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Well done Ash ,Back the Brits

Young Dan has been around Glasgow a few times durning the winter at our practice days he was smooth but think racing in the NL which most tracks are really slick then racing at pl level where the tracks have a good bit of dirt on them I think it might just be a step too far this year but looking forward seeing him race

Having seen Eric Riss riding Stoke last week he looks pretty slimmer than last year and very quick looking think he will improve big time this year but think tiggers will be too stronger this year for them

Will be hard for the lad going straight into pl racing he has only ever doing 2 amature meetings around scunny but should manage a few points if stays on which he will around Armadale as most new pl reserve riders riding there will struggle to get around it just look at Ryan Blacklock don't think he managed 4 laps on Friday night and he is a decent NL rider eith a few years experience in the NL pretty sure he will only be there till Mitch gets his visa

Heard they have just signed Dan Bewley as their #7 till Mitch gets his visa

Coty did really well 5+1 just struggled to get out the gate with have the worst gates in his races 1and 4 where most riders struggled fans were happy with his performance today

Both Dan bewley and rob shuttleworth both ride for belle vue on the NL which is also a Friday night club which might cause s problem there but whoever they sign will be ring fenced for 4 home matches I think so can't be dropped till after that Edinburgh will need to declare a team and there #7 by Monday 5 days before there first meeting it could take days or months for Mitchell's visa to be passed

Pretty sure our bottom 3 will put something on there average

People are saying the club needs to buy this and to do that but they will do nothing really the riders are self employed it's their tuning bills running costs demands etc not the clubs its really up to the clubs to work within their budget and stick to it and if they can't afford some riders demands they move onto the next one that's fits their budget and that rider could price himself out of a team spot pretty sure they would rather ride than sit out It,s still the rider that wins races not the bikes , the bikes are not tuned to go as fast as possible it about gettin the right power curve at the right time on the right part of the track it would pointless having a bike that's too fast and unrideable and spinning way too much and no drive not every rider uses the top tuners either

It's not all about points money now it's the complete package most riders are after a van deal a tyre oil fuel every meeting ,mechanic plus workshop facility's accommodation and sponsorship all chucked in

They might be a bit little more expensive than standard parts unless your talking Taitanium then that's a different league again but they are definitely a lot stronger better built/made then standard parts and if serviced at the proper intervals they will last as long as any standard part but the top riders will change these parts every other service whether it needs it or not I would never use a piston for more than 2 years that would be around 4 services one at the start of the season and one around 50ish heats mid season a rod should last for years or until it honed to the max size of pin and if you can get the set up right at most tracks your engine will perform without too much stress on it when we go to Armadale on a Friday the home riders engines are pretty quiet flat because the track is pretty much the same every meeting every week butcookies bike always sounded so flat but no one could touch him around there infact he gets the set up pretty spot on every meeting after his first ride just listen to his bike compared to other riders on track if you ever go to watch him then listen to other riders engines screaming there ** off who's engines is working right

what is the difference between a standard engine and a tuned engine that is a good way to start they all have the same internals although several different types off flywheels ,rod,piston valves springs ignition carb the tuner puts them together his way it is really the tuner that puts the right combination together and does the best for his rider

Victor palovarra ?

Think if standard engines came in it would be like watching F1 VERY BOREING these days first out the gate or the one with the fastest bike would win most times no passing only way I see to try change is put rev limiter on ignition and maybe a smaller carb body and put a bit more dirt on the tracks

Pretty sure some Riders would just love to turn up and put a standard engine into their roller at no cost to them what's so ever ride the guts out of it because if it blows up they wouldn't care and go home maybe no points money because the engine was unless lacked power where it counts, A top rider will blow standard engine up in no time as it will be ridden to the max not many riders ride there own engines to the max I am pretty sure at the start of last year Richard Lawson went throught a spate of blowing a few engines up too he found out it was his new carb that was the problem flooding and when methanol. Gets into your oil it turns to water seizes pretty quick , speedway is a cheap sport compared to some motorsports it's like anything that's mechanical look after it and it will last a lot longer

cant see any club buying 16 new engines even buying 16 you would never get 2 engines that work the same employing mechanics paying for services as they would all have to be done at the same time to much money for clubs to fork out as all the riders are self employed so its really up to them to buy them and to keep their engines well maintained most do if they are scoring points and making money most riders will keep their engines and buy new rolling chassis each year that,s also where riders loss a lot of money durning the season when they crash sometimes its not their fault and wreck it they can be straightened but sometimes they have to be binned a set of forks and a diamond could set you back £500plus and its not even your fault

I and another ex pl rider spannered for pl heat leader last year and if the rider had a bad first race he would race into pits saying bikes not working right and to change the jet shorten bike and knock back the timing a bit ex rider would tell me to take link out the rear chain and he would kid on he was doing The rest the when he went out next heat and win it by half a straight the ex rider knew where he was going wrong most things that go wrong are blamed on the bike when it's in the rider head As for a standard where do you start there are several types engine offset baby offset standard several types of flywheels heavy big small eccentric same as con rods different lengths ,loads of different types of Pistons loads of cams different weight valve springs that is where a good tuner who works with his riders makes his money putting the right things to suit the rider

all services are different and depends who does it , if it's the same tuner he will know what has been changed at the last service and the one before that ect as some things wear But still look ok as PJR said most failures are bad maintainance and running there engines longer than they should rather than get it serviced or wait till it blows up before fixing when we started we ran a engine for a full year and I could never put how many laps we did on it before we sent it away now we would never do more than 50 hts as he is riding it harder faster our tuner knows our engines now having looked after them for 2/3 years so knows what needs changed when we send them back and he keeps everything logged most services are around £250 mark £150 labour the rest is parts for a standard service but the last one i got done was £590 as I put a new piston and valves/Spring main bearings as these are the most common parts that fail only just because they have been in there since I got the engine and don't know how long they have been in there before I got it old parts still looked good but like everything else they have a life span better safe than Sorry

What would you class as a standard engine thou there is more in the rider than any engine out there you could put Chris holder on a standard engine and his times would not differ that much maybe a second overall but to the top guys that's the difference between 1st and 2nd it's all about getting the right setup for each track get it wrong and on track it puts strain on the engine riders will always have there favorite engine that works on most tracks but always seem to try get something better to work on the day

They would probably still have said no

Good chance of a live sky match now between them but as they usually show on Monday nights can't see it being at Armadale as think they can only run Friday and Saturday

Alan Dick and Colin Hamilton were both there at the final as both were in the pits before the meeting started Ian Adams was not present as he is barred

Looking from a business side of this if Glasgow run this event and Edinburgh decided to run their match on the Saturday which is there alternative day you would think the diehard speedway fans would maybe stay up and go to Armadale and make a weekend of it both teams win

Workington did not own there track and from what the bspa say they have only got a objection it will be up to them to give the final say

Why build a new purpose built speedway stadium in Manchester and not use it home advantage is minimal I think in these top events and with it being a new track will take the home riders a while to get it right