I second that.

Well said

Thankyou dear!:cool:

edited, cos i thought you were taking the p to start with!:o

[Edited on 13-7-2005 by CK and AK]

I wouldn't dare!

...and you were not wrong about my riding skills!

[Edited on 13-7-2005 by NBs996]

Take cover, FRIENDLY FIRE!!!! :lol:

Thats a good idea Tim:eureka:
I would have thought you could only gaurantee 50% of the dd's going for it. Makes far more commercial sence:cool:

You got my vote,
still I wouldn't mind the odd extra round by way of the odd two day meeting.
If I want more racing I can always either enter a North Glos mini twins or a Supersport 600 race on one of my other bikes funds permitting. But would like the DD series/championship to be a relatively cheap form of racing

What's the nearest track to the Ducati factory?

Why not get Ducati to sneak 36 x 620's out the back door and let us race (test ride) them :P

Then all you need is a flight for £50 and a some free accomodation.

I could afford that :D

Otherwise there is no way I could do it - and I only pay for entries and diesel etc.

I'm struggling to pay for these 6 rounds in England!! :(

I do like the idea very much, but for me it's out of reach.

SPANK MY ARSE AND CALL ME CHARLIE!




chris only asked a simple question:

"would many of this years racers and prosepctive ones for next year be interested in a race outside of the UK?"

a simple yes/no and maybe a comment would have done!

chris, as i see it, is just trying to throw ideas out there to improve the series no harm in that. if no one does it then it will collapse and stagnate.

any changes made to the format, number of rounds, venues etc will be done in association with the views of current and prospective racers no doubt.

lets not all start flapping about things that are not an issue yet.




regarding a comment from jools:

"To be honest, from the tension in this thread the foreign round proposal seems to be another example of the DD series acting in a divisive and alienating way to the ordinary grass roots members when it should be inclusive."

while i respect you jools, and believe most of your comments are spot on, i think you a wide of the mark here.

DD is only adding to the DSC. this thread was a simple question, no more, no less. everything that is connected with DD is in ADDITION to all the other stuff the club does. if someone doesnt want to go to a DD round to watch or take part, fine, they can carry on with all the usual DSC stuff they do. its still there. not everything the club does has to be "inclusive", some people want to do rideouts others dont; some people like meeting for drinks others dont; some dont want to do trackdays others do. this goes for all the clubs activities.

you choose what you want to do, you leave the ones you dont. its called freedom of choice.

"alienating way to the ordinary grass roots members" ?

what is a grass roots member anyway?

i do what i can and more importanly what i want in the club.

only been on one rideout,
do the essex meets every now and then,
done DSC trackdays
done factory trip
do lunchtime drinks with DSC'ers
do xmas drinks
do AGM's
do DD.

dont know if that makes me grass roots or not? but even if i didnt ride in DD i would just view it as another string to the DSC bow that i could either join in or not.

Well, I've been outside with Phillc swapping bits around on the bikes and I'm really glad I missed this thread 'developing'

Has anyone considered that:

1. Chris is asking for expressions of interest to see if it's worth his while spending the time to investigate so he can come back with the details that are being requested?

2. That levelling accusations of 'DD' getting too big for it's boots and forgetting the grass roots might be a little OTT considering he's only asking to see if anyone's interested?

3. That carrying on like this when someone is prepared to give a lot of time and effort setting this up is just bloody rude and ungrateful?

Can I ask someone to please stop me if I think of volunteering to organise something for this club and remind me what can happen!

Jeez ...

I'm keen to keep racing next year but it's stuff like this thread and threads before it that make me think I should go elsewhere.

Anyone want a sorted 620?

:mad:

[Edited on 13-7-2005 by TP]