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Oops. My mistake. I didn?t get a close look at the engine you were running Jim. I heard someone say it was a Vampire. It makes more sense that it was the Rotary Axiro 50. We saw one of those at the FWT last year racing against a pro driver in an ICC. I can only imagine how quickly you go through brake pads and tires. But what a rush it must be! I want one of those things.
Doug, I agree totally. We went through the same thing with motorcycles. People thought that loud meant more power. Dynos and race results proved otherwise. The only thing loud engines did for motorcycles was give the sport a bad name and eliminate many off-road riding areas. I would hate to see the same thing happen to karting.
I have been reading this for about a year and it is really sad when one person has a problem with another and they post it for the entire karting world to see if they so choose to read this forum. I think it is much better to confront the issue you may have with that other person face to face and work it out that way rather than complaining or if you have a complaint with a shop owner or a track owner call them personally on it don’t post it. I think as adults if you want to complain at least come to the table with a resolution.. I have learned a lot reading posts I think that is the way we should keep the Colorado Karter rather than making it a %^&*($ session. If I was out of state reading some of these posts I would think that Colorado had a lot of winers racing Just my point of view looking at Colorado as a wonderful Karting community My wife just looked at this and said to pull up our jock straps and go race……
To all people at THE TRACK this weekend Billet Performance is sorry
about the noise that was made by a#5 kart it wil not happen again
I promise that
Thank You
Barry Lewis@tealemm wrote:
I have been reading this for about a year and it is really sad when one person has a problem with another and they post it for the entire karting world to see if they so choose to read this forum. I think it is much better to confront the issue you may have with that other person face to face and work it out that way rather than complaining or if you have a complaint with a shop owner or a track owner call them personally on it don’t post it. I think as adults if you want to complain at least come to the table with a resolution.. I have learned a lot reading posts I think that is the way we should keep the Colorado Karter rather than making it a %^&*($ session. If I was out of state reading some of these posts I would think that Colorado had a lot of winers racing Just my point of view looking at Colorado as a wonderful Karting community My wife just looked at this and said to pull up our jock straps and go race……
Couldn’t have said it better myself, this is a forum to better the knowledge of our sport here in Colorado, not a place to vent personal attacks like it has been lately.
Barry,
I haven?t met you but from everything I see and hear you run a great team. Keep up the good work. I?ll introduce myself to you next time I see you at the track. Congratulations on getting Kyle on your team. It should be good for you, Colorado and Rotax.
tealemm,
What???? I?m not sure what you are complaining about or who your complaint is aimed at. You might consider editing your post or otherwise clarifying your point of view if you want others to continue the dialogue with you.
No i haven’t determined what I am going to do, since my kart isn’t running correctly. when and if I get there I will decide.
the other stuff doesn’t deserve a reply.
Larry toby If you have a problem or you are bothered by another karter my point was go talk to that person in person rather than posting it on the karter. You posted you thought kart #5 was to loud that was my point thanks Have a great day Hope to meet you sometime
tealemm,
If that was the only point you were making then I would say I agree with you when personal issues are at stake. However, what better forum (pun intended) to discuss non-personal issues within the Colorado karting community than on this forum. One topic of much interest to the karting community is excessive noise. I don?t know who you are (your user name is non descriptive and you haven?t put your name on your post) or who the driver of the number 5 kart is. I don?t have a personal issue with you or that driver but if I had seen the driver of that kart in the pits I would have been more than happy to share my perspective with him. Since I had no authority to do anything but express my concerns about excessive noise I didn?t take time to quit what I was doing to seek this person out. I wasn?t overly concerned. I certainly wasn?t any more concerned than the hundred or so other people at the track discussing this issue.
The Colorado Karter is a great place to discuss the issue of excessive noise in general. In this case, we have a specific example created when someone chose to show up in a public place with that kart and publicly proclaim through their behavior that excessive noise is acceptable. I didn?t start this discussion. I simply added to the discussion this driver (whoever he is) started when he took that kart on the track. While I am not obsessed with this issue I will gladly go on record as saying the level of noise from that kart should not be tolerated. How long do you think Jim could keep The Track opened if karts ran at that noise level everyday? Speaking from personal experiences I know it would not be very long. It would be a real shame if a lot of people lose out because of the behavior of a few. That is my only point on this matter. I have no other dog in this fight so to speak. If you or someone else feels different about this issue, or the same for that matter, share your perspective. That is what this forum is for ? to share ideas openly, debate issues, challenge the status quo, etc. This is exactly the kind of discussion that leads to the betterment of the karting community. No one should feel personally attacked by a healthy discussion of an issue that they are a part of. If they do then they need to toughen up or get out. :cheers:
Ok, first I know I’m new and I don’t even own a kart yet. Maybe I’m totally out of line here, but just a bit of perspective from another racing community:
I’ve been riding and racing dirt bikes for more than 10 years. Just in the front range area, we’ve lost more than 5 major riding areas due to noise since I’ve been riding and many others have been significantly limited in part due to noise.
I think it’s great that the karting community uses forums like this to discuss these sorts of issues and keep each other in check. As motorcyclists, we talked about it amongst ourselves but nothing ever changed or did anything to address it, so we lost many of our riding areas. If these things are addressed it’ll keep the sport sustainable for a long time.
It speaks volumes that the track operator, the owner of a karting shop associated with the kart, and many other participants all condmned the action. All you folks should be congratulated.
While it may seem like a small squabble on a message board now, keeping these issues in check is mandatory for the maintenance of your ( and hopefully soon our) sport.
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