Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Testing at Mid-Ohio

Did a track day at Mid Ohio on the 25th of April for testing purposes. The weather was perfect and the track was good and sticky due to some shifter carts doing laps in the morning. Suspension worked very well. Had Jason Etter from Department of Suspension who was at the track doing suspensions set ups. Had the sag, compression, dampening, and rebound set on front and back. He did the push test on the front forks and said " That is exactly what you want". My best time last year was a 1:52 with an average of 1:55. This year I got a 1:48 flat as my best and averaged around the mid 1:149's. The Dyno tune was very apperent compared to last year. The motor ran like a rapped ape.




Sunday, April 19, 2009

Up-Grades and Set-Up

The past few months have been spent setting up the bike, getting new parts and gear for the racing season.

New to the bike:
Rear Sets
Clip-ons
Leavers
Break Pads
Suspension Re-build
Another set of wheels with rain tires
Body-work repainted to meet WERA rules

Set-up:
Base line suspension (sag, swing arm angle, and a push test for the compression and dampening)
Dyno Tuned including an air box modification

First riding order of business is to get a decent set up or baseline at Mid-Ohio on the 25 of April.



The final tune of the Power Commander.