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WAAAAAY more lol. Should have about 185 at the wheel after flash/tune.

Sad to see the triumph go but it's time for a modern, purpose built machine. 😁

I'm doing a thing. Those in the know can shush. 🙂

If weather isn't shit next weekend I may be up for a ride. And yes, Jimbo rides were always ...quick.

I'll be at NCM this weekend.

If you have a lithium battery you can just unhook it. They dont really need to sit on a tender so long as theres no drain.

New rearsets arrived for the race bike. Old ones snapped like a twig.

I was commenting on tracks in the immediate Ohio area. Obviously outside this area a bunch of orgs run all kinds of tracks. And ok. I didn't know if you guys were affiliated with Lean or EvolveGT at all since I've seen overlap with some of your people/etc from time to time.

The way I test my air pressure is I ride into a large body of water and see if the tires make the bike float upside down or if I just keep riding along on the bottom. If the bike doesn't float then I need to increase my air pressure. I will say though neutral buoyancy is about where you want it set for track though as you don't want too much air in there reducing the contact patch.

Q3+ and done. Sticky with decent lifespan.

A taller tire should make you drag hard parts before you run out of lean angle, typically. Example - I went from a wider/taller tire on the Grom to a thinner tall tire. I ran out of lean angle on the wider/tall tire beforeI ran out of grip. On the newer thinner tire I run out of grip before I run out of lean angle. Obviously I'd rather run out of lean angle first however the wider tires cause a really bad geometry tearing issue that is not solvable and kills my front tire after 1 race weekend. The difference in maximum lean angle is not much but it's there. Now that I know where that maximum angle is, I can get off the bike more right before that point to lessen the impact on corner speed.

The reason for running a taller+wider tire is the profile is generally better at full lean and will give a little more lean angle. Tip-in would also be quicker than with a more flattened out tire. You'd get more contact patch out of a taller tire giving you more grip at lean but that's only because you run out of contact patch sooner on a flatter tire when you exceed the tire edge - Lean angle is a bit more limited on a thinner tire but that's fine as you can compensate by getting off the bike more. You don't want to exceed the tire edge.

N2 runs Pittrace, and I think(?) they are affiliated with the org that runs Nelson's now days. Other orgs around the area to look at are Sportbike Track Time, Midwest Track Days, Trackday Winner, Evolve GT and the Mid Ohio PTR program (this track is VERY good-weather-dependent). An R6 or any 600 should be fine as a starter track bike, an sv650 as Tim mentioned above would also be a great choice. Heck, even your FZ6 would work. Really you can bring just about any street bike to a novice track day and do fine. What bike you're on does impact your lap times, however a capable rider could take a clapped out beater and give people on brand new 1000's the business. Make sure the bike you bring to the track is in good working order but after that focus on improving yourself, that's where the real progress comes from at the track. 👍

Unless you're having trouble finding a good tire in the stock size or you have a specific application of using a non-stock size in mind I would stick with what the manufacturer recommends. There should be a decent selection of 160 tires available from most tire manufacturers and 150/160 is listed as stock for your bike.

I don't think anyone is saying track is superior to street riding, they are two totally different things. I will say that investing myself in track/racing over the last couple seasons has led to a pretty significant amount of growth in my ability as a rider overall (at least I feel like it has, other people can fill in for me whether or not it's true). Something I would not have been able to achieve if I were only riding street. Think of it as combining multiple similar disciplines to make your overall riding ability better and ultimately safer in any environment. That said, I have never ridden dirt, and dirt is also an amazing training/learning environment. That's on my to-do list at some point for sure.

Today I found out the grom crashes pretty well, except for the foot pegs. Adjustable rearsets already ordered. Race grom giveth, and race grom taketh away(my money).

congrats on the new bike. I'd like to make it to 1 or 2 OR rides next season. Would be a good time.

Some photos from the final race weekend of the season. Got 4th in race one, 3rd in race two. Not a bad way to wrap up the year.

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so a naked with an H2 engine? meh

The trip to Tally last year was fun but yeah it was quite a haul for 3 days. It was pretty chilly down there too, like 40's and 50's. Still, it was a day at the track at the very end of November so /shrug

This is what I've heard directly from Dunlop and Pirelli reps as well. It just comes down to the amount of rubber left on the tire, as that has a direct effect on how the tire heats up and distributes that heat.

North of Atlanta or out in Colorado. I'd say California for year round riding plus proximity to a number of tracks, but I don't think I could take living in that state to be honest.

you're not fooling anyone, you clearly can't even drag knee.