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Re: The search for a track bike has come to an end.
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March 15, 2011, 04:48:45 PM »
Quote from: bobspapa on March 05, 2011, 08:06:17 AM
Supermoto no limits
weeeeeeee
Dragging his ELBOW!!??
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He was making a serious effort at that...
Heard many good things about the shinko slicks...
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March 15, 2011, 06:07:26 PM »
Hmmmm.
Now you have me thinking. Used (and previously crashed) dirt bikes are pretty cheap.....
More pics ASAP!
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March 15, 2011, 08:20:15 PM »
still waiting on rims
installed MSR hand guards today.... which meant I had to ditch the cool protaper aluminum roller bearing throttle tube and replace it with a standard motion pro tube...which meant I also had to replace the grips too. new protaper pillowtop grips and motion pro doughnuts. I brought the tires home while I wait on the rims, so as therapeutic relife(I had a crappy yesterday and morning)... I painted the lettering in the tires
I also installed the rear steelbraided brakeline today.
My axle sliders arrived today.... but I'm waiting for the tires to be mounted before I put those on.
Friday, I plan on changing the oil and draining the coolant. I figure I'll use the redline waterwetter for the track.
My two piece suit happens to be a supermoto suit I got a few years ago.... so I got a pair of Fox comp5 boots to go with it.
If I can get my suspension set up and get my rims in.... I hope to hit the the track nex week [moto]
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March 24, 2011, 09:22:39 PM »
Almost done
I just need to replace the front brakes, bleed both front and rear brakes again, drain coolant and add watter wetter, then have our local SM guru tweek my suspension and she'a fini.
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Niiiiiicce
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Re: The search for a track bike has come to an end.
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March 29, 2011, 11:25:21 AM »
Took her out for her first test run this morning.
Thanks to Cali's failed housing market....there is an abandoned housing tract with fresh asphalt nearby
I need to tinker with the gearing a lil, but that may wait until I see what the cart track dictates.
Riding in dirt boots and the upright riding position is going to take a bit of getting used to.
Slicks....... ARE F'N FUUUUUUN. instant grip
I cant wait to try them out on an actual track.
Getting on the gas while leaving a corner and having the front end lift while the back end stays planted is a hoot.
I need to have a friend check the torque on the rear spokes (to allow for seating the spoke correctly), and as soon as thats done...... track day ahoy!
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Re: The search for a track bike has come to an end.
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March 29, 2011, 12:57:02 PM »
Have fun!! Wait... duh, how could you not?
Yeah, I'd wait on gearing changes too. You're right, let the track "tell" you what it likes. Then change it.
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April 26, 2011, 03:19:05 PM »
I finally got her out on the track today.
I had the whole track to myself
Buttonwillow Raceway had a cart track to the north of the main track, and for $50.00 bucks you can practice on it from 7am to 5pm. If others are there, you alternate from carts to super motos every 1/2 hour. Today....I was a loner
I ran it clockwise in this configuration all morning.
I lowsided at Zolder about 10 laps in. No damage done to me or the bike... I just picked her up a took off again
. Around ten more laps later I stopped back at the truck to check the bike out and was surprised to find the rear tire hot and the front tire just barely warm. Every so often I'd pit and drop a lil tire pressure which appeared to make a difference in front end grip. One of our customers races super motos and has offered to help me dial the suspension in, so I'm hoping that will help generate some more front end confidence. Once the suspension is tweeked just right, I'll swap out the rear sprocket, go down a few teeth and take her to a bigger short course. I ran pretty much non stop from 8 am to 12 with just a few breaks..... and I'm beat
The best thing about this is the cost.... had I gone down like I did on the monster or the 1098... it would have cost me a bunch in parts to make the bike right. On the RMZ..... I just got back on and smiled a big fat smile in my helmet
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April 26, 2011, 04:44:07 PM »
The beauty of supermoto...
Glad you had fun!
RMZ...2 stroke?
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Re: The search for a track bike has come to an end.
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April 26, 2011, 04:48:04 PM »
This looks like too much fun I can't wait to get a set of SM rims for my DRZ next year!
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