I thought there was a series where you raced smaller bikes on a paved track. Not the mini bikes, but like 100-150cc bikes. I tried looking for pit bike racing which seems to be dirt track focused, and mini bike racing but that was the little baby bikes. Did I just make that whole thing up in my head?
maybe you saw this recently canoesurrected thread: https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/motorcycles-and-bicycles/short-notice-scootermoped-racing-jun-3-4-syracuse-ny/246611/page1/
Various search terms which might get you something: "mini moto", "grom racing", "mini roadracing"
A few specific race series/ orgs (I have no affiliation or experience with anything)
They do it here in Florida. Homestead and Bushnell seem to be the two tracks they run at the most. Me and a buddy went out to spectate because it sounded like fun but when we seent it in person it looked horribly unsafe so we opted not to do it.
https://www.sflminigp.com/
There are some go kart tracks around me that do it, but no organized multi-track series that I'm aware of. It's definitely more of a niche local thing, with widely varying rule sets and safety requirements. I had an SSR 125TR for that purpose for a minute, but went back to racing full size bikes. I found it to be fun until people got too serious, and if I'm going to really modify a bike, I'd rather do it to a full size one.
Wow look at all those classes! When any form of W2W racing offers that many classes I like to pick the biggest class in the long term that is appropriate for me because a regular 7 racers can easily turn to 2 in less than half a season at a given track. Obviously this dictates bike selection.
Many moons ago I raced YSRs for a few seasons. It was great fun with minimized risk and cost. I am actively ignoring current opportunities because I'm old and don't bounce like I once did (and I'm mostly too stupid to ride accordingly). Assuming that it's "what I did, but better" I can't recommend it enough.
Motojunky said:Many moons ago I raced YSRs for a few seasons. It was great fun with minimized risk and cost. I am actively ignoring current opportunities because I'm old and don't bounce like I once did (and I'm mostly too stupid to ride accordingly). Assuming that it's "what I did, but better" I can't recommend it enough.
I remember when there was a track for these in Circleville Ohio up until a couple years ago it made the number of YSRs in the vicinity spike. Not the most common bike but in the right place they became available.
When racing pit bikes does one use a race car for transportation around the paddock?
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