Potential Racer Noob

[pinecone]

Hello.

I may purchase an old Triumph TR5T with motor, wheels, and some other parts that I may race. If nothing else, if I get it it will be a trackday bike. I know I will have to get a racing license and all to actually race. If I get it and race it, I plan to go into AHRMA to campaign it.

Anybody here race vintage bikes? Tell us about it. :-D

[Tourmeister]

Check with Irondawg. His rommie Arthur is going to be racing a vintage at Daytona this year! Some kind of old Yammie I think :scratch

Adios,

[Jack Giesecke]

Yeah, I race a vintage 1988 CR80 motard... :lol: And, of course, I'm a 1952 vintage rider, if that counts.

WERA has a good vintage series you might wanna check into and CMRA runs vintage classes, but there's not much in the way of other competition there. WERA's vintage stuff is a lot more competitive and of course AHMRA is THE vintage venue. Hope you're prepared for a lot of driving and expenses, though. :-(

When WERA/CRRC (back in the day) came out with the vintage and classics classes, I built a '72 Yamaha R5 to race since it was the cheapest way I could think of to race at the time. I was sorta short of scratch to buy a bike. Well, after riding it, I decided if I have to ride such a wobbly *** to keep racing, I'd just quit... :lol: I was by that time spoiled by TZ250s. I never have much been into the vintage scene for that reason, rather ride the newer tech stuff cause it's better and, to me, a lot more fun. But, I've discovered minis now for my cheaper than cheap thrills. ;-) Real vintage racing as in AHMRA, well, that costs some real bucks. Most of the apeal of it to the guys that do it, I think, is more the machinery than the actual competition, though make no mistake, these guys take their racing SEROUSLY. :lol: I've enjoyed walking the vintage pits at WERA stuff, though, just for the nostalgia and cool British iron. ;-)

[pinecone]

I didn't get the bike after all. I couldn't find a garage I could use to put it together (my home has no garage :miffed: but hope that changes soon) and since I am in work transition, I decided it would be best to wait.

I'll get there. Just not today. ;-)

[kurt]

I couldn't find a garage I could use to put it together (my home has no garage :miffed: but hope that changes soon) a

Do you not have a living room? :mrgreen: