DesmoDue vs. MiniTwins
 

Thought you might be interested to know that the very popular MiniTwins race series is now open to air cooled bikes of up to 820cc to run along side the existing 650cc water cooled machines.

For the full set of rules see www.minitwins.co.uk - Full details including dates for the televised MRO MiniTwins series are available on the site.

[Edited on 1-2-2005 by Mike Edwards]

Hmmm...so you could race a 750 ss with a slight overbore. Put a set of Nelly's heads on it and you should have a decent bike. Mind you that's no longer cheap racing, but then a competitive season in minitwins is said cost the better part of 8 grand.

Now thats a very interesting thing ...

Surely a stock S2R with a decent shock and some fork internals would be right up there?

8 grand? The machine that won the series last year cost well under 5 grand. Not bad for 51.8 second laps of Brands Hatch or 1:16s at Snetterton.

Good points Mike
And certainly cheaper than running a competitive Ducati SoT machine in a full season of club racing.
Could be a natural progression from Desmo Due

Don't disagree with you Mike about the S2R, although at that sort of speed I reckon you'll want a fairing. What are the rules? Is it required to be based on a road bike? How much can you modify?

My comment about the cost were on a season basis.

Is this the Mike Edwards who spent most of the eighties/nineties winning everthing on the club and national race scene?:burn:

In that case good to hear from you Mike. I doubt you'll remember me, but I certainly remember you.In the mid 80's it seemed that every race I entered was won by yourself, John Corrin or Kevin Mawdsley - good days.:)

Nah, Turns out there's two of us. Unfortunately when they handed out the talent it all went to the other Mike Edwards!

For MiniTwins the bikes need to stay pretty stock. Exhausts, jetting, filters, suspension and, er, that's about it. You'd be surprised how quick you can go despite not having a fairing. Unfaired bikes came second and third in the series last year.

What would be wrong with an 800SS?

Snuffink methinks.

What is that whirring sound?

Welcome to the site all the same mate:bouncy:

I second that, good information.

Been racing against my mates son Craig Polden then

Mike, have the rules been updated to reflect this? If so, where can I get a copy?

[Edited on 1-2-2005 by tp-996]

Hiya Mike,

I meant to mention Desmo Due to you last Friday at Caxton minimoto, but you clearly know about it already!

TP - you'll find the regs on www.bemsee.co.uk I think.

Andy

www.minitwins.co.uk has all the gory details, including race dates from Bemsee, MRO and (soon) North Gloucester!

Do note the various limitations and please ask if you have any questions as I'd hate people to get in trouble through not understanding the rules - Particularly the 72 SAE hp limit intended to keep costs down.