Algernon
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Having watched Closer To The Edge last night, I have a question.
There's 600 & 1000cc bikes, maybe even one more.
But the lap record times are almost identical, less than 2 seconds in it.
So why race different bikes?
My father worked for Lloyds Bank and was relocated here (promotion) in 1989.
There are 4 other Albion fans I know of (one of which is my son) on the Island
Your Dad's name isn't Gerald by any chance?
600s are supersport, 1,000s are superbikes. Up to 400cc are the lightweights.
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These days the lightweight class is for twin cylinder four strokes up to 650cc, everything else can be - and usually is - up to four cylinder's.
Sounds like tonight conditions were good and more importantly everyone was ok.
Well here I iam first day on the Isle of man and it's raining, have got to wait till 6 tonight for practice then racing starts tomorrow
Was it Farquhar that won this class on a Kawasaki ER6?
Damn, that's a pretty healthy power increase. Probably slightly more involved than a sports can and different size sprocketYes and effectively Ryan was the guy who invented the class and builds most of the successful bikes that run in it.
Apparently he gets 90-100bhp out of what started out as an ER6.
More incredible is the lap record for the 'Supertwins' is just over 119mph the sort of speeds that the factory Superbikes were doing in the early '90's.