Tyre warmers on buckets?

[k14]

I don't know if I keen to let you put my husband on a spear seat and in a spear bed...next you'll be telling me you got spear undies!

This is dangerous we're talking about, who knows when the last time he changed his undies was

[dangerous]

ohhhhh shut up the both of yars... *spare bed for #1 and Sully then

[TZ350]

It seams to me there are three types of Bucket riders with an advantage. The $$$$ boys, the clever ones and those that can ride. Although there are $$$$ ones that can ride I personally admire the clever ones that can ride like Steadman and F5 Dave. I know I could go faster myself if I concentrated on improving my riding but I have liked tinkering more. There are some who just love to ride and cant tinker so they have to $$$.

I would not be to worried about fancy $$$$$ 150 four stroke buckets. Four strokes are much harder in my opinion to get more power and the right sort of power suited to the track than a 2-stroke. At Taupo last Xmas a bunch of GP125's from Auckland fair dicked all the $$$$ 150 4 smokes except for one very good rider and he got relegated to third by two GP125's in the last race.

The Buckets were run with the street stocks and although the buckets were gridded two rows behind the street stocks the faster buckets had cut half way through the street stock field by the end of the first lap. So you can still get an old Suzuki GP125, fiddle with it and be a competitive bucket racer.

[dangerous]

And Mr TZ350, why are you not comming to the Battle of the Buckets in June?
We have 12 Wellingtonians comming but still no dorkland reps, sort a crew out asap.

ps: bring the TZ sunday is a post classic meet.

[gav]

What carb are you running on the GP125? Seem most prefer to run a 100 and run the bigger carb as allowed?
I don't think there is too much doubt that a hot two stroke can be faster than a near standard 150 four stroke.

[dangerous]

I don't think there is too much doubt that a hot two stroke can be faster than a near standard 150 four stroke.

but gav its also about brakes and handling.. a stroker may be able to have more power, but thats worthless with out brakes/handling.

[Sully60]

but gav its also about brakes and handling.. a stroker may be able to have more power, but thats worthless with out brakes/handling.

And all the power in the world is useless if you can't use it to go fast in the right direction at the right time.

That's why all of us in Welly got whipped by a bike with 7.5hp in 2005.

It's about the total package of engine, bike and rider and the suitability to the track.

I can't wait to get down to the BOB and check you all the South Island specific adaptations to racing on those wide open, fast tracks

[Buddha#81:Me]

I can't wait to get down to the BOB and check you all the South Island specific adaptations to racing on those wide open, fast tracks

.....a pie guts and no brain seems to work for me. Dangerous's main adaptations are a grumpy personality and a has been bike. Rashika gets by on looks alone......there is no perticular adaptation that works down here. Just bring a small back sprocket.

[Sully60]

.....a pie guts and no brain seems to work for me.

Sweet, then I'm a shoe in!

[Rashika]

.....Rashika gets by on looks alone......

why thank you... I think

guess I'd better work on my racing ability now that Lil'm is racing as well

[TygerTung]

Reason I do so well is my attractive leathers and kind personality

[Skunk]

Yeah, right.

[F5 Dave]

And all the power in the world is useless if you can't use it to go fast in the right direction at the right time.

That's why all of us in Welly got whipped by a bike with 7.5hp in 2005.

It's about the total package of engine, bike and rider and the suitability to the track.
. . .

Actually I'll dispute that, I don't seem to remember getting whipped, & neither was Hamish. Yes young Jay did beat us some times, but not all the time.

But will totally agree with the first point, curiously adding weight to the 2nd. My 50 has high specific power for its size. But it’s a dog to ride on tight tracks. I’ve ridden Jays RG early on & it was not powerful, but was easy to ride. It did get faster & even changed sound later on. Its main advantage was always that it was pedalled by a maniac with no sense of fear. (anyways come back & make us honest all again Jay).

The problem with too peaky bike is at the extreme (ie: my 50) you spend too much time with the clutch slipping. Any time the clutch is being slipped the power isn’t getting to the ground. Conversely a broad spread can mean a larger average amount of power under the curve depending on the gearing. Whilst this makes a broad spread easier to ride on the short tracks there is another disadvantage on the really big tracks that the peaky bike can find the longer gearing makes the bike fall off too much in between gear changes.

Horses for courses. Hmm - that saying makes more sense now I think about it, I guess different equine meatsacks are better for different tracks.


So I'll leave with a quote from a real Character of Bucket racing in the 90s, Aucklander Jason; "Tight tracks are all very well, but its the fast corners that sort the men from the homos"

couldn't have said it funnier myself

[Sully60]

Actually I'll dispute that, I don't seem to remember getting whipped, & neither was Hamish. Yes young Jay did beat us some times, but not all the time.

I thought he won both F4 and F5 that year.

I remember both you and Hamish being fast that year, I thought he just scored more points. Anyway doesn't matter.

Must catch up about getting tyrewarmers sorted out for the BoB

Gotta keep thread on topic now!

[Rashika]

Must catch up about getting tyrewarmers sorted out for the BoB

Gotta keep thread on topic now!

yep. I'm halfway thru knitting the first one up