It's Official !!

[SwapperMX]

Anyone in Australia that wants to go racing next year, you can now race the lites class on a 250 two stroke. New rules as follows :

Motorcycling Australia (MA) is aware of the need to purchase bikes for the 2011 racing season prior to the release of the 2011 Manual of Motorcycle Sport (MoMS).

As a result MA has decided to release the following rule change prior to the distribution of the MoMS.

Two changes have been made to Chapter 17 regarding bikes used for competition.

GCR 17.5.1.1b) will (from 1 January 2011) read:

Class - Capacity
Lite:
Up to 250cc (2 or 4 stroke)

Open
255cc and over 4 stroke
250cc and over 2 stroke (2 stroke permitted to ride one class only)

GCR 17.12.1 will (from 1 January 2011) read:

Class - Capacity 2 stroke - Capacity 4 stroke
Pro Lites - Up to 250cc - Up to 250cc
Pro Open - 255cc to 450cc - 255cc to 450cc

These changes will come into effect from 1 January 2011, and the completed MoMS will be placed online at www.ma.org.au/moms once finalised, in addition to being distributed in December.

For more information please visit the MA website at: www.ma.org.au.

 

 

[JETZcorp]

Am I interpreting correctly that 450cc two-strokes now have a home?  Well if so, only one question remains.  Which modern frame will be the first to receive the vintage muscle?!

[evo550]

Swapper,
I was speaking to one of the Coolum officials on the w/end about the rule change, he, who shall remain namelss, said MA was just following a yet unreleased FIM rule change which was a parity in classes for seniors and, wait for it, a ban on 4 strokes in mini classes !!!!
Watch this space.

[SwapperMX]

Swapper,
I was speaking to one of the Coolum officials on the w/end about the rule change, he, who shall remain namelss, said MA was just following a yet unreleased FIM rule change which was a parity in classes for seniors and, wait for it, a ban on 4 strokes in mini classes !!!!
Watch this space.

Yeah, how good is it. I had heard of the rumoured FIM rule changes, which I believe, want to eventually have, a 125cc two stroke developmental class, similar to our u/19 class, but on 125's, the 250 class, and the open class being 350cc. This obviously would be an on going process, but definitely going to be interesting.

Hey Jetz,
Yeah, that is how it reads, so I guess a sleeved down 500 would get the job done as well. I would love to see someone racing one, but I dont think there are many big bore two stroke riders left these days.

[TMKIWI]

Swapper, Do you know if there is an age limit on the bikes.?
And would a Service Honda be legal ( sleeved down ). ie are hybrids legal.

P.S You have the same rules as us now.

[evo550]

The capacity limit is only in the pro class, us mere mortals can ride a Maico 700 in the class if we like, but that has always been the case.
The only real change is that you don't have to punt your 250 against 450's anymore.
Age shall not weary them TM, ride whatever year you want.

[scotty dog]

Thats great news!!!!

[meger z]

well done to the folks down under 

[cmiller493]

Now if the AMA would get their heads out of their butts and do the same!

[GlennC]

Nice work Aussie brothers.


How much is a small two bedroom house with a 60' X 100' garage, I may join ya!

[TMKIWI]

Nice work Aussie brothers.


How much is a small two bedroom house with a 60' X 100' garage, I may join ya!

You can get a 5 acre property on the edge of town here in kiwi land with a 3 bedroom house for about 400k.
You may have to remove all the equestrian crap tho.
400k would be about 1m pesos' to you. Sorry US Dollars 

[GlennC]

Nice work Aussie brothers.


How much is a small two bedroom house with a 60' X 100' garage, I may join ya!

You can get a 5 acre property on the edge of town here in kiwi land with a 3 bedroom house for about 400k.
You may have to remove all the equestrian crap tho.
400k would be about 1m pesos' to you. Sorry US Dollars 

I gotta sell the ghetto shack in LA and head down there, I have about enough equity to do the deal.

400000 AUD
 =
 398839.377412 USD
 
Do you have any sisters?

[TMKIWI]

Nice work Aussie brothers.


How much is a small two bedroom house with a 60' X 100' garage, I may join ya!

You can get a 5 acre property on the edge of town here in kiwi land with a 3 bedroom house for about 400k.
You may have to remove all the equestrian crap tho.
400k would be about 1m pesos' to you. Sorry US Dollars 

I gotta sell the ghetto shack in LA and head down there, I have about enough equity to do the deal.

400000 AUD
 =
 398839.377412 USD
 
Do you have any sisters?

Yes i have 2.
Ones a drunk & the other is on the game if you are keen

[GlennC]

 

[evo550]

GlennC,
It'd never work, the kiwi's talk funny, I've been married to one for 15 yrs and still don't understand a word she says.