William Robb wrote: > > The Sporties from when I was riding (mid 70s through to the mid 80s handled > as well as or better > the other 1000cc bikes that were available at the time. The Cow 1000 was a > cow when put into a > turn
WERA had, and still has, a vintage racing class (Vintage 5) for those late-70's/early-80's Japanese superbikes: Skinny tires, flexible frames and waay too much horsepower. The guys who do it refer to the sport as "dinosaur wrestling" :) Actually, they can be made to handle pretty well with some frame bracing and suspension upgrades. Curiously, Rochester, NY was something of a center of talent for this racing class. Three of my friends, Tommy D'Ettorre, Broderick Walker and Jake Coye, all won the national championship. Jake and Tommy twice (each riding Kaw KZ1000 variants) and Broderick once (on a Suzuki GS1000). Jake once got hurt *badly* when his big Kaw spit him off in turn 3 at Nelson Ledges: He missed months of work. Jake previously raced a Ducati 750 (bevel-drive) and won the WERA Vintage 3 championship on a Ducati 350 single (which displaced around 450cc by the time he was finished with it). He's an amazing mechanic, particularly with Ducatis, but he's done some astonishing things with Japanese hardware and is currently service manager at a BWM (motorcycle) dealership. Man, the stories I could tell about going racing with these guys! Come to GFM and gimme a few beers... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
