Sprocket Covers and Entrapment

[DJRacing]

After you fit chain guide to bike be careful to leave sufficent room on swingarm to accomodate MA Rulebook Page 26 Section 27 Clause 3 Paragraph 4 Item 6: A clothespeg is to be affixed to swingarm encompassing a sturdy piece of cardboard which must protrude 22mm to the inside of the outer edge of the wheel spokes so as to create sufficent noise to warn of approaching machine. No shit

Classic     

[Snowy 76]

You Crack me up Dude 

[micks]

ted you forgot that it must not interfere with the valve cap as it may loosen the valve cap. 

[Ted]

Mick Mick Mick...you`re not too bright are you.  Just fit a front rim to the rear and bobs your uncle. The rules are the rules

[huskibul]

   Yeah you wouldnt want that valvecap bouncing down the track behind you and going up someones nostril !    

[mick25]

And we need one of those old school push bike horns the ones with the black rubber squeezy end    honk honk when passing other riders (warning)

[Graeme M]

Can't I just purse my lips and blow out really loudly and save the money for a chain guard?

[Doggy Digger]

 

[pancho]

    New shopping list
 1/ super glue for valve caps.
 2/ clothes peg and 'joker' playing card.
 3/ bicycle bulb horn.
 4/ various warning stickers.
   Now where is that Ballards catalogue!
 pancho.

[mick25]

Thats Nasty digger
 there lots of builders out there with stumpey fingers as well. guards a there for a reason ,
I made guards for my bikes soon as i herd the rumours ,
when you think about it ,if you come off and your bike is laying there reving it horses off it wouldnt take much to fall or drop your fingers in the rear cog

[matcho mick]

whats the saying?,'every pictures wortha thousand words',message received doggy!,

[jimg1au]

micks 25
i also fit a speedway cut out so if or when you cume off the motor will stop.
jim

[pancho]

 Me to on my slider Jim, since it first did a start line mono couple of years ago!

[mick25]

JIM   I did think of one of those speed way cut off switches a while back good point.
but I did wounder what others throught    a bit off over kill     :-\but safety first hey

[mustanggrahame]

What about a cover for the whole back wheel? If the sprocket is spinning around then the wheel must be as well!
I think this racing thing is all too dangerous. Why don't we bring our bikes to the track, look at them all, maybe start them up (if we can work out a perfectly safe way to do this) and decide who gets the trophies, by reading old magazine comparos. Eg Pre 85 500cc, CR Honda the best on tight tracks, so obviously only those who turned up with a CR can possibly win. If more than one person brought a CR then some more investigation is required. Maybe someone had their front tyre at 25psi, or someone else had an Ohlins shock, etc. A well set up KX may be able to sneak into a place under this scenario.
This shouldn't be too hard and much safer than the current situation of actually racing our bikes. Our bikes wont deteriorate or get dirty. Our fitness wont matter. Young people wont win just because they are better riders.
Cheers, Grahame