(14-06-2015, 02:19 AM)Ricky Wrote: This seems to be a bit of a non thing.

Apart from tyco, Honda racing, pbm, gb moto, mar train, Padgetts, they are all non factory supported.

No disrespect to Russ mountford at all but silicone engineering prob have more staff and equipment than some of the factory teams!

What is the criteria for this championship?

As a mate and supporter of Dan Cooper I can assure you he didn't regard winning the privateers cup as a none thing. It was a great reward for the huge effort that him and his buddies/family have put in to putting his second hand bikes together on a very tight budget. He had a big crash at the North West which put a big hole in his budget. He personally worked all hours to get the bike ready, and was justly rewarded.

If Russ has all those staff and that equipment, then I'm sure it is as a result of a colossal personal effort to bring it all together. I only did a few years club racing with my wife as team manager....and that was hard enough!!

Well done to all the privateers. Hugely admirable effort.