Hey guys, while Dean started the stir of the pot, we are all involved...
If anyone out there has not cherry picked a record... step up and declare your innocence
I think everyone getting into this actually looks at what they think is doable. That is the definition of cherry picking... find the low hanging fruit and try to grab it. It is not as easy as a lot of folks think it might be, it is not cheap no matter what you run and every record is the new "bar" that the next cherry picker will reach for.
When we attacked the 1000cc bike class we had every intention of taking the record, held the P-P for several years, moved to modified, did well, rules moved us to SC (A), did better, had the first NA 1000 gas bike over 200, and then a club record for the kid.... this was a 6 year moving target (2 club) exercise in perseverance.
If you are a one and done, challenged an open record and won... then you are not a Bonneville racer... you are just one of the many visitors the flats get every year, you paid to go down the course. You can brag on your record until someone else runs on it and takes it.
I do not say this to make your record less important, I say it because as most of us know, LSR is a lifestyle, that is what Bonneville racers do, we go back and race. Maybe that is what Dean was trying to get started, hell I don't pretend to know what goes on in Dean's mind, I don't really know him that well, except that I know he is a racer...