TimTheAzn

11 hours ago, CBR doc said:

Did my first track day this weekend at Pittrace and am now thoroughly hooked. Met a lot of great people and got a ton of good advice. Tim, sorry I didn't get a chance to work with you, but I got a lot of great coaching from some of your colleagues. Already signed up for Nelson Ledges on 7/31-8/1 and can't wait!

I'll be there too.

Rookie!? This forum needs to check itself, I've been around since 2008 lol.

56 minutes ago, Uncle Punk said:

Really???

He already has a 890R and a second gen S1000XR. What the hell is his problem?

 

I'm really jealous of the new current XR. 

This is nothing new haha. I saw it on instagram.

haha I just saw Nivin got a busa. That man has already owned more motorcycles than I will during my entire life.

Couple vids from the weekend.

What kind of brake feel are you looking for? Are you looking for a progressive pad or one that has an initial bite?

1 hour ago, ricer1 said:

I borrowed a FJR for an Iron Butt last year and decided I really enjoy endurance riding. I have been looking at 2014+ FJR's because the cruise is a MUST for long distance slab riding. The Connie not having cruise is a deal breaker! A sport touring bike without cruise is not even a consideration for me. My Ninja H2 SX SE has cruise, both the Connie and The H2 are manufactured by Kaw, I don't get the reasoning for the Connie not having cruise. I would consider the new generation Goldwing, but the extra weight is my only issue.  

The new goldwing hides it weight reallllllly well. I was shocked tbh.

God's speed for that daily commute.

What do you need painted? I know a guy. DM me.

2 hours ago, Bad324 said:

oh man you two are riding together again and getting BBQ...almost makes me want to pick up two wheels again

Jesus here we go again...

yaaaas! Nice ride.

Couple shots from the other weekend coaching.

Swapped around some wheels and tires. Doesn’t look too bad with gold wheels.

You sure they havent cancelled?

29 minutes ago, what said:

Yeah I don't get it. It's the ONE thing that every org drills into everybody at every track day. Don't cross the blend line out of pit lane, and signal and stay off the line at X location when entering pit lane. Still, some people don't understand. 

I did find out the guys that were being weird got knocked down to I group after getting a talking to so at least the CR's were doing their job. 

 

Also, got my first wins last weekend with the minis. Took long enough... 😅 Moving up to expert this season has been fun.

Congrats! I'll never see a podium again now that I'm an expert .

Dang will be at nelsons that weekend. Would've brought the tea and crumpet machine down for a few pulls. I have no idea what it makes since Horde's dyno was 1/2 broke when I went and got it tuned.

Some people have normal work schedules PAUL.

And some of us don't have street motorcycles. Details... details...

On 5/27/2021 at 10:58 AM, what said:

Spent the weekend at NCM, had a good time. There were a few knuckleheads in A group though unaccustomed to signaling pit-in and generally swoopy/slow. I pretty much spent the day working on brake markers and tip-in points rather than pushing pace. I also found out I need to go down another spring weight in the front, seems I lost too much weight over the winter.

It's amazing how even some A group riders still do shitty with signaling to pit in. I signal early. 

15 hours ago, motocat12 said:

I got a used series SH866AA off a zx14 cheap. Not many people know it's a series one too.

The smaller one is usually for monitoring no?(flywheel position sensor wires )

Ah yea thats probably for the crank position sensor. Good call.

1 hour ago, mello dude said:

That is a common issue in the VFR world, heck Honda world too.  The charging system sucks, so the typical fix is to ditch the OEM R/R and goto a Shindengen SH847 or FH020 from Roadstercycle http://roadstercycle.com/

Then wire it direct to the battery. Also ... eliminate the connector R/R to the stator and solder the wires together. 

Cheers 

I went with the SH847 and got it from Jack at roadstercycle. So there are still 2 quick connectors in my charging harness, the ones that are directly off the stator that plug into the harness. All of the quick connectors coming off the r/r are now soldered.

Will finish the install after work today. I'm now debating soldering the ones right off the stator, but there are 2 plugs off the stator. A 3 wire plug (I know where that goes) and another smaller one. Idk what that one is. So I was hesitant to cut those quick connectors off.

44 minutes ago, Pauly said:

I installed a new update on mine this weekend. I believe I can now choose between street and race algorithms. I will double check later. 

Yea you should be able to. Idk if you have to flash it if you want to switch back and forth or not. I'd only have it set to one setting in my use-case anyway.

1 hour ago, Pauly said:

I bought new Alpinestars Wake Air jacket and pants from @RidersDiscount. That should do well for the summer and I feel confident the TechAir vest will adequately provide an extra layer of safety in case of a get off or random idiot behind the wheel. 

I like the vest a lot. Its unobtrusive and simple to use. Plus, I dont have to use it with any specific jackets. It's a stand alone product that can be used inside any jacket that has room for the airbag to deploy. It's no more expensive than a quality helmet. Retail is $700 and after my $26k helicopter ride in April...that's a bargain. Besides, I just up'd the insurance rider that covers my safety gear to replace it if the unfortunate occurs. 

Everyone riding on the street should consider it. It's a cool piece of kit. 

Even some track guys use it instead of the tech air race. Because the a*'s are having production issues with getting enough tech air race's produced due to microchips (or so I've heard). STG offered to do a swap with my tech air race (ordered in December) to the tech air 5.

But considering I spent $1600+ on a suit I want my LED's to work and have my 2 deployments.

1 hour ago, ksands22 said:

I got the bump in the morning to I. Hopefully we can work together the next time you are CR for I. 

Congrats! Welcome to the thunder dome!

2 hours ago, ksands22 said:

Yeah that could have been real bad. I noticed you start to panic while Big Jim and I were talking.  Glad you were able to get it out without a total loss. 

Yea man, I was wanting to work with you too but my day was cut very short.