Ninja 300

Yep, first of all I would place them in their own class. They have their own sprint race class AND they can run in F4 as well. Can F4 run in E SS? NO! At least not and be legal. Then I would classify them some other way in the "mini" endurance race. I'd also use someone elses idea with splitting the E ss into novice and expert. I think both of these ideas may bring back potential or possibly new customers. Bottom line is it certainly won't hurt anything...that's for sure. Your not going to lose customers, race time or anything else. It may bring entries to f4 and that could possibly lead to riders and parents feeling more comfortable moving a good young F4 rider into endurance with the 250's. I still would like to see the 250's on their own somehow, but my ideas would remove them from endurance(with more true mini's) which I don't think is beneficial to the club at this point, purely from a finacial aspect.

However,it would be possible to move the 250's to a solo...perhaps that's a way to go...not sure. Feature the 250 race more...throw them a bone(attempt maybe a class sponsorship with some $$)to lighten the ache of removing them from mini endurance. Heck I'd love to see some of our best racers on these machines and level the palying feild as much as possible...see who wins!

I looked back at results and except for the 2 totally bad [censored] 150's built by a mad scientist, since 2007 there have been no 80/85/92's( whatever is legal) win the overall. I don't think that's a coincidence.

We have all but excluded a certain subset of racers and racing families.....just look around the paddock!

OK, now go ahead and blast any and all my ideas...besides apparently I just want everyone to win, just like in our current societies 5 years old soccer games.....right John?


Derek

You would see more RS 2-strokes in the club if there was something for them to race other than F4. We wouldn't have sold ours but it didn't make sense to keep it with only one class to race.

Kawi drops the 250 for the 300 ?

What cheap, dependable, fairly trouble free bike can we race next ?

The CBR250R ?

Sooner or later the EX250 bikes & parts will dry up [img]<>/frown.gif[/img]
Tried to find a replacement engine for a reasonable price lately ?

In the CRA we had an "Ultralight" class where you could run GS500 (air cooled twin), Ninja 250, SRX 600, RD350 etc. The GS500 is a great, small, cheaper than ninja, bike to run with similiar HP compared to the newer ninjas.

I know...I'm Old!

CMRA needs a spec class for non-racers to be able to get into racing on a budget. Ninja 300 is the perfect platform. No mods, just a bellypan, go race.

Rd350 spec racing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDo1UQqYPqI


http://www.visordown.com/niall-mackenzie...ever/16511.html

No.

Those are basically RZ's

I'd prefer the RD350 since that was my 1st racebike and I still have it. [img]<>/smile.gif[/img]

I wasn't saying have a spec rd class. I was just using that as an example of how fierce a spec class can be.