Freesman,
If I went into the Honda store and bought two cr125 kit motors, both would have “production” variances. One might have a ccv of one number and the other might be 1/1000th different. Production variances. I can’t touch either one. period. That is “Stock”. The second anyone changes either motor, it isn’t stock.
The differences between either motor are never going to be seen on the race track, ever.
The NW wanted to set a CCV number to make all the motors “SPEC”. It didn’t work. People started milling the heads, and guess what? Grind marks and now the whole mess has started over again.
Why can’t karters work on their driving time and ability to better themselves, rather than than the last 10% of the equation? I would trade 20 hours of seat time for any motor built. period.
I hope the rule for any “Stock” 125 motor comes down to one simple test.
“All parts must be currently manufactured and price competitive and quickly available for the customer” regardles of the year of beginning manfacturing date. If this simple test could be met, the customer will not suffer.
This way, if someone has a friend at “Special 125 Motor CO.” and has them build a “Stock 125”, proves that nothing was “aftermarket”, and kicks everyone arse, whats to stop them? Hopefully the rules.
More food for thought.
Just a side note and Bob Reed will love this..(sailing and all) I had to deal with the same problem in sailing. Racing stock boats. You could not change the profile of the boat as it left the factory. It was a stock class. The serious guy with too much time on his hands would actuall try to re-build and change the shape and length of the boat to affect speed.
You should have seen the tests we had to perform to keep the class “Stock”.
The Stock Honda rule is so simple, its the hardest rule to follow. “Don’t touch it!” I love it…
Jim