Recent content by scalvert

I’ve been raising kids and fixing houses for a decade and haven’t been to the track in about that long. Back in the day a lot of trackday providers would have one manufacturer’s rep doing tire service. I don’t see that on Carter’s site or Z2 but PTT mentions it. Seems like I ought to have my...

So the ONE moto-compromise my generally moto-positive wife asks of me is that I keep myself to one street bike at a time. :ride I've got an AFM racebike in boxes in the basement I'll rebuild for trackdays someday (which doesn't count against the total), but that someday is a long way off. In...

As you can see from my old avatar picture there was a time I lived on the track. Track days, cornerworking, and AFM 650 Twins/F IV. Then came marriage+house+kids and somehow it's been 8 years since I last left knee slider debris in remote parts of California. :wow Anyway, I'm at a point where...

My beloved SV650 racebike has been apart for too long. I'm back to trying to get the motor rebuilt. For the record, I tore the motor down for two reasons: 1) It was long in the tooth, with probably 50 track/race days on the motor, in addition to 30k street miles. I was worried about main/rod...

These are stock SV650 carbs from an 01 SV650s. I played with the jetting on these a bit, the pilot jets are bumped a size or two, I moved the stock needles up a spot or two, drilled out the mixture screw and let them out a bit, and installed 145 mains. The jetting worked great on my racebike...

http://www.condor-lift.com/product.asp?ItemID=1005 These things are great inside vans, pickup truck beds, open or closed trailers. They work just like Baxley sport chocks but are designed to be bolted to the floor of a vehicle. This one was used inside my Astro for most of an AFM season so...

Anybody want to ride Sears Point tomorrow? My loss is your gain. Make me an offer.

Long time listener, first time caller ;) I was returning home from work last night at about 7:30pm. I live just west of 19th Avenue in SF and work on the peninsula. My route home takes me on NB 19th Ave (aka CA 1). Because there are no lefts allowed across 19th I have to do the...

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3742541#post3742541 Opinions on mine and Razel's comments? I don't know the law to know if what he's saying is really accurate, I just know it NEVER works that way.

A friend of mine is looking to attend the Mugello GP. The event sold out a long time ago. There are tickets available for a price through ticket brokers, but sending a decent sum of money to some dude in Italy who makes his living scalping tickets is a bit dicey. Anybody have experience to...

I'm in need of an M20 x 1.5 mm bolt to remove the generator rotor on my SV. Sadly bolts that size don't grow on trees or in Ace Hardware stores. Anybody know of places in SF/East Bay that might have an odd size like this and be open on a Sunday? Anybody out there have one from doing an SV...

So decided my racebike's motor had to be getting a little long in the tooth and it was time to tear into it. About that time a dude put up an 01 SV motor on craigslist for cheap since he thought maybe it had a rod knock. I bought it and tore into it first figuring it might just be usable...

I got an email this morning letting me know that Craig Hightower was killed on his motorcycle during this morning's commute. Details are few at this time, I'm sure the family has their hands full. I imagine quite a few people around here knew Craig and/or raced with him. If I hear anything...

Hypothetical situation of course ;) Let's say you live in a three story/two unit house in a less than snooty neighborhood in SF. The first floor is garage, you live in the flat on the second floor, while a friend lives in the flat on the 3rd floor. Steps lead from the sidewalk to entry doors...

Has anybody been down to socal for either of the two Streets of Willow races this year? I was just looking at the results and it seems like there are a whole lot of classes with 3-5 bikes. Is this series dying on the vine for lack of interest?