The more MG, the better
Hey Ed! Somewhere on your blog is a picture of me on a Superstock SV650 at Auto Club Speedway in January of 2013. Here’s another picture, different forks but otherwise pretty much identical motorcycle, same corner, same photographer location, in a Superbike Shootout support race this last weekend.
I was more than six seconds a lap faster.
Thanks for tweaking my knobs.
Happy James
James took his BMW for a ride with his new spring and rebuilt shock:
“In the immortal words of Jeff Spicoli: AWESOME! TOTALLY AWESOME! Alright Hamilton.”
Superbike Shootout!
TV show dates and times:
http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/geico-motorcycle-superbike-shootout-presented-by-yamaha-races-to-begin-airing-june-5-on-mavtv/
Impressed
This just in from Will:
“Hi Ed –
I’ve put 1000mi on the my BMW 1200 GSA’s rear shock you converted for
me. I’m impressed with the improved handling!
I put a post up on ADVRider sharing the excellent experience you
provided.
Thank you again,
Will”
No, Thank you!
The Smart Part
I had a good time this past weekend at Streets. Nine happy clients on Friday with MotoYard and some great racing on Saturday & Sunday with Moto West GP.
Some of you noticed that I do the Bowl and the Skid Pad different than most. I was on the Iceman 250 Ninja. My best lap was 1.31.89 on 3 weekend old Dunlop’s set at 19/19 psi hot.
The wide line I take on the Skid Pad lets me use full throttle much sooner than the tight/common line and it helps me miss most of the bumps. But the real advantage is the speed I can carry onto the Skid Pad because I don’t need to slow down till later.
In this photo I’m pinned in 3rd just below red line while 611X is already braking for the Skid Pad. This is the same line I use on my 600 and every other bike I’ve ridden/raced here.
The question for you is, are you as smart as Stephen Lin? Lin could see that what I was doing worked but at first glance it just looked like I ran wide. The smart part? He asked me what I was doing just like Andrew did the day before.
Andrew saw my lines on Saturday in the endurance race and put them to good use on Sunday setting a new personal best.
If you look up you can see the Sun moving across the sky but that is not what is really happening. Now apply this lesson to your riding.
Photo’s by http://motorbikeroadracing.blogspot.com/
Learning
All I did for Lex was to rebuild his Penske shock. Most of the improvement he is talking about is because he should have had the shock serviced sooner. I’m posting his e mail because he is demonstrating good science, he even points out that he also changed tires when the shock was with me. The suspension adjustments he is planning to try will be min and max compression and rebound. Enjoy your shock Lex and may the learning never end.
Hi Ed:
Sorry it took so long, but my job seems to be getting in the way of my riding time. Didn’t even get a chance to install the shock until a couple weeks ago, and first ride was yesterday. Had an awesome day and rode about 260 miles from Charlotte to the NC mountains and back. This included some interstate, country back roads and mountain twisty’s – so a little of everything. Ride and handling was very nice. Hard to judge the level of improvement since it had been over four months since I last rode the bike, but everything seemed to work better. Interstate was smoother and less harsh over highway joints. Bike felt planted and stable going pretty fast on back roads. And most importantly, handling on curves in the mountains was excellent. I will need more time to dial things in, but for a starting point, the suspension and ride were very good, and accommodated a broad range of road conditions and riding at the initial settings. The one curve where I had noted some wallowing (a long, downhill sweeper with a couple dips in the middle of the curve), was completely different – the suspension just absorbed the slight dips and stayed firmly planted and stable. Transitions from one turn to another seemed more responsive. Of course some of this may be attributable to also having new tires on the bike. I had been running Metzeler Sportec M5’s, but just switched to Dunlop Q3’s, and they seem to be a lot stickier in the curves, and generally more capable. Overall a very satisfying experience, and a really fun day. I look forward to trying some suspension adjustments to see what I can learn. Many thanks for your help and excellent work.
Best regards,
Lex
Cosmos
Today’s “Cosmos” inspired thought:
The next time you learn something new and mind blowing like the bit of evidence we just found supporting Expansion and the Multi-Verse. Don’t think, wow that’s crazy. Think instead, wow what else is can I learn from this.
The Universe works the way it does. It is not for us to limit the Universe by our misunderstandings. Rather, it is for us to learn.
Hi Mom!
Mom says she loves my blog and checks it all the time. This is a test. Let’s see how long it takes her to call me.
PS: 12 hours and 43 minutes. This blog is followed and approved by my Mom.
Wave Caliper
Wave’s stock rear caliper and the TZ250 caliper she has now. Still some work to do but you get the idea.
New Shop Floor!
