Subj: Re: zx600RR legal next year ? Date: 10/14/02 7:22:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Wadsworth) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AFM Clubracing discussion group)
At 07:10 PM 10/14/02 -0700, Alex Florea wrote: >Steve Wadsworth wrote: >>I think the real question is whether or not it really will be available to >>the general public. It might end up being another R7, requiring a race >>resume be submitted for consideration. Does anyone know the answer to that? > >Definitely no race resume required, but I would be putting up deposits with >a Kawi dealer ASAP. I know Ken Hill is trying to get "more than one", so if >you really want one, this would be a good time to swing by Hayward Kawasaki >and get Ken to put you on the list... ;-) > >The RC51 was also a fairly limited production bike in '00 and we allowed >people to race them while the R7 was NEVER sold as a streetbike, so it did >not meet the AFM criteria. My feeling is that most of the 600RRs will end >up on the track because for about $400 less, street riders can buy a >(faster) ZX636R and have everything except the slipper clutch and the >adjustable swingarm - let's get real, not many street riders could ever >justify the 600RR because a good percentage can't even adjust rebound and >dampening, so swingarm angle is a completely foreign concept. Hen Hill promptly sent the answer to me (and Tim and Andy). He says: ---------- My AOL account won't le me post but I can read the AFM list. The ZX6RR I believe will be legal for all 600 classes. It is available to ANYONE who can get one. The key word is "anyone". The bikes like the R7 and the 998R would not because you have to have an approved racer resume to get one. (Not to say you couldn't get one of those) At this point we are told that every dealer will get ALL of the bikes they ordered. We ordered 10 and have deposits on 5. ( Not including mine and Kristen's!) If they only build the 550 they originally were going to build, I still have commitments from other dealers to get theirs so I can meet all of our racers demands. You can pass this on to the list if you want ---------- There you have it. Or some of it, anyway. Sounds like it's going to be Production legal to me ... As for the typical street rider's ability to adjust anything, I'll just fall back on the old saying, "The more adjustments there are, the more possible WRONG combinations you can have." Steve Wadsworth, #873 ****************************************************************************** ******************* Subj: New @Motorcycle.Com: Why Radial Brakes? The mystery explained. Date: 10/14/02 1:46:41 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Motorcycle Online) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ \ MO has gone subscription! \ \ Read why at: \ http://www.motorcycle.com/why_subscribe.motml \ \ Cough up the $11.94 pittance to support \ your buds @MO! It's mostly painless: \ https://secure.motorcycle.com/subscribe.motml \ Radial-Mount Calipers What's all the hubbub, Bub? (We forgot to send this to the e-mail list, sorry! --MO) You may think radial brakes are cool. Heck, you may not know what radial brakes are. Regardless, Jeff Gehrs (www.braketech.com) has imparted his wisdom upon us. Please, bask gently and quickly so the line will move smoothly through out the universe. Lake Elsinore, California, October 9th, 2002 -- Interesting how things that oftentimes appear to be a radical departure from the norm are in fact evolutionary rather than a genuine fundamental revolution. The new buzz on Radial Mount Calipers is straight from the automotive industry with a few minor tweaks. With cars, they've almost always mounted the calipers in a fore and aft manner because it's a straight up simple and strong way to do so. Granted, the new motorcycle version has finally taken that lead and adapted the concept by incorporating a radial mount instead of the commonplace perpendicular (90 degree to rotor face axis) mounting bosses universally prevalent today. In reality, whether calipers are mounted radially or perpendicularly is of little consequence, having only to do with the fact that the new generation calipers can be made a bit lighter via the radial mount set-up (no other significant performance difference here). Read the deal: http://www.motorcycle.com --- Regards, Motorcycle Online | http://www.motorcycle.com/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The World's Largest and Most-Read Digital Motorsports Magazine" Thanks for reading MOTORCYCLE.COM! If you'd like to be removed from a motorcycle.com list, simply e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in the body of your e-mail, write: subscribe bounces [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you'll be automatically removed. AOLers: Pay attention! Your e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED], not just your screename.
