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A Commuterlite Experience.
Blair Briggs #23.
Click here... to read Blair's take on his first experience of Commuterlite racing.
Check out Blair's bike racing profile on the OzLaverda website and while you are there follow the fascinating tale of how a bunch od dedicated Laverda fans brought the marque back to championship winning form Blair being one of the riders.
BRA Champions
Motolites
- 2021 Edward Marsden(Honda RS85cr)
- 2019 Shane Wilcox(Honda RS85cr)
- 2018 Adam Cameron(Honda CRF150R)
- 2017 Jason Dunn(Honda RS85CR)
- 2016 Jason Dunn(Honda RS85CR)
- 2015 Jason Dunn(Honda RS85CR)
- 2014 Tyler Bradford(BBR CBR150)
- 2013 Jason Dunn (Honda RS85CR)
- 2012 Paul Borg (Honda RS85CR)
- 2011 Jason Dunn (Honda RS85CR)
- 2010 Michael Carruthers (RS85CR)
- 2009 Paul Borg (Honda RS85CR)
- 2008 Garry Briggs (RS150CBR)
- 2007 Trevor Lusby (Jianshe 185)
- 2006 Garry Briggs (RS150CBR)
- 2005 Garry Briggs (RS150CBR)
- 2004 Lindsay McKay
Superlite Pro
- 2021 Walter Murphy (Honda CB185)
- 2019 Walter Murphy (Honda CB185)
- 2018 Walter Murphy (Honda CB185)
- 2017 Walter Murphy (Honda CB185)
- 2016 Tim Smith (Honda CB150)
- 2015 Ian Gregory (Honda CB150)
- 2014 Walter Murphy (Honda CB150)
- 2013 Walter Murphy (Honda CB150)
- 2012 Fred Holland (Honda CB150)
- 2011 Ken Lindsay (Honda RCB150)
- 2010 Jeff Clissold (Honda CB150)
- 2009 Jeff Clissold (Honda CB150)
- 2008 Ken Lindsay (Honda RCB150)
- 2007 Phillip Favero (Honda CB150)
- 2006 Ken Lindsay (Honda RCB150)
- 2005 Bruce Edwards (Honda CB150)
- 2004 David Phillips (Honda CB150)
- 2003 Garry Briggs (Honda CB150)
- 2002 Garry Briggs (Honda CB150)
Superlite AM**
- 2017 Shaun Bray (Suzuki GS150)
- 2016 Stuart Ellis (Suzuki GS150)
- 2015 Hermann Wagus (Honda CB150)
- 2014 Robert Tisdell (Honda CB150)
- 2013 Ryan Phillips (Honda CB150)
- 2012 Jim Murphy (Honda XL150)
- 2011 Adam Muldoon(Honda CB150)
- 2010 Walter Murphy (Honda CB150)
- 2009 Tim Smith (Honda CB150)
- 2008 Lyall Kumera-Cairns
- 2007 Martin Kraaymaat(CB150T)
- 2006 Martin Kraaymaat (CB150T)
- 2005 Martin Kraaymaat (CB150T)
- 2004 Michael Moore (Honda CB150)
- 2003 Phil Favero (Honda CB150)
- 2002 Kyle Chick (Honda CB150)
Commuterlite Pro
- 2021 Barry Young (Honda CBR125)
- 2019 Barry Young (Honda CBR125)
- 2018 Brad Lumb (Honda CBR125)
- 2017 Keo Watson (Honda CBR125)
- 2016 Keo Watson (Honda CBR125)
- 2015 Nicholas Miller (Honda CBR125)
- 2014 Ron Pulido (Honda CBR125)
- 2013 Anthony Marsden (CBR125)
- 2012 Ryan Young (Honda CBR125)
- 2011 Ron Carrick (Honda CBR125)
Commuterlite AM**
- Commuterlite AM discontinued
- 2019 Chris Young (Yamaha YFZR125)
- 2018 Robert Hodgson (Honda CBR125)
- 2017 Gregory Burt (CBR125)
- 2016 Luke Rhodes (CBR125)
- 2015 Rez Pulido (CBR125)
- 2014 Adam Cameron (CBR125)
2stk Superlite Pro**
- 2005 Greg Gould
- 2004 Greg Gould
- 2003 J. Wright
- 2002 Russel Barker
2stk Superlite AM**
- 2005 Clinton Edwards
- 2004 Peter Wade
- 2003 Stefano Montressor
- 2002 Michael Combley
** Class Discontinued
One Hour Bucket Winners
Motolites
- 2021 Edward & Anthony Marsden
- 2019 Adam Cameron/Keo Watson
- 2018 Edward/Anthony Marsden
- 2017 Michael Child/Blair Briggs
- 2016 Shane Wilcox/Lindsay McKay
- 2015 Chris Jones/Adam Cameron
- 2014 Tyler Bradford/Steve Kairl
- 2013 Ken Lawrence/Steve Kairl
- 2012 Paul Borg/Jason Dunn
- 2011 Paul Borg/Jason Dunn
- 2010 Garry Briggs/Stephen Byrnes
- 2009 Garry Briggs/Aaron Morris
- 2008 Stephen Byrnes/Greg Byrnes
- 2007 John Lalor/Greg Byrnes
- 2006 D. Sackett/R.Fairbairn
- 2005 Garry Briggs/C. Marnoch
- 2004 John Lalor/A. Bilston
Superlites
- 2021 Junior Murphy/Jim Murphy
- 2019 Junior Murphy/Jim Murphy
- 2018 Connor/Roddy Hunter
- 2017 Junior Murphy/Jim Murphy
- 2016 Ken Lindsay/Harley Borkowski
- 2015 Ken Lindsay/Harley Borkowski
- 2014 Ken Lindsay/Mark Strong
- 2013 Ken Lindsay/Harley Borkowski
- 2012 Ken Lindsay/Harley Borkowski
- 2011 Lyall Bennett/Shane Wilcox
- 2010 Fred Holland/David Phillips
- 2009 Ken Lindsay/Mark Strong
- 2008 Jeff Clissold/Paul Ward
- 2007 Mark Boddy/D. Roberts
- 2006 Ken Lindsay/W Maguire
- 2005 Ken Lindsay/Mark Strong
- 2004 S. Stubbs/S. Phillips
Commuterlites
- 2021 Greg Burt/Jack McCarthy
- 2019 S. Jones/Lorraine Stewart
- 2018 Brad Lumb/Niall Doherty
- *2017 Keo Watson/Ken Watson
- 2016 Keo Watson/Ken Watson
- 2015 Steve Kairl/Lorraine Stewart
- 2014 Nicolas Wenban/Ron Pulido
- 2013 Jason Blanch/Dave Abbott
- 2012 Steve Kairl/Graham Kairl
- 2011 Ron Carrick/Chad Slade
Oliver's Story
Read Oliver Higgins account of building a
Honda CBR125 Commuterlite Racer eligible for the Bucket
Racing Association's (BRA) race series, run in conjunction with
the Post Classic Racing Association (PCRA).
Click
Here for Oliver's Story...
2021 News, Reports, etc....
2021 PCRA MITAS TYRES BUCKET RACING CHAMPIONSHIP FINISHERS.
Winners are grinners. L to R Jnr. Murphy 1st Superlite, Stuart Ellis 2nd Motolite, Jim Murphy 2nd Superlite, Robert Tisdell 3rd Motolite, Edward Marsden 1st Motolite, Barry Young 1st Commuterlite and Chris Young 2nd Motolite. Nathan Taylor 3rd Superlite and Matthew Neilson 3rd Commuterlite not present.
Motolite class winners R to L Edward Marsden 1st (Honda RS85cr), Stuart Ellis 2nd. (Moriwaki 85) and Robert Tisdell 3rd. (Aprilia RS4 150).
Commuterlite class winners keeping it in the family Barry and Chris Young. Barry on right defended his 2019 Championship with Chris finishing 2nd. Both riding Honda CBR125's. Matthew Neilson finished 3rd. on a Yamaha YFZR125.
The Bucket Racing Association
Extends a big thank you to Craig White of Mitas Tyres and Expert Parts and Accesories for their continuing support of the 2022 Bucket Racing Championship.
Craig also chipped in for the fine trophies presented to the 2021 championship winners.
Expert Parts and Accesories is your goto supplier for most tyre brands, tyre warmers, leathers, boots and other racing accessories.
Their tyre truck is present at all our events offering an on the spot tyre service to the motorcycle racing fraternity.
2021 PCRA MITAS TYRES BUCKET RACING CHAMPIONSHIP.
The Buckets managed to get enough races in to have a Championship. This was possible because of the three PCRA rounds and the two extra meetings at Pheasant Wood giving us 12 races in all.
Thanks to the PCRA Committee and officials for their hard work in trying circumstances throughout the Year. With so many events being cancelled last year it must have been very difficult, a lot of work for little reward.
Thanks to Scott Hill of Pheasant Wood for persevering through all the date changes due to covid restrictions. He came up with a great weekends racing with the final round of the Mitas Tyres Bucket Racing Championship on Saturday and a four hour Endurance race for Commuterlites on Sunday (6/7th November).
And last but not least a huge shout out to all the volunteer flaggies and officials who without their passion and enthusiasm the racing just wouldn’t happen.
Congratulations to all who competed in the series, hopefully things will get back to normal this Year.
Big Bang Engines Honda CB125E based Superlite
wins first time out.
Pictured above Blair Briggs showing off the Garry Briggs of Big Bang Engines latest Superlite based on the Honda CB125E commuter bike.
Blair rode it to a first outing win and at this early stage looks to be as quick as the well sorted older Honda singles, the long time mainstay of the Superlite class.
The Honda CB125E have sold very well as a commuter bike and are used extensively by motorcyle couriers. As a result suitable donor bikes are appearing in the secondhand market and as insurance write offs at auctions. This make them affordable donor bikes for the Superlite class. Another advantage of the newer bike is plenty of spare parts available.
If you do get your hands on a Donor bike the more work you do on it yourself the cheaper it works out but for a good reliable motor you could give Garry a call (0437 551 855) to see what it would cost. If these engines are anything like the venerable CB XL XR singles they should give many years of racing between rebuilds.
Unusual dolphin style fairing, mostly cb125E running gear.
Capacity increased to 185cc to suit Superlite rules.
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30 Year Anniversary.
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BUCKET RACING RESUMES AT PHEASANT WOOD!
Well after no racing since May due to covid-19 restrictions the Bucket racing riders were treated to two weekends of racing at the Pheasant Wood and Wakefield Park tracks after restrictions were relaxed the week before.
Entries were down for both events, not unexpected being in the middle of a Pandemic.
FINAL ROUND OF THE PCRA MITAS TYRES BUCKET RACING CHAMPIONSHIP.
With an hour of Practice and qualifying the Buckets had plenty of track time before the actual racing started.
Motolites and Superlites ran in one group and the larger Commuterlite entry was divided into two groups with four races of 20 minutes for each group.
Racing was close and exciting with Championships running true to form.
Results Time Trial TT-1 from Marulan!
Bucket Race Bikes Wanted!
If you have an unwanted Bucket Race bike lying about and would like to move it on send the details with a few decent photos to the Webmaster and we will put it up in the "For Sale" page on this website. We have had a number of enquiries about availability of secondhand ready to race bikes and donor bikes suitable for building a Bucket Race bike.
Commuterlites, Superlites and Motolites are all in demand.
If you have an unfinished project or suitable bits and pieces send us the details and if applicable we will put them on as well. Its a shame to have some of these bikes and parts languishing unused in the back of garages.
New and Changes to Bucket Racing Rules from the AGM.
Commuterlite:
For 2021 onwards there will be a single class "Commuterlite"
– “amateur” and “pro” to be discontinued. Passed
Motolite:
Add “125cc Air-cooled single cylinder 2 stroke”Passed
Add “200cc Air-cooled 2 valve twin cyl.4 stroke” Passed
Superlites:
Increase:
“- 180cc 4 stroke air cooled max capacity 189cc” to
“- 200cc 4 stroke air cooled max capacity 200cc”
Deferred to next AGM
Remove twin shock frame restriction. Passed
Add to homogulated frames:
Honda: CB200, SL175Passed
Honda CBR125 Rolling chassis Passed
Yamaha YFZR125/150 rolling chassis. Passed
Remove fork size restriction. Passed
– upside down forks NOT
allowed. Passed
Remove restriction on brake modifications. Passed
Remove restriction on tyre sizing. Passed
Remove clause
“(Standard carburettor only on Honda CB125T twins)”. Passed
Add to engines:
“(Parts that replicate homologated parts are OK to use).” Passed
Add to homogolated engines:
Jianshe: “(JS150Y Engine less cylinder head).” Passed
Increase max ex port 4stroke engine modification:
“Maximum Valve sizes: … Exhaust 26mm” from 25mm. Passed
Add to homogolated engines:
Honda: CB200, SL175. Passed
No Commuterlite riders turned up to the AGM to voice their concerns which was disapointing to say the least. A couple of people from the Commuterlite riders group need to step up and get involved. There is no Commuterlite representative at the moment so one of you need to volunteer.
