Track Day Suspension Vendor, Sat & Sun, Sept 17 & 18 @ CVR with: https://www.2wheelstrackdays.com/
$50 for a full day of suspension set up:
Lindemann Engineering! My name is Ed Sorbo, I’m your Suspension Guy! Do you want to know why?
Does your bike chatter, wobble, or skip. Jinx, jive, or possibly dip.
For just fifty dollars, a very small fee. I can fix all of that, just leave it to me.
I’ll set your clickers, and adjust the pre-load. Not just for the track, it will help on the road.
Not only crew chief, but a riding coach too. I’ll give you advice, so you’ll know what to do.
First lap slowly, to get the feel. Then each one faster, that’s the deal.
Look through the turn, and never coast. Remember to breath, to that we toast.
Now off the track, to debrief with me. Communication, is really the key.
With you and your bike, I’ll work all day long. For just fifty bucks, how could you go wrong?
When you send me shop work, you get fifty back. Plus improved suspension, wherever it lacks.
If in need of help, then have you no fear. I’m easy to reach, I’m set up right here.
It’s about time to ride, the weather is fair. We’ll have some fun, and hey, lets be careful out there. 

For Sale, 1994 Yamaha V-Max, 16,835 miles, Mechanically Sound, Frame Brace, Aftermarket Exhaust System, Corbin Sat, Papers, Thermal CA. $4000 OBO.

I’ll be in Rich Oliver’s Mystery School, Pro Camp, Sept 22-25th. There is still room for you. You don’t need to be a pro racer to learn and enjoy this challenge.

Link: https://www.richoliver.net/collections/courses/products/ultra-pro-camp

I learned to fix stuff in Hawaii where corrosion is a common problem. This was a stuck banjo bolt on a F4 race car coolant tank. Step one is to drill the head off. Step two is to cut the bolt off flush. Step three is to drill out the bold leaving just the threads. Final step is to remove the threads of the bolt and clean up the tank threads.

My SV and TTR125’s are back in the shop after an awesome weekend at Willow with WERA. Three wins and three 2nds on the SV including multiple T-9 passes. On the Monday after the TTR’s did a full day of personal coaching on the Willow Kart Track. Now back to work on the F-4 car.

Controls with slop make for poor control. The aluminum clutch adjuster that I ordered is made for a larger cable end. This just can’t be. So I made a sleeve out of Delrin and put the world back in order. Why yes, that is the stock fork cap on my 2014 SV650. Because it has been winning races with the damper rod forks it came with. The springs are stronger, the oil is thicker and the holes in the rod are different sizes. $385 to rebuild, valve & spring your damper rod forks. Bike builds with this kind of detail cost a little more.

This Mini is a track day car.  The Dr. Seuss looking contraption on the front helps me run a string line along both sides of the car.  Just like using string from the sides of a motorcycle rear wheel past its front wheel.  The string projects the center line outside the edges allowing me to measure the front and rear of the wheels to calculate Toe angle.

The car wheels have been replaced by “Set Up Wheels.”  They are set to match the height of the tires and have bearings on the bottom so they move easily when I make changes to the car set up.  If you change any of the adjusters with the tires installed, the sidewalls flex taking up your change.  Then you have to bounce and roll the car to see what difference your change made.  Set Up Wheels save time and vast amounts of frustration.

Under the Set Up Wheels are four scales.  Just like a motorcycle, the weight balance is critical for happy tires/car/driver.  On a motorcycle you need to think about the weight balance front to back.  With a car you deal with, front to rear, side to side and most complicating, Cross Balance.  That is the left front to the right rear and right front to left rear.  Of course, a change to any one corner effects everything else.  On a street car with the driver on one side, compromise is the best you can do.

The scales are resting on stands that let me correct for the uneven floor and make it much easier to work under the car.

Say it with me: Ride Height, Caster, Camber, Toe, Corner Weight and Repeat.