Costs Of Speedway A Joke

[Vince 9,458]

I have never seen Ascot but I reckon whoever did the speed check and got 62mph on a 180yard track is the same bloke who made the speedometer for my moped in the 70's I am just a fan of fast Speedway, to me that is an important part of the sport. I can't remember how big Carmarthen was but certainly not much more than 250m so reducing it to say 200m wouldn't make a great deal of difference. I also suspect that some of the demise in attendances at Speedway is that everybody goes faster on the way to the meeting than the racers do on the track these days while in it's heyday they must have seemed to be going much faster.

I didn't know you could run the same engine on methanol and petrol but presumably the compression would have to be lowered otherwise the engine would pre-ignite on petrol. The same problem would still arise in circumstances like tomorrow at Newport when 3 riders are riding in both the PL and the CL.

I just think that if changes are to be made there has to a definite advantage and not an experiment that could end up being worse for the sport.

[Malcolm 0]

I have never seen Ascot but I reckon whoever did the speed check and got 62mph on a 180yard track is the same bloke who made the speedometer for my moped in the 70's   

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Ha Ha, I had a Garelli Rekord, ugly bike but would blow off FS1Es and SS50s.

I getting confirmation of the speed just incase I made it up. Getting old memory fading.

The same problem would still arise in circumstances like tomorrow at Newport when 3 riders are riding in both the PL and the CL.

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Yep, that is a problem when riders ride for more than one team in different leagues.

[Vince 9,458]

There's a coincidence, I had a Garelli Tiger Cross which indeed used to blow away fizzy's etc but also used to vibrate itself to bits on a regular basis. Also used to seize at least once a month but that may have been more to do with a 16 year old thinking he knew all about porting a 2 stroke Anyway it would show 70 on the speedo but in hindsight I doubt it ever did much more than 50 - 55 downhill with a gale force wind up it's arse.

[Malcolm 0]

I've had confirmation that Larsen was clocked at around 61-62 mph. The guy with the radar gun is known now and hopefully will concur. The speed was also annouced to the crowd.

 

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Josh rode about a bike length off the pole in that race and on the dirt line so his orbit around the track was a little longer, thus generating a little more speed.

 

This info was from former racer and CM race reporter Ryan Evans.

Edited May 7, 2005 by Malcolm

[Malcolm 0]

16/18 year old riders.

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No 43 year olds then.

 

Is your idea for new blood or current riders in a I.R.O.C type deal?

[Guest old sweat]

Excellent idea !! - How about we ban all 4-valves, dirt deflectors, laydowns and buy up all the old J.A.P motors we can find knocking around in sheds. We could make all riders wear just BLACK leathers with no Logo's on and admissions would then plummet to 1 shilling and sixpence and the Governing body could dictate who rides for which team - how about it promoters ?

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Hi Chris , if you know any JAPs knocking about in sheds let me know ?

[cpbyles 0]

Hi Chris , if you know any JAPs knocking about in sheds let me know  ?

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Managed to find a Malaysian guy down at the local allotments in a potting shed, other than that no luck so far I'm afraid

[badge wearer 0]

max richards has 23 jap engines but will not sell any

[AndyM 1]

PC is still collecting them, though I don't see where the money is in old JAPs. Maybe all modern machines will be outlawed next year and everyone will be on old JAPs?

[whowasthatberntpersson 108]

The Cost is a problem but the biggest problem of all is lack of rides or lack of tracks.

 

A Kid is 15, whether he lives in Birmingham or Brisbane he isn't going to get too many opportunities to ride his 125 or 250cc speedway bike is he?.......He can ride his MX bike any weekend, very likely within an hour of his home....Now Junior speedway is cheap compared to the 500's..believe me I've seen plenty of money spent on normal upkeep, the local Jawa dealer is making a mint....its so specialised people have to use one of only a handful of people...

 

Some very good points are being made here, maybe its about time the Honda's are given another chance in Senior Speedway.

 

Having said that people will always find ways to go faster, how long before a honda engine would be transformed into an expensive finely tuned beast that costs a fortune to keep going.