so mark........ Would you go down to your local bike shop or send a press release to a magazine and say "I'm proud to announce I set a 1000cc world record at 100mph"
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I was going to gracefully bow out of this debate but since you asked me the direct question, I'll give you an answer. No, I would say no such thing.
First, because I am not especially a boastful person, and besides it's not a record I am particularly proud of -- not ashamed of either, we just ran it within the rules, and now hold a place in the ECTA record books until someone knocks us out.
Second, I did not set that record. Nancy Wennerberg did. You'll notice that of the 10 records that bike has, 8 different riders hold them. Some as infamous as some guy named Jon Amo. I could have done them all, but it was a lot of fun putting different riders on the bike and seeing them have fun and get some seat time.
Third, as Keith points out, it's not a world record, and I would not call it such; it's an ECTA record. Heck, I don't call my Bonneville record a "world record" either; it is just a Bonneville record. (Ouch.)
Finally Nancy's 1000cc record is 107+. Don't diminish it to 100 just because you don't like my point of view.
Now one for you. Would you put out a press release that says, "I hold the record as the fastest [car][bike] in thus-and-such class under x-litres (but only because the rules protect me from guys with smaller motors who would obliterate my record)?" Because, in my view, in light of the rules that's what SCTA records stand for.
Mark
