the biggest thing in DD right now............
 

RESPECT.

after the best round ever and one of the best biking weekends ive had, the thing that has really struck me is how much respect all the DD riders/team owners have for each other.

for their riding skill
for their sheer guts to get out there
for their committment to get back out after an off
for their total determination to do 'their' best.

many of us were chatting and commenting that if DD folded we would be unlikely to race in another series.

the 'family' feeling is that strong and im glad to be part of it.

I respect you for raising that point Dickie ;)

Nice one :lol:

Good init,

Not that I have any respect for you now you've beat me. you git :lol::lol::lol:

At least narrow it down a bit, who are you addressing?

:P:lol:;)

All 14 of you :lol:

a wonderfull weekend,and i agree 100% Dickie the best group of racers around,in fact "proberbly the best race series in the world"!:lol:
Butch

Couple of questions then.....

*gets ready for the abuse....

Should you REALLY respect and like one another THAT much ?
Why would you not race in any other series ?
Do you feel you as a group are a little 'insular' in the paddock ?
Don't you think you're missing out in a lot of ways in not mixing so much with the rest of New Era. ?
How do you think a rider who finished 10th for example (i have no idea who that was by the way) would do in a Novice 600 race with BEMSEE on a bike of their choice... (no, not a 1000cc :) )

YES :)


Because I wouldn't be racing a small and cheap Ducati in a series organised by a friendly Ducati Club. It's all what matters to me.


Say it again? :lol:


NO :D
I've got so many things to learn from the DDers and DSCers, that's more than enough to me. Furthermore I can't really appreciate a bike when it's not written Ducati on it, don't you say love makes you blind in English? (we do in French) ;)


Who cares?

That series is brilliant and nobody will make me think the opposite. That's about the bikes I like with the people I like. What else may I want? More sunny rounds :lol:

nice replies mate... and more constructive than i expected :)

thank you.

Let it go....

Just to add, i was thinking more of the nights before and the mornings of the races...

i made some totally fantastic mates in the DP paddock and the Dinner and Dance was a complete and utter blast...

If there's a NE dinner and Dance how many are going ? how many went last year ?

LOL i'm not a dog with a bone fella... if you don't like me answering, post all the questions in the other forum... i've only been there once... and won't be going in again :)

this is still the DSC forum whether it's the DD section or not is of no significance to me.

Originally posted by weeksy2
Couple of questions then.....

*gets ready for the abuse....

Should you REALLY respect and like one another THAT much ?
So you havnt heard the common 'axe-murderer' tag applied to so many of the modern riders then ?

Why would you not race in any other series ?
I do actually, 4 other series, run by crmc and vmcc, cos they are proper clubs where people try and help each other in the paddock ...

Do you feel you as a group are a little 'insular' in the paddock ?
What you mean like every club tends to be ?

Don't you think you're missing out in a lot of ways in not mixing so much with the rest of New Era. ?
But all it takes to 'mix' is to go over and talk to someone, or ask their advice - I go and poke my nose into other people's bikes all the time :-))

How do you think a rider who finished 10th for example (i have no idea who that was by the way) would do in a Novice 600 race with BEMSEE on a bike of their choice... (no, not a 1000cc :) )
Can you arrange axe-murderer-avoidance-training then ?
Personally, I cant think of a less interesting class (I'd even race gp250 instead, and I hate 2-strokes)

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although somewhat of a one off; the leisure time spent at assen with the people i was with was just superb. cant imagine it being any better in any other paddock.

NE dinner dance? to be honest my life; and probably many others; is so busy i just have to priortise and compromise on many things. if its a choice between a NE dinnner dance and a DSC one, i know which one ill be attending.

dont get me wrong, would love to interact more, but for me simply not enough hours in the day.

Have to agree with Dickie, as I find it difficult to have any spare weekends at the moment and the DD series is only one weekend per month!

The fact that I'm racing against friends from the DSC is the biggest attraction to the series. I really don't know if I would race in another series if it wasn't for DD because the amount of times I have been helped (and also helped others) has made the difference between racing or sitting and watching.

There's a great friendship in the paddock that I think would be missing elsewhere. I'm sure that the other series also has friends, but I'm sure they take it a lot more seriously and are more insular than us DD riders are as a paddock.

Fully agree with what the racers said!

Weeksy,

Best thing about our series is it is a DSC club series - facilitated by New Era - so we get to do and be different to the other clubs.

Yes we should respect each other, that's what makes DSC rideouts and DD racing as enjoyable as it is. I had a number of opportunities to make HARD / Challenging moves on Phil in our race at Cadwell and chose not to because he's a mate, I don't want to have him or me off and ruin our race and season of enjoyment, if that makes me less of a racer then fine, I'm happy and will stick to DD.

I wouldn't race in any other class or series as I don't have aspirations or expectations above my ability, or would want to test them in another 600 class. What would I be proving and to whom??

We can and do choose to do things differently, Assen, that other clubs don't/can't do.

It's not about the racing.....:eureka:

Steve having spent a lot of time in the last 3 years in New Era paddocks, with GP250's, CB500's, and DD I would say that most classes tend to stick together-the GP250 guys all tend to know each other and help each other, CB500's the same, and DD. The only real difference with the DD boys is that because it is a club series within New Era they really are a separate group and they use our message board rather than New Era's mainly. Just my take on it.

John

when im camped at the races so far iv always ended up next to some other racers than dd and they have been real friendly.

best part is we all want to get faster all want to race each other. so we all help each other out.

every race weekend so far has been fantastic and ill never forget them

wot Monty said about 'class riders working together' in a series.

We've been racing with Bemsee over the last 7 or 8 years and have got to know quite a few peeps there for cuppa's head nodding and borrowing bits off & vice versa.

However, this DD series is an absolute cracker - and a first - in that we can go into the paddock when DD is running and know a whole host of people straight off.
From a spectator point of view, the lads all josh in the paddock & lend/borrow bits from each other, but when the flag drops & the lights go out - then their race heads go on, and its the same out there as any other series.
Some fairing bashing, lever touching etc, but they STILL come back to the paddock, shake hands if it was a close thing - and remain mates:cool: