New 600 production class

[wharfy]

JIf you have a race bike in your shed, regardless of class (even clubmans, for those 1198S's and whatnot (though they should go in SBK, thats another argument), you should be out at your local national round at least and making a show of it. Stop making excuses - get out racing, thats what you have it for!

I'll probably just stick to club racing and the street events, maybe a support class at Nationals if they have BEARS or Clubmans (even though my bike is cabable of running in the top ten in 600SP with a half decent rider).

[Shaun]

I'll probably just stick to club racing and the street events, maybe a support class at Nationals if they have BEARS or Clubmans (even though my bike is cabable of running in the top ten in 600SP with a half decent rider).

Come to Manfield and Hampton mate, you will do A OK, and will be pleased/surprised with what you learn whilst in amongst all the faster riders

[lostinflyz]

I'll probably just stick to club racing and the street events, maybe a support class at Nationals if they have BEARS or Clubmans (even though my bike is cabable of running in the top ten in 600SP with a half decent rider).

if you can hit to the 115% lap time, then you SHOULD be in 600SP. set yourself a goal and go for it, whats the worst that can happen.

[JayRacer37]

I'll probably just stick to club racing and the street events, maybe a support class at Nationals if they have BEARS or Clubmans (even though my bike is cabable of running in the top ten in 600SP with a half decent rider).

Come to Manfield and Hampton mate, you will do A OK, and will be pleased/surprised with what you learn whilst in amongst all the faster riders

Agree with Shaun 100% mate. You will have a ball, and learn a ton.

[roogazza]

if you can hit to the 115% lap time, then you SHOULD be in 600SP.

As a matter of interest, can someone do the calculation for the 115% for 600's at Manfeild ? I don't know what they do nowdays. G.

[Rcktfsh]

As a matter of interest, can someone do the calculation for the 115% for 600's at Manfeild ? I don't know what they do nowdays. G.

approx 1.19 in the dry

[slowpoke]

As a matter of interest, can someone do the calculation for the 115% for 600's at Manfeild ? I don't know what they do nowdays. G.

That raises an interesting point: do the 600/1000 "Stock" bikes have to qualify within 115% of the Supersport/Suprbikes? Or do they have to qualify within 115% of the fastest 600/1000 "Stock" bike?

[roogazza]

approx 1.19 in the dry

Ta, that should be a pretty easy target for a young person, shouldn't it ? If not , maybe they could take up knitting instead ! G.

[Billy]

Ta, that should be a pretty easy target for a young person, shouldn't it ? If not , maybe they could take up knitting instead ! G.

Yip,1.19s would have netted you around 15th - 20th place at manfeild round of the Nats 1989 250 prod

[Shaun]

That raises an interesting point: do the 600/1000 "Stock" bikes have to qualify within 115% of the Supersport/Suprbikes? Or do they have to qualify within 115% of the fastest 600/1000 "Stock" bike?

Qualify to your own class rules

[FROSTY:Me]

ohh billy you mean 250 "prod" doncha?? No sir that aint porting its just the shit nikasil

[Billy]

ohh billy you mean 250 "prod" doncha?? No sir that aint porting its just the shit nikasil

Yeah and the much talked about cheating that went on in 250 production stopped when that class was canned,Aye "Yea Right".I know of 2 bikes currently running in 600sp that definitely wouldnt pass a thorough tech check and the funny thing is,With all the 250s racing back in the 80s in 250 prod I only ever remember 1 actually being caught cheating,Fucken lot of talk in those days,But no money where the mouth was action,Funny that.

Oh and it was chrome that was peeling not Nickasel,The japanese factories werent using nickasel back then and if you read the rulebook of the day,You were permitted to remove "loose dags" from the port area was how the rule went LOL

[FROSTY:Me]

I dangle in the hook with a teeny tiny bit of bait and you bite like a kingy mate :-)
Do ya remember the sudden need to go pee when in 87 the organisers anounced the top three bikes would be checked they were production.??
Funnyest thing I ever saw was in the arvo one frontrunner had a perfect imprint of his front sprocket in grease on the front of his tee shirt.

[Billy]

I dangle in the hook with a teeny tiny bit of bait and you bite like a kingy mate :-)
Do ya remember the sudden need to go pee when in 87 the organisers anounced the top three bikes would be checked they were production.??
Funnyest thing I ever saw was in the arvo one frontrunner had a perfect imprint of his front sprocket in grease on the front of his tee shirt.

Yip and I remember the 86 two hour where a certain Aucklander rode his bike out of the pits,Never to be seen again when asked to bring it over for a technical check.Still doesnt answer the question though,Do you think the cheating stopped or in fact even started with 250 prod ?

I mean,There were never any oversize F3 or F2 bikes aye!Or senior proddy bikes running on 10-20% methanol or with 6 speed gearboxes when the current model only had 5 or special models that only existed in Wanga... Oops I mean NZ or 600 proddy bikes that werent even homologated too race here and on and on it goes.Funny how you never hear much about that stuff huh

[FROSTY:Me]

yeeeha ride that bronco. It isn't cheating Its rule interpretation.