Iceman Ninja
This is the 250 Ninja that Eric was building for Kenny to race. The body work is being painted with Kenny’s design. I’m putting it together and will be racing it soon in gear that will match the new paint. Eric may race it too.
Stay tuned to watch the progress.
Manic
The clock on the wall says eleven pm. The 900RR front end is ready. A bunch of other small jobs are done, mostly reducing weight. Check out the nice superbike tail. Less weight. No longer have to remove the tail to take the lowers off. Nice new white paint. Recognize it? It’s from a Fischer MRX.
Ranson
MG really likes his energy drinks. He left these two Monsters and the little cooler bag in my trailer at Willow this past Sunday.
MG, if you ever want to see your drinks again you will bring to me a large ice tea in a cup with ice and a straw at the next MWGP event at Streets Backwards.
If you don’t I, these two Monsters may come to harm.
Motorcycle Mecca
Russ is going to race on the Isle Of Man. After he talked to his tuner/crew/Dad his next call was to Lindemann Engineering. He tried to fool me into going along by offering me a sleeping spot on the floor of the shipping container in the pits but I was able to resist.
His RC-30 forks and Penske shock have been rebuilt, re-valved and re-sprung. We will do some set up work at a MotoYard.com Track Day so he can get use to the new set up. Then Russ, his Dad and his bike will be on their way to Motorcycle Mecca.
LE or Aftermarket?
The question is can your OEM suspension be improved to make it work as well as aftermarket suspension. The short answer is, yes and for a lot less money.
Inside your cartridge forks and shock is a piston that the oil is forced to pass through. Long ago, OEM pistons restricted this oil flow because the holes were too small. This is no longer the case. Oil flow is controlled by the shim stack.
The shim stack is a bunch of washers of different thickness and diameter. I change the shim stack to get the damping curve I want.
The color of the piston makes no difference.
Bracket Racing
Why you should start Bracket Racing:
Rather than base racing classes on the motorcycle we should base the classes on the riders. We race because we want to battle with our friends but most of our racing time is spent zooming around by ourselves.
WERA tested this idea with the ED Sorbo International Invitational.
Moto West GP has 4 Bracket Classes. You pick the time spread that works for you. The only rules are that you get DQ’ed if you break out and you can’t use an on board timer.
In my 6 lap bracket race yesterday I remember making 6 passes but I think there were more. I was battling from start to finish. I know that next month I will be in the same kind of race. How cool is that?!
Logan’s Springs
Just walked in the door now! Night and day difference the bike actually wants to hold a turn now. Thanks so much
No, Logan, Thank You!
Old School
Check out these trick old school forks for a Z-1. That’s a ‘76 KZ900 to you kids.
Epic Day
Henry has an Ohlins TTX shock and Ohlins fork kit on his R-1. Here is what he had to say on my FB page:
“Special thank you to Ed Sorbo from Lindemann Engineering for giving my bike a new life. Rebuild & re-valve OEM forks w/öhlins kit, new fork springs, rebuild & re-valve öhlins shock and respring the shock spring to fit my new weight. If you …think you are fast, wait until you get your suspension dialed in. Go see him at any MotoYard.com track day or race weekend and have him start clicking on your suspensions. The difference is like day and night, plus you save your tires by having adequate settings.”
And by E Mail after I sent his paid invoice:
“Got it thanks Ed. Yesterday was an epic day for me. I towed Rocky around for a few laps and I had never gone this fast on this track. Thank you so much for giving me confidence and making me a faster rider.”
The track was Willow Springs. “Rocky” is a MotoYard.com instructor. “Epic Day” needs no explanation.
Nice Legs
When I’m done with Hennry’s R-1, her legs will go all the way up.