New governing body to sanction road racing?

[Sidewinder]

Hahaa as long as ya don't want yer name to be correct

Paeroa coverage = Terry Redfield ( Eddy Rotteveel ).....brilliant
.......................= Frank Schuler (Franz Schuler )

Had me laughing watching it though...............

frenchy is easyer to say tho

[brads]

But NZ has Phil Dark in the commentry team!!!! He is so full of enthusiasm and knowledge - I hang on his every word man.

Yeah,only phil and pav can call a Kiwi an Aussie and a Honda a yamaha!

[scott411]

what is the point of a new organisation, there was only 1 person who put forward there name to be SI road baord member, and if i remember correctly 1 or 2 people who put their name forward for the NI postion last year, who exactly is going to run this new organasation, lot of poeople on here want a say, but like normal very few want to do anything about it,

Road racing gets 2 out of 5 of the board of MNZ at the moment, when they would be luck to have 20% of the membership, i think they get a pretty fair deal,

What Choppa says with MNZ basically being the promotor of the nationals is some of the problem, a promotor needs to step up and take it on for it to go further imo,

[Mark Pav]

Not another ''us and them'' scenario, akin to workers and capitalists. To the best of my knowledge making money is not a crime, but it is sneered at by many ''insular'' people in this country. Thats pathetic.
I think most people have worked out that the very presence of the distributors actually enrichens everything. As one small example look at how affordable well set up, well fitted ex distributor bikes have been to purchase. In many plausible and also very many less than obvious ways the distributors help subsidise road racing. FACT.

Robert, as usual you seem to indicate that anyone who has a divergent point of view MUST be without any knowledge, after all if they knew anything they would agree with you... Thats a form of insularity in itself, and thats not a cheap shot. I had no idea that I had launched a general attack on the Capitalist system . Do you see Reds under the bed often ???
I have had many years ( admittedly not recently ) dealing with more than one distributor involved in road racing and I am not unfamiliar with their involvement and the complexity of their contributions. They are indeed a valuable resource , but once again it is a question of balancing the interests involved. Perhaps it is that you advocate a balance tilted more in favour of the distributors than some other points of view.........

[koba]

The biggest problem that MNZ appears to have is member apathy. I can't see how creating another organisation resolves that issue.

MNZ is, or should be, democratic. Get involved. Get people whose abilities you respect to stand for office. Vote for them.

But I guess that is harder and not as satisfying as standing on the sidelines shouting abuse.

Bang on, As usual.

[Drew]

Changes do need to be made, I dont think a new governing body is requiered though.
For instance, were a motivated team of people inclined to rally support, they could get nominated, and go take over the one we have now democratically.

The increased fee idea...I like it, road racers only even works. Lets face it, if the fee doulbled, on the estimate of 1000 road racing licence holders, multiplied by the extra $100, and $100,000 is banked straight away.

Fuck, sink that entire amount into TV coverage and advertising, and the sport takes a leap forward never seen before.

[Shaun Harris]

Riders are apathetic and that is 90% of the problem we now face

[KS34]

I have mentioned before about a Riders association, I sent emails to people outside of the motorcycle fraternity to help with the setup of this sort of thing but didnt get a response and gave up. One person PM'ed me on here about the idea but I didnt reply as I couldnt see much point if it was only an idea and I didnt know how to execute it. I suppose it would be fair to say Typical Kiwibiker all talk no action! So here goes.... If we did get a riders association together would it get support? Lots of people like myself have some stella ideas but don't have the time or the contacts to execute them. Its like if we got a promoter in to run the rounds and they organised a fantastic event would the event get the support of riders? I know I'm looking at this with my cup half empty but there is truth in it. Firstly I think we need to (as riders) pull our finger out, prove we are worthy of a great event. Look long and hard for sponsers and offer them everything we can, present your team as professionally as possible, race with passion and provide a great show then support, tv coverage will come. Everything takes time and this wont be fixed in a week. I have been chasing sponsors for over four months now and may have something for next year, not what I wanted but I am gonna wait, get well prepared and do things properly. If we all took the LG team lead and start looking at things in a professional manner then I think there will be a light at the end of the tunnel.