#1. Being that our rules are barely SSish, I think it would make more sense to have our 600SS class called the 600 Sportbike class. Then it would line up the classes a bit better in my opinion. Our rulebook actually already lays it out like this anyway.
Then we would have,
600 Sportbike (formerly 600SS)
600 Superbike (already exists)
Open Sportbike (already exists)
Superbike (already exits)
My reasoning for this, is our SS rules are barely even what a SS class is supposed to be for. SS should be for near stock bikes, to level the playing field for everyone. But our rules don't do that at all. A guy can literally show up with a built high compression and ported 636cc, carbon fiber wheels, aftermarket triples, custom airbox, billet brake calipers, and a few more cool bits I'm sure I am missing.
Get this straight though.
I am not complaining about that. I actually prefer our rules to be that way. I think with our club and just the fun grass roots racing, we should not be limiting people to having some super cool race bikes. Cool bikes attract new racers, get local racers buying more cool stuff, and just the paddock in general benefits from it. I just think the name "Supersport" doesn't really apply to the class.
#2. Kind of related to #1. I'd also like to get the "Front Suspension must use the original front forks both inner and outer tubes. Fork internals may be modified." removed from the rulebook for the sportbike classes. I think this rule must have come from when standard forks were more the norm. Like mentioned above, we can have some pretty killer modifications in that class and still be legal. Ones that make a heck of a LOT more of a difference on the track than darn fork tubes. If somebody (like myself
) has some sweet Ohlins forks on their stock engined R1, I highly doubt it's going to change a lick on anything besides the racer's pocket book when he yard sales the bike.
Example; A guy can have the fully tricked out 600 listed above, but if a guy on an older R6 wants to swap in some inverted forks from an 05 R6 then his bike is illegal? That's a pretty silly ruling in my opinion.