The White Knight Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 It is now getting ridiculace and it is not just young inexpeianced riders that are coming to grief, it is riders with years of experiance under thier belts. Lost count now of how many are out and not just for a week or so after a nasty spill, but some who's seasons are already over for this year. It has got to be time for someone to take a close look at things and see where things are going wrong and what is causing these acidents that are happening once, twice or three times a week. You certainly have a point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shale Searcher Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 I think a lot of the accidents we are seeing nowadays are higher speed incidents, the bikes are ridden in straight lines a lot more than in years gone by, less time is spent on full lock in corners now it seems so riders are hitting things or being hit at much higher impact speeds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fromafar Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 It is now getting ridiculace and it is not just young inexpeianced riders that are coming to grief, it is riders with years of experiance under thier belts. Lost count now of how many are out and not just for a week or so after a nasty spill, but some who's seasons are already over for this year. It has got to be time for someone to take a close look at things and see where things are going wrong and what is causing these acidents that are happening once, twice or three times a week. It might sound stupid be the sport needs to slowed down and tracks made deeper and harder to ride requiring more skill and throttle control.These guys are sitting with the throttle on the stop these days and a speck of dirt on the track is catching them out.A nice even coating of dirt is required to learn them throttle control.It was noticable years ago that second half riders who looked great when the track was getting slick struggled in heat 2 of the main meeting when they got a chance in the Team,but at least they had to learn to ride a track with a bit of dirt. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) It might sound stupid be the sport needs to slowed down and tracks made deeper and harder to ride requiring more skill and throttle control.These guys are sitting with the throttle on the stop these days and a speck of dirt on the track is catching them out.A nice even coating of dirt is required to learn them throttle control.It was noticable years ago that second half riders who looked great when the track was getting slick struggled in heat 2 of the main meeting when they got a chance in the Team,but at least they had to learn to ride a track with a bit of dirt. That the way I see it too. Edited April 20, 2015 by The White Knight 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 It might sound stupid be the sport needs to slowed down and tracks made deeper and harder to ride requiring more skill and throttle control.These guys are sitting with the throttle on the stop these days and a speck of dirt on the track is catching them out.A nice even coating of dirt is required to learn them throttle control.It was noticable years ago that second half riders who looked great when the track was getting slick struggled in heat 2 of the main meeting when they got a chance in the Team,but at least they had to learn to ride a track with a bit of dirt. I agree with your sentiments, the faster they go, the greater the physical damage when they crash, irrespective of air fences, body armour etc. Unfortunately I cannot see the likes of rev limiters (whatever happened to the trials that JIm McMillan was overseeing ?), etc, being introduced to reduce speed, given the stranglehold the big name engine tuners now have on the sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 It might sound stupid be the sport needs to slowed down and tracks made deeper and harder to ride requiring more skill and throttle control.These guys are sitting with the throttle on the stop these days and a speck of dirt on the track is catching them out.A nice even coating of dirt is required to learn them throttle control.It was noticable years ago that second half riders who looked great when the track was getting slick struggled in heat 2 of the main meeting when they got a chance in the Team,but at least they had to learn to ride a track with a bit of dirt. Was talking about this with hubby and neither of us can remember bikes taking off years ago like they do nowadays. Yes there were crashes and if the bikes hit an object (another bike or rider) they flew into the air sometimes but we cannot recall bikes simply taking off into orbit like they tend to nowadays. Despite the name speedway should be about skill not speed. Let's face it unless you are an anal anorak standing on the terraces with a stop watch you have no idea if the bikes are going at 45 or 50 mph. You do however know if a rider has pulled off a skilled bit of overtaking or team riding. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinmauger Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Been re-reading the book "Legend Who Died Young" about the unfortunate Tommy Jannson. It quotes for the 1973 British League (Div1) 154, or almost 50% of competing riders, claimed on their injury insurance at some point. And that Cradley Heath alone used 42 rides in the season due to injuries.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwatcher Posted April 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 I still say that they have over developed the engines and bikes. Lighter frames that have got be be flexing to the point of breaking as we saw with Woffy. The engine tuners are the ones who will be saying that the engines are no problem. The tracks all over the country and the world are far to slick. It needs to go back to deeper shale and a new engine and stronger frames again, to slow the riders down and get back to actually controlling the bike and not trying to fly out of the stadium. I don't mean having the riders going around the track with a man with a red flag in front of them, but a bike that needs to be riden with true skill. We would see far closer racing than the gate and go stuff we have now. I know we still saw this in the 60's and 70's, but we also saw some good team racing, something we see very little of these days. Can't see it happening, but I hope it does because the start to this season has seen a lot of top rider going out for long spells, with one or two clubs now really struggling to find riders goos enough to fill the slots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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