Haha. The rules are so out of date that non-stop is applied. That's a five. And a dq for submitting false scores for everyone for the last 40 years. What a joke.
You let bugs stop you from riding in a road race?And what is the CMA going to do for me if I decide I want to road race this year (bugs permitting)?
How many of your posts should be moved to the Romper Room?Haha. The rules are so out of date that non-stop is applied. That's a five. And a dq for submitting false scores for everyone for the last 40 years. What a joke.
I did have a Diablo Can-Am 125GP race at Shuby. The CMA tried to take credit. It was somewhat helped by NAMU.. North America Motorcycle Union. I had 36 riders and my sponsors put up a $6000 purse or more. The representative from the CMA, was drunk on Wednesday when I got there. He argued with me we would do two Qualifying races. I was doing timed qualifying. He came and woke me up about 12 pm Friday night, drunk again to argue. CSBK ensured me we were doing timed qualifying. I also got it covered for TSN TV.We had ten riders from Bernuda that had never been out of third gear nor ever on a rolling hilly track. So more seat time with less stress was paramount for them. Sunday ,said CMA rep was taken away in ambulance from alcohol poisoning. I sent my finish results to England to be distributed to all big European series. This helped Chris Peris get his Wild Card ride in Spain. I asked the CMA "person" in charge if I could get FIM homologation for the Can=Am 125 GP series,, her reply was 'We don't do hokey events" There are or were some great people in the CMA, but ,,,,,,,,,,,,I believe after 1989 or 1990 the only CMA affiliated championship road races were held at Atlantic Motorsport Park under the auspices of AMCRA.
After that pretty much everyone stopped caring - a CMA championship and $1.50 got you a cup of coffee at Timmy's.
Saskatchewan - motorcycle racing hot bed. Brett McCormick came from there and did well in spite of it.Oh and holy look at that, somebody is already doing it under the CMA banner in Saskatchewan
I guess CMA road racing is alive in Canada, where is the Ontario chapter to challenge them and make for a potential national.Rulebook | PSRA
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or does mini road racing not count either
John Bickle has likely done as much for, if not more than anyone, motorcycle road racing in Canada for the last 25 years.... I betcha Trials doesn't know who you are. Lol
And to put things into context, 17 is really old by world GP standards. Most top riders on the GP career path these days are going through the Red Bull Rookies Cup (ages 12-16) and the CEV Repsol (European GP) series (ages 14-18) after already having almost a decade of riding in lower classes.
I haven't followed Alex's career at all so I don't know his specifics. There are likely many reasons why he went through Mexico (like the sheer financial cost of living, training and racing in Europe, if he had wanted to go that route), but it would be shameful to the organizations involved if even part of the reason he went that way was because his Canadian racing credentials weren't accepted in Europe. Another name that comes to mind is Stacey Nesbitt. She made it to the European stage, but not until age 19, I believe. The level of competition is so high these days, that a delay of even a couple of years getting onto the international stage really puts you behind the curve regardless of your natural talent.
If you want to see what you're up against at the world competition level, here's a video of Chicho Lorenzo (Jorge Lorenzo's father) teaching a one year old how to ride.
I have a better idea - let's all go take a flat track or mini road racing school together - something none of us have ever done.Not a pi**ing match, if you want to whoop me buy a trials bike and get good at it always happy to oblige that challenge.
I raced a SV650. I must have been about 20 years ago now but I believe it was John who put that series together, if I'm not mistaken.John Bickle has likely done as much for, if not more than anyone, motorcycle road racing in Canada for the last 25 years.
Mine too...Mini road racing? My collarbone hurts already ...
FWIW, I'll be doing some of Toni's MiniSBK courses this year if anyone else is interested, but there will be absolutely no d*ck swinging. I have a pretty good idea where I fall on the skill continuum, and it ain't at the top. Ben LeClair is one of the instructors at the Super Sonic school and he's 10 or 11 seconds (!) faster than me around Grand Bend on a 300. I started track riding way too late in life and there is zero chance of me ever catching up competitively. Something like Toni's school is really the main hope for any future generation of Canadians to get started early enough to compete on the world stage.I have a better idea - let's all go take a flat track or mini road racing school together - something none of us have ever done.
Then we can find out who's the biggest swingin' d*ck in the 416/905 ?
Thanks for your input John.Thank you for the kind words,, appreciated! I am sorry if I missed some stuff. I tried to read all the thread. The Diablo Can-Am 125GP series and the SV650 series showed what can be done with the right help. I started the 125GP class just to help all the 125 GP riders have better races. With awesome sponsors, CSBK and CCS in the USA we as a group did a great job. Riders that went through the Can-Am include PJ Jacobsen,Tayler Knapp,Chris Peris,Brett McCormick, Matt Binns,Alex Welsh, sorry I forgot some,, we had so many kids it was amazing. The riders got a serious sanctioned event with structured rules. We had open invitations to run CCS in the USA. We also helped the floundering USGPRU piggy back on our races. We had 54 125 GP bikes at CTMP. When we picked up the SV650 class that provided a secondary platform for riders that didn't wish to go 125GP racing. Our average grid for SV was 37 riders. Since then we have not really been able to promote the kids. We just don't have the platform. Buts most of all we don't have the lines of communication I had developed with Europe. With those exposure channels you can promote your Canadian talent. We have the people and the riders. This problem is not exclusive to road racing,, this is an industry wide issue. The right organization would help every type of racing competitions. It would also promote the sport more to the street riders. It would be a win,win for everyone. A good governing body would also fight for better insurance rates for street riders. There is so much more we could have. In every aspect. We are missing so much because of the disconnect., This has to be fixed so we can move forward ,,,as a group! We are a sport driven by technology, yet stuck in the dark ages. We are so passionate and yet so disconnected from each other. I'll ask a question and if you don't know what I am talking about then it explains our situation. What is Toni Sharpless doing? And is this available in other venues of our sport? We should all know this with the right governing body.
Umm you forgot me John..no big deal. I was 46th in that race at CTMP.Thank you for the kind words,, appreciated! I am sorry if I missed some stuff. I tried to read all the thread. The Diablo Can-Am 125GP series and the SV650 series showed what can be done with the right help. I started the 125GP class just to help all the 125 GP riders have better races. With awesome sponsors, CSBK and CCS in the USA we as a group did a great job. Riders that went through the Can-Am include PJ Jacobsen,Tayler Knapp,Chris Peris,Brett McCormick, Matt Binns,Alex Welsh, sorry I forgot some,, we had so many kids it was amazing. The riders got a serious sanctioned event with structured rules. We had open invitations to run CCS in the USA. We also helped the floundering USGPRU piggy back on our races. We had 54 125 GP bikes at CTMP. When we picked up the SV650 class that provided a secondary platform for riders that didn't wish to go 125GP racing. Our average grid for SV was 37 riders. Since then we have not really been able to promote the kids. We just don't have the platform. Buts most of all we don't have the lines of communication I had developed with Europe. With those exposure channels you can promote your Canadian talent. We have the people and the riders. This problem is not exclusive to road racing,, this is an industry wide issue. The right organization would help every type of racing competitions. It would also promote the sport more to the street riders. It would be a win,win for everyone. A good governing body would also fight for better insurance rates for street riders. There is so much more we could have. In every aspect. We are missing so much because of the disconnect., This has to be fixed so we can move forward ,,,as a group! We are a sport driven by technology, yet stuck in the dark ages. We are so passionate and yet so disconnected from each other. I'll ask a question and if you don't know what I am talking about then it explains our situation. What is Toni Sharpless doing? And is this available in other venues of our sport? We should all know this with the right governing body.