So who wants to do a rally? (big bike rally challenge)

[Burtieboy]

If it's a BBRC organised event (and it is ) you can be assured that Burt will ensure it will be big bike friendly.

I'm tempted to give it a try on the 990 on the basis the lights on the CCM are totally shite... 35 watt tungsten bulb (one filament only on main beam) versus 55w+60w Halogen combined on main beam, no contest really :woohoo:

It will be awesome on a 990, really awesome. Do it!

[moly]

thats why the sprint was a great event
evryone can get round this is the same coarse so no probs

[Wilso122]

the first thing that strikes you in the BIG bike challenge is that there only about 20 BIG bikes!!! and everyone else is on 250's 400's etc !!!!

and after a while you start to think why am i struggling around on this big heavy monster when everyone else is on a bloody 250 flying by me!!!! so thats it i get my self a 250 and do another couple of years on that.

So whats the point of calling it the big bike rally challenge if most pitch up on small bikes? Or am I missing something... though it was just for big bikes..

Still working on a green card for the night rally though.

[Burtieboy]

the first thing that strikes you in the BIG bike challenge is that there only about 20 BIG bikes!!! and everyone else is on 250's 400's etc !!!!

and after a while you start to think why am i struggling around on this big heavy monster when everyone else is on a bloody 250 flying by me!!!! so thats it i get my self a 250 and do another couple of years on that.

So whats the point of calling it the big bike rally challenge if most pitch up on small bikes? Or am I missing something... though it was just for big bikes..

Still working on a green card for the night rally though.

Only bikes of 575cc or above are in the BBRC but other bikes can do the events - bit easy on a 250 though

[Harty]

If I get rid of the 990 soon enough, then I'll def be doing the night Rally and even the taster day on me 690, sound like a good crack

[Wilso122]

Only bikes of 575cc or above are in the BBRC but other bikes can do the events - bit easy on a 250 though

Ah right gotcha! ta muchly.

[Mike54]

Mikmac isn't being toally accurate. There are a LOT of bikes over 575cc. In terms of being passed, most of the events you "grade" your ability so you end up riding with people of similar ability. If someone quick happens to be around then sure, they'll pass you on a special stage, but no big deal.

Also, Burt has recently graded the events themselves from 1 being easy to 5 being hard, so you can pick and choose events based on that rather than going into the unknown.

Some events are organised by clubs and the make up of those club members tends to be on smaller bikes due to their locations, hence the comment about the 250's. But events like Sweet Lamb - the bigger bikes smoke the 250's all day long - it's fire roads after all, not enduro terrain. Its the harder events like the beacons when the small bikes find it much easier, so I think Mikmacs post needs a bit of perspective and some facts, so hopefully the above has done that.

As for the night rally, you could drive around sweet lamb in a first generation mini if you wanted to, any bike can can round it no problem at all, it's fire roads.

[Wilso122]

Mikmac isn't being toally accurate. There are a LOT of bikes over 575cc. In terms of being passed, most of the events you "grade" your ability so you end up riding with people of similar ability. If someone quick happens to be around then sure, they'll pass you on a special stage, but no big deal.

Also, Burt has recently graded the events themselves from 1 being easy to 5 being hard, so you can pick and choose events based on that rather than going into the unknown.

Some events are organised by clubs and the make up of those club members tends to be on smaller bikes due to their locations, hence the comment about the 250's. But events like Sweet Lamb - the bigger bikes smoke the 250's all day long - it's fire roads after all, not enduro terrain. Its the harder events like the beacons when the small bikes find it much easier, so I think Mikmacs post needs a bit of perspective and some facts, so hopefully the above has done that.

As for the night rally, you could drive around sweet lamb in a first generation mini if you wanted to, any bike can can round it no problem at all, it's fire roads.

That's good to know.

[Mike54]

I was with 4 guys today who expressed an interest in the rallies but had been put off by the reports of the tough ones and thought they were all like that (they're not). I talked about sweet lamb and let them know my experiences of it, and as a result they're all going to enter the night rally, which is great because they will LOVE it B)

[mikmac]

No worries i was not trying to stir up a hornets nest :unsure: , i was just trying to let people know how I found it to be. None of the events that i entered as part of the challenge only consisted of fire roads and all the events where open to all sizes of bikes, most of which were small capacity cc trail and enduro bikes. And lot of the terrian is not gravel but mud etc..
If now there are are some events that are only fire roads, then thats great for newbie off road riders. Although I would say that even on a fire road you are going to get smaller bikes flying past you, just because there are some pretty good riders out there and the cc of the bike counts for nothing if you are only a newish off road rider.
Again that's just how i found it to be. ( and by the way I loved it).