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Thanks Brian. If the goal is to entice Lightweight bikes to compete against unlimited displacement superbikes, I would suggest leaving the time penalty at 15 minutes. Has a Lightweight team ever won this event, or even competed in the event? Let's try to get as many bikes out as possible. I'm...

Hi Brian. I'm sorry to bother you. I'm preparing for the endurance race, but I don't fully understand the time penalty. I will be racing a Lightweight bike. What do these statements below mean, specifically the phrase in bold below? · 15 Minute time penalty to leverage tire change delays, which...

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Looks perfect. Can't wait. I'll do my best to get as many LW bikes out as possible.

I'm selling a beautiful 2001 Ducati 996. $14,000. This was the last year for the 996 and the bike has some nice factory improvements from previous model years including Marchesini 5 spoke wheels, upgraded Showa forks, and a fully adjustable Ohlins rear shock. Other upgrades include full...

It's too bad. These are great bikes to race and develop solid skills with.

Hi Adam. I'm interested. I will send you a PM.

Just a suggestion - Perhaps it makes sense for the EMRA to compile and post a list of Experts or advanced Intermediates who would be willing to be a mentor to a Novice or recently graduated Intermediate. This might be more effective than suggesting that Novices go around the pits and ask for...

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Thanks Brian. Great and clear info as always from you. Appreciate that! Agreed that EMRA Directors who have a financial interest in a track day company should abstain from voting on EMRA track day decisions. That is pretty clean cut. Difficult to say how much input those directors should have...

This comment insinuates that EMRA Directors at Large compensation is conditional and different to each other. So for example, one Director at Large is only compensated with free race fees and free track days IF the EMRA runs tack days and that Director runs them. Or another Director at Large is...

In advance of the upcoming AGM, can EMRA members be informed about which of the current EMRA Board Members have a financial interest in any private track day companies? A financial interest would be items such as legal or beneficial ownership, director, officer, employee or receiving any other...

Hi Calvin. Are you buying/building another track bike?

Thanks Dave. I hope you are right and we get some new LW bikes out next season. We had solid grid numbers in this class last year and some fast lap times. I would love to see some GP chassis out there. A 450cc dirt bike motor in a GP chassis is a weapon. A lot of the MotoGP guys train with these...

All good suggestions Jon. A cross over class between EMRA and AMRA is Lightweight Superbike. 125 - 150cc GP style bikes more or less make similar horsepower to production style 300cc four strokes (Yamaha R3, KTM RC 390 etc). The GP bikes will go around the track faster, but more or less, they...

Thanks for your note Dave. I reached out to the AMRA Supermoto guys recently, and there wasn't a lot of interest in them coming racing at the EMRA. Perhaps the GP style bikes would be more interested to come. Rupert Collins would be the best guy to bridge the conversation between the two clubs...

I support Brian's statements above, and I'm happy to help in any way the EMRA Exec see fit.

Great riding with you this year Paul. Can't wait to spin some laps beside the blue bike next season!

Thanks Cam. All good points raised. The EMRA Board are experienced and I know they are reading all of these comments. Our novice program is somewhere between the two extremes - Some clubs have super strict novice programs (see WMRRA in Washington), and some apparently have no novice program...

All good points Cam. I'm hopeful we can provide more support and mentorship to the Novices this year. Brad did a great job with it last year and we can grow on this. I would support time based proficiencies for Novice graduation, but they should be bike specific. Matt