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TKM class sustainability
Posted by 'NickyW' on 19 Aug 2009 @ 15:20


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there are many people who passionately want to see the class flourish. As a parent of 2 juniors we have invested a great deal both financialy and in time for their racing I think The TKM class is brilliant but it does need to compete commercially and I can see that Tal-ko are having to make adjustments in line with the potential new customer demands without hopefully alienating their existing customers. I don't want to have to spend loads more either to comply wih new regs.
Just think for a minute ........the parent of 12 year old goes to a kart showroom and looks at a minimax and a junior TKM side by side. The minimax is faster , sticks on the track easier , takes less driving experience ( just my opinion before anyone shouts ), kid just jumps in and flicks a switch , doesn't need pushing to get it going , you send it away for rebuilds once in a blue moon , it looks like a racer and the start up costs are probably not that much difference between the 2 . The TKM on the other hand is simpler mechanically , not so hard on tyres , you can do your own rebuilds and is great fun with undoubtedly skilled driving required on the less grippy( longer lasting ) tyres . Dad scratches head and says he's not sure " Which one would you like ?" kid says "the one that goes the fastest " choice made - as the meerkat would say "simples".
What we need to do as TKM afficionados is find a way of competing with the misinformation about the class to new entrants but we also have to allow Tal-ko to make some reasonable commmercial decisons that won't cause us too much of a financial problem but get more people to join us . You know what happened to the dinosaurs.

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2010TKM Rules  by 'Darlo'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 13:22)
Re: 2010TKM Rules  by 'MattScott'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 13:35)
just another money making scheme ?  by 'winger93'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 13:40)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'deangwigan'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 13:48)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'stemorton46'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 15:50)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'stemorton46'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:02)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'deangwigan'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:11)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'stemorton46'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:16)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'NickyW'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:12)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'Graham S'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:17)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'stemorton46'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:19)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'John'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:27)
Re: just another money making scheme ?  by 'deangwigan'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 16:34)
eh? :s (nt)  by 'blobslosak'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 17:17)
Re: eh? :s (nt)  by 'Darlo'   (18 Aug 2009 @ 22:27)
Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 11:59)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:13)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'KMS'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:26)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:33)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:42)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:57)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 13:10)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'John'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:42)
Re: Rotax dead at club level ?  by 'richardmcculloch69'   (21 Aug 2009 @ 21:21)
TKM needs to be opened up  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:04)
100cc is allowed  by 'MattScott'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:10)
Re: 100cc is allowed  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:30)
Re: 100cc is allowed  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:37)
Re: 100cc is allowed  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:53)
Re: 100cc is allowed  by 'Darlo'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 12:56)
Re: 100cc is allowed  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 13:04)
I agree Dean  by 'Iwan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 14:01)
Re: I agree Dean  by 'chriskasch'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 14:41)
Re: I agree Chris  by 'John'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 14:52)
Re: I agree Chris  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:01)
Re: I agree Chris  by 'jkhintrepid77'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:39)
TKM class sustainability  by 'NickyW'  << You are here!
Re: TKM class sustainability  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:26)
Re: TKM class sustainability  by 'Underdog25'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:41)
Do nothing ?  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 16:00)
Re: Do nothing ?  by 'NickyW'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 16:25)
Re: TKM class sustainability  by 'NickyW'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:47)
Re: TKM class sustainability  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:50)
Re: I agree Dean  by 'Andrewrr'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:35)
Re: I agree Dean  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:38)
Also Andrewrr  by 'Iwan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:42)
Re: I agree Dean  by 'stemorton46'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:42)
Re: I agree Dean  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 15:56)
Re: I agree Dean  by 'stemorton46'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 16:03)
Re: I agree Dean  by 'John'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 16:29)
A lot of nonsense!  by 'devilwoman25'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 17:46)
Re: A lot of nonsense!  by 'John'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 18:08)
Re: A lot of nonsense!  by 'devilwoman25'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 19:10)
Re: A lot of nonsense!  by 'KevinW'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 19:27)
@Gem  by 'DavyBoy'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 21:06)
Re: @Gem  by 'devilwoman25'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 21:49)
Re: @Gem  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 22:03)
Re: @Gem  by 'davidmc'   (20 Aug 2009 @ 0:33)
Re: Ride Height?  by 'dth07'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 17:30)
Re: Ride Height?  by 'deangwigan'   (19 Aug 2009 @ 17:39)

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