Best 150cc for racing??

[quallman1234]

Aye, but you have more of a chance of getting the Aprilia RS into streetstock than you do the Honda

What about the Cagiva Mito?

Though riding that in SS one would have a high chance of feeling like a dick.

Didnt rossi have one?

I overheard someone saying that the 4's werent meant to be racing in the Streetstock class according to MNZ

[MOTOXXX]

well the last person i raced against on a cagiva mito blew it up more times than they care to remember.

rg150 is better

cbr250rr is the fastest choice for st stock.

[VasalineWarrior]

Depends how much $ you have. As you can read from the above posts, RG's go good (used to have one so ill vouch for that), are cheap and are common enough to be able to get parts for easily. Thats v,important when your racing!

Yeah, 250's are faster but more to go wrong (4 cylinders=4 pistons and plugs) and initial purchase is heaps. Thank you 250cc learner rule!

Just looking at a cagiva or aprillia, how would you feel about hurling it down the road at coke or higgins? I know it would piss me off

[Ivan]

The club can make its own rules up,


Jared Wintle and Mel Jackson did a test in 2004.


Mel Started on my RG Jarred on the ZXR250 they did afew flying laps on transponders


Then came to the finsh line and swapped bikes and di the exact same and the results were half a second


But This is how the riders found it


The RG150 can be thrown into the corner alot faster and alot harder and corners so well its quick straight line but not as quick as the 250

THE 250 can be thrown into the corner but not as hard or as fast as the RG and doesnt corner as well but the 250 had a bit more punch straight line

[oyster]

We similarly compared the 250 four to 150 two stroke at Ruapuna. For the FZR Yamaha and ZXR Kawasaki threre wasn't much in it, but the real problem occurred later when the CBRR Honda MC 21 turned up. It's around 2 seconds a lap faster.

[Tim 39]

my opinion: (you don't have to accept it) is that I'd definately get an RG, they are far cheaper than a 250 four stroke. I certainly wouldnt go for a 250 four stoke, they feel and handle like a bigger bike (slow to tip in and generaly feel like riding a truck) not to mention the price of buying one!
I raced an RG for a year and loved it, never gave any problems, cheap to but and run.
My opinion is probably biased as I like two strokes better anyway

[xwhatsit]

I don't want to take this thread anywhere off course, but I don't think this question warrants a thread in its own right:

How far off the pace would my CB250RS be? 26HP, wide torque band until ~10,000RPM redline, 125kg dry, naked. With decent tyres on and changing the front fork oil I reckon it'd handle as well as any other 250 out there; shit brakes, though.

All other things being equal, would it be coming dead last?

[Ivan]

I reckon you could be competitve depends on how how you ride it I guess

[Tim 39]

I don't want to take this thread anywhere off course, but I don't think this question warrants a thread in its own right:

How far off the pace would my CB250RS be? 26HP, wide torque band until ~10,000RPM redline, 125kg dry, naked. With decent tyres on and changing the front fork oil I reckon it'd handle as well as any other 250 out there; shit brakes, though.

All other things being equal, would it be coming dead last?

I don't think you'd get last (depends on riding of course) but you wouldnt get first either...RG's have about 36 (internet specs) hp at the crank and are 136kg dry, and the suspension is a bit more modern (better)

[t3mp0r4ry nzr]

if I were to race streetstock again Id do it on an RG. with sticky tyres they can really be thrown around and when you can buy them for $1500 I wouldnt mind pushing them to their limits in racing cos they are dirt fix,repair or replace.

[xwhatsit]

I reckon you could be competitve depends on how how you ride it I guess

I don't think you'd get last (depends on riding of course) but you wouldnt get first either...RG's have about 36 (internet specs) hp at the crank and are 136kg dry, and the suspension is a bit more modern (better)

Cool, thanks guys -- not interested in winning races, but racing looks very fun. Just trying to justify how I can keep the CB after I get my full and graduate from uni.

[Kickaha]

I don't think you'd get last

Buckets can finish in the top ten down here, so he definitely wouldn't get last

[TonyB]

Get the RG150 if you want to learn how to ride fast against people on equal machinery.
Get the CBR250 if you want to beat people by passing them with superior power- you'll learn piss all about race craft though.

[Momentum]

Did somone say that the RG's are 36hp

cbrs are only like 35hp too

And as for the race craft remark by tonib i would say that that is a load of crap

I have lernt a hell of alot on my bike

[Sketchy_Racer]

Dont look at figures dude, look as speed difference.

Is it a coincidence that for the last two seasons the bike winning streetstock up here was/is a CBR MC22?? I think not.

Dont get me wrong im not trying to take anything away from you as a rider, but there is a serious speed difference..

as for race craft, i believe the RGs will teach you more. You definatly get punished more if you make a mistake.

Anywho, Im all for keeping the 250s racing in the SS class, but i believe they should be excluded from the points