Here's the thing ... BEARS / Twinsprints

[Linden]

New thread to stop topic drift

Yeah, it's a right royal pain. But good experience chasing everyone down in the twisty bits! Sounds like you had a good weekend though!

I had a great weekend at Morgan Park apart from being last race of the day (Sat & Sun) and riding into the sun and last to leave with a 10.5 hour drive home

The downside is I'm being HP smashed so what to do

The facts
- I want to race in BEARS F5 and Twinsprints and don't (yeah I know) wish to spend massive money
- I Use a Ducati 696 (and will stay on a Ducati) - slip ons, Airfilter and flashed ECU
- Twinsprints = up to 700cc
- Bears F5 = up to 904cc (for air cooled Ducati)
- Next 3 Bears rounds (Nationals) are Hidden Valley; PI and SMSP - all have HP issues
- Don't want a second bike to be very different in body posture (currently bring my MHe and its a LOT different to the monster - plus I don't push it)
- don't forget lazy, cheap dreamer


So get/build a second bike for BEARS or enhance the 696
- Need to spend lots to get more HP while staying under 700cc (that said been promised that a full system and ECU remap might get me 3-5hp (probably need 8 - but might be enough)
- there is a nice 1998 SS sitting a Manhiems at the moment - bit too good perhaps so $$$$$ but also body position will probably mean I'll graft the engine in to one of my spare Monster frames and with out development the older 904cc are not much more power than the new 700 (more torque of course)
- a very silly idea is to de-stroke an 1100 Monster (I've already got a spare 696 motor and a road 696 that could be a race bike) would be 863 cc 98 x 57.2 SCREAMER (696 is 88x57.2 - 1100 is 98x71.5) - lots of work and it may not work

OK you all have arseholes what about opinions !!!!