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[Rattler]

Originally Posted by antonye

Encouraged.

Poor wording in my first draft that was edited to avoid confusion.

Anthonye - you have a PM
Tim

[Fastfasulli]

Just like to congratulate Dom and Fil firstly - great stuff.
Also:
I still consider myself a total novice at this racing malarkey but have some burning questions about what happened yesterday. Looking at the results sheet for race 1 stats read:
Dom - 1:23.00 Avg MPH 83.21
Ian - 1:23.59 " " 82.51
Kyle - 1:23.47 " " 82.35

The burning questions are:
1) What would lead a person to suspect foul play here?
2) Can the difference be down to rider ability?

Someone please educate me :-)

[Grib]

If people didn't start vicious, unfounded rumours in the first place, none of this would happen.

It's not good for the club, it's made us look pr@ts imo. All it's served to do is bring us, as riders/sponsors closer together in supporting a fellow racer who we all believe has been riding a perfectly legal bike all season. I'd be shocked if anyone was cheating this year, it seems so morally wrong to do that, especially as we're all mates out there. As for last year, well we weren't there, so can't really comment.

[domski]

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[Rattler]

The whole situation stinks in my opinion - I think that the DD series is worse off because of this.

I heard no "murmors" in the paddock about Dom, yet it seems that a rider has been requested to protest another rider's bike because a non-rider asked him too. Can a non-rider request this???

I thought I was on the race committee but was not aware of any of this.

IMHO this is a personal attack that has been carried out through official channels and has no place in the DD.

Someone's got egg on their face this morning.

I will endeavour to understand the protest procedure fully and report it to all riders.

Thanks to AK, Butch, Chass for stripping the bike and wasting their Sunday evening.

The only good coming from this that I can see is that Dom has proved to be the best rider on a great bike that Chass has lovingly prepared within the rules.

We knew this before, but others (non-riders) it seemed were prepared to put personal agendas ahead of the best interests of the riders.

If I don't get a satisfactory response to my questions, I'm quitting as Rider's rep - no great loss to the powers that be I'm sure. There has been so much **** going on behind the scenes, but this seems to in my opinion to potentially "disrepute" the whole series.

The series should be run for the best interests of the riders, not to meet the personal objectives of a few non-elected individuals. A democracy or a dictatorship?

Tim

[Grib]

Nicely said Tim

[VanDaMauler]

Jesus christ...

I didnt know the DesmoDue was full of this sort of bitchary....

I`m glad I didnt get involved, you`d all be stripping my bike every meeting looking for Nitrous bottles as whipped everyones A wholes.

[AK]

Originally Posted by Rattler

The whole situation stinks in my opinion - I think that the DD series is worse off because of this.

I heard no "murmors" in the paddock about Dom, yet it seems that a rider has been requested to protest another rider's bike because a non-rider asked him too. Can a non-rider request this???

I thought I was on the race committee but was not aware of any of this.

IMHO this is a personal attack that has been carried out through official channels and has no place in the DD.

Someone's got egg on their face this morning.

you are so right tim. my opinion too

I have been on about a procedure since last season when a couple of bikes we know now were not running 'legally' were on the grid - the DLS ones which are both out this year without their illegal components (I stand to be corrected if wrong tho)
yesterday just showed up the petty mindedness of 3 bigoted people (not antony, who was merely a pawn thinking he was doing the best for the club) to use their power to wield such a nasty suprise, one of whom wasnt even at the meeting - you know who you are.

I quite agree with any bikes being stripped, but for the right reasons, and this instance was not one of those IMHO.

When I helped out Chass by stripping his bike for him it didnt take me long to see that the bike had never been majorly stripped down, other than normal belts and plugs as you would expect to find.

The only good coming from this that I can see is that Dom has proved to be the best rider on a great bike that Chass has lovingly prepared within the rules.

spot on

We knew this before, but others (non-riders) it seemed were prepared to put personal agendas ahead of the best interests of the riders.

If I don't get a satisfactory response to my questions, I'm quitting as Rider's rep - no great loss to the powers that be I'm sure. There has been so much **** going on behind the scenes, but this seems to in my opinion to potentially "disrepute" the whole series.

The series should be run for the best interests of the riders, not to meet the personal objectives of a few non-elected individuals. A democracy or a dictatorship?

Tim

again, so right.

you helped us out this week with the petty politics so we could have both and not just one bike on the grid.
thanks mate

dont go - but if you do - I want to know where you will be racing as we will come too, as we both feel as you do

[Jon]

I turn my back for 5mins and look what happens. All very sad indeed

Now will someone kindly put the results up please

PS If Chas/Dom bike is the fastest legal bike out there, can I have first refusal on it please.

[Chaz]

Originally Posted by Jon

I turn my back for 5mins and look what happens. All very sad indeed

Now will someone kindly put the results up please

PS If Chas/Dom bike is the fastest legal bike out there, can I have first refusal on it please.

Make me an offer, do you want it in kit form or rebuilt.