THE DEAN MACHINE

thank you all for the nice words but it's more than just that I think works , I actually did this , I believe Kyle Newman is doing engines in house but at national league level everyone should do it , it's not hard to do and it's not hard to get parts but what is hard is convincing riders to do it , when you meet the young poles pretty much all of them can do engines themselves but brits only about 1in 20 even know how to check tappet gaps , I hope poultec are teaching riders this , a bit of knowledge can be the difference between making a bit of money or losing a fortune at NL level , there are some who will say well why were you not a better rider if it's that easy ? , well that's because after I dropped out of premier league I lost the ambition and just rode for fun and actually made money albeit not a wage but those who know me know me I complimented by.buisness with speedway so what I earned from speedway was a bonus, cut it short I was crap but my bikes weren't. I've sat and had a brew and asked questions with tuners and old school riders and watched and learnt taking it all in until I thought I could have a go myself , there are some tuners who want you to believe that there is rocket science to servicing engines and are truly arrogant about it but most are good chaps , anyway back to the GTR I hope there is potential in this idea and it's the start of the right direction , I have messaged speedway GB as why they chose GTR over jawa for a deal when jawa are half the price and have more capability to produce enough engines and got no reply but let's see how this idea runs

I doubt it cause some would rather buy a flash timing cover than an air filter

no it won't at lower level ,,I've said it many times go buy a knackered engine off eBay for about £100 , buy tools to do job and learn to do it yourself , in 2012 I brought a GM of a rider for £100 , it had seized , put a second hand piston and barrel and new bearings and used it at national league level all year scoring plenty of points on it , I serviced myself 3 times that season with parts costing around £50 each time , at national league level any rider could still do that today and be competitive ,, the amount of money wasted at NL level is staggering , it is not " cool " to listen and learn from people like Cribby or Jem Doncaster or any old school riders but they have the knowledge without the bull , the knowledge and education is there but folk seem to want to spend £1000s and get nowhere cause they have run out of money , every rider should ask themselves who would win a race , you on the best bike money can buy or Greg Hancock on a 20 year old GM ? Until you can say you then your pouring money down the drain, I hate saying this message now cause I'm falling into that old fart category who says "back in my day " but in the last 5 years the only thing that's changed is cost , the engines are the same single cylinder 4 valve beasts they were in the 80s

about £2000-£2500 for a new one but you can get a really good second hand one for around £1000

it's disappointing from the riders loyalty point of view but not surprising

Good to see Adam back , if we can get him to half the rider he was when he got injured in 2014 wolves will have a really good season

that's the whole point of this excersise to eradicate the cancer that is eating away at speedway not to feed it

I think the principle of this is the right idea and good to see the Bspa actually trying something , still think approaching jawa would of been more benificial but let's see how this pans out

it does go on

We have got a future but it won't begin to improve till we address price for fans and our credibility and that starts with doubling up/ down , to anyone outside the speedway fraternity it looks a complete joke in team sport .

is this for everybody who went ? , as I've said before I'm not bothered about getting money back I still had a great time , but if they had to compensate me I drove from England so that would be diesel , ferry , accommodation and tickets , it's a few hundred £s to pay out

lets hope it's a good deal for riders and not a good deal for tuners

for me the BSPA have done the right thing on this one

personally I find this team sharing another nail like doubling up/down , if I were a supporter of either team I wouldn't support this venture ,it just goes against the whole team sport principle and imo while this practice is allowed to go on we are just slipping to a sad end , but as I said its just my opinion and my opinion matters not

when I spoke to Ryan at the last meeting he said he didn't feel he was getting the chances in premier and unless he got a premier place he was quitting , I spoke briefly to him last week about his Berwick team place and he said he wasn't looking to ride NL cause of work commitments

everybody's opinion should be valued , I do try to really get to the bottom of ideas good or bad , I haven't really been critical of buster cause although I don't think he is fully addresssing speedway's issues I wouldn't like to be in his shoes , I've have been to an speedway agm and to get anything changed is like moving a brick wall

I hope I don't fall into this catorgory , I am opinionated in what I believe to be right but I feel I'm fair to other people's ideas and I'm not one to say oh that's rubbish and not at least explain why I feel they are wrong , I have had some abuse on here but I don't really rise to it , I've even had a promotor have a blast at me on here but I didn't bite but one thing I don't get is from time to time we get a good subject and it just descends into 2 or more posters trying to rip shreds of each other , totally pointless

and in those last 3 meetings he was riding a last minute bike cobbled together with an unfamilar German engine , if Adam is the wolves or any other team signing even if you only get half the rider he was in 2014 they will get a match winning second string

but they are paying the riders 5x as much and according to the statistics the average brit earns £509 a week, don't know what my friends and family are moaning about earning that much 🙄

ahhh there is the problem , I won't use red diesel in my van and I was only second string so the sheep are a bit rougher

I think my pay demands were too high , all I asked for was a pot to pee in as I didn't have one last time I rode

he has asked a few times 😀

what a total and utter farce , speedway needs to change its name to bigamyway

on the general discussion section there is a topic called jokes , the answer should be in there as doubling up /down is the biggest joke in sport

speedway should be paid for totally by sponsorship money , what comes through the turnstiles shouldn't make a difference and before people say there isn't the sponsorship out there thats rubbish , just 1 multi national company could pay speedway's total bill for a season ,there are celebs who offset more tax per year than what speedway costs to run , the sticking point is us , just ask yourself this if you were a boss of a company that had money to blow on sponsorship would you give it to speedway as it is today ? I know I wouldn't and I love the sport ,Just look at the headlines we generated in the last 2 months , we are a financial mess ,