hank
Member
Excellent point!AB-1 Motorsports;10631 wrote: Dutch
I really dont have A dog in this fight but I will enlighten you on A few facts about the Aprilias,
Ours top out around 140mph, They have run 1.38,s at VIR North, 1.22,s at Summit main. and 1.25's at Grattan. Few of the problems that I see, Its not the closing speed of the bikes on the straight, Its the motards flying by the sportbikes on the brakes then driving away.
The Aprilia will most likley flat out run most of your members no matter what they are on and should be excluded from your motard ban.
Aaron Brown
AB-1 Motorsports
The basic argument here is that motards and sport bikes have different strengths and weaknesses and are capable of being ridden very differently while on the same track.
I can appreciate that top-end speeds favor the larger-capacity sport bikes, while mid-corner ability - both in terms of speed and multiple line choice - favors the motards.
Motards continue to gain in popularity and they are an excellent alternative to sport bikes that get lighter and produce more HP each year... Personally, my riding goals are changing - I no longer desire to go 165 MPH in a straight line to have fun, I am tending to prefer to slow down and get a smaller, lighter bike so I can ride more technical tracks.
Sure, I would gladly buy a 400 ~ 550cc 4-stroke sport bike, but since we here in the US prefer large-capacity machines (that the majority of owners can't control), the possible choices aren't available... so I am looking at motards. If that means limiting the tracks available to me - I can accept that. Then again, a 400 ~ 550 cc 4-stroke would probably be banned on the same tracks as the tards...
So, how about getting people together to start a Motard Club called North East Motard Bike Association (NEMBA)?