Bears' compliance?

[Number One]

Mwahahaaaaa. Never let it be said I don't contribute to technical threads!

[fuknKIWI]

Someone Please post up EXACT WORDING of what BEARS stands for

I understand this far only BRITISH EUROPEAN AMERICAN RACING S?

How did the BRITTEN race in BEARS? How did I get to race the TWISTER in BEARS, Triumph motor, but all chassis built in NZ! NZ Chassis do NOT fit into the BEARS also then as I see it at the moment mmmmm

Rule No1; NO JAP BIKES
Rule No2; See ACU Rules book

Kiwibikes were always allowed, starting with the DENCO despite it being in a Jap frame, also Lucifer's Mallet the XR McIntosh framed bike. That's how things were inthe 80's.

[fuknKIWI]

No Bimotas?

Chris Oldfield raced one at '89 SoT

[fuknKIWI]

Rotax

Don't mentio ze Rotax

[fuknKIWI]

It's probably easy to say that there is no need for Bears Racing anymore, but I have to say, every Bears meeting I have ever been to was an absolute hoot and ran like clockwork. I envy those guy's in CHCH having meetings every month and running all sorts of great exotica and backyard specials. Best memory was watching a Rotary Norton whistle like a phaarkin jet out of the last corner at a Ruapuna Sound of Thunder meeting. Outragious! I think the guy was from OZ. The Classic Festival at Pukekohe is also as good as a Bears meet and arguably the best meet in the country. I did notice some works Yamahas there last time though so maybe they are softening up when it comes to GP machines.

I remember getting blown away by a Norton Rotary at the '88 SoT from South Canterbury I believe.

[fuknKIWI]

Totally untrue and the above would probably be in the minority, well except for the fat bit



Really? you should fit right in then because I heard you like it up the arse everyday and twice on Sundays



It isn't a "special class" you uneducated peasant, it is a club with multiple classes

It is fairly obvious you're of below average intelligence as you list Auckland as you location and no one with any brains would live there but if you ever travel south of the Bombays and visit the Mainland and the real world at the time of SOT and you will see why the "club" exists

OI don't feed the troll

[steveyb]

Anyway, back to the RS250 Aprilia.

The engine is only based on the VJ22 RGV engine. They use the bottom end and transmission, but Aprilia used ROTAX to prepare new cylinders, heads, exhausts, ECU and Airbox. Carbs are retained from the RGV.

A two stroke engine is the sum of all the parts (I suppose like any engine really ;-) ) so on balance one could argue that at least half of the engine is European, so on average the bike is European.

There, done. Screw-'em.

They just don't want a cool as 2-stroke GP type bike wasting their tractors, even after they take the harrows off.

[SWERVE]

I remember getting blown away by a Norton Rotary at the '88 SoT from South Canterbury I believe.

Watched Trevor Nation race the JPS Norton rotory in the UK at Snetterton (longest main straight) it sounded f**kin AWESOME fully wound in all gears.
Never forget that.
I do believe they havent given up on that design!

[Kickaha]

Chris Oldfield raced one at '89 SoT

That was a DB1, I got a photo of the one they had on display in the pits somewhere

Don't mentio ze Rotax

We try not to because they were such a fucken heap of shit

I remember getting blown away by a Norton Rotary at the '88 SoT from South Canterbury I believe.

Got a photo of that somewhere to, I think it was an ex UK police write off as I don't think they were available to the general public

so on balance one could argue that at least half of the engine is European, so on average the bike is European.

Argue all you want, they'll still tell you to fuck off and take your RGV with you

[lostinflyz]

Watched Trevor Nation race the JPS Norton rotory in the UK at Snetterton (longest main straight) it sounded f**kin AWESOME fully wound in all gears.
Never forget that.
I do believe they havent given up on that design!

this one???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph-n7-naQxo

raced IOM a year or two ago with one of dunlop boys in the senior

[gammaguy]

Someone Please post up EXACT WORDING of what BEARS stands for

I understand this far only BRITISH EUROPEAN AMERICAN RACING S?

How did the BRITTEN race in BEARS? How did I get to race the TWISTER in BEARS, Triumph motor, but all chassis built in NZ! NZ Chassis do NOT fit into the BEARS also then as I see it at the moment mmmmm

mate you just stood on the holy grail of BEARS right there

Fact is the Britten was NEVER eligible for BEARS racing but it was "overlooked"for a number of reasons,some of which I am sure you can guess.

Anyone who happened to mention it at the time got a big kick up the ass from some norton riding bearded bouncer who questioned your commitment to the cause.

Personally,I left and went to ride Jappas.best thing I ever did.

Oh,and the BEARS all HATEtwo strokes too!

ask anyone who ever tried to race one with them.let alone beat the diesels,that used to really piss them off.

ask Dave Moore(morbidelli)

[Grumph]

mate you just stood on the holy grail of BEARS right there

Fact is the Britten was NEVER eligible for BEARS racing but it was "overlooked"for a number of reasons,some of which I am sure you can guess.

Utter crap...

Anyone who happened to mention it at the time got a big kick up the ass from some norton riding bearded bouncer who questioned your commitment to the cause.

And you'd have deserved it too...

Personally,I left and went to ride Jappas.best thing I ever did.

I agree - 2nd only to your leaving NZ...

Oh,and the BEARS all HATEtwo strokes too!

ask anyone who ever tried to race one with them.let alone beat the diesels,that used to really piss them off.

More crap....

ask Dave Moore(morbidelli)

Dave was always welcome and would be again.

As I've said, BEARS is a valid choice of racing lifestyle...just as valid as concentrating on classic or post classic racing...or those eccentric racing tricycles.
All this has been said here on KB before - by North Islanders who don't have the benefit of a flourishing BEARS club and see the BEARS class at meetings as an irrelevant waste of track time. Tough, get over it - and realise it's the only class where an NZ built bike and NZ rider have won a world title and should therefore be worth continuing....

[Shaun]

Watched Trevor Nation race the JPS Norton rotory in the UK at Snetterton (longest main straight) it sounded f**kin AWESOME fully wound in all gears.
Never forget that.
I do believe they havent given up on that design!

Like ya lady on the gravy stroke mate, that NORTON is still the sexiest sounding motorcycle engine I have ever heard

[Shaun]

mate you just stood on the holy grail of BEARS right there

Fact is the Britten was NEVER eligible for BEARS racing but it was "overlooked"for a number of reasons,some of which I am sure you can guess.

Anyone who happened to mention it at the time got a big kick up the ass from some norton riding bearded bouncer who questioned your commitment to the cause.

Personally,I left and went to ride Jappas.best thing I ever did.

Oh,and the BEARS all HATEtwo strokes too!

ask anyone who ever tried to race one with them.let alone beat the diesels,that used to really piss them off.

ask Dave Moore(morbidelli)

O dear, hope they do not kick me in the crutch when I race in there class then

[Kickaha]

mate you just stood on the holy grail of BEARS right there

Fact is the Britten was NEVER eligible for BEARS racing but it was "overlooked"for a number of reasons,some of which I am sure you can guess.

I guess you're sort of right but in reality if a bike wasn't Jap/Asian then it was considered eligible

Oh,and the BEARS all HATEtwo strokes too!

ask anyone who ever tried to race one with them.let alone beat the diesels,that used to really piss them off.

ask Dave Moore(morbidelli)

Two strokes have raced with BEARs since the beginning and some fairly long term members raced them, they even had scooter races at one stage