whats everyones honest oppionion on the best bike for each vintage class and why?

[penton]

heres mine !if you could get it to stay running i think a gamma 500 would dominate v6,v5,and formula 2 smoke. for instence 289 pounds 140hp .thats three classes you could alternate.almost bought one!!!!!

[lizard84]

A GS -450 of course. http://www.wera.com/ubb/smile.gif

[boaide]

MV Agusta 350/500 GP bikes in the early period classes for which they are eligible?

[Diesel]

LWC - If you have lotsa cash... Ducati or Aermacchi 250. If you are poor, do your own R&D and need cheap donor motors... Honda 175.

MWC - Ducati or Aermacchi 350 (I have a soft spot for Aermacchi)

HWC - couldn't say. Gilera would be my pick but of course it wouldn't apply here with WERA Vintage since most of us couldn't afford one.

V1 & V2 - Honda 350

V3 - Yamaha XS650

Couldn't comment on 2-stroke classes or super-vintage.

[Diesel]

Originally posted by Diesel:
Ducati or Aermacchi 250... Honda 175...Ducati or Aermacchi 350... Honda 350... Yamaha XS650.

Oops, I forgot to give reasons why.

The Ducatis and Aermacchis are proven winners. They've benefited from decades of R&D.

The Honda 350's are giant killers. They can be made VERY fast yet relatively reliable.

The XS650 is a strong runner and probably the most bullet-proof motor in vintage racing. I think that even the fastest one out there can reap major rewards by using a properly tuned exhaust (2into1 as upposed to the usual TT or 2into2s usually fitted).

Last but not least... the Honda 175. I have yet to see one that was really properly developed but I think it can be the CB350 of the small bikes. It's advantages over the 250 singles are it's two cylinders with a 360 degree crank (which really benefits from a properly tuned exhaust), it can be bored to 240cc and it's ability to rev. It has a 41mm stroke and fairly small pistons which, theoretically, can rev to more than 14,000rpm's (rpm = power). I've been developing mine with the goal of eventually making power at those high rpms (13,000 so far) and although I haven't gone to the big-bore, it's proven itself against a lot of larger bikes.

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[VINTAGE777]

DEISEL YOU WOULDNT BE A LITTLE BIASED ABOUT THE 175 WOULD YOU http://www.wera.com/ubb/biggrin.gif

[penton]

and yours is a blazing fast machine.that things looking trick. good luck this year and ill see ya at nelsons. Originally posted by lizard84:
A GS -450 of course. http://www.wera.com/ubb/smile.gif



[This message has been edited by penton (edited 04-06-2001).]

[penton]

thats pritty interesting .would like to see one what class 's would that run? vintage has the best selaction of bikes. Originally posted by boaide:
MV Agusta 350/500 GP bikes in the early period classes for which they are eligible?

[penton]

thats an interesting selection.we got a guy that does research on his arimachi(?) that is the loudest thing on the dyno.arimachi art i call him benn modifying his for seven years or soo. Originally posted by Diesel:
LWC - If you have lotsa cash... Ducati or Aermacchi 250. If you are poor, do your own R&D and need cheap donor motors... Honda 175.

MWC - Ducati or Aermacchi 350 (I have a soft spot for Aermacchi)

HWC - couldn't say. Gilera would be my pick but of course it wouldn't apply here with WERA Vintage since most of us couldn't afford one.

V1 & V2 - Honda 350

V3 - Yamaha XS650

Couldn't comment on 2-stroke classes or super-vintage.

[penton]

thats cool that arimachi dude was doing some pipe tuning last monday i think im still deaf Originally posted by Diesel:
Oops, I forgot to give reasons why.

The Ducatis and Aermacchis are proven winners. They've benefited from decades of R&D.

The Honda 350's are giant killers. They can be made VERY fast yet relatively reliable.

The XS650 is a strong runner and probably the most bullet-proof motor in vintage racing. I think that even the fastest one out there can reap major rewards by using a properly tuned exhaust (2into1 as upposed to the usual TT or 2into2s usually fitted).

Last but not least... the Honda 175. I have yet to see one that was really properly developed but I think it can be the CB350 of the small bikes. It's advantages over the 250 singles are it's 360 degree crank (which really benefits from a properly tuned exhaust), it can be bored to 240cc and it's ability to rev. It has a 41mm stroke and fairly small pistons which, theoretically, can rev to more than 14,000rpm's (rpm = power). I've been developing mine with the goal of eventually making power at those high rpms (13,000 so far) and although I haven't gone to the big-bore, it's proven itself against a lot of larger bikes.

[schwantzmobile]

What wins in V6: most of the time a 86-88 1100 gsxr.
Sometimes : a 89 fzr750 bored out to 900 something cc's, also a fzr 400 bored out to 410 - 560