NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby mike-b » Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:49 pm

The idea of Classic and Twinshock bikes is that they are to be in keeping with the era they were made in

Well they never had shark fins guards fitted then and for the last 40/50 years still did not have shark fin guards, so why now :?: and as magnetic lanyards/kill switches have to be fitted next year then there is no need for shark fins as the lanyard will have stopped the motor when u fall off.

Just another over reaction by the people of the NANNY STATE :(



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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby Stu » Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:30 pm

great, so it out with the welder, tap & die, nuts and bolts and attack the TY250a to have this attached before the NSW championships...


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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby Gary B » Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:40 pm

Stu,
You only need to do 1. I have to do 3.
TY80, TY175 (hey I welded a plate on while it was apart) & my TLR250
Wife better watch her bread boards. PERFECT for Shark fins :twisted:


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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby Stu » Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:56 pm

this time gary. I have 2 enduro bikes to do and 4 lanyards to fit for next years comps...


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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby David Lahey » Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:56 pm

Geoff Lewis wrote:Hi All, As I asked in another thread, Have you fitted your "sharkfin" yet? When I attended the Australian championships last year in W.A my bikes were knocked back at scrutineering because they weren't fitted with a "sharkfin" (Rear sprocket guard) When told I couldn't compete without one fitted, I must admit I started to lose it! Considering I had already been told, once underway to W.A, that Classics would not be considered a class at the Aussies due to lack of numbers ( a couple of gunnas didn't get their bikes ready in time ) so it was considered only as a display ride, bad enough, but then this, I sort of couldn't believe it! If Phil Whittle hadn't stepped up and bodged something together, I think I would have packed up and gone home at that stage. However, in hindsight the organisers clearly were not at fault and were only applying the rules as they were written (I checked the MOMS don't worry). The fault lay with MA and our own Trials subcommittees for not making it clear to all trials riders well in advance that the rules had changed and would affect our discipline. A short line concerning REAR sprockets was added, I was well aware of the requirement for front sprocket covers. Easy for the average punter to miss. I for one don't read the new issue of MOMS cover to cover to ferret out the changes, do you? Any way get those welders out and modify your machines, especially fun if you have something nice and original. Just watch your fingers when you're doing it! Oh and don't forget to fit your lanyard while you're at it.
Regards Geoff.

Geoff your comments about communicating changes to the MOMs reminded me of what happened when the MOMs started specifying what colour front plates applied to which classes a couple of years ago. I dutifully read the MOMs when it turned up in the mail, not long after Christmas that year, and in there I read that Twinshock Class was to run with Blue arrows and Blue front plates. I then set about repainting and signwriting front plates ready for the upcoming riding season. A few weeks later I read the supp regs for the first MA trial I was planning to ride for the year, and it had a special clause that said something like "front plates will be coloured as per the MOMs ruling". At that point I wondered how many people actually read the MOMs and would turn up with white plates for riding Twinshock Class. As it turned out, the joke was on me! I found out a few days before leaving home to ride that trial , that despite what the MOMs said, and despite what the supp regs for the trial said, Twinshock class was being run on the white line, same as the year before, so I now had to rustle up a white front plate! I don't think I was the only one who was tricked into making up blue plates that year.
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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby Geoff Lewis » Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:13 am

Hi David, That's handy 'cause they have to be black now!
Regards Geoff.


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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby Stu » Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:50 pm

got mine fitted..have you?
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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby Stu » Tue Jul 09, 2013 2:28 pm

so which colour plate do I use for the NSW Championships? Green as in the supp regs? or the white plate Ive used in NSW comps all year as per the MOMS? (23.2.4.1)


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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby PA » Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:30 pm

Stu wrote:so which colour plate do I use for the NSW Championships? Green as in the supp regs? or the white plate Ive used in NSW comps all year as per the MOMS? (23.2.4.1)

Maybe you could buy one of these and never have another problem.

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Re: NSW Twinshock and Classic Champs

Postby Stu » Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:51 pm

now thats good thinking PA!


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