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Originally Posted By: Dan BlankenshipOriginally Posted By: Jesse Davisproblem is, it's rarely "cool old hardware". More commonly you get to see greasy motorcycles that belong at a rat rod show.
Sorry that is what you think about vintage bikes...I take it you never take a good look in the pits now at some of the battered new crap that shows up.
oh no, believe me, i do. and thats even more disappointing. im just saying that "vintage" bikes are usually just a oil-down waiting to happen.
Originally Posted By: Jesse DavisOriginally Posted By: Dan BlankenshipOriginally Posted By: Jesse Davisproblem is, it's rarely "cool old hardware". More commonly you get to see greasy motorcycles that belong at a rat rod show.
Sorry that is what you think about vintage bikes...I take it you never take a good look in the pits now at some of the battered new crap that shows up.
oh no, believe me, i do. and thats even more disappointing. im just saying that "vintage" bikes are usually just a oil-down waiting to happen.
I refer back to Chad's oil layer...as with any other bike that goes on the grid it is up to tech to pass or fail it, since thy have to meet the same safety requirements.
Rich as far as entries being better if national point were at stake...you would be suprised what some of these guys will do to cherry pick points out of other regions that they think are weaker to go to GNF with perfect points since every WERA vintage regional race scores national points.
Like said before there are vintage racers in Texas that are traveling out of the area to get points for WERA Vintage National or AHRMA and a bunch of others that tossed in the towel and mothballed their bikes when WERA Vintage went away in this region.
If the BOD wants to talk about this I know who to talk to to make this a reality and I know there is interest from the other side. I don't know the business side of it...not my deal but I can help to facilitate.
And who know...I might have to go dig up a Vintage weapon.
i think we should add the vintage class.
what can it hurt?
just stick it on the schedule,advertise it a little bit and see what happens.
if nobody shows,big deal.
there's a 100% chance it will not work if we DON'T do it.
and maybe there's a small chance it could grow if we do.
we have vintage mx around here and alot of those guys are willing to travel farther to race.
heck, we had brad lackey and jim pomeroy come to our town of 22,000 one year.
it can also give context to where we are now with our machinery.
and it could possibly bring out some spectators.
and with the current sanctioning bodies' climate, it offers us a chance to show them up.
everyone talks about the history of the club and how relevant it is.
what about the history of our sport?
Thank you Mark, this is the spirit we need to have. For the most part a bunch of these vintage guys are in the group that have money (30 to 50 somethings) but just don't want to do the speeds or spend the money associated with running in the premier classes. Or like me, my 01 Aprilia will be around until it's a pile of dust in the garage before I sweep it up and replace it.
As for grids, these bikes can slot into existing classes without adding new races to the structure.
Originally Posted By: Wil KitchensI'll be running a 1990 Honda Hawk NT650 next year...does that count as a 'classic'? It's old as f*** if that helps, lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ldschool-1.jpg
Yep..that's a Vintage bike.
Old bikes are awesome!!!!
http://www.foto41.com/Central-Motorcycle...7912_ZaNJX-A-LB
personaly i wouldnt race in it, I have too many bikes to race as it is, but Id like to see a vintage class.
http://www.foto41.com/Central-Motorcycle...672115315_GhQxR
I love vintage racing and the idea of keeping these bikes alive, on the track, where they belong.
Originally Posted By: chriscorder325I love vintage racing and the idea of keeping these bikes alive, on the track, where they belong.
So is it possible to make this an item for the BOD to consider and act on to try to move forward with this for next season? This way we could spread the word far enough in advance to start attracting riders in.
Originally Posted By: Dan BlankenshipOriginally Posted By: chriscorder325I love vintage racing and the idea of keeping these bikes alive, on the track, where they belong.
So is it possible to make this an item for the BOD to consider and act on to try to move forward with this for next season? This way we could spread the word far enough in advance to start attracting riders in.
Yes. We have a meeting in a couple of weeks.