(05-01-2015, 09:27 PM)c iom tt Wrote:

(05-01-2015, 08:25 PM)cregnybaa Wrote: Lets look at the big picture. they introduced this TTf1 + f2 class thinking they were going to get loads of RC30. 0w01s and such back on the track, Well the fact is both of those bikes as standard were almost next to also rans i/e not as good as there reputation, to get them right involved lots of special parts i/e HRC for Honda and YEC for yamaha. well most if not all of these parts have dried up now not available and to add to that the price of these bikes have exploded why would anybody want to take a chance of blowing their bike up that could potentially make them next to worthless, more likely they would buy something less valuable that could be raced thrashed and then be repaired should the worst happen, i think this is what we had untill they let Bruce ride that two stroke, that bike is in a totally differant league to everything in the race. i can see MD not wanting to ride next year unless they can find a two stroke for him, they may be able to find a few of these two strokes but not a grid full like they have now. they were even turning entries down last year but if they carry on it could easily go the other way.

The bottom line is they could have run the XR69 with GS1000 engines,with period carbs, period size rims and wheel sizes etc, MD would still have won, and no one would have been complaning.
Instead, the orginaisers got cute, John Simms got clever behind the scenes, everyone expects to see a grid full of bikes from the past on the grid, John Simms bike wins, and rubs everyones noses in it.
So what happens then? Just As I predicted, someone else gets cuter than John Simms, and Padgets turn up with the YZR the following year and people start complaning that that bike should not be in the race.
I think you have more chance of the grid getting smaller if they dont get it into check than they will if they carry on like this.
Have you seen how much one of the XR69 look a likes are? Its still cheaper to buy a RC30 and throw 5 grand preping it.

First of all the organizers are anything but cute, secondly john Simms is clever he built a bike that was within the new rules and also sold some on i believe to other competitors so there was competition out there, also the 750s were getting sorted by now look at how well the zxr kawasaki's were going, look at their times as against MD on the big xr69 and Gary Johnson xr 69 but with yamaha engine oh my its another none genuine xr.  padgetts didn't get cute they just entered it why it was accepted who knows.

 yes xr 69s are expensive but replacable. 5 grand on a rc 30 well there aint any bits about now but if there was 5k would get you nowhere. Ask nick he may tell you what he spent on his.
i believe this class was just starting to even up now with the newer 750s against the OLDER 1300s then they let this 500 gp bike run. what the class needs is stabillity does anybody know whats happining in eight and half months time ?????? not really so how can you prepare.