The Horsepower thing just isnt a viable arguement! The 125 mid corner speed is quicker than the motogps!

I gladly go out in the fasty group on the vfr 400.....yeah great you pass me on the straight but woopy doo! I still make a good case amongst the bendy bits....even though im just a trackdayer and not a racer!!:rolleyes:

So would you class Lin (sorry Lin) as a hardened racer?

She's done 18 months of racing.

Or are you just upset at people that race and are faster than you?

I'm not sure I understand the point at which you become a 'racer' and therefore a threat on trackdays?

There are lots of very fast people that don't do racing, but they'd be very good - but I suppose that because they stick to trackdays, that's ok is it?

This isn't entirely directed at andyb coz I know he's messing about as well - but it does get irritating when 'non-racers' moan about racers ruining trackdays.

This isn't entirely directed at andyb coz I know he's messing about as well - but it does get irritating when 'non-racers' moan about racers ruining trackdays.

Yeah and thats another thing!..........."racers" messing around in the novice/ inters group 'practicing!'

Thats my point!

Seriously, if you can't ride faster than a 50bhp Ducati twin, with a novice racer on board in the inter group - then you should be in the slow group, and very embarrassed!!!

I'm now going in the fast group at Donington, BUT, I'm as dangerous to the really fast guys in the fast group as you percieve me to be in the inters. It's much safer for a 'racer' on a slow bike, to go in the inter group.

So on the other side of this....are you saying racing in the DD is the same as doing an inters t/day?

brilliant :lol:

No. I'm saying that a DD racer is no threat or danger to anyone on a trackday in the inter group and I don't understand why you or anyone would have a problem with it.

From my personal experience, I'd much rather be on track with 'racers' as I find them much safer and in more control of what they're doing. They also don't have to take risks or ride beyond their ability to overtake people.

Lastly, just because somebody has been in a race, does not make them fast!

How funny :D Your little VFR400 is a lot faster than my 583, I've been out with standard 400s on a trackday (naughty practicing racing god me :rolleyes: ) and they blow the 583 into the weeds, so that's that out the window. I'll not go in the fast group on the DD bike. Somebody that knows what they're doing on a litre bike have a good 50-60mph over my bike on a straight, that sort of closing speed is ridiculously dangerous. Far safer with people that aren't as handy at wielding their 160 odd bhp in the Inters IMO. Don't know what your problem is really, maybe bitterness at not being a 'racer'?

Skids...thanks for letting me know :) Hello Dallas if you're watching *waves*

Dom...'Seriously, if you can't ride faster than a 50bhp Ducati twin, with a novice racer on board in the inter group - then you should be in the slow group, and very embarrassed!!!
' ;) My thoughts exactly.

TBH maybe we're being a little harsh on andyb, if he can hold his own on a VFR400 in the fast group he is running 400 race winning pace and if we're not careful he'll turn up in DD and show us the way round !

As others I would like to know when I turn into a hardened racer and have to go in the fast group ?
Most DD'rs lap cadwell in the 1m50-2m10 lap times, fast groups now drop down to 1m35, admittedly only a few secs quicker than andyb on his 400 but still for dd bikes the lap times are too different and cause a danger especially o nthe straights with closing speeds of more than 60mph.

The dd bikes don't have a corner advantage over the bigger bikes either, unlike motogp where a 125 is lighter than a motogp bike and they are both on equally grippy tyres the dd bike weighs the same as a modern litre supersports yet is on less grippy tyres, dd bikes are just a liability in the fast group.

Inters is a safer place to be, folks in inters on bigger bikes don't know how to open their throttles and don't use their sticky tyres in the corners so lap times are similar therefore making the day safer for everyone :)

So what was the problem with racers in inters ?

Same lap times yeh, what's the point of that question ? In fact some of the classis classes only lap as quick as the novice group.
It's nothing to do with rider ability and all to do with bike speed.

Come racing and see for yourself

as they say, you don't need to be fast to be a racer, a pair of balls will do the rest ;)

Edit: and plenty of money :lol:

That's be knackered then, no balls, no money......


;) :p

I don't know about the money, but I think you've got more balls than a lot of people here ;)

Trackdays are NOTHING like racing, so no. Unless you've raced, you wouldn't understand.


I don't want balls, I'm a lady ;) Can I have big, urr, ovaries instead?!

*ahem*... I knew that was not the finest joke to make about a Lady :)
Sorry Lucie, hopefully you got my point (which was not being rude...) ;)

" big Jubblies "..................................

:eek: :lol:

Tonio...I know you're not being rude, I'm just playing ;)

<weeksy>

But trackdays aren't racing...

</weeksy>

Same lap times yeh but that's not the whole story is it, I can lap Donington Park quicker than Kevin Schwantz did on his RGV500 GP bike, does that make me better than him ?..........

Show-off ;)

What's the scoop on getting a 620 or a 583 through the quiet day noise tests ?

Bang a DB Killer up yer pipe :o

:o Does it hurt

Only if you slip!

You'll probably have to give it a good drilling first as well :o

:lol:

At Donington today the sound men were hanging around like a bad smell on the start finish, and several places around the circuit as well.............numerous people got black flagged!

So anybody (apart from dom) got any real info on if the db killers do enough of a job on a dd bike ?

None taken.

Single pipes are louder with killers, up to 106db :o

Our twin pipe makes 97 with killers, but it depends how they do it. Every test I've had (about 4) have all been different revs and distance from the pipe.

Our vfr 400 ran really hot yesterday..............yes i know it was the hottest day of the year, but when i took the db killer out it ran significantly cooler.....and thankfully it wasnt too loud to be flagged.

FYI

Our 583 was ok with a db killer on saturday, it's not the loudest 583 without one tho.

Right - I've booked the 12th so I'd better get 3 db killers sharpish then :roll:

Apparently Louigi still has loads of db killers that he got in specially for assen.
Do him a favour and reduce his stock level people.

Only 'NOVICE' places available on Friday 11th now...

:lol: