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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #15 on: July 03, 2010, 03:59:28 PM »
How's the aluminum welding coming along?

Pretty good if I may say so, except I keep forgetting to button up my shirt when I weld
so I guess I'm 'growing' a permanent red triangle under my chin.....auch!
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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #16 on: July 03, 2010, 04:01:18 PM »
Thanks all of you , and Blackslax in particular for putting into words my situation.
It IS difficult sometimes to communicate ( and to do it in writing does NOT make it easier ) in a foreign language.
I'm sure some of the things I write here appears to be written by a slightly retarded 6 year old kid using
a broke computer keyboard.


BUT please remember; I'm the one who speaks and writes  absolutely impeccable Danish, and you are the foreigners who speaks
a strange foreign language......ha ha !



Just a point of information for everyone.  When dealing with foreigners, try to think as though you  are explaining it to a 1st grader.  "scrutineers, M/C endorsement, etc. are meaningless to foreigners.  Also, slang is even worse; "make passes, sign offs, and Sparky saying

 "A valid drivers lisc will get you a rookie authorization to make lisc passes at designated controlled speed when these are made satisfactorily you get them signed off by a starter and you take them do the proper official and you will get a speed based "SCTA lisc."

is confusing to me, and english is not my second or possibly third language.

Just try to think of your audience.  It is not that non-english speakers are dumb, you just need to use simple terminology without slang and abbreviations (they will be looking through google to see what the word "lisc" is).

Not trying to tick any mofo off with if you pick up on what  i am puttin down, so keep this on the D/L and no one will get it in a bunch over it. Then we can all lay down some sweet passes that push the envelope way out amd later we can suck some suds and bask in the glow.  (get my point)
Sort of. I'll give it a go:

Not trying to upset any motherfÄcker, if you understand what I am implying, so just let go of this one, and no one
will get their undies in a bunch (get upset/agitated) over it.
Then we can all make some good fast runs, and set records surpassing the present ones, and later we can enjoy a few beers
and enjoy our success.

You dig ?

.-)

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #17 on: July 03, 2010, 05:22:17 PM »
Lars,  If our Danish was half as good as your english we'd all be a bunch of happy puppies!   Ikke for mange ol eller du vil "falde i et hul".
Get off the stove Grandad.  You're too old to be riding the range.

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2010, 06:32:26 PM »
lars
your electronic ignition will not be legal for "vintage" ya gotta go back to points
kent

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2010, 06:45:00 PM »
jeez   I was poking fun at me---not pointing any fingers---

Lars, I may be able to guess if someone was even speaking Danish. I was not poking fun at anyone else, just me  and I sure didn't and will not talk down to anyone.. 

My wife Linda just told me that I was handicapped. It is had for you to be a wiseass when you can't spell any better than you do by not being able to type any faster.

SSS  I can see it now, a new book for sale and topic of its own internationally recognized:

LandRacing.com's  "LSR Racing Thesaurus"
« Last Edit: July 03, 2010, 11:33:26 PM by SPARKY »
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #20 on: July 04, 2010, 04:23:34 AM »
Lars,  If our Danish was half as good as your english we'd all be a bunch of happy puppies!   Ikke for mange ol eller du vil "falde i et hul".
LOL !
lars
your electronic ignition will not be legal for "vintage" ya gotta go back to points
kent
Thanks Kent.
Fortunately the installation of the present "electronic" system
does not prevent one from switching back to points in a matter of minutes
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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #21 on: July 04, 2010, 04:38:12 AM »
jeez   I was poking fun at me---not pointing any fingers---

Lars, I may be able to guess if someone was even speaking Danish. I was not poking fun at anyone else, just me  and I sure didn't and will not talk down to anyone.. 

Sparky, I think we have a classic case of internet-board
we-can't-see-each-others-faces-and therefore-not-'read'-each-others-intentions,
or as someone said in another thread:

"..One of the biggest problems with posting on the internet is you cannot see the person's face to really understand, and comprehend what they are saying. This leads to misinterpreted posts..."

Sparky;
 I NEVER read you as anything but poking fun at your self
I NEVER read you as "talking down to anyone"

I read nothing but good intentions, offering to help me
by answering the questions I posted.

I have NOT intentionally expressed any misgivings about your posts !
If I have in any way, shape or form ...un-intentionally...done so;
I apologize to you.


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My wife Linda just told me that I was handicapped. It is had for you to be a wiseass when you can't spell any better than you do by not being able to type any faster.
Sorry; I just plainly don't understand that part of your post.
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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #22 on: July 04, 2010, 10:11:02 AM »
Octane---it wasn't you who made reference to talking to people like they were first graders as a way of helping them understand English.

You had a problem understanding the intention of the rules and you asked a guestion.  It has been my experience when someone needs more explanation they ask a more specific question. 

I am spelling challenged so I am limited to which words I try to use and I am constantly asking my wife how something is spelled. Because of how slow I type a lot of times I abbreviate things that I shouldn't and leave out words that help with the meaning.
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."   Helen Keller

We are going to explore the racing N words NITROUS & NITRO!

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #23 on: July 04, 2010, 12:33:56 PM »
OK Sparky...I get it now.

Thanks for the explanation !....and sorry about the confusion and me misunderstanding you.
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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #24 on: July 06, 2010, 02:00:56 PM »
lars
your electronic ignition will not be legal for "vintage" ya gotta go back to points
kent

I asked Chief Motorcycle Inspector Tom Evans today,
and he OK'ed the use of my present ignition set-up


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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #25 on: July 06, 2010, 02:17:54 PM »
good on ya octane, thats why its so imperative to go to the
guys making the decisions for rules clarification, though
posing them here, can and does make for interesting banter...

Joe :)

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #26 on: August 06, 2010, 05:14:37 PM »
"...electronic reactive ignition systems....are not allowed.."


I speak English just fine, and still don't know what this means.   :?

"Electronic" ?  MSD ? CDI ? EDIS ? HEI ?

Reactive ?    Ion sensing ?  Radio Active ?  Flux capacitor ?


Easier to follows rules that are understood by everyone.

« Last Edit: August 06, 2010, 05:34:48 PM by Unkl Ian »
I guess the answer is "a Secret" .

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #27 on: August 06, 2010, 09:11:39 PM »
"...electronic reactive ignition systems....are not allowed.."


I speak English just fine, and still don't know what this means.   :?

"Electronic" ?  MSD ? CDI ? EDIS ? HEI ?

Reactive ?    Ion sensing ?  Radio Active ?  Flux capacitor ?


Easier to follows rules that are understood by everyone.



There's an old adage - "Rules are meant to be broken".

Having thumbed through the bike rules a time or two, I'd have to say that they already are! :-D
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Well, I guess we're making a LOT of progress . . .  :roll:

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #28 on: August 06, 2010, 09:17:12 PM »
Maybe "reactive" means Knock Sensing.
It would sense detonation, and react by reducing the advance.

Or does it mean programmable ?

Or ?
« Last Edit: August 06, 2010, 09:49:41 PM by Unkl Ian »
I guess the answer is "a Secret" .

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Re: Help needed for understanding SCTA rules
« Reply #29 on: August 07, 2010, 01:31:51 AM »
If in doubt... ask the people who enforce the rules. Dan Warner is usually around here and answers most of the questions. Failing that:
Chief Car Inspector
Steve Davies
flyingkiwi97@aol.com
(714) 671-9454

Chief Motorcycle Inspector
Tom Evans
oileaky2@yahoo.com
(818) 352-9109

They are all really nice people who are happy to help.

MM