TimTheAzn

Ah yea forgot you have some close ties to Kennedy's iirc. If you have any questions about the last gen (not the one that just came out) you can probably ask @blue03636 he's been balls deep into his for a couple years now. His is set up really well and has been reliable.

What new liter bike are you looking for? I personal friends with the owners of Barnes Bro's in PA and they've been known to give good deals. If you're in the market for a suzuki, ktm, kawi, or yamaha.

Even on the 1000rr? I thought you loved that bmw!

I found it!

Yea that stuff has popped up at the range local to me. Wish that buffalo cartridge place was closer to cleveland. 4hr round trip for me.

Motul! Oh wait I thought this was an oil thread.

TELLL MEEEEE I just got a new toy and cant even play with it in good conscious.

I'll buy it for $10 a box

This makes no sense. OH to NJ for riding in Dec....

PM'd

I will offer you 5 handy's. I have tiny asian hands so anything I hold with them makes that object look bigger. It's a bonus.

Here is a great video:

Some constructive feedback from what I see in that short video: I see the your nose diving a lot under braking. It goes up and down and up and down. Try to be smooth on that first 5% of braking. Also be smooth on that last 5% when you're coming off of the lever. When you aren't - you upset the chassis which upsets the bike which fucks with the contact patches your tires have to the pavement. (Something you want to avoid.) Also you can think "lighter longer" meaning you are on the brakes lighter but for a longer period of time. You don't need to get all of the braking done when you are straight up and down. Ultimately once you start applying the brakes - you want to carry the brakes and trailing off of them all the way to the apex. Not on/off on/off. Now don't get me wrong, you can't carry a bunch of lean angle and a bunch brakes at the same time. You'll tuck the front. That is why we trail off of them as we add lean angle. You'd be amazed at what just putting the pad to the rotor does for slowing the bike when you are leaned over. These bikes are designed to be steered on the brakes. Get a feel for putting pad to rotor in the garage pushing the bike around. Just walk it and then gently pull the brake lever until you can hear/feel the pads touch the rotors. That is the kind of sensitivity I'm talking about. A front tire can take more than you'd expect. But it won't if you're abrupt with it, you have to load the tire before you work the tire. Speed = Radius. As you slow you are able to get your radius tighter aka your bike pointed where you want to go. The faster you get your bike pointed the faster you can then reduce lean angle and add throttle. The longer you're on the throttle around a track the faster you'll go (obviously). With you being on a liter bike this is really important. We don't call those 1k bikes point and shoot for no reason :). Try to focus on being smooth. Smooth with your application (on and off) of the brake. Smooth with the application of the throttle. Smooth bar inputs. You'll get there, just keep coming out and you'd be surprised at when you can do!

I got a zuma

Sold.

Welcome to the madness

Looking to get something else. Specifically a CZ 75 SP01. Only reason I'm considering selling. FNX40 w/ Gen3 Inforce APL and kydex light-compatible holster. Less than 200 rounds through it. Shoots great. I have 200+ fmj's to go with it as well as a box of hydrashocks. $675obo for OR

How's the Chy-na bike?

Jesus H .....

That makes me sound a lot smarter than I actually am. I just wanted a new suit - My second hand RST has been great and still has life. It will now be a back-up.

Yea going to hop back onto a 600 for 2021. I probably should've never left the 600's but I bought a 1k, crashed/highsided it and lost a lot of confidence so that's when I went sv650. Which has made me a much better rider but since I'm going to focus more on trackdays than racing next season - riding with friends on bigger bikes while I'm on an sv is pretty non-existent as I get gapped on any part of the track that requires power lol.

Just bought one of these. Can't wait for next season!

I don't know anyone on OR that's done both. I know @Jester_ has done Barber.

What's that sticker say?

Can I ride my zuma?