Hi all, Red here.
I don't hardly ever get a chance to write/read on these forums, just too busy. But thought over the next few days, put down some thoughts and aims I would like to bring to our road race scene. This is a slightly long post, so please read it all.
Firstly, congrads to Ed, Sloan, Rhys etc on putting in a great effort during the Nationals. You guys were a real credit to yourselfs and to road racing in general. Well done.
Also, I hope you enjoy Robbies bike Ed. I took out our suspension settings/parts etc, was not too keen to pass those on to you yet...lol....but the settings/parts that I put in, I would hope would be a good base line to start with for you.
( I would possibly be quite keen on buying the bike back when you are done.......the one with the carbon fibre covers on the frame, swingarm etc. That is the bike Robbie has won 2 titles on. So it would be nice to get it back one day and have set up in my show room. Let me know maybe.)
As well, the rest of the bike is basically exactly how Robbie had it. So it is a good bike, and pretty quick.......!!!
As some of you may have heard. I have been trying to put together a Privateer's class within both Superbikes and 600's.
The aim of this, is to give the people who don't have the full support of the factories etc and are not at the sharp end of the field, to be racing for something worth while, even if they are not at the front of the pack. This way I am hoping that, everyone feels that they are move involved with in the race, and have something else to aim for and achieve, there by feeling that the money and effort they are putting in, is worth while........plus they are having fun and enjoying the challenge.
What is a Privateer......??.........Ok, well in my eyes, this is someone not getting full factory backing, who owns their bike, or is riding a privately owned bike of someone elses.
They can receive dealer support and have good sponsors who help pay for product etc But, as long as they are not getting full factory support, then I would regard them as Privateers.
From what I see so far, we have 6 Factory Superbikes and 4 Factory 600's........this sound about right??
The aim is to have proper Championship cups for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place. I also would like to work on seeing if I could get more support from product suppliers, for top 3 place getters, to receive a set of tyres, or race chains (like has happened) Oils, maybe ferry vouchers for return trips, or what ever.
Basically things that help privateers race in the class and that are usefull to help them achieve this. This would be after every round.
This is for both Superbikes and 600's class.
Thoughts please.......????
Production Naked Bikes...........
Ok, I feel there is a bit of a gap between the F3/Pro Twins class and the 600/Superbike Class.
So, I reckon, something along the lines of a Production Naked Bike class would fill the gap.
Reason on Naked bikes.........well, there are a heap of different makes and models, which I feel could bring a different dimension to road racing.
I DO NOT want to take riders out of the 600's or Superbikes, but I am hoping, that maybe some of the "Older" riders, would come back and play and also some of the younger riders would look at this class, before moving up to SBK/600's.
Plus, also attract naked bike owners (and I am talking about the naked bikes.......not naked owners...!!!!!.....) to also come and try out our sport.
Rules........bikes have to be Production Naked Bikes.......so no GSXR's etc turned into a naked, Bikes from the factory with bars, not clip ons.
Also the engine size would be from 675cc and upwards.
2 sets of prodie tyres (same as what is used in the 600 class), that will be marked, and are for qualifing and the 3 races.
Exhaust......Muffler and pipe back to the collector (so that catalyic converters can also be removed) allowed......no full race systems.
Power Commanders or similar piggy back systems allowed. No race ECU's.
After Market Air Filter.
That is all you can do to the engine. No compression adjustment, no cam adjustment, nothing.......!!
Suspension.
Rear shock is open to what ever you want to run.
Front suspension.......Standard outer/inner stanchions, but springs, oil, valving/shims can be changed. But no cartridge kits etc.
Steering damper is open.
Then just the usual changes, like braided lines, brake pads, rear sets, crash bungs. You can also change the bars to stronger bars like Pro Tapers etc.
The only type of fairing you can run, is what ever the bike came with standard.......of course after market copies are fine, as long as they are exact replicas of the original fairing.
Ok, I would be keen on hearing back on this proposal too. And if you all think that it could work.
My main aim here with this class, is to attract people to come and ride at the Nationals, have fun in a class that is not too serious, but uses big bikes (A B-King anyone...????).....and that brings a slightly different dimension to the feild.
So, let me know your thoughts on all the above please.
Sorry about how long this is. I do have more ideas, thoughts to throw at you all, but best I do it on other posts, otherwise, this may turn into a novel.....!!!
Thanks eveyone.
Cheers,
Red.
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Originally Posted by Quasievil
and sorry for being such a dimwit... but your skills go far beyong what i had realized.. again.. im a dimwit!!
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