My wife has put the kybosh on my racing. And I think she might be doing me a favour. These days I cannot ever look at my bike without having feelings of grief. I really enjoyed racing it, but these days there are too many hurdles. Even when the next guy gets it, the opportunity to get a decent ride with it probably will not be there.
A Commando-based bike is similar to some other bikes which appear in other historic racing groups, however because of date-based rules, they never race together.
I have never been interested in racing four-culinder bikes or two-strokes. If they are there when I am having a ride, I will race against them, but whether they are faster or slower is not of much interest to me. Those 1100cc CB750 Hondas of Rex Wolfenden, and some two-strokes absolutely fly down the straights, but are useless in corners. When I race, it is about the dogfight and developing the bike to be as good as it can be.
My 850 motor will not shit itself, and the Seeley actually handles. The gearbox is a major factor. The motor does not need to be so fast.
For some guys, being blown to the weeds as they go down a long straight on a race circuit , can be very disheartening. To me that is simply part of the game. With my bike, if that happens, it does not matter. But ending up in front of them is irrelevant. If they were all on bevel Ducatis, or Pantah-based Ducatis, that would be different.
It is the TYPE of bike which is important.
When I bought the 6 speed TTI gearbox, I sold a good TZ350G to get it. If there had been a good two-stroke class, I would probably have raced that. But 'historic' races are usually organised by sidecar guys. Racing a TZ350 against four-strokes is equally as stupid.
