it anywhere.
Forum whore
RS framed buckets are probably the best. Haven't rode them but comparing ag bike frames and old commuter bike frames to a gp bike. A custom made frame specifically for buckets would probably be a lot more "flickable" for the shorter sharper, slower corners on the cart track, not fast sweepers like on a road race track/what the rs is designed for
Here for the arcade.
The best one probably hasn't been made yet.
In the riders seat
Not eligible
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Forum whore
No. Competition motors aka a GP built 125 are illegal. 100cc's the limit for watercooled two strokes, anyway
Forum whore
The fastest bucket has got to be a Suzuki GP125 engine built by Team ESE fitted to a Honda RS125 rolling chasis.
Hardcore Biker
Can't fault that logic. Guess i'll just have to invent the best and sell it at a ridiculously marked up price
(But still affordable) and make heaps of money
Who You Calling a Pig
GPbuilt 125's are illegal, true. However I see no reason why a road going RS125, if it fitted in the engine capacity regulations, would not be allowed.
For the record Qkkid was in my bed, not the other way round
Forum whore
I've heard of some airforce guy from someone on here that made his own frame for a cb125 and cleaned up. So a custom frame, cb125-cb750 piston, custom swingarm for monoshock, some sort of disk braked front end=145cc beast! lol Yes, I've been day dreaming while working on my cb. Just out of curiousity, what does "Team E.S.E" stand for?
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