400cc racing

[Tack]

In dunno if this is general discussion or motorsport..anyway...I was out at Winton on Friday and I was checking out the bikes practising. I talked to a guy with a yamaha 1000 (something or other) who bought a damaged bike and repaired it and just runs it on the track for fun. Interesting thing with his was that the front tyre pulled off the safety flange on the rim and deflated mid corner....he said that he was lucky that the thing didn't crash!

The other interesting bloke I spoke to was a guy by the name of Paul Cassingham. He runs a 91 400cc Kawasaki (I dunno what model..but it did have ninja written somewhere). He was an interesting bloke cause he has been riding for only 5 years and took up racing in the 400cc class 4 years ago cause he did a superbike course and reckoned he liked racing or riding on the track better than riding on the road!

He said he started out slow and was lapped quite a bit when he first started but his pace picked up and at Winton he was only slightly slower than the leaders.


He said that race meetings in Victoria are run by Motorcycle Australia, Motorcycle Victoria and a few clubs scattered round melbourne. I looked up the Motorcycle Australia site but couldn't see anything about a 400cc class. I was wondering if anyone knows of a site where I can read about his class and other lower level ( I guess you would call it) racing in Victoria?

He was a good bloke too..talked to me for ages...and he rides a Kawasaki...lol.

[smek]

zxr 400 maybe?

if you find out more info pass it on, love to get into something like that one day once i've finished this course and have some extra cash.

[Tack]

BTW this was his first outing on a kawasaki (he just finished building it).

here is some results I found...interestingly quite afew girls running...that Candice Scott seems pretty quick!
http://www.mcnews.com.au/MotorcycleRaci ... un_125.htm

[Nanna10r]

Thats what Janelle just bought a ZXR400 (grey import) they are a great little bike. Toprider run a competition for the 400 imports n call it "Superlights Racing" they do some pretty impressive lap times. I Was considering this myself but think i would prefer to just do trackdays on something with a bit more poke.
Cheers Brett

[icebreaker]

1min 57 was the best time for the 400cc's.. must be some restrictions or just a sluggish class... *shrugs* would have thought 2min wouldn't have been such a big barrier for race bikes.

If only I had some cash for a track bike.. *sighs*

[smek]

I dunno doesn't seem that slow, they'd only be about what? 45-50 hp?

[Nanna10r]

The VFR4 n CBR4RR are rated 59hp the zxr4 65hp.
cheers Brett

[icebreaker]

they should be able to hold a pretty high cornering speed i recon, if ridden properly. but never ridden a 400 to know what i would be like.

[KLR]

Trawling the tradingpost again

There is a ZXR400 racebike at Hinterland motorcycles.

Ad Details:
MAKE/MODEL: Kawasaki ZXR400
YEAR: 1990
ODOMETER: 10,000kms
PRICE: $5,000.00
COLOUR: GREEN

Set up as a race bike. Hasn't been used for the last 4 seasons. Good engine and slicks

Its the only one in the tradingpost.

[tape]

Found this about 400 Racing

http://www.rbimports.com.au/Racing400.html

cheers