Guest gyles Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Folks, just for anyone interested, I have just won the ThunderbikeUK Rookie Championship on my Daytona RS. I have raced at 8 rounds this year competing in 32 races at Brands Hatch, Cadwell, Snetterton etc... 1DNS and 5DNFS and the last 4 rounds we've been running in the top 10 95% of the time. Next year we'll be on an MGS01 running bang on the power:weight limit and hoping for some podiums and wins. Cheers, Gyles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Leeds Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Folks, just for anyone interested, I have just won the ThunderbikeUK Rookie Championship on my Daytona RS. I have raced at 8 rounds this year competing in 32 races at Brands Hatch, Cadwell, Snetterton etc... 1DNS and 5DNFS and the last 4 rounds we've been running in the top 10 95% of the time. Next year we'll be on an MGS01 running bang on the power:weight limit and hoping for some podiums and wins. Cheers, Gyles You are the man! Congratulations for doing us proud From Yorkshire too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete roper Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Mate! What can we say? You 'de MAN!!!! Very impressive. Especially the figures. Lots of people think that racing involves dressing up like a c*nt and circulating with a few other c*nts until someone wins! Alas, this is not the case. If you *really* race you have a heap of DNF's until you get it right. Then the ratio goes down but never stops! Even Moto GP teams have days they'd rather forget. I Have to ask though? What was the opposition? Blind men on tricycles? (No, that IS a joke!!!) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldini Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Well done Gyles - Congratulations. You didn't take the obvious or easy route (if there is one in racing). I'm sure it's been a lot of effort to get out there but when it comes right I bet it feels good! Best of luck for next year. Maybe I'm just a miserable sod but I always figure: expect nowt & you won't be disappointed - once expectations go up enjoyment can suffer. Where's the MGS01 coming from? GOOD LUCK! KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wambiker Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Bloody well done, bet that has pi@@ed off some sports bikes. Cheers Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.forrest Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 good stuff.. keep it up. like don't put it down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grossohc Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Well Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike wilson Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Excellent news! When does the t-shirt come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gyles Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 I Have to ask though? What was the opposition? Blind men on tricycles? (No, that IS a joke!!!) Pete Hiya Pete ! There were a couple of blind men on tricycles but they were lapping alot faster than us lot so they got moved into the Powerbikes series instead Main competition were.... Suzuki SV650 - most bored to 700cc, slipper clutches, quick shifts and lightened so much they'd float away if they weren't chained down. Duke 748s Honda CBR600 (steel framed) ZXR750 early GSXR750s and then a lot of odd stuff.... (like the Guzzi) Yamaha FZ750 Laverda 750S (zane twins) Cagiva Raptors (650) - basically an SV some Aprilia/KTM supermoto/enduros a right old mix... The winner was on a SV700... and there were two others in the top 5. Phil Read Jnr (son of THE Phil Read) ran an £80,000 developed 750S Lav to third overall. Can't wait to get back out there and I only finished racing on Sunday - it'll be a loooong winter. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeV11 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Excellent ! But were you on a weight penalty for 1100 cc or did you go down to 700cc or whatever? Excellent again! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gyles Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Excellent ! But were you on a weight penalty for 1100 cc or did you go down to 700cc or whatever? Excellent again! Joe Hi Joe, There is an overall power:weight limit so a 700cc SV producing 85bhp can't weigh under 154kg. The limit is 1bhp:4lbs (or 1.814kg). The Guzzi was dyno'd on the last round and made 93bhp and weighted 216kg. At 216kg she would have been allowed to produce 119bhp so we were actually well down on power for what the bike weighed ! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeV11 Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Ah yes! But you had torque of 1100 cc's - that had to help on the tighter parts of the courses, and a little more HP would make you unstoppable! I wonder why the class settled on around 700cc? Ducati 1000cc twins would be another relative torque monster. Again an excellent season! Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tikkanen Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 We're not worthy! Well done, Gyles. Good to see you're flying the Italian flag and doing so well Arse! (Rob, Mal, Guy and Helen told me the story..... ) Søren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gyles Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Ah yes! But you had torque of 1100 cc's - that had to help on the tighter parts of the courses, and a little more HP would make you unstoppable! I wonder why the class settled on around 700cc? Ducati 1000cc twins would be another relative torque monster. Again an excellent season! Joe Hi Joe, The rules are all here if you are curious... http://www.thunderbikeuk.com/rules_overview.php There will be some duke twins out next year. The Guzzi is only 992cc and those 4 valvers like to rev - you always have to be on the revs - if you relied on low down torque you'd get destroyed. I'd say the Guzzi never revs below 5500 during a race and is normally always 6200-8200rpm... sometimes higher - hello mr valve - meet mr piston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzzirider Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Great stuff Gyles- you really are a hero for wrestling that fat motherlover of a Guzzi around those tracks and getting great results. Looking forward to supporting you next year. Regards Guy P.S. Is Chris going to enter next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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