New Buell CCS Contingency

[Mark Bernard]

Cool... Thanks Paul!

[251am]

Yeah, he was super fast, riding his XB speedway style. He slipped past me in the F-USA Thunderbike race, both ends swapping under braking. :o

It was most impressive. Right up to the point where he pitched it away in the bend.

He's going to be tough to beat in the amateur

classes this year. Hell, he's going to be tough to


beat in the expert classes...

What classes was he runnin?



The only disadvantage I saw in running em was the gearing. The chain conversion kit is around $2k. Anyone know to the contrary?

[PJ]

What classes was he runnin?

The only disadvantage I saw in running em was the gearing. The chain conversion kit is around $2k. Anyone know to the contrary?

GT Lights, Thunderbike, LW SB and LW GP. He won every CCS race he entered.

True, it's $1500 - $2500 depending on the kit. But you don't have to make the conversion.

Two Midwest racers, John Fox and Julian Soell, were plenty competitive last season with the stock belt drive (which is actually lighter than chain drive). The stock gearing is pretty good for most tracks.

I chose to convert mine, but the powerband is so broad on an XB that I run the same gearing at RA as Blackhawk, just use 4 gears at BFR.

http://www.halspa.com/Search.asp?txtSearch=conversion+kit#

http://racingmotorcycles.com/proddetail.asp?prod=06%2D500