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[Bionicle]

Its not the first time and i doubt it will be the last but once again this weekend I found myself held up in two of the races by slower class A bikes when I say slower I mean that my class B bike did not have the speed into or out of corners or on the straights to make a safe clean pass on the class A bikes,as they are faster in a straight line so reached the corners sooner and were faster out if that makes any sense!!!

Its easy to say get off the line quicker so your in front but class A bikes tend to have a little more straight line speed and can pull in front.

I think its time that class A had its own grid and class B its own grid, with class A bikes having a 10 second start on the class B or something along those lines after all if a Class B bike can catch a class A with a 10 second start then it will have the speed to pass it safely maybe its something the race committee could look into for next year ?

Any thoughts comments ?

[Ghost]

Originally Posted by Bionicle

Its not the first time and i doubt it will be the last but once again this weekend I found myself held up in two of the races by slower class A bikes when I say slower I mean that my class B bike did not have the speed into or out of corners or on the straights to make a safe clean pass on the class A bikes,as they are faster in a straight line so reached the corners sooner and were faster out if that makes any sense!!!

Its easy to say get off the line quicker so your in front but class A bikes tend to have a little more straight line speed and can pull in front.

I think its time that class A had its own grid and class B its own grid, with class A bikes having a 10 second start on the class B or something along those lines after all if a Class B bike can catch a class A with a 10 second start then it will have the speed to pass it safely maybe its something the race committee could look into for next year ?

Any thoughts comments ?

I said the very same after Anglesey, depending on track length 5 to 10 second start for class A

[bradders]

2 things:

1) won't that put the slower A class into the way of the battling front B class
2) won't that mean more B class getting lapped and maybe losing track time

[dunlop0_1]

Move up to class A.

[Ghost]

Scrap class A and allow tuning to the max on class B, with full grids.

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by Ghost

Scrap class A and allow tuning to the max on class B, with full grids.

I don't think dumping the newer bikes is the way to go! best have a power to weight rule & just one class.

[dunlop0_1]

Originally Posted by Ghost

Scrap class A and allow tuning to the max on class B, with full grids.

I don't think I could handle more than the 50 BHP I already have.

[paynep]

Originally Posted by Chaz

I don't think dumping the newer bikes is the way to go! best have a power to weight rule & just one class.

Now that's a good idea. But I'll let someone else do the math!

[bradders]

ok if you have deep pockets or strong mechanical knowledge, but for numpties like me closer to std the better

[ells]

Some sort of way to merge A and B bikes would be a good way of getting full grids.

However I do like having two different championships. 1 for novice and 1 for serious peeps. Would like to see that element retained.

Mark.

PS 5/10 seconds headstart is not really going to shorten the race for the backmarkers.