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<blockquote data-quote="BigEd" data-source="post: 106718" data-attributes="member: 161"><p>Dear Dave,</p><p>It sounds as if you made some progress at Mallory. It helps to look for the positives while you sort out the negatives.</p><p>You need to be comfortable on your Rudge and find a riding style that works for you. There is never enough time at a race meeting to sort out everything on a bike so try to concentrate on one area at a time. It is tempting to use a shotgun approach and change lots of things at once. It is then difficult to know which change improved things or made them worse.</p><p>It is good to talk to other riders and listen to any advice that may help but bear in mind that very few of the riders at current Vintage meeting are riding or have experienced riding girder fork rigid rear end machines. Listen and maybe try suggestions but you decide what works for you. </p><p>There is seldom a magic wand that will suddenly turn a machine rider combination into a race winner.</p><p>When my brother started racing my Sunbeam it was the 1970's. We had a good grid of pre-'34 bikes, all girder forks and no rear suspension. It was easier to gauge where we were against the opposition. (Somewhere near the back at the beginning.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />)</p><p>Priority number one was reliability. More speed is good but not if you keep breaking down. You then miss out on track time and get less racing for your entry fee. (Most depressing.)</p><p>We were tight budget racing, not very technical but we did have "The Book" where we kept a record of results at each meeting, track conditions, wet/dry, changes to jetting, gearing etc. Finishing positions were noted but more important was logging lap times. Lap times are the best gauge of progress.</p><p>I don't know what meetings you are hoping to do this season but I hope to get to a few more Vintage race meeting this year so I'll try to find you in the paddock if I'm not intruding.</p><p>Next meeting is Darley Moor, not too far for me but unfortunately, I am away that weekend on a motorcycling weekend with 20 or so friends. I'll also miss out on the Bill Hancock Rider's Rally too where the venue is the Triumph factory, quite literally 5 minutes from my home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BigEd, post: 106718, member: 161"] Dear Dave, It sounds as if you made some progress at Mallory. It helps to look for the positives while you sort out the negatives. You need to be comfortable on your Rudge and find a riding style that works for you. There is never enough time at a race meeting to sort out everything on a bike so try to concentrate on one area at a time. It is tempting to use a shotgun approach and change lots of things at once. It is then difficult to know which change improved things or made them worse. It is good to talk to other riders and listen to any advice that may help but bear in mind that very few of the riders at current Vintage meeting are riding or have experienced riding girder fork rigid rear end machines. Listen and maybe try suggestions but you decide what works for you. There is seldom a magic wand that will suddenly turn a machine rider combination into a race winner. When my brother started racing my Sunbeam it was the 1970's. We had a good grid of pre-'34 bikes, all girder forks and no rear suspension. It was easier to gauge where we were against the opposition. (Somewhere near the back at the beginning.:rolleyes:) Priority number one was reliability. More speed is good but not if you keep breaking down. You then miss out on track time and get less racing for your entry fee. (Most depressing.) We were tight budget racing, not very technical but we did have "The Book" where we kept a record of results at each meeting, track conditions, wet/dry, changes to jetting, gearing etc. Finishing positions were noted but more important was logging lap times. Lap times are the best gauge of progress. I don't know what meetings you are hoping to do this season but I hope to get to a few more Vintage race meeting this year so I'll try to find you in the paddock if I'm not intruding. Next meeting is Darley Moor, not too far for me but unfortunately, I am away that weekend on a motorcycling weekend with 20 or so friends. I'll also miss out on the Bill Hancock Rider's Rally too where the venue is the Triumph factory, quite literally 5 minutes from my home. [/QUOTE]
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