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Old 09-09-2009, 01:44 PM   #11
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Whatever floats their boat. Pretty much the only reason to do that is if they want to use their street bike and don't want to buy a track-only bike. But they're kidding themselves if they think it's an optimal learning curve to start racing on something like that.
I'll tell my buddy Gus that.

He hasn't been on the street since his first race.

He won 3 Regional and 3 National Amateur titles in his first year.

Now in his 2nd year, he is a constant podium finisher (Expert) with a handful of wins against local track-record holders and a few AMA riders.

You can expect to see him on an AMA grid in the next year or two.

He started on an R1.
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Old 09-09-2009, 01:51 PM   #12
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Smileyman raced a 6r.
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Old 09-09-2009, 01:53 PM   #13
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Smileyman raced a 6r.
i wasnt saying he had raced litres, just that i felt he had the skill to fully wring one out
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I'll tell my buddy Gus that.

He hasn't been on the street since his first race.

He won 3 Regional and 3 National Amateur titles in his first year.

Now in his 2nd year, he is a constant podium finisher (Expert) with a handful of wins against local track-record holders and a few AMA riders.

You can expect to see him on an AMA grid in the next year or two.

He started on an R1.
And if he had started small, could he have become even faster, sooner? We'll never know. But my guess is yes.

BTW, one in a million. Still a dumb idea for most people.
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Old 09-09-2009, 02:32 PM   #15
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i wasnt saying he had raced litres, just that i felt he had the skill to fully wring one out
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