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Daves
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I am having trouble with what to call the classes for the bike show at the Sportbike day on Aug 21st.
One is going to be a Buell sportbike only class.
The other will be for all the "other" brand sportbikes. I do not want to call it the "other brand" class and of course Jap bike,rice burner,and all other derogatory terms are not going to work for me.
Soooo, I turn once again to the vast think tank known as Badweb for some ideas.

Whatcha think?

Dave
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Bomber
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

how's about US, and Elsewhere/World/Non-US

or you could subdivide non-US into Asian and European . . . . .
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Mikej
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Are you going to separate the German from the Italian from the Japanese and so forth, or will it be one great big "non-Buell" class? If so then I'd say to make it real simple:
Buell
non Buell
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Glitch
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Race Replica Class
Full Fairing Class
Chain Drive Class
DOHC Class
Liquid Cooled Class
or
The Holds more than 2 1/2 quarts of oil class
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Mikej
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

(Dang, beat me by 20 seconds.)
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Bomber
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

ah, the dangers of asking an apparently simple question on this board . . . . .way more data than expected . . . .go have some cool aid, Dave
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M1combat
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Pushrod and OHC classes : )?
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R1DynaSquid
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Kinda fast
Fast
Really Fast
OMG im gonna die fast.
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Outrider
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You could always break the classes by number and type of citations earned. Then use the accumulated dollars paid in fines in the event of a tie.
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Bluelightning
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buell
Plastic Bikes


OR naked and Faired, but you'd have to let other bikes into the Buell catagory
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R1DynaSquid
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Plastic bikes?? Umm have you seen just what an XB9R is made of????
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Crusty
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Why not just have a Buell class and a Sportbike class? That way, nobody's sensibilities will be offended.
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Sea_monkey
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buells,
Imports,
and break up the imports in to Jap, Brit and Europe.
Special construction,
Race and Race replica.

But doing a show is kinda like Battle Trax you are going to have to assign classes when you see what ya got.
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Bluelightning
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 12:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

To be honest, I guess my X-1 would fall into that "plastic bike" category. But then again, I do have a custom aluminum tank and a fiberglass fairing going on, so Hybrid?
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Robr
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Metric and Non-Metric Sportbikes?
Rob
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Blackbelt
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

DYNA i am still laughing at your classifications... i take it your R1 falls under the OMG class?
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Daves
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

OK, so you guys see my dilema.
I thought about Buell class and sportbike class but that would infer(and I know some here think this way) that Buells are not sportbikes, which they are.

Buell and Import might work?
Pushrod and OHC might work but from what I've seen of sportbike riders, they won't know what a pushrod is.

Dave
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Whodom
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

How about "U.S. sportbike" and "International sportbike"?
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Bomber
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Us and Them are likely not gonna get the reaction you're looking for . . . . . .I think US and International is a great way to go
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Zenfrogmaster
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

ROW - rest of world (depending on where Sportsters end up)
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Daves
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well since it's a sportbike show, there won't be any sportsters in it. They are a cruiser.

Dave
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Whodom
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Dave- the guys over on the Cafe Sportsters group at Yahoo would argue with you about that! Admittedly, the Sportsters as built by HD today are cruisers, but it wasn't always that way....
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Tucsonxb9s
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 01:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thumpers (super motards and Blasts)
US V-twin
Import V-twin (for the Ducs, Aprilias and SV's)
Import IL3 and IL4 (speed triples and everyone else)
WTF do I know though?...I'm bakin' in the desert!

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Cj_xb
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 02:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Kinda fast
Fast
Really Fast
OMG im gonna die fast.


Dyna's gets my vote !!

Seriously thought this one's good too !!

"U.S. sportbike" and "International sportbike"?

CJ : )
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Buellkowski
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 02:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Beer terms: Domestic class & Import class.
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Outrider
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 02:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

How about the same classes they are in for AMA Pro Racing? Then add classes as required for the mutants. LOL
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 02:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You guys are missing the opportunity to call Buells "Exports"
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Outrider
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Midknyte...That is the best idea yet!!!
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Bads1
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 03:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

How about this one Dave????

The Buell class

The I want a buell class.

I shoulda bought a Buell class.

And finally I bought a Buell from Dave class.

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Glitch
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like the Import & Export one...
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Crusty
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 07:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like Import & Export, as well
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Midknyte
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 09:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

<bow> : ) </bow>

Dave, I still think you ought to call attention to the Buells with a "Naked Bike" Wash.
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Cyclonemick
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

twins and in-lines
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Timbo
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 01:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Continent categories,

American

Asian

European

That shouldn't offend anyone.

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R1DynaSquid
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 06:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cyclone, but what about inline twins or V-4's or triples?

Maybe a Boss Hoss will show up?
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 08:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Personally, I think if you want a classification for Buells only, you should be upfront about it, "Buell" & "Non Buell"

If you go for Domestic & Import you're likely to end up with folk whingeing about US built Honda's etc etc

If you go metric & non metric where do Buell's fit?

If you're feeling in a "don't give a toss" mood on the day, go for "Buell" & "Other Crap" but take a baseball bat with you just in case,

Dyna, A Boss Hoss? Only if there's a straight road into the site

I like Midknyte's wash idea, could be a real crowd pleaser,

Whatever happens don't forget to post some pics for those of us that can't make it (especially the wash)
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Daves
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 09:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Buell and Other crap!
Funny stuff but not really what I'm after.
I think I'll just do the Buell and Non Buell.
I'm only doing 2 classes so that will make it easy, simple to understand and no questions.

Dave
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Pushrodpete
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 07:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

1) Restorables
2) Disposables
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Cyclonemick
Posted on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 11:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Sorry Dyna, I guess I didn't think about the question to long. Boss Hoss definately a modified class or maybe the small block class.
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