Quote Originally Posted by PremiumBlend
I'm just spitballing ideas in my head, maybe it's a dumb idea or you guys can expand on it but you know those stickers on electronic items that say "Warranty Void if Tampered" meaning don't cut it off and peak inside when your TV blows up or your warranty is void?

Well, maybe something similar can be done with bikes where are sticker or paint is applied to key bolts and parts on the bike. Say for example the MRA devises a particular style of sticker or paint or something that you apply to engine bolts, frame bolts, head bolts, etc. that will clearly show if that bolt has been tampered with so you cannot do an engine swap, or head swap without notifying the MRA. Theory is if you show up on tech day and that sticker/paint is tampered with then you better start explaining why it isn't there. If it's not there, then you can race that day if you'd like but your place and points do not count until the bike is reinspected and approved.

Like I said... just spitballing some ideas.
A great idea and is done in a lot of series, but if someone turned up to the first race with a modified bike and was given the paint tech make it wouldn't be found. Big bore or high compression pistons can be 'hidden' from a borescope inspection by media blasting the face of the piston, the same way machining the valve pockets to allow piston-valve clearance when running a certain squish and retaining the desired cam timing is possible.

Stock clutch pressure plates can be machined so they 'look' stock when the clutch cover is removed, but work with an aftermarket slipper clutch that is installed under it. This 'may' of been done in the MRA years ago before most of the bikes came stock with a slipper clutch

Trap speeds (measured with a radar gun) wont account for rider weight, in the 125 and 250 Grand Prix classes they used to weigh the riders, when I raced as a wildcard at the Australian GP in 1999 Rossi and Melandri laughed their asses off when I got on the scales and I was around 145lbs, bastards!

Hammer, no one is acusing a particular rider or engine builder of cheating, but I am sure people wouldn't say you are cheating if you bought a bunch of beer and let people tear your bike down themselves one Saturday night, you might get all the parts back :lol: