TwiztedRabbit

We started with a BRAND SPANKING NEW never been touched Virgin 2017 Yamaha R6 , Zero miles in crate. I had the pleasure of taking her cover off, I was like a kid at Christmas.. oh wait this is my Christmas.. for the next decade lol.

Ok guys, I've had a few people ask for this over the last day so why not. I will be updating as we accomplish things... So over the last few years I've been racing off and on between coaching and playing around. After taking a Hwt Twins championship and 7th in 600 superbike novice in 2017. I've decided to take my Racing a bit more serious. I know other than WERA and CCS it wont go anywhere, but its all about the fun for me. The second it becomes a chore or I'm not having fun it's time to stop. That said my buddy Joe and I decided that if we are going to do it... lets start fresh. I'll post here too but PLEASE check out Turn One Racing on FB it's my friends race shop where we are doing all the work. and he is my main "Sponsor" this upcoming year. So I present to you Rabbit's (Jason) Turn One Racing Yamaha R6 Racebike build.

not today but last weekend.. we tore the bike down

get it now so you have time t touch and caress her all winter before you go make some middle weigh bikes cry... and a couple 1000s wonder why they haven't walked you in some of the straights....

to expound on Craig.. correct.. its usage we run significantly lower tire pressures on track.. I run my rear tire at 19-25 psi hot depending on track conditions.. this allows for a larger contact and traction zone.. so the tire can go past the edgeline but this is far less than ideal.... we use BP and other controls to keep it as far off that as we can while getting around said corner as quickly as traction will allow

another thing is everyone is diff physically .. look at dudes that drag knee everywhere or elbows... they maybe just lankier than myself or others. there are so many people that are at a moderate pace dragging everything when others don't touch anything and would beat them by seconds... I use my knee as a quick guide.. it taps then lifted at apex as a reference of my start of aggressive cornering.. I allow it to touch then pull it in as I reach my max lean at apex then it skims the ground and off as on the gas... I couldn't get my elbow down unless I wrecked... I have long legs and Trex arms... BP again is very important. and you need to solidify the base now.. if you don't.. you are limiting your own performance and as you progress things will get more uncomfortable... getting the BP right now will allow you to tweek it as you get smoother and quicker.. remember that you don't learn one BP then that's it... it is constantly evolving.. to your pace. this will also effect your line choice and brake points.

like I said.. they have far advanced tech than any of us will ever have access too.. comparing what a gp BIKE can do is like saying your accord should do what an indy car can do... on the subject of chicken strips... they are only a piece of the puzzle.. I'm more concerned with where the tire wear pattern is... you can look at a tire and see where some one is braking getting on the gas and of course leaning. I can actually see it mostly in the pic above...

there is a myriad of reasons.. number one is tire technology... the tires they use are NOT available to us. even though you see 60ish degrees... in motoamerica bikes are lucky to reach max lean angles of 54-56 degrees (their tires are available to us) but that's just the tip of the iceberg. one is can only reach those lean angles safely when your BP is on point.. otherwise you are putting to much stress on the carcass and making the tire do the work of the suspension which is BAD... to really get into it... the combo is tires, bp, suspension and EMU/throttle control need the tires to be able to reach that lean and maintain traction.. to do so you need proper suspension.. (oem wont do it in most cases ) as if the suspension cannot properly soak up and rebound the irregularities of the track the tier ends up taking up the slack and doing things its not meant to do.. usually results in a crash. next is your BP, BP is subjective yet there still needs to be the same foundation... that is getting central mass off the top of the bike and lower than the center of gravity. this allows you to keep the bike angle lower (45-50 not 55) as the most traction is available on the side not the edge.(the idea is to always stay off the edge as much as possible to get on the gas and brakes harder I could compound this for hours) lastly is EMU/Throttle control. it is combined as 1 is under out control the other isn't ecu needs to have fueling on point. tuned properly to not always lean or rich spots that cause surging or lack of power spots that could cause you to have to adjust throttle excessively mid corner. throttle control throttle control throttle control... smooth consistent throttle will allow you to maintain smoothness all the way thru the turn. with out this you can basically pogo stick the bike as it will be minutely transitioning weigh from front to back and so on thru the turn.. ... all of this EVERY LAST BIT comes down to traction.. we do everything for traction... every last input in the bike is to maintain traction while getting around as quick as possible with the traction provided... (yes even the MA and GP guys drifting and sliding is still traction...) traction is still intact until your on your face. soo as run around and ADD answer as that was..... GP can do it because they have million dollar bikes on million dollar tires with million dollar suspension and million dollar EMU. MA , WSBK and the likes cant even do it... but they get closer as they have 100k bikes with 100k suspension ect ect.... we can get close to them because all our tech is trickle down... long story.. get that BP in check

solid pace at both those tracks... any faster and (currently) your flirting with disaster... not ness. in mid corner but as you trail brake in or get on the gas out.. you are really close to edge of traction zones. it truly is keeping you from obtaining more corner speed as physically at that angle you cant go faster.

what is your current pace? that lean angel to that BP is excessive even at an advanced pace.

yeah I should totally update that! 2017 R6 will be my sole bike.. its currently getting ready for the new year!

bump it up!!! turn key race bike / track day weapon

100% a track bike, I will keep the stock fairings for a little while... maybe... but I honestly doubt if the bike ever sees a singe street mile

been a while since I've jumped in this one.. as I haven't honestly done anything but tweeks to my bikes. but with the sell if the duc Pani-dropper I've had some things going on so.... bought a 2017 Yamaha R6.... list of things being currently worked on! Full Graves WORKS Ti Exhaust Supersport Motor build, Pump gas and MR12 Race fuel tunes Ohlins 30mil front fork Cartridge kit Penske Double 8789 Rear shock Woolich ECU Flash Translogic Quickshifter Translogic Autoblipper Marvic Magnesium Wheels MotoHolders Subframe Vortex Clip ons CRG levers Vortex Rearsets Vortex Gas cap Vortex misc sprockets Brembo 19x20 master cylinder Galfer Stainless steel lines, with ABS delete Vesrah Pads Brembo Rotors Woodcraft Keyless ignition Woodcraft Case savers Armour Bodies Bodywork Custom paint by paul finn decals by pop shadow there may actually be more it's quite the undertaking and my most ambitious one yet... very excited to get it all together and see how much of a monster she really is, we are shooting for sub 375# wet and 140 wheel on race gas big thanks, couldn't be possible without the help of my sponsors for next year. Turn One Racing, Apex Manufacturing, Sportbike Track Time, Pop Shadow Decals, Vortex, Bridgestone

2008 Yamaha R6, bought brand new in late 08. Clean title in hand... $6,900 Will update with miles. Roughly 9,000 Goodies Supersport built motor by Indianapolis Ducati Bazzaz FI Unit with dual map switch, tuned to Sunoco 260gtx or U4.4 Manual cam chain tensioner BMC filter Full titanium Akrapovic exhaust MotionPro rev2 throttle Ohlins 20mm fork piston kit New vesrah pads Galfer stainless lines Vortex clip ons Pazzo short levers GPR v4 steering damper Bazzaz quickshifter with new sensor and timing adjuster, GP shift Optimal racing bodywork Paint by 614paintworx DID 520 chain Slew of vortex rear sprockets Stock rearsets Stock rear shock Stock rotors Stock wheels painted to match Maybe forgetting something Marvic magnesium wheels Brembo rotors available for more $$ Bike will be available after 10/15/17 Located in Columbus Ohio

damnit rollo I would have bought it for that price... thanks for saying something at work

photo credit to Joe Hansen at electric eye images

proud of you all, it was so amazing to see that bike out on track again!

will be running both days... HW twins on the 1199 and superbike C for sure maybe run 1 more class

3D is not newer but really made a hard jump into the realm of polish/ compounds and other detailing car car supplies. http://www.3dproducts.com/ not plugging 3d as at work , we are a wholesaler for 3m , mothers, meguires , jaxwax and 3d... but as far as compounds go 3d is the best and easiest to work even our Colorsource BASF rep swears by it. normally 3m is a 4-6 step process sand with heavy grit , cut/polish, sand with 2000-3000, cut/polish sand with 4000 then buff and done.. 3d is sand heavy cut , sand with 3000 , polish and done...

3m's perfect it line has nothing on 3D we did a side by side comparision of a hood painted with D403 straight black and cleared with glasurit 923-460 and then used a spectregun to determine actual paint color and the 3d showed true color while after the 3m the color match added a few grams of blues, reds and white as well as the visible micro scratches and hazing

stt weekends way back in the day with memberships and whatnot around 165 a day... 300-330 for a weekend. don't count lunch have to eat anyways. bought 2-3 gallons of water at walmart for 5 bucks. snacks well same pbj and cheapo chips... tires would last me in 2009 6-7 days a rear and a go through 2 fronts a year...(no street riding) no gate fees at Putnam or mid ohio all I went to for years. still 400 no more than 450 for an entire weekend.

haha dude I did track days sleeping in the back of a $500 trailer... with a $2000 daily driver on closeout gear and street tires for 2-3 years maaaaybe spend 400 a weekend total.. travel days food everything doing 1 weekend a month so what maybe 1600 bucks a year? now... now I refuse to add it up as i'll most likely burn my garage down.... 3 bikes, big truck, toyhauler, 3 gennys, 3 sets of race tires, gas, travel, food, day expenses... ect.... but is the sport just as fun in the beginning as now.. absolutely... just don't play "keeping up with the joneses"

get the right gear... and you wont have to worry about it again.. if the right gloves are holding you back go to iron pony and get a set of 50 buck gauntlets ... this sport can be cheap (trackdays that is) but you still need to set your self up right

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