Too many classes at National Championship?

[Shaun]

The premier class will be the one with the closest racing.
I believe we have amomgst us a competitor, that while easily capable of absolutely trouncing the entire field in his class, hangs back & makes a race of it, season long.
This unassuming genius keeps the spotlight on his class, rather than himself for the good of everyone.

He understands Marketing better than most people. I must admit that I try to encourage him to win the race starts also, so as to avoid any mistakes by any other rider though

[Shaun]

No one is saying they aren't the premier classes, and what you choose to do with your time when the sidecars come out is up to you.

But I can tell you there were still quite a few people around the track watching our races, I know this because once we got tired we started to ham it up a bit for them and got quite a few applause for our effort.

I am confident that the sidecar numbers will increase in the not distant future, and once they do the racing will be good for spectators and riders alike.

Agree re the class growing again. If the in house politics/bitching could be put aside for a while, it would certanly grow even faster, and that would be brilliant for the sport, but politics are a very distructive thing and take a long time to settle unfortunately'

Stick at it and help keep it growing

[Nonbeliever]

The premier class will be the one with the closest racing.

lol, you are joking right bob??

the premier class is the superbike class, c'mon lets be honest now. No one can deny this surely?
If there was no sbk or 600 class in the weekend, would there still have been thousands of people there? the answer is NO, and everyone knows it.
The same crowd wouldve turned up if there was no sidecras or farmbikes for sure.

[imdying]

Motards should run a proper national championship too!

So long as they fit decent mufflers... either that or dump them completely. All the other bikes are loud too, but none sound shite like the tards do... even the Hyosung 250s sound better than those, they're just bloody horrible. Hmmm... v-twin tards, now that'd be problem solved!

[imdying]

The premier class will be the one with the closest racing.

Nah, it's the one with the most potential for death. Motorsports is after all a blood sport. People turn up hoping to see at least one good crash.

You start a Busa et all class, leave em on street tyres, gather up a dozen psychos, and that'll be your premier class right there.

[sidecar bob]

lol, you are joking right bob??

the premier class is the superbike class, c'mon lets be honest now. No one can deny this surely?
If there was no sbk or 600 class in the weekend, would there still have been thousands of people there? the answer is NO, and everyone knows it.
The same crowd wouldve turned up if there was no sidecras or farmbikes for sure.

If every superbike race was a procession, predictably won by over a minute every time by the same chequebook charlie, would you bother emerging from the crapper to watch it?

[Nonbeliever]

If every superbike race was a procession, predictably won by over a minute every time by the same chequebook charlie, would you bother emerging from the crapper to watch it?

2nd race in chch was won by 0.2sec wasn't it?

[Nonbeliever]

If every superbike race was a procession, predictably won by over a minute every time by the same chequebook charlie, would you bother emerging from the crapper to watch it?

umm, have you seen the results for the sidecras ??
hardly close racing buddy!

[dipshit]

If every superbike race was a procession, predictably won by over a minute every time by the same chequebook charlie, would you bother emerging from the crapper to watch it?

I would. Watching a class act do his thing is a sight to behold. You can really sense the difference when standing by a corner watching them go by.

Like watching Gareth Jones at Teretonga a couple of years ago...

[Shaun]

If every superbike race was a procession, predictably won by over a minute every time by the same chequebook charlie, would you bother emerging from the crapper to watch it?

Cheque book charlie?, do you mean Suzuki NZ and Honda NZ and Yamaha NZ and Kawasaki NZ, show me the last Total Privateer that won the NZ Superbikes or the 600 class????



What you have said is exactually like the Sidecar class used to be when you guys were doing it with your 1300cc motor against the others who used the 1000cc motors, guess you could have down cc your motor, but that would have cost you guys money as well to make the racing more exciting

Not digging at you, as the rules were allowed that cc and others could have spent the money and up specked there motors but did not? To me that showed that 90% of the competiotors were there to race for fun!!!!!

[Tony.OK]

If every superbike race was a procession, predictably won by over a minute every time by the same chequebook charlie, would you bother emerging from the crapper to watch it?

Kinda like MotoGP at times or WSBK when Spies was on fire?

Yeah nah they never get good crowds

If SBK isn't the premier class then why is it called Castrol NZSBK, WSBK, BSB, ASBK etc etc................

I'm all for support classes but they are there in reality to feed riders into the SS & SBK classes are they not? Many posts on KB about getting young guys up the ranks, if those 2 classes aren't the "premier" ones then why bother trying to get young guns to move on?

[White trash]

Cheque book charlie?, do you mean Suzuki NZ and Honda NZ and Yamaha NZ and Kawasaki NZ, show me the last Total Privateer that won the NZ Superbikes or the 600 class????

(I think he's having a sideways nudge at Mr Bron dude)

[sidecar bob]

(I think he's having a sideways nudge at Mr Bron dude)

Absolutely not!!, I wasnt criticising superbikes or all the incredible & generous backing that they have. I was just saying that if it was a boring predictable procession, it would suck.

[Shaun]

Absolutely not!!, I wasnt criticising superbikes or all the incredible & generous backing that they have. I was just saying that if it was a boring predictable procession, it would suck.

Again Bob, No piss take in this, but is that why you guys have stopped racing these days, did it become to boring for you just pissing off on your grunter

I used to love the way you and Scriv entertained the crowd ( Used to argue my arse off in defence of this on your guys behalf with another winging mate) once you had the lead safe, but your Old Fast chair allowed for that entertainmet as well, where as an Modern LCR or simillar does not allow that kind of stylish fun as you of all people understand.

I also like the way Steve Bron goes as hard as he can for as long as he can, to try and better his own lap times as he does, maybe dull for the crowd, but it is his money he is spending and good on him for doing it, with out him out there, there would be NO SIDECARS this year mate and that would be fukin SAD

[sidecar bob]

Again Bob, No piss take in this, but is that why you guys have stopped racing these days, did it become to boring for you just pissing off on your grunter

Duuude!! im sure i saw you at the race meetings, bu it must have been your twin brother.
Pissing off on our grunter that was getting its ares kicked down the front straight of Ruapuna, The backstraight of levels & anywhwere else that talent wasnt a factor!!
Its not that grunty. Yep, we falsified dyno charts by doing runs in low gears to pshyce out the opposition, it was all part of the game.