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Fim Speedway Grandprix New Zealand 2014 Full Event

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This is about as cool as it gets on a bike ... This pitch-it-sideways move is about the only move I can do, just about anywhere the rear tire will slide ... Probably picked it up from watching these guy from my teenager days ..

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSeGQRYGruc


Some funky looking bikes :) ESP that front end ....

What's with the leaning the bike way-over when it is sitting still move?


~1:30 mark is the semis ...
 
I believe Speedway bikes still run on NitroMethane which can easily load up. Running the bike leaning it over on right peg is a way to run the engine to build some heat in it to clear it out I believe.
 
I believe Speedway bikes still run on NitroMethane which can easily load up. Running the bike leaning it over on right peg is a way to run the engine to build some heat in it to clear it out I believe.
 
Big Timmy said:
I believe Speedway bikes still run on NitroMethane which can easily load up. Running the bike leaning it over on right peg is a way to run the engine to build some heat in it to clear it out I believe.
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Nitro? Pretty interesting ... Pretty interesting all-round if you look at how unique those bikes are made ... There are a few places you see them drive off the track and even then the riding style looks a little funky ...

The final and semis were pretty cool ... And then the winner of course starts popping wheelies on the track ...

I like that camera work right down on the starting line also .... You can almost feel how intense it is when they are sitting behind that fancy rubber-band starting gate.. even the gate picking was pretty cool ... ~19 heat races? Beer in the stands? I'd go to one of these races ...:)
 
That engine does not look that big really and I guess his foot is on the outside peg? No front brake heheh ....

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Might be steel on the bottom of that boot. ...
 
No brakes at all ray ray. The older Jawa 500cc engines had the cylinder standing straight up and down, now they lean forward. The town I grew up in Castro Valley Ca. had a shop called "The Wheel Works" he laced motorcycle wheels and the owner was a World Champion speedway racer. He had a gold plated trophy bike he was awarded in his front window for awhile back in about 74'. He actually used it for competition after pulling it down from that window.
Leading link front ends have been used in speedway competition for along time now.
 
These guys like the slanted sitting engines ... They seem to think it handles better :)
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Check the rider out on the inside ... He's almost looking under his bars ...
 
Big Timmy said:
No brakes at all ray ray. The older Jawa 500cc engines had the cylinder standing straight up and down, now they lean forward. The town I grew up in Castro Valley Ca. had a shop called "The Wheel Works" he laced motorcycle wheels and the owner was a World Champion speedway racer. He had a gold plated trophy bike he was awarded in his front window for awhile back in about 74'. He actually used it for competition after pulling it down from that window.
Leading link front ends have been used in speedway competition for along time now.
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I always like this racing and was on youtube and saw a link ... Youtube has helped mankind I think :)

Here's a '83 500cc Jawa ... Professional grade only! Check that peg out!
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Chayzed Pilot said:
2 wheel speedway is cool. I have gone a watched a bunch of events. These guys in this video are always a show. New Zealand sidecars doing speedway.
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Probably a fore-gone conclusion that there is gonna be some bumping and rubbing in the 1st corner ...
 
Sorry ray ray, the guys don't get away running any Nitromethane mixed with there fuel anymore. I believe it was always illegal. Straight methanol nowadays is the fuel of choice. I've watched these guys for years and they get down in Poland, Latvia, Belgium, Russia and all over Europe. I think this kind of racing started in Australia.
 
silverstreakNZ said:
they run a dry clutch and its savage at best . no gear box . they tip it over so the wheel isnt on the ground and they can warm it up without sittin on the clutch for ages
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Yep - this.

I have a couple of mates that race these (We're in Australia). Also the foot peg on the right is sort of like a pivot peg for us. It swings back and forth.
 
the leading link forks came in the 90's they steer more precise then the twisty old conventional forks. straight methonal. you have to wash the carb out after a nights racing. really eats up the alum .... the laydown engines handle a lot better, worth approx 2 bike length on every straight. add it up on a 4 lap race you are almost lapped. they also put the power down better. Unfortunetly the laydown motors are a lot more money to build. costs to race in europe are mega dollar due to the laydown motor, 24 heats on a motor and it needs to b rebuilt for GP competition. engines run 15K for a quality motor, everything is custom inside, custom flywheels - different weight for different type of track surfaces, cams , cam timing. only thing stock are the cases and barrel...
 
wow ... Sounds like alot of effort on a per bike basis ... What are they looking to achieve exactly with straight Methanol?

Yep, I can see the point of conventional forks twisting maybe ...

huskyfrk said:
the leading link forks came in the 90's they steer more precise then the twisty old conventional forks. straight methonal. you have to wash the carb out after a nights racing. really eats up the alum .... the laydown engines handle a lot better, worth approx 2 bike length on every straight. add it up on a 4 lap race you are almost lapped. they also put the power down better. Unfortunetly the laydown motors are a lot more money to build. costs to race in europe are mega dollar due to the laydown motor, 24 heats on a motor and it needs to b rebuilt for GP competition. engines run 15K for a quality motor, everything is custom inside, custom flywheels - different weight for different type of track surfaces, cams , cam timing. only thing stock are the cases and barrel...
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TemecuCoastie said:
Love Speedway. We used to make the trip from San Diego to Costa Mesa (a lot) when I was a little kid. Good news is they still have racing there.
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Never saw a rider rip up the gate as he was heading off the track to sit in the stands ... :) ... I'll watch this a couple more times...
 
Check out when you get a moment what they call Long Track in England and the Baltic States, it's done on grass. I think the tracks are like 3/8's mile or longer. OMG that would takes some serious nuggies. Big stuff, :popcorn:
 
What are they looking to achieve exactly with straight Methanol?

most power . eg mega compression ala 15:1 and correct timing
 
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