Author Topic: Davies Motorsport Honda 500/4 at ClassicTT (Read 6429 times)

simon#42 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 25, 2013, 01:51:40 am »

as you get closer to the paton the speed of the pit stop will become more important , a basic one is only a rev limiter that is operated by a button on the handlebar . this might be worth a go next year . the balance between speed and reliability is difficult to get right at the island , you always want to win but the place kills engines at the best of times ! . for me the important thing would be to keep the rider he's fast smooth and kind on the bike a very rare combination with modern riders used to riding modern bikes . good luck with the 350 !

Hot500 · « **Reply #26 on:** August 25, 2013, 03:37:01 am »

Congratulation on building such a beautiful and competitive machine. I would love to get my paws on some of those 2 ring pistons. Who makes them for you, and also the alloy liners. Any info on where to get these parts.

HondaFreak · « **Reply #27 on:** August 25, 2013, 11:52:49 pm »

I will ask JD about the pistons. As for the liners a friend up in Liverpool does the alloy liner conversion and then sends them out for Nikasil coating.
Simon, you are right about the rider. William D is an really smooth rider and excellent on the smaller bikes with high corner speed.JD approached him to ride for that reason. Horses for courses as they say. You wouldn't put a Shire horse at Aintree for the National :-) u know what I mean....

HondaFreak · « **Reply #28 on:** August 26, 2013, 01:18:55 pm »

Less luck in the 350 Junior today...
William retired on 1st lap on the 350/4. Alan retired to the pits at the end of lap 2 having held 3rd place on the twin. The drop out rate today was very high. Only 3 bikes completed the race in the 250 class. 3rd place man was 8 minutes behind second, it was so strung out.

turboguzzi · « **Reply #29 on:** August 26, 2013, 03:07:57 pm »

just out of curiosity, what's the fastest lap a cb750 ever managed on the tt?

am i right in suspecting this is the fastest ever honda sohc on the island or did alan jackson on his F2 500/600 go faster back in the late 70's?

simon#42 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 26, 2013, 03:25:42 pm »

i think this was much faster, from memory bud lapped at about the 100mph mark in each of the three years he won it . i could ring him but i would have to listen to an detailed account of all three victories , and i would have lost the will to live by the time we got to 1979.

turboguzzi · « **Reply #31 on:** August 27, 2013, 12:24:23 am »

it's ok simon, no way i'd put you through such ordeal

how about 750 sohcs then, anyone ever over 109mph?

simon#42 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 27, 2013, 11:11:41 am »

very much doubt it , they stopped racing them in the 70's and the circuit was quite alot slower in those days . its the same course but trees have been cut down , corners opened up and its much much smoother these days if you add to this the shell grip tarmac on the mountain and the improvement in tyres you can see why the classics now are much faster than they where in the day .

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #33 on:** August 27, 2013, 12:56:21 pm »

I think the fastest was Phil Read in 77 on the F1 bike (820cc) and he only lapped at 101.74.
Alan Jacksons record lap was in the F2 in 79 where he recorded 104.40 mph.
Johns bike might well be the fastests SOHC4 to go round the mountain, well done that man and William.

Sam.

NickO · « **Reply #34 on:** August 28, 2013, 09:12:40 am »

For all the UK members on this forum, this bike should have some good coverage on ITV4 tonight at 9 p.m. A 2 hour TV show dedicated to the 3 Classic TT races from last Saturday and Monday.

Although not SOHC (or even Honda), my own 1989 Yamaha OW01 750 made a good show of itself in the Formula 1 race too. I wasn't the jockey BTW, (oh how I wish I had the skill and balls to ride that hard), look out for bike number 19 (black number on white plate)

simon#42 · « **Reply #35 on:** August 28, 2013, 02:22:29 pm »

well done nick , a great result !

NickO · « **Reply #36 on:** August 28, 2013, 04:11:10 pm »

Thanks Simon.

TBH the thanks should go to Ryan for his riding skills, Dave Molyneux for working long hours at short notice in preparing the bike and Dave Hagen for builing the engine, again at very short notice. Not bad for a little 750 (stock engine, not tuned, just very well put together) against those "monster" 1250 Suzukis.

Sorry to hijack the thread HondaFreak and very well done on your second place.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #37 on:** August 28, 2013, 04:50:27 pm »

I do hope no one stayed up to watch the coverage in ITV4, what a load of bull #$%* and bollocks.

Sam.

Greg H · « **Reply #38 on:** August 28, 2013, 09:36:11 pm »

I did Sam , and those ad breaks drive me nuts too

Greg H · « **Reply #39 on:** August 28, 2013, 09:40:05 pm »

P.S . Nice one Nick

. Also, the old F1 you sold me is coming along nicely too

.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #40 on:** August 29, 2013, 02:10:39 am »

It wasn't the add breaks Greg, It was the lack of MOTORCYCLE RACING.

It was a program about the Classic TT, not of the RACING.

Sam.

NickO · « **Reply #41 on:** August 29, 2013, 07:07:47 am »

It was CR*P Sam I agree 100%

The programme from the UGP the previous evening was fantastic. This was more like "Wish You Were Here", without Judith Chalmers!

Thanks Greg. Glad your revival of that old F1 is coming along nicely.

HondaFreak · « **Reply #42 on:** August 31, 2013, 02:28:10 pm »

There is #$%* all we can do about stavros and close eyes, I am sorry

but the racing at the classic tt was great. Despite itv4 and their efforts.

Sam Green Racing · « **Reply #43 on:** August 31, 2013, 03:50:56 pm »

It wasn't their effort Pete, it was the lack of it.

Sam.

HondaFreak · « **Reply #44 on:** September 01, 2013, 02:41:14 pm »

Interestingly it was not the same production company as usual. In the past it was greenlight, who the mgp have used again this year. Classic tt was different one. Dont know if that made any difference. Mind u, better some coverage than none. We will see how visitor numbers stack up with the revised format.

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