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Motorcycle engine rules
« on: October 23, 2014, 01:46:14 AM »
over the weekend i was at the meet and i was talking to tech and they said that the motor you use in a race bike has to come from a motorcycle, cant come from a generator or anything else like that, is this true?

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2014, 09:45:20 AM »
Get a rule book... motorcycle engines come from motorcycles... if it came on a motorcycle produced anywhere at any time it would be a motorcycle engine.  Be prepared to prove it if it is an oddball. 
Submit your info to the motorcycle committee chair per the rule book.
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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2014, 11:55:43 AM »
There is an Omega engine class for motorcycles. This would include an electric powered 'cycle.
See Rule 7.J.13.  :cheers:
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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2014, 03:42:45 PM »
A little more info Mikey, isnt it a special construction frame with 2 wheels and a Honda 4 stroke?
 I'm no expert but 2 wheels, a engine, and a pair of handle bars would be condered a motorcycle :?
In my opinion your building a "A" body with a 250cc engine on gas. A/G 250cc, oh yeah and pedals :-D
I've seen crazy billet engines that didnt come from a motorcycle but a CnC machine and bottomless pockets.

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2014, 09:41:04 PM »
Is there a 'mega' class for Boss Hoss bikes. There's hundreds of them 'manufacuted' out there. Anybody seen one on the salt?
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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2014, 09:33:24 AM »
I'm pretty sure that most venues~~  require motorcycle engines in motorcycles.

or a one-off engine that was built for that motorcycle.

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2014, 10:03:59 AM »
"...or a one-off engine that was built for that motorcycle."

i.e. the V4 in the Bub #7 bike streamliner.

Search in the Forum archives and I'm sure you'll find a few discussions about the Boss Hog bikes and why they don't qualify as motorcycles for the sake of SCTA/USFRA.
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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2014, 10:40:24 AM »
"I've seen crazy billet engines that didnt come from a motorcycle but a CnC machine and bottomless pockets."

Hmmm....who owns BUB liner now...?...


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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2014, 10:52:06 AM »
Joe. I think I heard that Jamie Wagner had taken it on as a project.  I'm not at all sure I heard it right, and if he does have it -- is it his alone or is he in a partnership with someone?  Questions to be answered.
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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2014, 11:00:50 AM »
Not this Jamie Wagner. We still run motorcycles you sit "on" not "in". Maybe Jamie Warner??

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2014, 12:23:47 PM »
I think possibly Jaimie Williams...my point was more to the
"Bottomless pockets"....

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2014, 12:32:58 PM »
Did the Bub liner run SCTA meets?

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2014, 01:06:40 PM »
No it did not. Not legal for SCTA rules.

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2014, 01:57:31 PM »
Stan, it had cable steering and that was what kept it from running at SCTA/USFRA.  I think that was it.  Go ahead, someone -- correct me if I'm wrong.  I know Denis once in a while is on this Forum -- maybe he'll see this and give me the answer.  And Denis -- if you don't want to go public -- feel free to send me a PM and I'll spread the word without giving them your contact information.*

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Re: Motorcycle engine rules
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2014, 03:41:37 PM »
I dont mind going public with the stupidity that spewes from my mind :-D