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Historic racing on Winton Raceway has been stopped because the track has lost it's licence for motorcycles, due to the speeds of modern racing motorcycles. The two places on the circuit which are 'dangerous', are almost impossible to reach with any pre-1972 motorcycle. My mate raced TZ 750 Yamahas there, and he noticed that as he was turning, he was facing a wall in two places. With a race circuit, as hazards are removed, the speeds increase and all that is achieved is the hazards have moved and cause bigger crashes. With my bike on Winton, racing never involved any effort. The only thing which ever hurt me, was the small ripple in the track surface which caught my shoulder when I was sliding down the road after I had been on the top of my head. The only thing which makes racing dangerous for me is other peoples' stupidity. I make allowances for novices, The guy who crashed me WAS NOT a novice - just an idiot. When that happened, there was an ambulance lady who witnessed it - she was beside herself - she thought I was dead.

<blockquote data-quote="acotrel" data-source="post: 684078" data-attributes="member: 4295"><p>Historic racing on Winton Raceway has been stopped because the track has lost it&#039;s licence for motorcycles, due to the speeds of modern racing motorcycles.&nbsp; The two places on the circuit which are &#039;dangerous&#039;, are almost impossible to reach with any pre-1972 motorcycle. My mate raced TZ 750 Yamahas there, and he noticed that as he was turning, he was facing a wall in two places. With a race circuit, as hazards are removed, the speeds increase and all that is achieved is the hazards have moved and cause bigger crashes. With my bike on Winton, racing never involved any effort.&nbsp; The only thing which ever hurt me, was the small ripple in the track surface which caught my shoulder when I was sliding down the road after I had been on the top of my head. The only thing which makes racing dangerous for me is other peoples&#039; stupidity. I make allowances for novices,&nbsp; The guy who crashed me WAS NOT a novice - just an idiot. When that happened, there was an ambulance lady who witnessed it - she was beside herself - she thought I was dead.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="acotrel, post: 684078, member: 4295"] Historic racing on Winton Raceway has been stopped because the track has lost it's licence for motorcycles, due to the speeds of modern racing motorcycles. The two places on the circuit which are 'dangerous', are almost impossible to reach with any pre-1972 motorcycle. My mate raced TZ 750 Yamahas there, and he noticed that as he was turning, he was facing a wall in two places. With a race circuit, as hazards are removed, the speeds increase and all that is achieved is the hazards have moved and cause bigger crashes. With my bike on Winton, racing never involved any effort. The only thing which ever hurt me, was the small ripple in the track surface which caught my shoulder when I was sliding down the road after I had been on the top of my head. The only thing which makes racing dangerous for me is other peoples' stupidity. I make allowances for novices, The guy who crashed me WAS NOT a novice - just an idiot. When that happened, there was an ambulance lady who witnessed it - she was beside herself - she thought I was dead. [/QUOTE]

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