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One for Ariel, or talk to the organising club. ____________________ My Flickr |
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Never seen a requirement fo lock wiring when sprinting. Mostly they want a chain guard and leathers that are either 1 piece or zip together. If you have a road licence you're unlikely to get turned away.
Your best bet is to email or phone the organiser. Most sprinters love nothing better than to talk for hours about it especially if it means attracting new blood. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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I should point out, I did this at the IOM. Just turned up, bike had the lightest of glances then I was ragging it up and down the Ramsey Sprint. ____________________ My Flickr |
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roboff94 Renault 5 Driver
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Posted: 18:24 - 28 Dec 2016 Post subject: |
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Cheers for the replies people I'll have a read up on that link, ta G.
Well its only like down the road from me so its pretty handy to have a go at rather than trekking to a proper strip. Im pretty sure my Helmets got an ACU sticker on it aswell so thats good
Yeah im not planning on being fastest haha, thats why im tempted to have a go on the H100, good excuse to be slow... ____________________ '88 Honda H100 SII - 89' Honda VFR400 NC30 |
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Sprinting you enter your bike into a bike class, not a time class. The rules are tighter for entry because it caters for a wide range of bikes from vintage to classic but you'll find a class for your bike whatever you ride.
Straightliners is mostly bracket racing, not sprinting. You enter into a particular time bracket regardless of what type of bike (subject to some appropriate rules). The two fastest classes top bike and comp bike are bike classes though and run as elimination rounds IIRC.
Ah, a quick look at Straightliners current rules says that they actually do bump a break-out up into the next fastest bracket. I'm sure that they didn't used to do that automatically, but they used to force a bike that repeatedly broke out to enter into the class above. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Did you enter a RWYB event? Normal classes don't apply though they do sometimes run alongside regular events.
One other similarity between sprint and bracket is that the clock starts when you break the beam, not with the light. The light just tells you that it's safe to go. In heads-up drag racing the light starts the clock and the first across the line is the winner, so it's easy for the slower bike to win over the faster one if their reaction time is better. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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While we were just going along for the RWYB aspect.
However my results are explicitly presented in the "Class 12.50" results.
This was in 2003, so things may have changed since then . |
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Old Thread Alert!
There is a gap of 1 year, 68 days between these two posts... |
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roboff94 Renault 5 Driver
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Well im not one for dragging up old threads, but thought id add to this.
Hoghton Tower sprint was this sunday just gone and i had a go at it, had an ace day out, loved every minute of it!
Entered both my bikes into the relevant RWYB classes, so just took the mirrors and plates off, taped up the lights and stuff and that was it apart from the race numbers. As said in this thread i was worrying about my numbers being regulation size and all that, but no one seemed to mind. I had to join the club that runs it, and get a once day race license which was 15 quid or so on top of the entry fee.
Got two practice runs in the morning then three timed in the afternoon, so got a good amount of time on the course. The best way to do it is deffo van/trailer your bike/s there, and not ride them like i did, ended up needing enlist someone to ride the other bike and drive my car filled with the gazeebo/tools/food. Results havent been posted yet, so im not 100% sure how i did.
I was never gonna win any prizes but i had an ace day out, worst part was the weather which was pretty naff, track was soaked and loads of mud from the paddock ended up all over it.
If anyones thinking of having a go id definitely recommend it, i had a great time. I'll stick a few pics up when ive sorted them out...
Ta!
Tom ____________________ '88 Honda H100 SII - 89' Honda VFR400 NC30 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 35 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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