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acotrel
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Victoria
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 Posted - 25 Oct 2013 : 09:38:10 AM
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Just an historical anecdote - A while back there was a race class called Supermono. It was very popular because there were no rules as long as the bike had a four stroke single cylinder engine. Of course 'bigger is always better' so the wealthier guys had much bigger motors, and to keep up the poorer guys also made their motors bigger. When the motors blew up, the wealthier guys were able to afford to rebuild them and keep winning races - which is the way the world should be. The class is now defunct.
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JasonL
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Victoria
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Posted - 29 Oct 2013 : 11:09:16 AM
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Alan,
This forum desperately needs some activity before it keels over so I'm happy to reply to you.
Do we need more rules? I'm not sure, all I know is we need the right rules. Not sure why Supermono died out, maybe natural progress, classes come and go over time. Maybe at the time it was a cheap use for those 250 two strokes that couldn't be used any more. In theory more rules (assuming they are the right ones) should create more equality but inevitably money talks in motorsport, regardless of the operating structures. |
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acotrel
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Victoria
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Posted - 31 Oct 2013 : 07:28:04 AM
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Jason, I don't want to harp on my same old theme, however surely there must be room for a few races where the bikes are divided on the basis of technology and capacity classes? If I'm to race a two stroke, I want it to be against other two strokes. If it is to be a four cylinder superbike - against other four cylinder superbikes. If it is to be an old twin or triple cylinder four stroke - against other bikes with the same format.
The most successful race class in recent years was the Honda VFR400/ Aprilia 250 class for moderns. I don't believe you can buy those bikes these days, however the mixed grid still made the races a bit of a dog's breakfast. If you look at what actually happened in history, C grade races were always mixed grid, however in the good A & B grade races the fellas all moved towards bikes of similar technology and capacity was regulated anyway. |
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