Originally Posted by TQ29m:
No Billy, as I have found over the years, nothing is perfect, if you want to be the messenger, you tell em next year, everyone has to have an R1 in front of their QC! I don't know of any closed minds, but I do know bomb shells dropped too soon, can be rather a bad deal. I'd like to try one myself, but that would not go over real good, I'm sure. Who was the rookie? Bob!
I'm not saying for one minute, and have never stated everybody had to have the same engine. Spec series don't work. But until someone opens up the rules, then nobody is going to even try it because of the expense of something that may not be allowed to run.
Just like the 600's that I normally run around with, the rule is 640cc max, and that's about it. Some people run the Kawasaki 636, because it's close to the max on cc's, but many run a stock bore R6. If someone wants to build up a old Honda F3 six ways to Sunday, and spend a half a million on it, they should be allowed to do so. If you set the rule at 1000cc maximum, you're going to have a TON of stock bore 1000cc motors at your disposal, because you don't need all the aftermarket parts for them.
I really like TQ's, I like the history, and I like the way they are different than the stuff I normally run. I spent two summers bashing brains in trying to get motors to stay together and run, and this summer it started off great, and just has gone downhill from there. I don't know what the answer is, but someone has to step up to the plate and take those risks.
Forgot to say who the driver was, Jake Moore from Muncie was driving.