Quote from keiran :

Maybe because we don't have the extra money to spend? Also as far as I'm aware a Hayabusa has roughly the same bhp... From what I've read there quoted to have around 175/180bhp...

We still need to get a fuel tank, 3 tyres and a LSD to get the car running.

Our budget is a tight one, hence why the car isn't finished with the season starting soon.



So your going to sue because a sign was probably a few mm's out of position Last year at work I fell when a broken barrier had been left on the circuit where it shouldn't have. I landed on my chin in the middle of the circuit. Thankfully my work mate legged it to me as soon as he saw it happen and managed to get the attention of a customer on the track. Had he not I'd have been hit by a 200+kg kart doing 25mph.

Now technically I could have sued because of the fact the barrier was dangerous and should not have been there. I'm left with a big scar on my chin to go along with all the others.

End of the day accidents happen, I blame myself as much as I'd blame my work place for not moving the barrier. My manager at work got nailed by a kart flat out, has a scar all the way along his arm, 2 scars on his face and is blind in one eye after it. He never sued either.

It's sad the way society is going, everybody seems to want to sue you for anything and everything. Got a case going on at work, I told the guy off for being a twat and diving down the inside of people. He ended up breaking his kart and going through the barriers, he is now trying to sue because no one asked if he was okay... before the kart came to a rest he jumped out it .

If the rock was big enough to unsettle your push bike at 10-15mph might I suggest you get your eyes tested? Never have I fallen off my push bike by hitting a stone, sure I've had a few moments but generally people tend to avoid big stones...

And your seriously trying to claim to have been a great motocross rider yet you fell off a push bike doing 10-15mph

Didn't mean to go into the ****ing post, accidents happen, none of you know the facts and i'm not going to tell you all the facts, all I remember is my back end going and me coming off and skiding across the ground straight into a post, I know it was a rock as the person who seen it happen seen the rock in the rock where my bike was and as I remembered my back end going its a bit obvious to work out what caused it to go. I am both a good push bike and motorbike rider, accidents happen, it's like saying people see a car in front of them but still go into the back of it, do they need their eyes tested because obviously they could see the car in front of them.

Accidents happen, I would like to see any of you survive the accident what happened to me. So why go on, accidents happen, not like I said to myself oh look a post, lets see if I can hit it.

Actually, your accident seems quite boring and humiliating to be honest Sam...

If you can't ride a bicycle how do you even manage to strap in a race car and race it? But yeh that's not the place to talk about your loosy accidents and it would be nice if you start a topic in the off-topic section, it was made for that.

On my side I never raced a race car but been racing quads for three years now. I started in mid-2006 with a Honda 400EX and only a White Brothers exhaust pipe. In 2007 I got myself a brand new Honda 450R and I fully gutted the frame with my dad. I then had a complete race rebuilt with a little bore and a full exhaust line. This winter I bought +2 from wheel spaces and a +4 rear axle, I rolled the quad over in a ice race and I'd like to avoid this in 2008. I posted some pics because I made too much on that bike to enumerate it:



How it is right now, being rebuilt:



I had 2 podiums last year (1st and 3rd position) and a couple of top 5s in 2007, but this year is my first real season so I'm hoping to do good!

Quote from sam93 :

Didn't mean to go into the ****ing post, accidents happen, none of you know the facts and i'm not going to tell you all the facts, all I remember is my back end going and me coming off and skiding across the ground straight into a post, I know it was a rock as the person who seen it happen seen the rock in the rock where my bike was and as I remembered my back end going its a bit obvious to work out what caused it to go. I am both a good push bike and motorbike rider, accidents happen, it's like saying people see a car in front of them but still go into the back of it, do they need their eyes tested because obviously they could see the car in front of them.

Accidents happen, I would like to see any of you survive the accident what happened to me. So why go on, accidents happen, not like I said to myself oh look a post, lets see if I can hit it.

so you keep going on about how accidents happen, so your suing the fucking council for daring to put a post there?

Sam gixer 1000 engines are great so who cares if its a busa enigne or not?

Quote from Riders Motion :

Actually, your accident seems quite boring and humiliating to be honest Sam...

If you can't ride a bicycle how do you even manage to strap in a race car and race it? But yeh that's not the place to talk about your loosy accidents and it would be nice if you start a topic in the off-topic section, it was made for that.

On my side I never raced a race car but been racing quads for three years now. I started in mid-2006 with a Honda 400EX and only a White Brothers exhaust pipe. In 2007 I got myself a brand new Honda 450R and I fully gutted the frame with my dad. I then had a complete race rebuilt with a little bore and a full exhaust line. This winter I bought +2 from wheel spaces and a +4 rear axle, I rolled the quad over in a ice race and I'd like to avoid this in 2008. I posted some pics because I made too much on that bike to enumerate it:



How it is right now, being rebuilt:



I had 2 podiums last year (1st and 3rd position) and a couple of top 5s in 2007, but this year is my first real season so I'm hoping to do good!

I am sure I recall you saying on a MSN convo that you rally'd a AE86 a couple of times.

Quote from andybarsblade :

Sam gixer 1000 engines are great so who cares if its a busa enigne or not?

I know the Gixer thou engines are great. Just thought why not invest for that little bit more power, but if thats all his budget can stretch to fair do's. The 1000 engine is a great engine.

Quote from sam93 :

I know the Gixer thou engines are great. Just thought why not invest for that little bit more power, but if thats all his budget can stretch to fair do's. The 1000 engine is a great engine.

I would'nt say his budget has anything to do with it. I'll bet you a good condition 1000 motor loom ecu etc costs the same as the busa gear.

Quote from sam93 :

Didn't mean to go into the ****ing post, accidents happen, none of you know the facts and i'm not going to tell you all the facts, all I remember is my back end going and me coming off and skiding across the ground straight into a post, I know it was a rock as the person who seen it happen seen the rock in the rock where my bike was and as I remembered my back end going its a bit obvious to work out what caused it to go.

You have told us the facts, so we are coming to our conclusions based upon the facts you've given us.

One of these facts was the daring speed of 10-15mph, I find it hard to believe you couldn't have seen and avoided a stone at that speed. People average that on flat roads without the aid of a hill...

So technically the accident was caused by you not taking the correct precautions and taking the road surface into consideration...

Hope you get nothing out the council, otherwise it just sets the standard for other fouls to follow suit.

Your problem is your trying to make the accident sound more dramatic than it probably was but failing miserably leaving large gaps for anyone and everyone to pick up on.

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it's like saying people see a car in front of them but still go into the back of it, do they need their eyes tested because obviously they could see the car in front of them.

If someone manages to drive into a car in front of them knowing its there then yes, they do need their eyes tested.

Actually last year in `rush hour` traffic I got bumped from behind, nothing major and luckily for the lady behind no damage caused. She really pissed me off by the fact, I got out my car to check for any damage and she never even had the courtesy to roll her window down and apologize. I knocked on her window, she eventually rolled it down and said, "Do you not have something to say to me?." She said nothing so I asked, "Anything wrong with the brakes on your car?", she replied "No", "Well you need to get your £@!effing eyes tested" She seemed pretty shocked that a 18 year old was giving her sh!t

So to summarize yes people should tell anyone who manages to run into the back of them if they need their eyes tested.

Quote from sam93 :

I know the Gixer thou engines are great. Just thought why not invest for that little bit more power, but if thats all his budget can stretch to fair do's. The 1000 engine is a great engine.

Because from the numbers I can find on the web there isn't exactly a staggering difference considering the difference in cost. The money is best put towards something that is actually going to get us closer to the front such as an LSD and another 3 of these Avon tyres that everybody uses. Can never for the life of me remember what they are

Quote from sam93 :

Accidents happen, I would like to see any of you survive the accident what happened to me. So why go on, accidents happen, not like I said to myself oh look a post, lets see if I can hit it.

Yes it was an accident you somehow managed to fall off your push bike (not the councils fault) and happened to hit a post, you're now trying to claim the council because you think you can get something out of them which is rather sad. Unfortunately I think there's a chance you might win, which just shows how bonkers the world is.

Quote from tristancliffe :

you claim you had a BIG bike accident, but it turns out you fell off a push bike and tried to sue the council for it.

I did lol a bit at that

ed: I have had a big bike accident though and i understand how long it can take to recover. I was off work for months in a wheel chair

Quote from keiran :

So to summarize yes people should tell anyone who manages to run into the back of them if they need their eyes tested.

My mum once had someone who drove into the back of us in traffic 3 times in quick succession. On the third time she stopped got out of the car and went to point out to the woman behind who completely denied having driven into the back of her at all. When she got out of her car to see it impacted into ours she claimed our car must have rolled backwards into hers whilst we were talking. Some people really are clueless enough to ride into a sign and believe that it was the councils fault they didn't see it (or where a helmet)

I'm sorry Sam but getting into motor racing is about as hard as converting the Pope to Bhuddism, I noticed earlier it was mentioned how you hope to race one year and get talent spotted, well ive raced for one year now and he're I am, unceremoniously pushed out the arse end of motorsport, you see motorsport is rarely about talent nowadays, its about MONEY. Yes you could be the next Lewis Hamilton, but only if you have a nice wad of cash, it doesnt matter how awesome you may be behind the wheel, if you dont have a budget of several grand people won't want anything to do with you.

Plus people will try to extract extra money out of you as much s possible, for example, in this season of Ginetta G20 Juniors (Which is now on the TOCA BTCC package), your car is no longer allowed to have a simple sierra gearbox and diff, it must have a flashy one with Quaife internals and a limited slip diff, which costs several hundred pounds more and breaks every five minutes, so you keep having to buy one of Ginetta at a ridiculously inflated price. I'm afraid you will find this kind a of bull everywhere and you'll pretty soon get fed up with it, last year we run a season on a budget of about £5000 (which was more than too much for us already!), this year a season will probrably cost £20 grand, and so I've been left high and dry and very very very annoyed, and im sure you would too.

I'm afraid motorsport is a sport only allowed for those who are either very rich and have no talent, or have good talent and not very much money.

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Quote from 5haz :

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Justified

Quote from andybarsblade :

Justified

Well at least I'm honest

Can we please stop the arguments, even though i enjoyed pages 2 and 3 more than the others. Just i don't want this thread ruined by it. As i, like im sure everyone else is on here generally intrested to see some race cars.

Quote from sam93 :

Well, I can sue the council because the sign was illegal, didn't meet the legal requirments. Oh and you really need good eye sight when your back wheel hits a pretty big rock when turning what then makes you come off going down a hill at about 10-15mph coming off sliding down and hitting your head so bad you nearly die. Well I wear classes yes but I knew that road very well so I knew my limits. The doctor said if it knocked me out I would be dead. The doctor was suprise how I could handle the pain he said I must be both physically and mentally strong. If you can survive what happened to me, then try arguing about it until then keep your mouth shut if you don't know the facts.
Oh and I am fit, as I am a very sporty person before my accident I done boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and a bit of grappling, so that will tell you I am a fit person.

You are either very 'lucky' to fall like that or you're the most unfit person ever. I'm 190 cm tall and i wigh about 70 kg (so yeah, i'm actually skinny) and i had a pretty nice crash a year and a half ago. Went straight on on a trail (missed the corner, was going way too fast, especially considering it was my first ride there), flew over the handlebars and head on into a rock. THe helmet was mangled and i had problems lying down for a week and looking back on the bike for about a month. That was it (appart from 2 scratches). Without a helmet i wouldn't have been here. And please, put some effort into your typing, it's impossible to read your posts...

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back on topic, i sadly live in SLovenia, where we don't even have a racing track so no racing for me. I'd really love to do it but there are no cheap racing series, no track days and the starting uphill stuff is a bit too expensive. And i'm getting older so it's prolly best to study and get a good job rather than try and race.

Quote from baSh0r :

They provide three cars, all the same (Mazda 2) and you can race for about 300€ a season

300 euros per season! where? when? i'm there, that is unbelievably cheap.

here you go



Got 9th this weekend ^^ of 41 Guys.

Hit a cone, that ment 3 sec penalty else, i would have won it

How much did you pay for the car if you don't mind me asking?

The car is provided by the organiser, if I'm not mistaken.

Yes, thats right Linsen, the "ADAC" (german automobile club, the most known one) provides 3 identical Mazda's

Quote from baSh0r :

Now i race Auto-Slalom. In a German Support series called "Youngster Slalom Cup". They provide three cars, all the same (Mazda 2) and you can race for about 300€ a season

Quote from Jakg :

How much did you pay for the car if you don't mind me asking?

The way I undestood it is that the organizers provide the cars for the competitors for the race. Since this is autocross and people take turns to have a go then theoretically everyone can use the same car.

[edit] Too slow.

I do have a question though. If you brake something on the car, do you have to pay for it yourself?

usually the areas are wide enough to not break the car but if it happens i think the cars are insured.

sorry but sounds a bit boring, i'd rather do a season in Legends Cars if i had the money

i've raced this a year ago or something.
But i became a bit boring at the time, it had around 7-8Bhp pretty tuned allot. Special built race exhaust, bigger and high quality carburator, better cilinder, hand crafted/reworked clutch, quality racing slicks, steeringdamper, and allot more (on these pics everything is still standard)

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(me driving-"in" the engine for the first time)

Quote from Scrabby :

sorry but sounds a bit boring, i'd rather do a season in Legends Cars if i had the money

A season of Legends would be at least 40 times as much a season though