buddy Ice racing

[bikebuda]

here is a link to the newest sport on earth "indoor scooter ice racing"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0lhhEZ7z9w

if the link is dead put in ICE racing 10 scooters on youtube

[Howardr]

Did ya notice that in the "related videos" section, there are NONE. That's a one of a kind.

Howard

[Cheshire]

Hard to tell...but was that a Rattler in the lead?

[bikebuda]

it is a rough house 50
the rules for the class are it has to be a 50cc engine case to begin with and 2 studs per tire lug



WWW.icespeedway.com

[Cheshire]

Cool. I'm not familiar with them enough to distinguish between rattler and roughhouse, but at least it was a Genuine. It was holding the lead nicely!

[laxer]

it is a rough house 50
the rules for the class are it has to be a 50cc engine case to begin with and 2 studs per tire lug



WWW.icespeedway.com

Big thumbs up for the black sheep of the Genuine family!!

[bikebuda]

here is another video of scooters on ice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATCSEilXU0o

[jmkjr72]

there are scooter classes that run at some of the same events that run motorcycle ice races on the lakes

[Dibber]

Did you put on a knobby tire? What size tire did you use? That looked like a lot of fun. Thought about trying this on some of our frozen lakes.

[Cheshire]

It's making me wonder if anyone makes a knobby that fits the Buddy 125. I might end up looking into that for next winter.

[bikebuda]

here are some pictures of the tires used

on the rough house they are stock with 5/8 (silver rocket) ice screws with standard street tires inside of them with tubes

on the buddies we used pit bike 2.75 X10 knobbies with a wheel barrow tire as a liner, also with a tube

[bikebuda]

here is a video of another race

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-H8NWgxTQc

[Cheshire]

So...tube inside street tire inside studded knobby? Why the doubling up of tires?

[Lostmycage]

So...tube inside street tire inside studded knobby? Why the doubling up of tires?

Extra layer between the tube and the screws.

[bikebuda]

with out enough rubber the screws pull out and the 5/8 are the shortest ones they make, unfortunately that is longer than a stock tire is thick

and yes you have to cut the side walls out of the stock street tires leaving a sort of rubber band of tred to put into the tire you are going to use

[Cheshire]

Ah. What brand studs are you using?
I've recently (like last week) considered studded tires for next year and discovered Aerostich makes 2 scooter-specific carbide studs, the smaller of which is 6mm x 9mm. Would that work without a liner?

[bikebuda]

the only allowed screws are "silver rocket" brand as far as i know they are only available through the ICE racing organization. they are like $80 for 1000 screws

[Cheshire]

Ah, understood. So it's more of a "this is what's been approved to keep the playing field level" and not of a "no one's tried anything else". Gotcha.
The 'stich studs are almost $1/stud anyway...though state laws limit the number of studs you can have per wheel to much less than the rules/regs of that race circuit.

Looks amazing, though!

[bikebuda]

here are two more videos "same races different views "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV5tv7-wK2Q


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Wj9xxn2Xg