mini moto racing?

[h00dwink]

hidey hi people
it's an idea i'v been toying with for a while now.
i quite like the idea of getting one of those mini moto's, tuning it up, and getting involved with the track day scene for em.
i know doing track days would be a far grander experience on a full size bike, but i would quite like to give it a shot with these.
they're damned cheap to get and do up in comparison, so why not?

anyone know anything about this sort of malarkey? or is involved in it already?
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[Ste]

www.minimotoclub.com is very good, lots of info on there and details of where you can ride.

In short don't go for the cheapo bikes cos they are slow and they will break. Tuning it up? Nah, just get one that's half decent to start with.

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[h00dwink]

jeez, they're pretty 'spensive for the full on ones.
quite like the look of the polini's, they start out at "not too bad" prices aswell.

will probably start out with a cheaper one to make sure it is something i'd wanna do.

something else i'd like to try out aswell, there's a lot of kart places that do mini moto evenings aswell.
know anywhere in the south east that does them?
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[Yoshi]

I have a CAG (cheapy Chinese) and mate (Oli if nick's reading) has a Polini 4.2, and there's a world of difference! He paid about £300 second hand on ebay, its recommeded.

Suzuki-Rizla, I'm on your forum, same username and also on mmcw as Matt. Nick is on here as well.
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[Marci]

You'd be better off buying a 2ndhand race outfit actually at a Minimoto Race Meet...

Check out www.mmra.org.uk for British Minimoto Championship dates - there are usually loads of proper race-level machines up for sale there, ready to race, including race-level sidecars (radically different to the heaps o' crap you see on eBay)

Cheap Chinese bikes (CAGs) are accomodated within the 4.2 class at MMRA Rounds, so you can turn up on a cheapy and give it a whirl then look to upgrade later...

MMRA = Minimoto Racing Association of Great Britain, of which I'm a committee member.
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[Marci]

Photos from Rd6 this weekend just gone (at Warden Law - Sunderland) can be viewed yonder: https://www.swaffs.co.uk/index.news.item.php?id=41
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[benkeenan2005]

go to hullavington, speak to julian and ask about buying one of the 4.2's they use, it's the same as the hire bike so you can try it before you buy.