There is a big difference betwixt a racer and a high speed road machine.

[riptragle1953]

Generally speaking racers are built to go as fast as they can go by packing as much mixture into the combustion chamber as possible thus creating power and speed for a short duration which can easily
exceed the engines ability to deal with the heat created. Thus melt downs and disaster.
On the other hand a high speed touring machine has to be designed to travel quickly and last and last with 100% reliability.... a MUCH more difficult undertaking. I built touring machines, nothing more.

 

[Howard]

There's a big difference between tourer and occasional club racer too. I travelled 2000++ miles in two weeks, 2 up with full camping gear without a problem. 2 weeks later I entered the VOC Cadwell HST and bits fell off everwhere - on the good side it got faster as the race went on, as it got lighter.

I've got real respect for the guys who used to ride their bikes to race meetings and take part.

H

 

[vibrac]

"used to" is the operative words there, thats for sure

 

[Howard]

I think it must have been in the years when we only had glorious summers. I rode mine to a Curborough sprint last year, and the Mallory 1000 bikes this year and got soaked both times.

H

 

[Marcus Bowden]

Ride 400 plus miles with outfit to be able to carry sufficient spares,tools & petrol to Cadwell from Cornwall, race then ride home again . All in a weekends fun, it's hard work having fun.
bananaman

 

[Len Matthews]

Ride 400 plus miles with outfit to be able to carry sufficient spares,tools & petrol to Cadwell from Cornwall, race then ride home again . All in a weekends fun, it's hard work having fun.
bananaman

Agreed Marcus. I entered my outfit at Cadwell a few times but only once did accept an offer to have it transported there and on that occasion I wrecked the Primary Drive. At other times I rode there, camped overnight and rode home after the meeting during which I had no mechanical failure-lesson learnt!