One way to resolve the perceived "midget problem"
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From: Champ on 4 Oct 2007 09:03 On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:18:11 -0700, RealMart <RedLegMedia(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >On Oct 4, 8:45 am, "j doll" <jd...(a)jvlnet.com> wrote: >> You mean push starts? > >Le Mans Start: > >Bikes in a line down one side of the start-finish straigth, riders in >a line down the other side of the start finish straight. > >Flag drops, riders sprint across track, leap on bikes, fire 'em up and >start race. Yes, yes, we all know what a Le Mans start is. What you've not explained is how this might 'resolve the percieved "midget problem"' -- Champ neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: wamanning on 4 Oct 2007 12:43 On Oct 4, 9:03 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:18:11 -0700, RealMart > > <RedLegMe...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > >On Oct 4, 8:45 am, "j doll" <jd...(a)jvlnet.com> wrote: > >> You mean push starts? > > >Le Mans Start: > > >Bikes in a line down one side of the start-finish straigth, riders in > >a line down the other side of the start finish straight. > > >Flag drops, riders sprint across track, leap on bikes, fire 'em up and > >start race. > > Yes, yes, we all know what a Le Mans start is. > > What you've not explained is how this might 'resolve the percieved > "midget problem"' > -- > Champ > neal at champ dot org dot uk midgets have short legs and cant run fast and probably less able to man-handle a bike. slower to get to their bikes and probably have a tougher time bump- starting them. i like the idea, but it'll never happen.
From: T3 on 4 Oct 2007 13:03 <wamanning(a)email.com> wrote in message news:1191516189.043051.181930(a)y42g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > midgets have short legs and cant run fast and probably less able to > man-handle a bike. > > slower to get to their bikes and probably have a tougher time bump- > starting them. > > i like the idea, but it'll never happen. > I dunno 'bout that not runnin' fast thing, but I can imagine the difficulty a flyweight might have bumpin' one of those 13, or 14:1 engines over. Heh, it could comical 'purdy quick!
From: Champ on 4 Oct 2007 13:53 On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:43:09 -0700, wamanning(a)email.com wrote: >> >> You mean push starts? >> >> >Le Mans Start: >> >> >Bikes in a line down one side of the start-finish straigth, riders in >> >a line down the other side of the start finish straight. >> >> >Flag drops, riders sprint across track, leap on bikes, fire 'em up and >> >start race. >> >> Yes, yes, we all know what a Le Mans start is. >> >> What you've not explained is how this might 'resolve the percieved >> "midget problem"' >> -- >> Champ >> neal at champ dot org dot uk > >midgets have short legs and cant run fast and probably less able to >man-handle a bike. > >slower to get to their bikes and probably have a tougher time bump- >starting them. Endurance races haven't used bump starts for 20 years. And, has been pointed out elsewhere, the current generation of MotoGP bikes run such high compression that you wouldn't bump start it if you were weighed 20 stone [1]. [1] 280lbs for US residents -- Champ
From: just bob on 4 Oct 2007 14:07
"Alexey" <inline_four(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1191501227.007445.117210(a)n39g2000hsh.googlegroups.com... > On Oct 3, 10:06 pm, "Carl Sundquist" <carl...(a)cox.net> wrote: >> Go back to LeMans starts. > > What's the problem you're trying to solve? Not enough riders eating pizza and beer. |