So going through the rule for Production LWT....I keep seeing glaring holes. With the Addition of the 300 Production class, the Lightweight Production rules are essentially the same.
Regularly the 550s/500s EX, GPz, etc...are forced to run against the SV650 in LightWeight Superbike...which as anyone knows is ridiculous.
My thoughts on the LWT rules are as follows.
These are the current rules:
380cc four stroke multi 400cc single 500cc four stroke air cooled (vintage) 400cc 2 stroke street based bike. Any year CBR250/300 Any year Ninja 250/300 Yamaha R3 RC390 Hyosung 250.
My thought is to change the following.
Take OUT 400cc 2 stroke street based bikes, like the RS250, RGV250, NS400r, etc (Christian Cote on his RS250 Aprilla was nice enough to move up a class, but really, he didnt have to)
And replace it with:
550cc vintage (25+ years old) muli-cylinders. Which would allow GPz550s, CBX550s, EX500s, into the class
.
With production suspension, and brakes the 25 year old GPZ550 is as fast as a modern Ninja 300 around Shannonville.
That would allow for more vintage racers to come out and compete, in LWT production, without having to bump into Light Weight Superbike. Where they frankly are not competitive at all.
Also I think that:
Bumping the size of singles in LWT production to 500cc from the current 400cc would open the door for Supermoto guys to come over and have some fun as well.
I talked to Chris, and he told me that I need a general consensus from the other LWT racers that this indeed makes perfect sense.
Looking at the times from the P3 Light weight racers from the Quinte TT this past summer and the lap times from the LWT production class I have found the following.
Light weight production-
Eric - 2:05 Jared- 2:07 JP- 2:08 Mike - 2:14 Ed- 2:17
P3 550s-
Doug Antridge- 2:05 Bill Quail - 2:06 Brian Madeley- 2:09 Dave Mascolitti - 2:09 Tim Voyer - 2:10
So the lap times are pretty well the same.
I am thinking that openning up the LWT production class to Vintage 550cc Multis that are 25 years old+ would help fill out the grid, and open it up to more bikes to be able to race.
So What are your thoughts, comments, concerns?
I will be at the RACE testing weekend (Pit #498 and #730) with a hard copy of this proposition, where I will hopefully get as many LWT riders to sign it as I can, then present it to Chris Chappelle
I know that in SOAR the Lightweight Superbike racers have modified the rules to now allow the SV650 into LWT Superbike...and allowing Brians FZR, and the other 550s to run in LWT Superbike. I dont want to annoy any of the RACE SV650 racers (as there are more SVs then pretty well any other bike) so I am trying to get some slight tweeking to the Production Rules.
Feel Free to email me as well... justin_marshall_498@hotmail.com
Regularly the 550s/500s EX, GPz, etc...are forced to run against the SV650 in LightWeight Superbike...which as anyone knows is ridiculous.
My thoughts on the LWT rules are as follows.
These are the current rules:
380cc four stroke multi 400cc single 500cc four stroke air cooled (vintage) 400cc 2 stroke street based bike. Any year CBR250/300 Any year Ninja 250/300 Yamaha R3 RC390 Hyosung 250.
My thought is to change the following.
Take OUT 400cc 2 stroke street based bikes, like the RS250, RGV250, NS400r, etc (Christian Cote on his RS250 Aprilla was nice enough to move up a class, but really, he didnt have to)
And replace it with:
550cc vintage (25+ years old) muli-cylinders. Which would allow GPz550s, CBX550s, EX500s, into the class
.
With production suspension, and brakes the 25 year old GPZ550 is as fast as a modern Ninja 300 around Shannonville.
That would allow for more vintage racers to come out and compete, in LWT production, without having to bump into Light Weight Superbike. Where they frankly are not competitive at all.
Also I think that:
Bumping the size of singles in LWT production to 500cc from the current 400cc would open the door for Supermoto guys to come over and have some fun as well.
I talked to Chris, and he told me that I need a general consensus from the other LWT racers that this indeed makes perfect sense.
Looking at the times from the P3 Light weight racers from the Quinte TT this past summer and the lap times from the LWT production class I have found the following.
Light weight production-
Eric - 2:05 Jared- 2:07 JP- 2:08 Mike - 2:14 Ed- 2:17
P3 550s-
Doug Antridge- 2:05 Bill Quail - 2:06 Brian Madeley- 2:09 Dave Mascolitti - 2:09 Tim Voyer - 2:10
So the lap times are pretty well the same.
I am thinking that openning up the LWT production class to Vintage 550cc Multis that are 25 years old+ would help fill out the grid, and open it up to more bikes to be able to race.
So What are your thoughts, comments, concerns?
I will be at the RACE testing weekend (Pit #498 and #730) with a hard copy of this proposition, where I will hopefully get as many LWT riders to sign it as I can, then present it to Chris Chappelle
I know that in SOAR the Lightweight Superbike racers have modified the rules to now allow the SV650 into LWT Superbike...and allowing Brians FZR, and the other 550s to run in LWT Superbike. I dont want to annoy any of the RACE SV650 racers (as there are more SVs then pretty well any other bike) so I am trying to get some slight tweeking to the Production Rules.
Feel Free to email me as well... justin_marshall_498@hotmail.com
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