A successful first round. The reffing went well, with only one spill on Saturday, and no crashes on Sunday. First time I can remember the ambulance sitting idling all weekend, with no red flags. Awesome. Also got out on the bike, courtesy of Rod at TPL racing http://tplracing.blogspot.com/ -- on Sunday am, he flagged the first trackday session so I could get out on the mono -- put in another 7-8 laps. Bike ran well, if not a little cool, and I think it was jetted too rich in the main -- wouldn't seem to pull to redline or the rev limiter. Had a 150 in, will go down to a 147.5 for the next try. Bike handles pretty good -- still need some seat time, but got my knee down! Pretty good considering the few laps I put in. No, I haven't carved off a few inches yet, but its a good sign. Gonna raise the forks up in the triples 5mm to get some more weight over the front. Not used to the "mass centralization" -- feels like the front isn't planted. The frame was origninally designed to work with tz250 forks, so perhaps these street forks, with more travel, are a bit too tall.
This is my final kick at the cat re tachometers. This is a SunTach -- claims to work with any ignition system, any combo of cylinders, any machine -- even a deisel. It appears to work as promised, with a shift light that can be set just under the 10000 rpm mark. Nice, small, simple to hook up. Had to add a hadlebar switch so it wouldn't constantly draw the battery voltage. Trying to make it idiot-proof; hence the reminder.
Oil changed from the Motul petro-based break in oil to Torco semi-synthetic. Might re-install the thermostat, as the bike peaked at 162 F after several laps on a hot day...
Oil changed from the Motul petro-based break in oil to Torco semi-synthetic. Might re-install the thermostat, as the bike peaked at 162 F after several laps on a hot day...
