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In October I traded my ol R6 plus some cash for a 2015 R1. It was stock aside from and exhaust and tune, but I bought some brake pads, take offs, and body work and headed down by NC Bike to do the trade. I got the bike at 5 and was at the track by 6 tearing it apart. I spent the evening swapping tires, and body work. Ended up with a bit of a half and half bike by the end of a late night\early morning. Ended up getting out for the 11am session and rode 4 sessions before I had to pack up. I was there by myself and was on a new to me bike on stock suspension (springs, fluid everything) and needed to get home for work monday morning and it was an 8 hour drive or something like that so I took it pretty easy and left early. Was still able to run some low-mid 30s which is 4 seconds or so off my best on the R6 but I was happy with that for the first time on the bike and getting used to it. Plans for the winter for me are send out the stock forks and shock for proper springs and refresh. I bought a bike side flash kit from FTECU as well as an autoblip. Got a different tank shroud which changes the shape of the gas tank a bit and also getting the CCU (integrated gps lap timer from yamaha) and hopefully get the bodywork painted if I have any money left over. Got some clip ons, radiator\oil cooler guards and woodcraft key eliminator and driven gas cap setup today from @RidersDiscount . There are probably some things I am missing, but doing the basics to turn it into a track bike. Pumped to learn this bike this next year, its going to be a big adjustment.

Passing when I want to instead of waiting for the "perfect" moment is going to be my main focus this season. I need to follow people closer and give less safety buffer between my front wheel and their rear wheel. Improving drive out of corners and braking later are #2 priorities (but these are something I'll always be working on). Finding the person in front of me's weak spots, setting up the pass with that information and then executing it successfully is one of my favorite things in life.

This is actually a pretty big deal. I didn't happen under Obama, and couldn't have happened under Hillary.

mmmmm....The SDGT. I wanted one so bad, but $20k+ for a bike will never happen in my lifetime! This SDR craigslist find was a stroke of luck - damaged enough to devalue it significantly, but nothing truly important was hurt. I've become a naked bike convert, if only because every faired bike I've owned created one problem or another. The airflow off the screens is either loud, turbulent, blocks cooling air in the summer, doesn't block enough in the cold, or all of the above. Nice to hide behind in a downpour on I75, but otherwise windscreens are not so awesome. I still have a few screens lying around from old bikes. On the naked SDR, the air flow is smooth and quiet. There's just a lot of it, all the time. I can do 75mph on the highway all day, but admittedly it took a while for me to get used to the wind pressure, and then It was good. 80mph continuously for about an hour is all I can take, then need to slow down. Downside to going naked is I have to wear or carry more gear - it's surprisingly cold on the highway with ambient temps below 70. The heat off the radiator/engine is easily tolerated or avoided, the frame doesn't get hot, no hand numbing buzz in the bars, plenty of leg room (I'm 6'1" 190lb nekid), comfy riding position, all make the SDR the magical unicorn of bikes I've always wanted. I did have to add some foam to the stock seat, now my butt lasts thru a tank of gas. The stock seat was only good for about 1.5hr then I needed to stop. The ergo seat was good for about 2hrs before my underside started burning. And now I'm rambling... Thanks for the welcome!

I was hoping you meant the first part of the new bike, as in, they are shipping it to you in parts that you then get to assemble until spring.

Just found this place from an online search. Looking forward to reading a lot of the threads here and getting to know y’all. I’ve been riding sport bikes and standards since 2000 and dirt bikes and quads prior. Looking forward to some warmer weather and spending some days behind days behind bars.

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I only bought 2 Mid-O passes this year. I hope to run Summit/Pitt/NC if possible.

Riiiiight... was doing 47-48s last time. I'm assuming you mean getting passed practice? I'll try not to buzz you too bad.

Yellow plater for lyfe right here

Watch yourself in pits once you do that. I about dropped my bike last year cause i forgot i bumped it up. Went to turn and the wheel didn't turn. Haha.

You and me both. I think once I get used to the power I could do some damage on this thing.

I group hero here!

Ya the oem quickshifter is very smooth. When I put the dash on race mode you cant see that stuff haha. But you can connect to the bike woth bluetooth and pull some data of you want. We just need you up in A.

Not since we lived in WV almost a decade ago.

Sounds great Jeremy. Myself and friends have had a few good weekends in SEO over the years. We usually grab a hotel in Marrietta for "home base", take off in the morning, ride all day, eat at bob evens, grab beer at the gas station, and spend the evenings standing around the bikes in the hotel parking lot telling lies about how fast we are. And yes, this battle our girl has been fighting has been sooo hard. She is lying in her hospice bed right now, right next to my "Dad chair", sleeping. I have to keep looking to make sure she is still breathing. So freaking sad. But, we have learned how truly great people are - we have been helped by so many folks during this time, bringing us meals during rough times, even donating money so we can keep the heat on while my wife is off work. There ARE good people in this world, country, state, town - despite what is seen on the news every night. Thanks for the greeting, and look forward to riding with you and others on the forum this summer!

Damn kids with no real bills