used acro ss the country. The seco nd
edition is four p o un ds ligh ter an d
has slightly different geomet ry.
" We make a kit bike race-ready for
a reasona ble amount of money ,"
Wood says . " For $5860 , they can get a .
fla t track bi ke with everything b ut
tires a nd tu bes, rear sprocket and
chai n a nd h andlebars a nd gr ips. And
th at 's a ll rid er preference stuff. Yo u
ca n bu y everyth ing rig hthere in this
sh op. It's a rea l co nve nient package
for a fat her/ so n -type team."
'
T he bike that Carr rode to fini sh
third at th e Ascot TT is th e TT model
Wood- Rotax. The bik e is fill ed with
the op tiona l big -bore kit ($223) a nd
a n o p tio na l front brak e system al so
avai la b le thro ug h Wood ($350);
Wood 's product ion bikes h a ve a .
Yamaha front ca liper and master
cylinde r; Ca rr's bi ke has a Grimeca
cal iper and a Yamaha master cylinder ,
Wood says Ca rr 's bike has a Grim eca
ca li per just because th a t's wha t h e
had arou nd th e shop a t the tim e, a nd
that all h is new bikes have Yamaha
calipers.
T he bike uses ' Kosm an wh eels,
Sh ow a fo rks a nd Works Performan ce
rear sh ocks. Carr used a Pi rell i U n iver sal tir e on th e front and a Ca rlis le.
U ni versa l o n the rear a t Ascot. The
gas tank is a h igh -tech p last ic Wood
special and holds 1.6 ga llons; Carr
used 0.66 ga llons of gas during the
25-lap ASCO I Na tio nal.
" Mos t of ou r bu siness is done , in
th e low er level racin g wit h th e Novice
a nd Jun ior di vision riders using th e '
bikes for everyday raci ng, " Wood
,said . "And th e ' Expert s have been
using them wi th a lot of success in th e
short tracks and TTs."
For a j uni or.or Novice to cha nge
Showa forks provide the front
suspension of the Wood -Rotax ,
the bik e for 'us in different types o f
racing is relatively painless, Wood
sa ys. Show u p a t the Ascot TT on
Frida y n ig h t a nd ra ce, ch an ge the
ex ha ust system an d the ca rbu retor
size a nd it 's ready for th e Sacramento
Mile o n Sunday.
T h is is what 's m ade th e Wood Rot ax suc h a success in th e grassro o t
level of p ro fessio na l dirt track racing.
A 41 mm Dell ' Ort o carburetor and the 583cc Rotax sit in a double down• tube, chrome-moly stee l frame that is designed and built in W ood's shop .
Wood al so plans to try hi s hand at
roa d rac in g later in th e year; a fter
numerous reques,ts, a Wood -Rot a x.
n be
I single will be soora cin gavailabeleclforb
single-class road
at th
u
level , accordin g to Woo d.
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