Comments on: CIK Bumpers – No Thankyou!

By: noodlez

noodlez — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:04:00 +0000

to be honest i like the olastic rear bumpers and i think they will help

By: Ian Williams

Ian Williams — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:12:21 +0000

When the first plastics arrived it was thought to be “the end”of karting as we knew it, and that crashes will increase because they just gave us bumpers. But the statistics show that although accident numbers increased by 30% for a year or two that injuries fell by 70%. I bought and ran a KG rear CIK bumper at my local track here in Australia a week ago and it was 100% unanimous through the pits that if we had to have them everyone would willingly fit one immediately. Do not know much about the handling changes however as I won the meeting, the first round of our state series and I have not won a round of any series for over 2 years !! Karts today have a greatly flamboyant look about them compared to 20 or 30 years ago, and with everyone pushing the “be professional” line the bumpers can only add further given a bit of time and creative design. Oh yeah, I am not of the modern school of thinking either , I am in the 50+ age bracket.

By: Ayrton

Ayrton — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 13:41:20 +0000

My family and I went to see the last 100cc World Championship in Angerville and I must say, the bumpers didn’t look that bad. However saying that, I object to them being put on karts. Metal bumpers are fine. Cost Â£50 or so, and can easily be bent back into shape if hit too hard. I’ve got a bumper from when I first started that we’ve bent back about 5 times and had welded once. And I also agree that head rests are just stupid. Next miute we will have to wear fireprrof overalls, get a roll cage fitted, a 6 point harness, HANS Device etc…

As Ayrton Senna (Hence my name…) once said “karting is the purest form of motorsport” Also, I will quote again “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”

By: Karter

Karter — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:27:54 +0000

why do all the good driver go and race abroad, because it is the cik fia championships. The italians championships. one of the best championships in th world. Follows cik fia regs, french very good championship follows cik fia championship. We are just being left behind one engines, tyres and other bits.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:01:46 +0000

I noticed drivers at the world championships found it very difficult indeed to restart, as many of the new rear bumpers have nothing to get hold of. Indeed drivers and marshalls strugled to carry the karts to a safe position.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 05:38:51 +0000

Everyone needs to flood the CIK inbox at cik@fia.com and voice our massive dis-pleasure. Headrests on seats are next … with headrests and back bumpers the karts look JUST like the concession karts you see at the amusement parks!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:34:27 +0000

CIK bumpers not only are ugly, but they add unessessary weight. I don’t know exactly if they work or not, but one rule the CIK mentioned was the wheels sticking out past the side pods. I think that should be solved first instead of putting goofy looking bumpers on. Definetly not “Proper Karting” Luckliy, we don’t need to run them here in the states, but I’m sure they will recieve enough complaints. Also another goofy one is no radiator tape. Why do they make the rules when the rules don’t make sense and are contradicting??

By: Ted Hamilton

Ted Hamilton — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:06:33 +0000

Well said… too bad we can’t return to the ‘vintage’ days of air-cooled, no gauge, nerfs only racing on a grand scale… and heaven forbid that the karting agencies intentionally limit engine class choices to only a handful of reasonable selections so that we get fuller fields… Here in the states it’s even worse — 12 classes with 4 drivers each instead of 4 classes with 12 drivers each. And don’t even get me started on the US’ failure to come to terms with reasonable support of the CIK/FIA standards… If we ever hope to compete at a world level, we’ll have to conform to world standards. Until then, those who want to be really competitive have 2 choices — Rotax Max and the STARS series. Or we could move to the UK…
Here’s hoping that the powers-that-be come to their senses and ban plastic bumpers…