lets go racing

acotrel · Oct 13, 2024

The biggest deterrent to historic racing is eligibility rules. We have people on committees who tailor the rules to suit their own motorcycles. The first thing they do when writing rules is think about what should be excluded. They imagine that other guys who make modifications, are the reason they themselves are slow. Lap times don't mean much, some races are won by psychology in the pits. I usually try to help the other guys become faster. I do not care who beats me, they still have to ride the bike. I was really sad the first time I rode the Seeley 850 at Mount Gambier. There was a kid with a Honda 750 having a really good go at me, but when I put pressure on him, he gave up.

nortonmargie · Oct 13, 2024

acadian said:
It's very frustrating, I have spoken with a builder who ran in the same class and was told that he's "gotten by" inspection, but also gotten caught. In his opinion it's a crap shoot depending on who is performing the inspection. But in terms of actual legality, adjustable fork dampers are not permitted.

What's more aggravating is that lack of harmonization in rules between VRRA (canada) and AHRMA (usa), many guys race on both sides of the border and, in fact, a VRRA licence (obtained in Canada) fully qualifies you for AHRMA... so it's clear that they want cross border competitors.

I'm not sure what guys do... I mean, do they pre prep their bikes for two set ups (i.e. dampers, floating discs) and then swap on either side of the border??

edit: another example in carbs - VRRA smoothbore size limit = 31mm, AHRMA = 34mm

If the respective committees didn't have territorial issues, (often the case) the intelligent thing to do would be to have AHRMA and VRRA representatives sit down with a case of good beer and hash out a set of North American rules, thus encouraging larger fields

Fast Eddie · Oct 14, 2024

Understanding the rules well, and building the most competitive machine that you can, within those rules, is all a part and parcel of racing.

acadian · Nov 7, 2024

Seat and fairing arrived

Next project is the gearbox rebuild, while I sort through the internals I'll also be trying to work out an outrigger, I've located a suitable deep groove ball bearing, it's 7mm deep with an ID of 29mm, the sleeve gear is 28.5mm so it will require a sleeve, the bearing that Steve supplied is 1.125 ID (28.55mm) which gives a bit of slop on the sleeve gear. All that being said, and since I don't have the ability to cast parts, this will have to be a bolt together unit. I've not found any references to other folks who've made their own outrigger so I'm in uncharted territory as best as I can tell. I anyone has any tips send them my way.

acadian · Nov 30, 2024

Took a few weeks and some hit & miss but finally finished the outrigger... just in time for our club x-mas party where a mate says "By the way, I have a never used maney outrigger if you want it"