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gearing for croft
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 11:16 pm
by gravelrashed
any idea what gearing i should be using at croft, am there this weekend and dont have a clue

Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:00 am
by Eddy Wright
Same as Donnington
Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:03 am
by steve-e
Now then Eddie, does he know Donington? Is that with or without the trenches?

Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:06 am
by gravelrashed
now eddy is that the old donnington the really old donnington or the new donnington no one has seen yet?
only ever done donnington on a solo!
Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:48 am
by tufty113
whats the motor...we used to use a 42 rear....13 front on a thundercat and a 14 on my cbr600rr.....ta matt dix
Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:13 am
by gravelrashed
Cheers Matt 14 42 it is
Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:55 am
by oldbelly
Tom Hanks still has the F2 lap record at Croft. It was set in 97 on a Thundercat using 13-42 gearing. Thats the gearing Tom used at most short circuits. Mind you he could ride a bit. The record is in the 1m28s.

Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:07 am
by craig hauxwell
Are you sure it was a thundercat and not the long stroke Geoff.
Re: gearing for croft
Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:31 pm
by oldbelly
It was definatley on a Thundercat Craig.It was the ex Richard Nelson outfit.