Talk:Motorcycle speedway

Try to remember it's an International sport
Please do contribute and try to remember when editing that Speedway is an international sport and try to weight it as such. Needy areas such as Polish and Scandinavian Speedway information would be a great addition.

I've created the page Speedway in the United Kingdom to try and hive off some of the more obvious UK only parts of the article. - Foxhill 11:39, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Air-fences
What the heck are 'air-fences'? LorenzoB 17:38, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * A type of inflatable barrier, i've added another pic to the article to see if that clarifies it Foxhill 18:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)


 * They're good for safety of the riders. But they do block the view and they mean that spectators standing near the track don't get showered in cinders :) -- SteveCrook 00:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC)


 * And they are also very easy to google and find out about.

♦Tangerines BFC ♦ · Talk 02:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Air fence at speedway meetings
 * Air Fence main site

Polish Championship
I have made some major changes to this section, including removing numerous dead red links, and amending to correct English, and moved it to the correct placing in "Domestic events". I have also removed this as it contains way too many red links and also initals without explanation of what they even are. However, I have moved it here just in case someone can try and work on it to improve it if needs be.

♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 16:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Good things to add at some point
The following would be good additions -

Motorcycles -
 * A diagram/photo of a modern bike with parts labelled (like this but bigger and freely licenced) and info about Speedway Sidecar racing if it's notable enough for inclusion

Countries -
 * Argentina (taking info from here), Austria, Australia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, United States of America/Canada/North America and any I've missed

Foxhill 23:40, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I have added another section in Domestic Events for Denmark. The information I used though is out of date. However, I thought it best to get the section up and running then it can be updated from there. It might also be useful to add a new article Speedway in Denmark as well as similar articles for Sweden and other countries; as well as the article on Poland currently in the process of being created. ♦Tangerines♦ · Talk 13:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Flat track
Hi, i removed the line that stated that speedway is called flat track in the US. The two sports are totally different. The only real similarity is go fast, turn left. Otherwise, the bikes, techniques, and format are not related. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 57.68.15.178 (talk) 16:35, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Compression
" The high compression ratio of the engine can also assist in slowing down a machine; if the throttle is closed the engine may stop" And how does that work? If you're referring to Engine braking, that has nothing to do with compression. It may require force to compress the air in the cylinder, but that force is immediately returned to the piston as the compressed air forces the piston back up again. Think "pneumatic spring". Compression braking ONLY works for engines (usually diesels) fitted with a "Jake brake", which is a modified valvetrain that opens the exhaust valve at the top of each compression stroke, so the compressed air is released, and the energy isn't returned to the piston. Engine braking on a normal 2 or 4 stroke engine is VACUUM braking, caused by the engine trying to draw air passed the closed throttle plate (which is why it's usually diesels that have compression brakes, or "Jake brakes", since they have no throttle plate and therefore can't engine brake without the specially modified valvetrain). Just because a lot of people call engine braking "compression braking" doesn't make it accurate. It's actually VACUUM braking, if anything. The exact opposite. AnnaGoFast (talk) 19:09, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

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