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Moto America Twins Cup Michael Barnes??

Discussion in 'General' started by regularguy, Mar 18, 2019.

  1. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    They could be cigars as well although not sure Yokohama is known for being a big tobacco area :D
     
  2. Steady T

    Steady T Xaus Power

    Serious question. Ducati what? Monster 620?
     
  3. KMC

    KMC DUC|DET

    Monster 797

    The chassis is pretty good. With the MA rules, It won’t make “100HP easy” tho.
     
  4. Monsterdood

    Monsterdood Well-Known Member

    With 800cc, it will be about torque giving some poke off the corners. Plus Eyetalian bikes always look cool.
     
  5. TLR67

    TLR67 Well-Known Member

    Got my Tix today for Road Atlanta.... Cant wait to see the Twins cup run....
     
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  6. knedragon29

    knedragon29 Well-Known Member

    And to think all that $$$$ and HP used to chase me and my bone stock little Honda RS250 !
     
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  7. sdiver

    sdiver Well-Known Member

    I almost went the Moto Corse route for the same reason, all those Duc based specials in FL. But then he stopped returning communication so I made it my mission to beat him for 1/3rd the cost.

    Mission accomplished, there is a reason you dont see many of them out there anymore....its called the 565.

    Happy to see fresh builds in MotoTwins class, damn SV is 20 yrs old.
     
  8. ghetto customs

    ghetto customs Who's that Parrish guy?

    It's still the dominant one too...
     
  9. KMC

    KMC DUC|DET

    How have you beat him if you haven’t raced yet?
     
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  10. Gino230

    Gino230 Well-Known Member

    We’ve been down this road in other threads. The 565 is cheaper but it’s not 1/3. I doubt it’s even 1/2 the cost.

    The reason you don’t see many anymore is because of the state of FL racing, which had nothing to do with the Arms race in LW.

    And I can still pull right by the 565’s at Daytona. In October I believe there were 4 of them. Linder beat me on his, he just flat out rode me.... cause he’s Linder!
     
  11. regularguy

    regularguy Always Krispy

    Gino it was way cheaper. Buy a 600 boneyard motor. Stick it in and tell everyone it's a 565..... :)
     
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  12. Gino230

    Gino230 Well-Known Member

    Or it could be double- if You send to Ben Probst and then have to buy a second motor when that one gets sold to someone else.
     
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  13. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

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  14. RRP

    RRP Kinda Superbikey

    No it’s a 580...

    wait you have a tool to measure displacement?!?

    I’ll take the DQ.

    :crackup: - that one never gets old.
     
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  15. RRP

    RRP Kinda Superbikey

    Sold, stolen, or just MAGICALLY disappeared never to be seen again...
     
  16. sbk1198

    sbk1198 Well-Known Member

    Was that you on the silver Ducati (I think...didn't have much time to look at it when you lapped me lol)? I was in the GT500 class, 2nd wave, so I don't feel too bad for getting lapped by you and the a few other LW guys.

    Do you happen to know exactly what Ducati Ray Hoffman was riding? Can't remember if it was Thunderbike or some other LW class, but his pace was miles ahead of the guy in 2nd. I remember seeing a 1:58.0 and the guy in second was running 2:04s. I know Ray's a fast guy, but whatever bike he was on was crazy fast for that class!
     
  17. sdiver

    sdiver Well-Known Member

    Ray had a 749 which is legal in 1 class I think? Not sure if that was what he was on?
     
  18. sbk1198

    sbk1198 Well-Known Member

    That's what it looked like, I just wasn't sure it was was an actual 749 or just the bodywork. The 749s were not really all that impressive though. I'm wondering if his is a 749R...those had a fair bit more power as far as I know.
     
  19. Gino230

    Gino230 Well-Known Member

    Ray has a 749 that is very fast. I’m on the black and red Ducati.
     
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  20. Pneumatico Delle Vittorie

    Pneumatico Delle Vittorie Retired "Tire" Guy

    No shit
     

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