2022 Season Rule Changes

Any rule changes comming along for the 2022 season? Rumor on the street is something might happen with fuel capacity limits.

I have a couple gen 3 sv tanks on hold at the fabicatiors until I hear for sure wether or not there will be a fuel capacity limit.

 

That would be silly and alienate a bunch of long time players. Now, if we get up to big enough grid sizes I could see splitting classes into SS and SB...but I don't think we're close to that yet.

 

Two things I would like to see:

1. Tire warmers during red flags (no refueling no working on bike, just warmers)

2. In the interest of keeping speeds down in the pits , mandate the use of 1st gear only on pit road as you approach the pit boxes. Basically as you come down pit row, have a sign on pit road before the 1st pit box that says " SLOW DOWN 1ST GEAR" It's a rudimentary pit speed limiter that requires no cost. Yes I know liter bikes can go pretty fast in 1st gear but it's useless using an arbitrary number (45mph) when there is no way to monitor and enforce it.

 

Speed difference between a R1 pegging off the limiter in 1st gear to a SV doing the same...no thanks

 

you believe no speed limit is the safer choice?

 

Yes, because most pits are going to have a relatively terminal velocity. A R1 can't really enter hot pit any faster than what a SV650 can do. And it's an understood and well known thing for pit crews - ALL bikes are hauling ass.

I would also refer back to the historical proof of nobody getting ran over in the pits for the last 5+ years.

It's funny you say "pretty fast in 1st gear"...they can do over 100. That's like 85% of the top speed of a SV period

 

i think 33 km/hr is the FIM limit. standardizes things better than saying 1st gear

 

How do you know what gear they are in?

 

Tough to put a number when you don't have equipment to monitor. Damn 33kph. that's pretty slow..

I get what you're saying. The 1st gear rule really wouldn't work with big bikes. The fact that nobody has been walloped in the pits in the past 5 years is a good thing. I just think something needs to be done to reduce speed in the pits to keep the run of good luck going.

 

No warmers during red flags MUST change. If we sit for 30+ minutes for whatever reason the tire carcass will be cold. I would be willing to bet we would just end up with more red flags. This rule creates safety problems.

Speed limit in pit? NO! Though I would like who and how many people can cross hot pit policed. Sometime it seems lime the entire paddock is having a look. Perhaps only those in team uniforms (actual crew) can cross? Just an idea

 

A man with solutions, not just complaints.

 

LOVE IT

 

Do you seriously think this crowd would HAVE to wheelie off the other side and on into pit lane?

 

For GNF, we did qualifying for all the classes. I dont feel we needed to dedicate a whole day to it like we did at GNF but have you thought about qualifying for all the classes in 2nd warm-up? Grid by times, followed by points, followed by time of registration?

 

No, for normal sprint and national races. I think only the C and A expert classes qualify based off time. I heard lots of good feedback about all the classes qualifying based off of time, not just C and A.

FWIW, I race in C so I will get to qualify but I know others appreciate this including the novice classes.

 

Was a great advantage to us to be next to our competition. We are very selective on the rounds we do so our point total was dismal.