SV650 race mods

[jon34]

Someone was asking about the Pro Twins rules and I see they are now on the MNZ web site
http://www.motorcyclingnz.co.nz/down...%20website.pdf

[Tim 39]

Those rules are pretty hard to understand... my interpretation is you arent allowed fibreglass fairings? aftermarket footpegs?

[Billy]

Yes you are allowed fibreglass fairings.By conventional they mean they have to be a replica of a current roadbike ie no home grown design rather GSXR.ZX10 or the like.Spent a bit of time going over this with Paul Stewart so as we werent selling people Bodywork they couldnt use.Cheers Billy

[johnsv650]

1...foot rest/foot controls must be mounted to the frame at the orginal mountin point, you can get after market ones as long as they mount at orginal point.
2...accessory aftermakrket fairing and bodywork maybe fitted,
the rule what got me was appendix d
the 20 year old rider...........
i hope they mean the under 20 year old

[codgyoleracer]

Hey Possum, Yip am going to build up a new one , the old girl at 67,500km is in need of some TLC & a shed load of new paint. So you think a Hi Oh Sing is the way to go then.................?

[Drew]

Wonder if you can cross enter F3 and pro twins, anyone?

[Keystone19]

The plan is to run F3 and protwin650 concurrently so they will race at the same time.

I guess if you were rich you could enter twice and try take both titles but the chances of a protwin bike winning F3 are about 0.

[Darkman]

but the chances of a protwin bike winning F3 are about 0.

Why is that? Does the Gixxer front ends make that big a difference or is there more to it?

Oh..and why does the chain guard need to be removed?

[Clivoris]

The plan is to run F3 and protwin650 concurrently so they will race at the same time.

I guess if you were rich you could enter twice and try take both titles but the chances of a protwin bike winning F3 are about 0.

If protwin gets big enough they might get their own race??? Would be great to see a field of largely identical machinery.

[feral1]

If protwin gets big enough they might get their own race??? Would be great to see a field of largely identical machinery.

It would be great to see a whole field of these pro-twins. Many of the south island guys are getting keen. So go on you fellas up north. get building.

In the meantime, it will be great to fill out the F3 field at the big nationals rounds. Will be some great racing going on and plenty of machines on the circuit (two titles being fought for at once). Good for spectators

Cheerio
Feral

[Keystone19]

Yup, the plan is that protwin650 will eventually have its own class and F3 will die out.

The reason that a stock protwin bike will not win F3 is because the engine modifications made to the F3 bikes push the power output up to well beyond a stock protwin 650. Unfortunately it is not just the front end modifications to a 650 that make a fast F3 bike.

[Drew]

The plan is to run F3 and protwin650 concurrently so they will race at the same time.

I guess if you were rich you could enter twice and try take both titles but the chances of a protwin bike winning F3 are about 0.

Which is why I ask if you can enter both, two races at once. And cross entering only costs ten bucks for the second calss, so you dont need to be that rich.

Just to be clear tho, I fully intend to win F3 on a protwin spec bike, as I will be entering on Darkmans 06 SV650

(33 post before the flashy thingy)

[Keystone19]

Lol...go Drew!

Sorry, I was referring to the F3/Protwin class at the National Champs. What clubs choose to do is up to them, so yeah, go ahead and cross enter. I think you will find that at the Nationals there may not be the option to cross enter but I may be incorrect.

You will struggle to win the AMCC protwin class because it is open to any capacity protwin but it is run separately from F3 so you can cross enter.

[Tim 39]

the rule what got me was appendix d
the 20 year old rider...........
i hope they mean the under 20 year old

yes thats a bit of a bad typo to have in a rule book! have you queried them about it John?

[Drew]

Lol...go Drew!

Sorry, I was referring to the F3/Protwin class at the National Champs. What clubs choose to do is up to them, so yeah, go ahead and cross enter. I think you will find that at the Nationals there may not be the option to cross enter but I may be incorrect.

You will struggle to win the AMCC protwin class because it is open to any capacity protwin but it is run separately from F3 so you can cross enter.

For the moment, I'm just lookin to do the bizzo in the VMCC series, but I missed the first round, so I'll have to go double hard to claw all the points I can.

The nationals is a bridge I'll burn when we get to it I think.


(Any capacity eh...how best to grease up to Vicki???)