Results
1 rider showed up so late he could not ride, but he did crew.
1 rider crashed 1 time.
1 rider crashed 6 times.
One rider got sick and could not do his last stint.
We got 3 wrong front brake levers.
The intake manifold broke.
The clutch cable came loose.
We ran out of gas once.
We got a 5 lap penalty for speeding in the pits.
We started the race with the same tire that did the 24 hour last year + a bunch of sprint races and other riding in the year since.
The outside of the exhaust valve spring retainer wore away so that the larger spring was just flopping around leaving only the inner spring to hold the exhaust valve up.
The exhaust valve touched the piston a few times.
We won our class and finished 2nd overall.
In order to finish first, first you must finish.
Happy Rider
Brian sent us his ’07 Ninja 250 forks after his friend rode it and told him the front end was so bad it was dangerous. We installed new stronger spring, thicker oil c
Got the new forks on the bike this evening after work. Wow. People kept telling me that it would be like a whole different bike but I wasn’t really able to conceptualize exactly how the bike would perform.
I rode for about an hour after I got everything put back to gather to shake everything out and was nothing short of amazed. I realize now that I had been using my biceps to soak up the energy that the forks and springs should have
been handling.
Knowing how the bike feels now as compared to how I had been riding around I agree with my friend’s assessment that it was downright dangerous.
Thanks for the hard work and if I meet any one else with the same issues I’ll send them your way.
Regards,
Brian
“eXhausted Racers”
The “eXhausted Racers” won the M1GP 24 Hour XR 100 Class last year. This year they have a faster bike and have added me to their rider list. Lindemann Engineering has finished with the shock and has started on the forks.
We race next weekend on the Willow Kart Track. It will be my 12th 24 Hour race. Come out and throw water on me!
Bruce wins 6!
Earlier this year I won a race thus giving me race wins in 4 connective decades. My friend Bruce Lind just made 6:
“I crossed the line ahead of Don Roberts in the 250GP class at Miller Motorsports park this past Sunday. That gives me a race win in six decades. 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, 11’s.
Really looking forward to the full 23 turn 4.4 mile course at Miller on October 1/2. This will complete my 48th season “on the pavement”!”
Go Bruce! Go!
Bikes 73 & 74
Thanks to Dennis who loned me his 250 Ninja to race at Streets last month where I took 2nd. That made the number of bikes I’ve raced 73. Bike 74 is thanks too Niccole who loned me her 250 Ninja to race at Willow this month where I took 3rd.
Waiting For Tires
Today, I rode the Fischer MRX at Willow Springs in a MotoYard track day. I used it as my Lead/Follow bike with an EDventure Racing client. I rode 3 times for 7 laps each with a best lap of 1.42.82, the weather was hot and windy. Standard Willow weather. I need to drop 10 seconds for a good race time. Tires will help, I had a 2 year old take off slick on the front and a wasted take off DOT on the rear. They are what I had sitting around the shop… Tomorrow I’ll mount good tires.
Problems include: The bike is sprung for the owner who weights a lot more then me, I ran a full tank. Mid range jetting was rich, fixed tonight. Tach needle was jumping around because of a poor ground, fixed tonight. I had the forks all the way down in the claps for more trail but the bike needed more weight on the front so I set the fork height to stock.
Cool stuff: People like to look at this bike. It does not have a steering damper but does not wobble. All the changes I made did what I expected them to do. No new scratches. The first scratch happened at my shop. I got all the small stuff like shift lever height and throttle play adjusted just so.
Today I also re-valved a shock and re-build another. As well as doing a few small jobs on the Ninja 250 I’m racing on Sunday.
It was a good day.
Fischer MRX
The Fischer MRX is ready for testing at Willow Springs on Friday and racing this weekend. LE fork and shock springs and valving. EDventure Racing everything else.
Enought Time?
Racing this weekend.
Loading, driving & setting up tomorrow.
Bikes are not ready yet.
Will I make it?!
GP Shift
The Fischer is now set up for GP shift. In this photo you can also see the Penske resivor that is on the stock Ohlins shock, the light rear wheel, the M-4 Slip-On and in the background the other Fischer MRX.
Fischer Question
Someone posted a comment asking “for a couple grand more couldn’t u have bought the “race version”?
The answer is: There is no race version of the Fischer MRX. We did get the optional light wheels but not the Ohlins forks because we knew that Lindemann Engineering could make the stock forks and Ohlins shock work as well a anything.
Here’s a cool photo of the bike to check out.