Triumph 675 in LW classes!!!!????

[eh427]

Hey Nate, what was your reasoning to run the bmw instead of something lighter with more power? Challenge? Sponsorship?

[n8kern]

1) Challenge 2) Sponsorship (hard to come by these days, full I mean) 3) long term goals with BMW, they are a very loyal company and reward loyalty and results.  Again, I would love to do more AMA stuff, but the opportunity to race in europe as a support class (BMW Boxer/Power Cups) is far better experience than AMA.  I credit 3/4's of my success to the teams/riders in europe that taught me how to ride these big bikes.  When I was there in a one make series, it really go tme thinking about how to go faster if someone in front of me has th esame bike and tires "why cant I?"  
  The bike really teaches you how to ride, it demands corner speed which is crazy for such a wide long bike and body positioning is crucial to get it to turn.  When I get off the BMW and onto other bikes (sometimes) I cant beleive how much faster I am going.  It is a very deceptive bike and a great training bike.  Its like swinging 3 baseball bats at once!  jk, I love it and look forward to the new K12R and the challenge it brings with the East berlin Choppers style of riding that I need to get accustomed to.  I had a chance to ride a factory (Munich) BMW K12R in the Czech Grand Prix round of the Power Cup.  It was nuts, 2 30 minute qualifying, GO RACE!  No practice, no race day warm up, qualify, warmup lap, RACE.  That teaches you haow to be up to full speed entering turn 2 on the opening lap.  Have agood one!

nate

[PJ721]

HELL NO !!!!

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[oldguy]

Ha. I'll aways remember Nate at VIR ROGUE day when his throttle stuck wide open and that BMW was spinning like a top and Nate jumping in and out trying to hit the kill switch.
So I guess if I show up with a T675 this year you'll all be p*ssed and kick my a$$? Don't I get an old age handicap so I can ride LW? You guys are cold!. Cold I tell ya.  ;D

[n8kern]

LOL.  Oh yeah, I couldnt beleive it.  Its funny how your hear "bass stories" about how my throttle stuck and this is why, yadda yadda...  Thank goodness the throttle was still stuck when my mechanic got a hold of it.  The BMW has this little box under the tank where the throttle cables split off to each throttle body.  There is some sort of return something or other in ther for the cables... all I know is that I went to roll off for T4 and WANANANANANUH of the rev limiter the tach is bouncing and the throttle is shut off completely.  I jumped.   The bike was on the left cylinder head and the throttle up in the air on the right and the fact that it was in gear it was spinning like a pin wheel on the head.  
  Every time I stepped in to kill the motor the ass end was swinging around.  i finally jumped on the bike and it took me a couple of revolutions around to get it turned off! LOL  if we only had a video.  New way to bike surf eh'?

Nate

[badmonkey]

we played at roebling i think the july weekend, expert #11. Ray Silika

[weggie_man]

Oh man. I remember the BMW days... '83 and '84 running an old Beemer 1000 in WERA endurance races with Dan Luchon from Southeast Sales in Milwaukee. A couple of races (Blackhawk Farms and Road America 6 hours) I rode two teams, the beemer and a 650 Kawi superbike (w/Ed Key as a co-rider on the Kawi). Yeah throttle control was interesting jumping from one bike to the other.

We had the motor raised in the frame of the beemer for more ground clearance but we still had to run reinforced valve covers  because we'd grind through them in the turns and develop oil leaks. Dan had aluminum plates welded onto the covers for added strength and thickness.

Great job with the beemer Nate. It's good to see someone with enough balls to run something different and make the playing field a bit more interesting.

[kev177]

Any official CCS update?  

[TommyG]

Still being discussed by CCS. From what I`ve heard you`ve got nothing to worry about though. That new Triumph is going to be a pooch  ( like all the others)
CCS will probably leave it in lightweight and you won`t see one!

[n8kern]

its bullshit, from racing in europe 2 years in a row, my buddy has tested this 675 in england and spain.  it is a pure 600 class purpose buitl for the middleweight class.  IM SICK of people bitching about me on a BMW when I am atthe otehr end of the spectrum here.  My bike shouldnt be tehre cause it not nearly as competitive and the 675 is going to smoke the ligthweight class.  the bike has already run 1/4 miles times in the 11 sec. range and has topped out at 158 mph. in tests. put even the slower of guys on that bike and they will be running up front in LW.  

I do thank those that can comprhend the challenge I have accepted and have sportsmanship, but allowing this bike in LW will further decrease attendance for CCS events.  Same analogy as the 748 Duc in Thunderbike.  Unless you have a $5k motor in your Buell (if it lasts) or Ed Keys SV Superbike, which was no cheap adventure, you just have to out ride them.  

N8!

[TommyG]

Nate, not trying to take anything from you or your riding. You obviously care more about this topic as you have vested interest. I`m actually kinda neutral and do not care where the 675 ends up. Do you know anywhere a guy could find tests or info to back up the performance numbers you talked about?

[oldguy]

So Nate, why don't you tell us how you REALLY feel?  ;D  ;D