Don't get me wrong I am all for getting more bikes on the grid and making a actual race of things, but if the "sportsman" class gets open to bikes that are only 5 years old, arent we basically going to be eliminating the sportsman class and reproducing our open sportbike grids? I dont know the numbers but how many bikes are newer than 2008 models?(not being a smart ass but asking a real question). Down in Utah what was the average age of bike competing in the majority of classes? Was it newer equipment? Or on average the same stuff as being run up here?
With all that being said does that mean we are going to eliminate the vintage class from the rule book? Or the Womens class?( due to low bike turn out)
I'm good with what ever the club decides, all I was trying to say was that there are guys who have been running the sportsman class(some exclusively to that class) who do have older bikes or may not have the budget to buy a newer machine that may get left at the back of the pack making it not so much fun, and at the end of the day, as much as racing is fun, everyone likes the idea of being close to the front.
Just thoughts to add to the debate is all