White plates on TD bikes?

Local grass roots club allows non-racer TD (street) guys to put white plates on their bikes. I find it a smack in the face to everyone that earned one.
I know most wont care, but to me its non-racers getting something unearned. Pet peeve of mine.

 

So you are trying to limit the market for used expert race motorcycles? Maybe the track day rider buying it doesn’t feel like repainting it if it has perfectly good or even passable paint.

Trust me that there is no way a track day organization is going to piss off customers by telling them they can’t run white plates. They are just happy if the can read the numbers, assuming the organization even requires them.

They earn their intermediate or advanced sticker. That is good enough. White plates and a novice group sticker? Who cares, it isn’t racing.

 

I feel ya, all good points. Just rubs me the wrong way

 

It's not exactly stolen valor.

I'd be more pissed of someone masquerading as a Navy Seal with knock off medals on a fake uniform.

 

Broom will care!!!! He will get OCDitus when he reads that statement....someone ring up Chris Broome!!!!!

 

the slow riders with $30k motorcycles with Ohlins, Marchesinis, fancy paint jobs and white plates are always worth a little chuckle. then I remember that they are riders too, that we all started somewhere, and that they can spend their $$ however they want.

 

why does this remind me of your NESBA group bump story? The one you Urned!

 

Hahahaha.......them fukers!!!! LOL
Looking back on it all, they ran the tightest/safest ship.

 

pink plates for TD riders, thats final

 

Why not just make them shit-brown?

 

with glitter numbers

 

....I was thinking peanuts or corn.

 

it can and should be done. Mongo?

 

Who cares who has what plate at a trackday?

It’s a trackday - it has nothing to do with racing.

 

says mister pink

 

only problem i see, is in the event someone just got bumped to expert group and is running white plates... and other racers are making what they feel are clean passes, but spooks this white plated track day rider..

 

sounds like that could be a safety issue, greg ?

 

what if there was a dastardly yella plate vintage guy with a TZ750 in the mix... and he got shades of yella on the white plates when passing?

 

Have to black Flag him....
I dont make these rules, I just abide

 

its a trackday who cares... and as far as passes... well if they are in advanced there are rules and they should have to abide by them as should you... if thats the case then they shouldn't be spooked by a pass that is within the rules...

precursor to that.. advanced group riders should have to adhere to a pretty certain skill set.. one of those is passing and being passed... (yes its technically 2) but as such you should be made aware that passes will happen close... if you cannot handle those.. you shouldn't be in advanced...

and if they are in intermediate. than what the hell are you doing race passes in intermediate for ya jagoff go back to yellow plates... (oh wait i'm a yellow plate)