Neila Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago After Freddie's crash this weekend, it appears that we now have a lot more crashes than normal, some very big 😲. What is the cause of these, have seen mentioned that the tyres are unpredictable 😲 will the powers that be, FIM, here and Poland etc do anything about it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 valve Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 38 minutes ago, Neila said: After Freddie's crash this weekend, it appears that we now have a lot more crashes than normal, some very big 😲. What is the cause of these. The riders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 36 minutes ago, Neila said: After Freddie's crash this weekend, it appears that we now have a lot more crashes than normal, some very big 😲. What is the cause of these, have seen mentioned that the tyres are unpredictable 😲 will the powers that be, FIM, here and Poland etc do anything about it ? There are many reasons but for me, it's the constant search for speed, more speed, even greater speed than the last. Speedway globally should go for an engine reset & go down the standardised 'sealed units' route. Get rid of expensive 3rd party parts tuners. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Daniel Smith said: There are many reasons but for me, it's the constant search for speed, more speed, even greater speed than the last. Speedway globally should go for an engine reset & go down the standardised 'sealed units' route. Get rid of expensive 3rd party parts tuners. I agree, a point I have made many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelinehugger Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Clumsiness comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 51 minutes ago Report Share Posted 51 minutes ago (edited) 3 hours ago, Neila said: After Freddie's crash this weekend, it appears that we now have a lot more crashes than normal, some very big 😲. What is the cause of these, have seen mentioned that the tyres are unpredictable 😲 will the powers that be, FIM, here and Poland etc do anything about it ? To be fair Freddie’s crash wasn’t caused by speed or the track or the tyres , rew moved out and Freddie didnt shut off and ran out of room and hit the fence by the start gate, not sure if Freddie thought he would bounce off the kick board as seems to be the norm these days or he misjudged how close he was to the kick board, he was excluded as the cause of the crash, anyway speedy recovery Freddie Edited 43 minutes ago by THE DEAN MACHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DEAN MACHINE Posted 45 minutes ago Report Share Posted 45 minutes ago 2 hours ago, Daniel Smith said: There are many reasons but for me, it's the constant search for speed, more speed, even greater speed than the last. Speedway globally should go for an engine reset & go down the standardised 'sealed units' route. Get rid of expensive 3rd party parts tuners. As I’ve pointed out on numerous occasions for god knows how many years with evidence of it, bikes today are in relative speed no faster than they were 40 years ago, what is considerably faster is the speed of the back wheel to the speed of the bike, when the bike is doing 50-60mph the back wheel is doing 80-100mph, hence the back tyres wear out in 5mins and the front tyre will last a season, it has been a problem for years but nobody especially riders and tuners want it addressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelinehugger Posted 18 minutes ago Report Share Posted 18 minutes ago 26 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said: As I’ve pointed out on numerous occasions for god knows how many years with evidence of it, bikes today are in relative speed no faster than they were 40 years ago, what is considerably faster is the speed of the back wheel to the speed of the bike, when the bike is doing 50-60mph the back wheel is doing 80-100mph, hence the back tyres wear out in 5mins and the front tyre will last a season, it has been a problem for years but nobody especially riders and tuners want it addressed And that address is 10 Downing Street london Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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