UCAL ROLON race - Round 5 - Pics attached

[mail4ajo]

Went to the Round 5 of Ucal Rolon Race on Saturday. Good action, pretty fast races and amazing riders. You certainly need a lot of courage to drop the bikes around the corners like them.

Tried to catch some track burning action. Not very good images, best I could manage. Lots more on my Flickr, try the slideshow:
UCAL RACE - a set on Flickr

[rranjith_kum]

Mail ajo Anna ! I know you have a SLR camera.
The pictures are really awesome, I dont think I can express how good they are !!
Any info about the leader board standings.
Weren't there any Superbikes ??

The bike Nr 73 seems to carry a passenger any thing special ??

[mail4ajo]

Originally Posted by rranjith_kum

Weren't there any Superbikes ??

I think there were. These are only the afternoon session races. The morning sessions included the Honda stunner and CBR races. Got late for them.

Originally Posted by rranjith_kum

The bike Nr 73 seems to carry a passenger any thing special ??

Its actually another bike just behind it. I caught the image by fluke. There were so close that one mistake would have cost them both the race.

[rranjith_kum]

Originally Posted by mail4ajo

Its actually another bike just behind it. I caught the image by fluke. There were so close that one mistake would have cost them both the race.

Oh my god !! yeah it is in fact two bikes side by side, initially I thought some ferrying activity had taken place.

nice capture

[sai_ace]

Nice set of pics Ajo!

very well shot! and yeah.seeing is believing when it comes to the way these guys go around the corners.especially the mopeds which are the loudest on the track!

btw are the R15's racing already??? or are they just fairings?

[Mpower]

Stunning pics. Keep it up.

Did you catch any of the CBR150 cup race.

[mail4ajo]

Originally Posted by sai_ace

btw are the R15's racing already??? or are they just fairings?

Its just fairings. I think most of them are fabricated ones.

Originally Posted by Mpower

Did you catch any of the CBR150 cup race.

A lazy mate and heavy traffic ensured we missed the CBR and stunner races. Honda had on display the CBR 150, Fireblade and a Hornet.

[jkdas]

Nice capture. I too was like race with pillion..for a sec!

Got the pic of the CBR?

[Killer]

Originally Posted by mail4ajo

Its just fairings. I think most of them are fabricated ones.

The r15's were indeed racing, in both the stock and modified classes (4stroke upto 165cc)

I'm number 30 in this pic (stock class):- IMG_1093 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I was on pole and finished 2nd in both races for my class. Overall finished 2nd this year in the championship, lost the first place title by 1 point to the yamaha team (anya racing)

Will be back next year!

PS: if you have any more pics of mine, please do share

[Mpower]

Originally Posted by Killer

The r15's were indeed racing, in both the stock and modified classes (4stroke upto 165cc)

I'm number 30 in this pic (stock class):- IMG_1093 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I was on pole and finished 2nd in both races for my class. Overall finished 2nd this year in the championship, lost the first place title by 1 point to the yamaha team (anya racing)

Killer
Why have R15 guys removed the fairing. WOUld'nt it be more aerodymanic with it?
Who runs anya racing and who are the riders? Is Satish Bojanna running a team for Yamaha?
Lastly, how does the R15 stack up against the factory RTR Fi. I thought they would give it a really good fight will all that experience.
WHat kind of mods are they doing to the R15s in the modified class? Any 165cc bores?

[Killer]

Originally Posted by Mpower

Killer
Why have R15 guys removed the fairing. WOUld'nt it be more aerodymanic with it?

In the stock class we run on the short track which doesnt really have a straight persay, we've found the laptimes to be slightly better without the full fairing. On the full track the modified r15's run with the full fairing.

Who runs anya racing and who are the riders? Is Satish Bojanna running a team for Yamaha?

Anya racing is run by a group of real estate people, they have invested heavily into racing and this new team. Shekar tunes for anya racing with support from yamaha

Lastly, how does the R15 stack up against the factory RTR Fi. I thought they would give it a really good fight will all that experience.

Apache Fi has not been homologated for racing yet but from what we've seen of test results, r15 is the better bike on the track.

WHat kind of mods are they doing to the R15s in the modified class? Any 165cc bores?

Modified class R15's are full works bikes, i dont really think i can list out everything thats been done, but yes 165cc kits are part of that. They are very fast and run 2:01's on the full track.

[Mpower]

Thanks for the info.
Any idea how the CBR 150s stack up against the competetion.

[im_srini]

Originally Posted by Killer

Modified class R15's are full works bikes, i dont really think i can list out everything thats been done, but yes 165cc kits are part of that. They are very fast and run 2:01's on the full track.

2:01s That's awesomely quick !

Are these engines rebuilt for every event ?

P.S. Don't the race Esteems in the saloon-class clock 2:05s on the long loop ?

[esteem_lover]

Nice pictures Ajo. Looks like you had fun on saturday.

[Killer]

Originally Posted by Mpower

Thanks for the info.
Any idea how the CBR 150s stack up against the competetion.

The CBR150'a are about 2 seconds a lap faster than the R15's. On the home straight the CBR150 clocks about 7-8kph more than a stock R15 (truespeed measured on radar gun)