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Having never seen a Thundercat powered outfit in Australia, I'm interested to know how much the carby fed outfits give up to a modern injected outfit at club level? We're talking average punter type teams not TT winning outfits.

Is a tuned carby motor really all that inferior or are they good bang ...

An update on what happened.

Shocks were okay as was the chassis and tyres. We ended up moving the engine forward 2" and down 1".

The difference was immediate. It steers like its on rails now. The lap times have tumbled during tuning sessions to a very competitive level. Looking forward to the ...

The engine cold be moved forward another 1.5 inches or so (need to work out the steering clearance around the exhaust headers to be sure).

The frame was originally a P5 machine so had, I believe, a GSX1100 engine in it. When the conversion has been done, the new engine has been placed quite high in ...

Trying to help out a guy who's picked up a P5 machine thats been converted to F2. Apparently it has issues with severe understeer. I'm suspecting that some of the frame geometries may be out.

I have my short F1 to measure against (my bike handles fine) but no F2 dimensions as such. Is there a ...

Poor brakes really got a workout on the weekend.

Definitely a well earned honour! Congratulations Moly!

Got the ball rolling (tentatively).

Many thanks Steve and Helen!

Just out of interest, how do non-European (ie Australian) competitors go about complying with the entry rules for a Mountain Course license? (thinking 2015 or so here)

Also, what about entry to other events such as the Southern 100?

Its a fanciful notion I know, but it'd be interesting to see if ...

Sadly, its a stupidly expensive trip from Western Australia. So more sitting up late and streaming Manx radio for me this year.

Le sigh.

duncan wrote:I reckon Matty & Dags from Oz will drink the most beer! If they can find any that is cold.:-0

I didn't know they were returning this year. Hope for a good showing from the Aussies then!