250 production racing.

[justsomeguy]

Hmmmm.........

When I manage to get a decent job - hopefully soon. I will be in.

[FROSTY:Me]

It sounds like a good idea, as long as the bikes are kept in production. The biggest problems with 250's is the price markup on them. What about including things like the goose etc in as well and making it under xx hp instead of under xx cc?

I would love to get into some sort of racing next year as I should have a bit more time & $$ to play with. So will keep an eye on how this progresses. As I'm wanting to maximise the fun level while minimising the $$ needed.

You answered your own question.
250's are sought after so there is a ready market for them second hand.
So what? End of season it makes selling your race bike easy.Its a bike capacity that anyone can ride.
I disagree that a 250 NEW is more expensive than say a 400 or a 600 which is pretty amazing given they cost just as much to build.
If Im wrong here please tell me
Keep in mind that one driving force is getting suzuki etc behind it so it must be currently available models.
The HP rule is a really good one though -just really hard to police.

Originally Posted by dveus
I like the idea, race on sunday, hopefully ride it to work on monday sounds good to me.


or even ride it to the track -pull the lights off -race it then ride home -easy racing. aye??

[FROSTY:Me]

I like the idea, race on sunday, hopefully ride it to work on monday sounds good to me.

or even ride it to the track -pull the lights off -race it then ride home -easy racing. aye??

[FROSTY:Me]

Gearing should be open,as you'd want to change it track to track and the GSX would require different ratios to the Hyosung to the VTR

Hear what you're saying but NO -its a case of KISS.
dya remember the slippery slope 250 proddy went down in the rgv days?
First gearing changes allowed ,then steering dampers,then slicks (so 2 sets of rims needed) then jetting changes allowed -It all just became a friggin nightmatre to police and to be honest the guys winning were on all but full out and out race bikes -Not to say they werent bloody good riders -but it killed the class.
Keep in mind if noone can change gearing then we're all in the same boat.

[Sutage]

What bikes would be eligible for entering? Ive noticed myself riding a bit faster now im getting more confident, looking at buying a new bike and would love to give minor racing a go

[justsomeguy]

What bikes would be eligible for entering? Ive noticed myself riding a bit faster now im getting more confident, looking at buying a new bike and would love to give minor racing a go

All 4 stroke twins and names have been mentioned several times in this thread.

[FROSTY:Me]

A minor glitch is that suzuki have just stopped importing the gsx250 bugger it.

[SPORK]

A minor glitch is that suzuki have just stopped importing the gsx250 bugger it.

Why o' why don't any of the big four make Inline-four 250s any more? Modern CBR250RRs, ZXR250s or GSX-R 250s all with fresh stylings would kick so much ass!

[N4CR]

Why o' why don't any of the big four make Inline-four 250s any more? Modern CBR250RRs, ZXR250s or GSX-R 250s all with fresh stylings would kick so much ass!

I asked that at a bike shop and got told they would cost roughly $9000 to bring back those sort of bikes back onto the once deflated market... now it has picked up a little apparently.

Would you want to learn on a 9k bike that is only 250cc ?

[FROSTY:Me]

the whole idea though is simplicity as well as speeds being kept down. Id expect a top speed of around 170 km/h

[dhunt]

What sort of cost would you think it would be to get a bike and get it sorted it for this "class"? Obviouslly the lower the cost the more people would be willing to participate/join in.

[Ivan]

Ok anyone reading this Street Stock means streetstock I know of a few bikes which aint standered

[Kickaha]

Ok anyone reading this Street Stock means streetstock I know of a few bikes which aint standered

protest the machine or shut up,simple isn't it?

[gav]

Stock standard 250 twins road racing? guess it'll be a good time to hit the hotdog stands I suppose......who the ferk is going to watch that? boring....and the noise or lack of it, 6 bikes strung out lapping at 2 20 around ruapuna, yawn....just another class clogging up the programme..... can't see the point, why not a 150 class? or scooters??

[That Guy]

I'm very keen for a proddie class - I think it should be set up to replace F3 in due time. As another idea check out this: www.minitwins.co.uk - worth a try?