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  3. Posted

    15 hours ago, Fromafar said:

    Zmarzlik is different class.

    Interesting they talk about needing 10,000 at Belle Vue to be viable,dont know how were there tonight but it was certainly not packed.Must have good Sponsors.

    Also interesting listening to Doyle telling us tuners rip the riders off and don’t produce what he needs.Yet Janowski who has had a poor season says  his equipment fine ,just the rider.Doyle needs to stop whinging he’s done it his whole career.

    The reliance on tuners shouldn't even be a thing in speedway but it’s the riders who drive it that way, Doyle is riding as hard as ever but clearly his bikes are not going forward the way he wants,  woffinden is a fantastic tactical aware rider but imo talks it now but doesn't walk it anymore, you never lose talent and he has bags of it but you do lose belief in yourself and I think that’s where he is now ,in the vojens GP he visibly did a first corner where he waited for the other 3 to get their positions and he was last as a result, that’s not the body language of someone who really wants it, not undermining the other 3 but he should of walked his last qualifying race last night but only got 2nd cause of an engine failure, I also don’t understand woffinden and madsen talking who good they are going to be next year, it’s like they don’t care about this years championship, woffinden especially as he might not even qualify but he knows he will get a wild card pick

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  5. Posted

    Watched last nights meeting, first time I’ve watched speedway from Armadale in over 10 or so years,  couldn’t believe how spaced out the riders were for such a small track, might be rose tinted glasses but I never remember the racing being so processional back in the day, Armadale was one of my favourite tracks in the 90s, loved racing there and always thought the racing was close 

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    2 hours ago, uk_martin said:

    Just trying to get my head around the recent posts. In the context of the title of this thread, will tampering with the bike's specs cure BRITISH speedway of its "joke" status?

    Is this meant to be a British cure to a British problem, which if implemented will result in British speedway being carried out on different spec bikes to the rest of the world? In which case, if British speedway bikes no longer conform to FIM regulations, the sport that we know in this country will need to be called something else because it won't be the sport recognised by the world governing body. 

    And for those exceptional British talents who want to be World Speedway Champion, and who want to race in Poland, Sweden and possibly still in this country, not to mention on the GP circuit, how does that reduce their costs, that they will have one garage of bikes and spares for riding in the UK, with British weights and measurements, and another complete set up of bikes and spares for their use abroad? 

    Firstly the change to engines isn’t going to solve speedway’s problems but they are problems that speedway has and need sorting,2nd  the engines the riders use in England are not the same as the engines used in Poland, so to have 2 sets of bikes already happens

  8. Posted

    25 minutes ago, mikebv said:

    My lad wants to take up Speedway so I have just bought four bikes, ready to race, off Bartosz Zmarzlik...

    And all the same kevlars, boots, gloves and helmets that he wears...

    So. Watch out Bartosz, now he is on an equal footing you have a rival for your title...:D

    It is utter madness the way riders spend fortunes to try and match what other riders have, as all that happens is that everyone ends up with the same thing until the next thing comes along..

    The result? 

    No improvement in the racing...

    Just loads more costs inherited...

    Meaning loads more salary needed..

    Meaning loads more admission money required..

    And the net result?

    The riders all still remain in the "natural" position they would have held anyway as they have all spent loads of money getting the same thing...

    The crowds drop as the the price of entry goes up to a level they feel is not justifiable in paying...

    And the promoters scratch their heads trying to work out why they are losing money...

    A Dragons Den pitch as a business plan it certainly is not...:rolleyes:

     

    I have had absolute beginners who have never rode a bike buy a cheap bike off me and say things like I need to change the backend to a straight one cause all the top riders use them 

  9. Posted

    11 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

    With a lower rev limiter fitted,, could they not just change the cam to suit?  Also,, how about a bigger or heavier fly wheel,, would that help to stop them suddenly taking off? 

    Yes heavier flywheels would help, you could put lower lift cams in to achieve less revs, there are many things that could be done, it’s simple to make an engine Rev less it’s making it work at less revs that is the key 

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    When I pitch the idea of restricting the revs to 10,000 or even 9000 all I get is the bike won’t work at that revs etc, I agree no it won’t but they are coming from the wrong perspective to solve the issue, it’s proven the sport works perfectly fine at lower revs, so the bikes need to change to adapt back to that level, you can’t expect it to happen overnight, it won’t, testing needs to be done, riders would adapt within a meeting or 2, they are versatile they can ride pretty much any bike with any power application, so no issue there, you may find riders reverting back to long stroke but I’m sure most would just adapt a short stroke, you can’t just limit the modern engine at 10,000 revs, it would be dangerous, the power band of the engine has to be lower, so as the riders and tuners aim for that optimum power rather than having it restricted before it hits that optimum power, the advantages of a much lower rev power are easier to ride engines, less engine wear, less tyre wear, less track wear, bikes ride better in wet, tracks don’t need to be as slick, speeds would be the same, team riding could again become easier than it is now, ultimately engine costs after the transition would be less, no brainier for me but I and others have been banging this drum for a while now and it’s completely ignored, the sport just plunders on, going from catastrophe to catastrophe like the current tyre one, yes Godfrey must take some responsibility for the anlas deal but as I said in an earlier post, we are currently doing a 60 second burnout 5 times a night and any tyre no matter who makes it will disintegrate  

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    14 minutes ago, wtf said:

    Yet they've been around for 4 years plus, and the "new Karger Ignition" is very primitive compared to other motorsport applications. The cost of the bikes at the upper end of the sport is only an issue over here. The question is does the UK choose to have different bike specification rules than the rest of the speedway world in a similar way that they have a different tyre rule?

    Poland are as concerned as we are about the bikes getting more expensive, more specialised, it’s just not needed, as with 95% of bike mods in speedway over the last 30years we have multiplied the cost x5 to achieve absolutely nothing, same speed same racing if not worse, it’s not worth it, the cost is ultimately passed on to the fans and we don’t care about what bike it is, i am the biggest speedway bike geek out there, I have many of them, all ages and love messing with engines but it’s a def no no from me 

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  14. Posted

    Anyone who watched gorzow v Lublin tonight it was my previous post case in point perfectly, a dreadful meeting with not one pass after the 1st corner in 15 heats but a near full stadium and a win for Gorzow, every single person in that stadium would of had a brilliant fan experience, the atmosphere was amazing and the fans loving it, even the Lublin fans were chanting and adding to the atmosphere, although the tv can never catch the live experience it did capture some but for tv viewers it was a hard watch, with only the fact that it was a final keeping the interest 

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