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My Name is Daniel Carr I have been involved with
racing in CCS for 2 years now and I love every second
of it. However, I am a little concerned about the
propose rule change to allow newer Post 1999 Liquid
cooled twins into ultra-light superbike. Ultra-light
superbike is my focus event I race a honda Hawk GT My
bike makes approx. 50 Hp on a good day (the amateur
ultra-light superbike champion this year Bike was
dyoed at Daytona and made 49 Hp to the wheels).
Ultra-weight superbike is the class as it stands as a
haven for oddball ball bikes such as Hawks, FZR400's
Honda CB1's and non GP spec 2 Stoke 250 Road bikes.
You will find in the pits that the people who race
these these so called oddball machines are some of the
most involved and dedicated racers who take pride in
being part of the racing community. By allowing
theses post 99 Twins i.e. (SV650's and ex650's) in the
class who are essentially eliminating all these
oddball bikes from competion, to wait around until the
Vintage community welcomes us. or move to WERA or
other racing organizations.
At Loudon my home track The lightweight class is
dominated by SV650'S who are very competitive against
the bigger ducati's We have almost no buells and I
have never seen a BMW on the track (except with a
sidecar attached at the classic weekend).
The below Dyno sheet were prepared by JD hord a former
AMA pro Champion in the twins class and is widely
respected as the foremost authority on Both Hawks and
SV's
Stock and lightly modified HAWK
Hordpower :: Honda Hawk GT :: hawkairbox
Stock and slightly Modified SV650
Hordpower :: Suzuki SV650, SV1000, and TL1000R :: 03sv650
As you can see The power difference is tremendous. as
well as the hawk being 20 years old this year. VS a
newer bike.
Contrary to the CCS bulletin. It is my understanding
that A Honda Hawk can not safely be modified to 800CC
with out spending a ton of money and it most likely
will not last a few races. There is only so much power
you can safely get out of a three valve head thats
design is nearly 30 years old (Honda ascot)
Please also consider that there is not an Ultra-light
Super-sport class so many bikes in ultra-light
Superbike races are close to Bone stock without any
power modifications, so there will be 50 horsepower
CB-1's GS500's-Hawks sharing the track with
95+Horrsepower SV650 Superbikes in competition is
kinda of scary. At loudon the Lightwieght class is a
big class second only to the middleweight classes.
that is alot of fast bikes.
The same bikes do share the track in the GTL race. The
GTL race is always red-flagged and very rarely runs
its full distance.
Lastly, As a member of the CCS racing community I ask
you not to expand the Ultra-light Class to include the
The far more powerful and advanced SV's and EX650's
Those bikes are true lightweights not Ultra-lights.
and would certainly banish some of us from
competition
Sincerely,
Daniel Carr
CCS/LRRS # 441