LW Thunderbike?

[MACOP1104]

Who's going to go out and buy a ninja 250 for one race, for all you shnit talkers I wanna see them on the grid . If you did any spec class it should be sv 650 and kawa 650 oh wait that was ultralight. As far as I can remember spec classes only last a year or two. Just change lightweight to what you all want anyway no ducatis no bimotas or change it to no italian no exotic no nutten unless its made in china and ebays out with a clean title for 28 bucks

WERA hasn't had a lot of success with their E superstock (Ninja250) class.  I agree with what you're saying, too narrow of a field.  But, if they run it with an existing class it doesn't take up track time and it's more entries.
As far as your other comment, I have no problem with a Duc 800 or a supersport prepped Duc 1000 but the Bimota needs to be indexed out of ltwtss and ltwt SBK.  They can run thunderbike, ltwtGP, GT lights

[roadracer162]

Marc the Kawi and SV are Japanese. The Chinese stuff just wouldn't be allowed(Fischer).

[scubabill]

Marc the Kawi and SV are Japanese. The Chinese stuff just wouldn't be allowed(Fischer).

That would fall under the Bimota "You actually have to be able to buy one" clause.

[roadracer162]

You can. Fischer even has a race program to help support the club racer.

[Ducmarc]

You sure you guys haven't bought them too markie lol. Sorry my wife says I'm in rare for tonight whatever that means how about go with advertized weight amd hp that's what nhra does and the bikes are so well tuned from the factroy you would be hard pressed to find a sleeper

[roadracer162]

Not me. I go for the old bikes, trying to resurrect the FZR.

[PlayHard]

You can. Fischer even has a race program to help support the club racer.

You can. Fischer even has a race program to help support the club racer.

Not really, after extensive emailing and phone calls, what they proposed as support wasn't really much support. What it boiled down to is you buy the bike for $6,999 and they give you an extra set of wheels, clip on bars, rearsets, and an extra set of STREET body work (because race body work is not yet available).  Little to no after purchase support.  I would have still went with them, because it was an American built bike and cool concept, if they would have at least sold me motors at cost, being that it is a Chinese motor, but they would not agree to that and thus killed the deal for me.   

[roadracer162]

At least it was something. I don't think that Suzuki or Ducati does that. At least ot for their LW bikes. But I hear what you say about breaking the deal. How can they expect to compete in popularity if they don't give enough of an incentive.

[MACOP1104]

Suzuki had a good support program through contingency, but they changed their policy in 2009.  You had to purchase a new bike to claim.  After 2009, they pulled out of ltwt and drastically reduced it for the 4 cyl classes.  I think that put a huge dent in ltwt grids.  Damn economy....

[roadracer162]

Sooooo...what you are saying is that Fischer currently offers the best program of support. Ducati once did offer contingency for their lightweight bikes. I just never cashed in on it because it was still cheaper to run my FZR600 in Thunderbike and LW F40. Funny thing is I am just as quick if not quicker on my Ducati 800.

[MAZZ77X]

Look for new riders/racers and youngsters looking to get there feet wet on the big tracks in this class. Where else can a youth buy a bike off the showroom floor and go racing?  ::)
Not just racing, but cheap racing at that.  8) Tires last 3 race weekends, engines last years if left alone, plenty of aftermarket support for suspension and controls. We need this class to bring new racers out to the tracks.    Plus it will be a blast for the seasoned racers to battle it out on purely equal equipment that don't produce any power. Rider VS Rider at it's finest. 

[Ducmarc]

Maybe you need to put a real tire on the back of that fzr markie