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Used silver D-ring rivet race (12mm?) from KurveyGirl. Rattling loose was definitely not a problem, partly because of the thickness stackup, and partly because most of them had a significant shear load due to the tight fit of the pre-production bodywork I was running. I made some custom aluminum reinforcement plates to keep them from tearing out of the fiberglass: Thanks to Ray of SBImage for the super hi-res photos which made the above ludicrous-zoom possible.

What he said. Right brain loves the orange but left brain loves the forged wheels more. I have a few cans of fluorescent orange rustoleum left in my basement - it will look great for the first 32 hours or so of sun exposure.

Probably mental. I generally feel more comfortable with left hand turns, and I think it stems from two things: 1) On the dirtcycle where you may have a tendency to take your inside foot off the peg, there is definitely some comfort associated with your outside foot still having access to the rear brake. 2) On the street at intersections left hand turns are much larger radius that right hand turns. However I did begin to notice that I generally perform better in right hand turns on the track for some reason.

I had one. It was tits. What do you want to know? P.S. Looking for something comparable with OBDII input for a car right now, if anyone has any recommendations. Best I've found so far is the AIM Solo DL.

Last time I was there I saw a guy on a new CBR1000RR in tennis shoes. Pretty sure he didn't have a kill switch. That's all I know - we were running cars.

That and the front forks being on the oil locks in that pic.

Weren't you doing that for fun on those Super Dukes at MO?

It's a Honda not a Pontiac - just run it at operating temp. I don't like romping on things that aren't fully warmed up.

I remember my first and only day of doing burnouts too. Normally unneccesary on the 600, I went to the track on opening day, and with no rubber down yet I was spinning bad halfway through second gear, and I figured a burnout might help. The starting line grandstand was pretty full by this time, and I was nervous as hell about screwing this up. I straddled the bike, grabbed a handful of front brake, put as much weight as I possibly could on the bars, revved it up and started letting the clutch out. At some point I turned around to make sure the tire was spinning and it wasn't just the clutch slipping, and I was shocked by the GINORMOUS wall of white tire smoke I had created in such a short time. That was one for the spectators. After I realized how easy it was, I got pretty cocky with it and was leaning the bike from side to side to get more of the tire. I didn't have the balls to roll out of it the way the cool kids do though, I would just grab the clutch to end the burnout and then proceed from there. Just reminiscing... good times.

No, I was on a CBR600F4i. He was topped out at 69 before the 1/8th, and I passed him at 120 near the 1/4. It's bracket racing, google it. He was dialed in at 14-something, I was dialed in at 11-something, so he got a three second head start. Only dirtbikes left in the stable now. I'm sometimes OK with that.

Here's my e-credentials for posting like I know what I'm talking about. From my one and only time bracket racing a motorcycle. There was some serious competition that night. Epic race story: There were five entries. Myself, a buddy, a guy on a quad, and two guys who showed up expecting test and tune that I had to explain bracket racing to. I was actually lined up to race my buddy in Rd 1, when the two new guys proposed we split up and race them because they "race each other on the street all the time and want to do something different for a change." We eliminated them while the quad took the bye. Rd2 my buddy drew the bye while I took on the guy who was pretty optimistic about how fast his quad was (despite a handful of practice passes that said otherwise). It was kinda fun giving a three second head start and then blowing by at a 50+ mph speed differential. I beat my buddy in an epic final round showdown, taking home the 3ft winnar trophy while he got a 1ft runner up. I think he was actually pretty jealous of that, especially since it sat at his house for a month or so before I picked it up, since his girlfriend was the only one we knew at the track that night with a car. :trophy:

Agreed. Drag racing a 600 is boring enough as it is after the first 15ft. I think the really fast guys though (and by really fast, I mean the ones riding equipment that actually justifies having a tether kill switch requirement) never even get their feet back on the pegs.

Quick shifter does an ignition kill that accomplishes the same thing as the throttle roll-off when you're doing it yourself. I've never looked at an air shifter setup, but I assume it must do an ignition kill as well, just adding an air cylinder to replace what you would do with your foot.

It's not forcing it if done right. Bike transmissions are quite different than todays' street cars. Most modern sportbikes have a significant undercut on the dogs and it works very smoothly. Just a relatively light preload and quick breathe off the throttle. I personally only like doing it at high-rpm WOT, where there is a significant engagement load on the current gear to preload against. Better to have someone who knows what they're doing explain it to you in person. Guy at the dragstrip my first time when I was nervous about it actually knelt and pushed down on my toes to give me a feel for how much preload it takes - it was akward for a second until I realized what he was doing. P.S. On a random side note about the differences between car and bike transmissions, I'm driving a manual trans car again for the first time in 10 years. I backed out of a parking spot at Chpotle today and was blocked out of first. I tried to do what I would do in a bike in that situation - preload the shifter and let the clutch out a little bit. The proper answer would have been to spin the mainshaft back up in neutral and let the synchros do their job. I'm sure anyone who heard the grinding got a chuckle out of the guy that can't drive a stick.

You have nearly twice as much torque at 7500, and I've never even ridden an I4 superbike, so I don't even know if that's even usable in first gear. Start off easy and go from there.

I learned clutchless shifting at the drag strip long before I ever made it out to the track. It proved key to keeping the front end down by not giving the rear suspension a chance to rebound. You're going to head all the way to Geauga just to hang and take it all in? How about you sign out some KTMs an meet me at 42 or MCIR? Wish I still had a sportsickle. The clutch in my 600s showed no ill effects after many drag launches, but I wasn't quite a 60ft hero. I would hold at 8 at the line, and guess I would end up slipping about 10. Quick internet search for a dyno graph shows peak torque at 11.1, seems about right. I'm no pro but I DO post on the internet.

Congrats. How much notice do you need to rent a jet and fly me somewhere?

I'm at that point right now. Thing is, I've done it twice before, and after the first time I said I'd never do it again. You know what they say about the definition of insanity... All that free time is expensive, and after awhile trying to find a reason to get out of bed everyday is almost as depressing as just getting up and going to work everyday.

Never ran at Thompson - hopefully someone else can verify their rules (or lack thereof).

^ What he said. Where you headed? Thompson? Chances are you just need what you normally wear for riding (assuming helmet, jacket, gloves, long pants and boots that cover the ankle) and nothing special for the bike.

Sounds like a vicious circle of shoddy work to me. Come to think of it every bike I've ever seen with an AFJ sticker on it LBTS. I've lost all respect for you clowns. I'll probably regret this post in the morning, but while I'm still drunk... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpZm1TstpjQ

I want 5 or 10. I'm good for either number, whatever works for you considering supply and demand.

The difference is probably all in your head (brain and/or nose), unless you normally run 87 and the bike dials out timing with a knock sensor. There also may be a small gain due to lack of alcohol content - I gave up trying to figure out how much alcohol is in pump gas these days. Since the fuel is leaded, long term use can damage catalytic convertors and oxygen sensors, if so equipped. I run CAM2 in my 125cc two-stroke dirtbike for three reasons, none of them really good: 1) I only burn a gallon or two each ride 2) It seems to be more consistent than pump gas with respect to jetting 3) It seems to burn cleaner and reduce carbon deposits in the motor I ran CAM2 in my 100cc two-stroke race kart for the above reasons plus the fact that any alcohol content would fail fuel testing for oxygenation. Neither of the above motors actually required 110 octane. Basically you're just paying a premium for consistent, quality pure fuel.

I hate tether kill switch requirements even more than gate fees.

Spectators are always free at Briarcliff.