Bike Section History

Bike History 

Radio Control Bikes have been around since the early 1980’s; those early generations of bikes used weight transfer of the rider figure to encourage the bike to turn. Forward motion of the model was essential to keep the bike upright using the centrifugal effect of the wheels with some bikes boasting Centrifuges mounted in the rear wheel.

Whilst this satisfied the principle of two wheel racing, the accuracy of turn and ability to navigate race circuits was limited, requiring a high levels of skill. 

 

The next development to dramatically improve drivability and thereby encourage racing was the introduction of “direct steering”. This system introduced a servo connected direct to the from fork yoke, this improved drivability also negated the need for a centrifuge which when removed helped corner speed.

 

Bike development and refinement has continued over the years but in essence have stayed true to those early year creations 

Bike racing in the UK started around 2000, initially in the North of England. Skipton Club (sadly now closed) being the source of most things Bike.

 

In 2002 we were invited in to join the Racer Magazine supported Series for Large Scale Cars which resulted invite to join as a Sub-Section of the BRCA Large Scale in 2003. 

 

Steady growth of bike racers continued over over the next few years resulting in the formation of the BRCA Bike Section in 2006. The close links generated in those early years are still maintained to this date.

 

From those early years Bike Racers from the UK have regularly competed at International, European and World level, regularly appearing on the podium. 

Bikes are regularly raced around the UK, from Halifax in the North of England, through Cotswold to Aldershot in the South of England and Craigavon in Northern Ireland.

 

No history for Bikes would be complete without the mention of one person; Dez Chand. Dez will always be known as “Mr Bike”, no one person will come close to the time, effort and enthusiasm Dez put in to promote Bike racing both home and abroad; having lots of fun whilst doing it. Sadly no longer with use, he was the reason why a lot of us race today, we can only hope his nature has rubbed off on those racing today that will convince the next generation of racers to join us. He is still held in high regard and each year a Memorial Event is held in his honour.

 

Dez Chand memorial GP event .

2012 - Colin McCabe

2013 - Peter Vater

2014 - Simon Lancaster

2015 - Simon Lancaster 

2016 - Matt Tims

2017 - Peter Vater

2018 - Peter Vater

BRCA Champions

  

	Class		Stock	Superbike	Nitro	Sidecar
Year
2006
2007			Graham Clarke		Colin McCabe
2008			David Richards		Ken Gospel
2009			David Myszkowski	Colin McCabe	Alan Watkinson
2010				David Andrew	John Veal
2011				Jim Crunden	John Veal
2012			Peter Vater	Roger Harvey	Fred Martin	Martin Woodcock
2013			Neal Vater	Peter Vater	John Veal	Martin Woodcock
2014				Peter Vater	John Veal
2015				Peter Vater	Ken Gospel
2016			Peter Vater		Karl Boak
		Moto3	Moto2	GPe	GPn
2017		Darren Johnson		Gary Sims	Ken Gospel
2018			Gary Sims		John Veal

World Championship Competitors 

	Class	Stock	Superbike	Nitro
Year
2006		Colin McMabe Steve Newey Graham Clarke Chris Douglas Dave Richards Dez Chand Ian McClarney	James Crunden Colin McCabe Jevon Frost Jamie Georgiades David Andrew Shane Jackson Derek McLarney	Graham Clarke Ian McLarney John Veal Dez Chand
2007		Graham Clarke Dave Myszkowski Cris Douglas	Colin McCabe	Colin McCabe
2008		Graham Clarke Dave Myszkowski Cris Douglas	Colin McCabe
2009		Dave Myszkowski Roger Harvey Derek McLarney	Colin McCabe Roki Read
2010			Roki Read
2011		Simon Lancaster	Simon Lancaster
2012		Simon Lancaster
2013
2014				John Veal
2015				John Veal
2016
2017
2018		Neal Vater	Peter Vater	John Veal Ken Gospel

 

General Time Line

1988 North West Bike Club formed racing Bikes of all Scale.

2000 Craigavon, Northern Ireland started racing 1/5^th Bikes.

2001 Skipton Club started principally 1/5^th Bikes.

2002 Bikes join “Racer Series” for Large Scales cars.

2003 Formed Sub-Section of Large Scale Cars

2006 Aldershot started racing 1/5^th Bikes on regular basis.

2006 BRCA Bike Section formed.

2007 Cotswold started racing 1/5^th Bikes on regular basis

2007 Craigavon started Club Championship

2015 Halifax Club started racing 1/5^th Bikes on regular basis.