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Gonna have to back out of this. Will call Patty tomorrow see if I can get refund. Going to take the Schwantz school at Indy that weekend WOOT. I may be selling my spot if no refund (which I kind of expect)

Evidently there is a glitch in the Matirx.. Threads just appear after almost 2 years...

If you need tires changed i'll have my tire changer and can do it.

Can vary from 2:00ish to mid 1:40s. you never know.

I'll never forget the WERA North Central group had a rider who all joked about his R750. His R6 was fast and he could generally pull the 750s down the straights in B expert classes.

Yeah the week I spent in South Africa I was amazed at how well everyone drove. And from talking to people in Europe whoe come over here they are shocked at how bad Americans drive.

Well shucks.. i'll be passing flounder with my 1000 and not my 600...

Sounds good. First thing I need to do is make a fairly drastic line change in T1. Starting my turn in just as I hit the bridge is seeming to be way to early.

Yeah but over in Europe and across the world Cagers actually pay attention to driving and what they are doing... Here most are just Clueless airheads (male/female) behind the wheel. I love the roundabouts but hate being around others at them cause you can just tell they are baffled by the pretty signs and can't figure out what to do next.

Hey Lizard you up for playing rabbit a session or two?

Going to sign up today for it. Flounder you going to make this one?

YOu have lost 100 points off your man card...

3-4-5 was fun. 5th gear, dang someone was geared short. My lap on the 1k went 2nd onto the front straight, 3rd at start finish. Down to 2nd for T2. Briefly into 3rd gear on shoot to T3, then back to 2nd. 3rd gear before Kink and then 3rd all the way around to the last corner then down to 2nd there.

Is that a save or a that hurt? I see the rear is stepped out quite a bit.

Now you know why I was cussing the Flagger in the 20 lap race from about lap 13 to wave the damn Checker... That 1000 on that track just ate me for lunch (that and first ever arm pump). From lap 7 I was braking with my middle finger to pinky cause those were the only fingers I could open to reach the brake. It took me a couple hours to be able to open my right hand.

My strong point was T1 and somewhat the 5-6 Double apex. But 7 I struggled the most as I knew had time there but I could not get a reference point to turn in hard to hit the apex (right at the dirt spot) on the inside to miss that bump. If went in early I would almost run off the track, and if I stayed till I could see I was running way to slow. I fought spin issues out of 2 all weekend (and lead to my highside out of 9 trying to get 2nd place back). Did you feel the 3 bumps I was talking on the back straight?

Did I forget my Wide Load sticker again E?

You have met me at Putnam one or twice. Silver and Orange GSXR 1000 with white plates #283.

The way my year at work has went my Trackday season is just going to be starting at Mid OH. I have one day there before the DMG weekend, but 8/22 will be my next one and then I start my season in full swing..

Ok I have seen 3 thread referring to this weekend but still no report on what you all thought of the track...

If your rotors are spotted and blackened they are glazed. They need to be sanded to take the glaze off. When they are glazed what can happen is the pads actually slip on the rotor and don't have any bite. So as you squeeze harder and harder they may start a slip grab type behavior. Take your front wheel off, take the rotors off, and then sand them down (evenly) to get rid of the smooth spots on the rotor.

Just stopping hard and doing an small stoppie shouldn't damage the rotors, You may have glazed the pads and rotors. Take some sand paper to both pads and rotors to remove any glazing or material. Did you sand the rotors before putting new pads on to remove residue brake material? If it did warp a rotor you may want to verify the calipers are not dragging to much on the rotors adding heat. Is what you feel at the lever or the wheel/rotors? Also look at EBC rotors. They are reasonably priced and work very well, I ran a set for a couple years on my 98 CBR 973 and never had a stopping issue. If it only happened for a short time after one hard stop, Lizard could it have been the pad got shifted in the caliper or a piston was sticking a bit?

It is a fun track, but honestly more technical then Grattan due to being some what flat, little to no curbing which at lean you can lose all sight of the track. entrance to T4 was pucker area when you try to counter steer the bike into the kink and realize the front has not hit the ground yet out of T3. The 20 lap was the only time I have had arm pump, have been lapped, but was happy I was lapped. After about 1/2 way I was ready for the race to be over.

I didn't get to watch much of the races, and by what Todd is saying there are walls close enough to touch when on the track in a corner, and you can't see that from the Speed channel feeds so the public don't get to see it, and that is something I think it is something Speed may have done on purpose. I know you won't get the true nature of run off from video (Heck Nelson ledges doesn't look as bad as it is from on board) but I still think on board will give a better idea of wall placement then the Speed Channel feed.

FYI, 600s be ready for headshake on the back straight.. 1000s be ready for 3 hill/bump wheelies down the back straight. Biggest tip is try to use your legs as much as you can. This track has only 2 very short straights to rest, the rest is changing direction braking or acclerating.