2019 Preseason Prep

Today with Daves help we discovered that I was running far too soft shock valve stacks for my bike, in addition to the eye to eye length being 10mm too short :wow

Soo, shock is back in the mail overnight to GP for a revalve before this weekends season opener with PTT at Sonoma :party


Hope you got that shock ready!!!

Just finished most of my packing today. Seems to be a bit of difference in how long it took me to get ready this time! Like a few hours longer than before! I seem to be accumulating a lot more shit!....:wow
 

Smash Allen

Banned
Hope you got that shock ready!!!

Just finished most of my packing today. Seems to be a bit of difference in how long it took me to get ready this time! Like a few hours longer than before! I seem to be accumulating a lot more shit!....:wow

It gets delivered tomorrow morning and I will install it tomorrow when I get home, around 6pm. Might be a late night ;)

Turns out I had the wrong shock altogether!! Fortunately GP kicks ass and overnighted a brand new shock to me :D

The packing will get faster... though you may always be accumulating more each time :laughing
 

Smash Allen

Banned
:party I’m pumped!!! I’ll be there!!! Me and the Track Horz got a garage, I’ll be sipping coffee and waiting for the track to warm up. Will you be there both days? :ride
 

stangmx13

not Stan
Today with Daves help we discovered that I was running far too soft shock valve stacks for my bike, in addition to the eye to eye length being 10mm too short :wow

Soo, shock is back in the mail overnight to GP for a revalve before this weekends season opener with PTT at Sonoma :party

holy shit. all that plus your spring change is going to make a HUGE difference. the wheel will probably be 30mm more extended in certain riding circumstances. u are probably in for a shock, no pun intended :D
 
Anybody know if there is a time limit for Sonoma? I dont want to show up today at 5pm if I cant get in till 9pm...

Happened to me at T-hill last time I was there
 

uncle_nospeed

Well-known member
Anybody know if there is a time limit for Sonoma? I dont want to show up today at 5pm if I cant get in till 9pm...

Happened to me at T-hill last time I was there

Man thats crazy.. 9pm? I wonder what they had going on... usually by 5-530 were going through the gates

Sonoma should be open by 5pm , and they usually have someone at the gate til about 1030pm. All else fails give them a call to make sure

Have fun tomorrow fellow Barf'ers ... im going to miss out on this opener, but I got one lined up for the 11th:thumbup
 

Smash Allen

Banned
I'll be lucky to motivate for 1/2 a day...

You can doooo eeettt :D

holy shit. all that plus your spring change is going to make a HUGE difference. the wheel will probably be 30mm more extended in certain riding circumstances. u are probably in for a shock, no pun intended :D

I’m just glad that it’s not just me being a pussy ass bitch in waiting so long to go WOT, the bike really did just want to wheelie!!!! And never wanted to hold a line, as soon as the throttle opened I went wide... it was good practice on how to make time with the front end... and what a shock should not feel like lol

It’s like Christmas Eve tonight except I have to put together the LEGO set before I can go to sleep, and if I have pieces left over I’m going to have a bad day lol :laughing

What shock did you have before? And what did they just send you?

BM3650, now I have BM4681

Anybody know if there is a time limit for Sonoma? I dont want to show up today at 5pm if I cant get in till 9pm...

Happened to me at T-hill last time I was there

You can get in the gates now!

Man thats crazy.. 9pm? I wonder what they had going on... usually by 5-530 were going through the gates

Sonoma should be open by 5pm , and they usually have someone at the gate til about 1030pm. All else fails give them a call to make sure

Have fun tomorrow fellow Barf'ers ... im going to miss out on this opener, but I got one lined up for the 11th:thumbup

Doing my sun dances, I want to see some sun this weekend!!! :ride
 

Smash Allen

Banned
Hmm, wonder what the difference is. Everybody listed those two different shocks for the bike when I was getting off the DDC stuff. I bought the 468 at the time since I believed it was a newer part.

The valving is way softer in the bm3650 and the eye to eye height is almost 20mm shorter than the bm4681. It was listed for the s1000r... not the rr... good thing you went with the right one!
 
Well my luck wasnt that great this weekend...

3 bikes out of commission and im back home after one day! lol...what a pita...

On the bright side I had a blast!
 

Smash Allen

Banned
Well my luck wasnt that great this weekend...

3 bikes out of commission and im back home after one day! lol...what a pita...

On the bright side I had a blast!

Damn that’s some bad luck!

It sprinkled twice today which slowed things down, you didn’t miss too much!

Hope you’re okay, how bad is the flap bike?
 
Damn that’s some bad luck!

It sprinkled twice today which slowed things down, you didn’t miss too much!

Hope you’re okay, how bad is the flap bike?


Well i suppose it could have been worse. Sometimes God is trying to tell you things but im too hard headed to listen.

Started off with my steps on RV not wanting to retract! yeah man im not even out of the driveway! I look at my wife and tell her God is trying to tell me something!

SO I get it figured out and we(me and my son) are on the road. Get to Sonoma and start setting up, open fridge door and gallon of OJ falls out and breaks on the floor. Fack

And thats when i realized we forgot towels! lolol.....Dam it

Well it is what it is. Fire up the heater and its runs for about 20 seconds and never comes on again. tear it apart and dont have the parts to fix it. its cold!

Maybe ill brush my teeth and call it a night. Oh I see I forgot that too....The night is going well....:rofl

next morning

Take my new to me 13 ZX10R over for some fresh rubber and get the Gixer ready for the track! Run session 1, come back in and notice my boot is wet, and its oil! Facking shop put new cover on my bike and cranked it down so much they cracked the stator housing!...OK bike 1 is down....

Walk over to grab 2nd bike for 3rd session and they flag it for rear shock seal has leaked out all the oil over the last 2 months I had it. Wow. SO this bike that wasnt rode for a whole year, sold to me with no issues, sit in my shed for two months and was transported with a pitbull restraint system leaked out all the oil from seals? Seems strange that the sellor had no idea! But maybe this is a common thing and I just dont know any better! Anyways luck is not on my side!

Im ready to pack up and say screw it ill go rent a 400 mainly because my son wanted to ride his dirt bike around.

SO I get a 400 and the damn thing is missing gears like crazy! I take it back after a couple sessions and get another one!

Finally, I got a bike that is mechanically sound and im dialing it in. ive got the track down somewhat and im pasing a lot of people on a 400! Feeling pretty good.

And I low side turn 9b last session of the day and about second to last lap....:wtf....Seriously shit is pretty funny to me! by this point im cracking up.

Look down to my new 3k suit and see the little lights that tell me the suit is armed for airbag are all scratched off.....lolol....FACK...now I dont know if it has issues, is charging, is armed....yeah whatever!

Take the bike back and get dinged for $325 to cover damage to bike. Tell him to fix it im riding it tomorrow!

Get back to RV and find my son got dinged for being under 16 and riding his dirtbike.

Packed up and called it a day! But I still had a blast :ride.....ordered new cover for gixxer and the suspension people took my other bike, should be picking it up tuesdayish this week.

Here is video of my crash from a looking behind me view. its pretty boring as I left 1st and no one caught me for 4 or 5 laps. I was about 6' away from a liter bike when i went down. Fast forward to 13:35 to see wreck and have a good laugh! :laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riR3TMZmBOQ
 

Smash Allen

Banned
Look at it this way... you got all of your issues out of the way on your first track day of the year! It will be smooth sailing from here on out!! As long as you learn from those lessons!!! :rofl

Seriously though that’s a rough day, get your bikes sorted and ready for when the weather is warm!! Major props for keeping a positive attitude, hopefully your other half shares your optimism :)

Why do you think you lowsided? There is a crash report sub forum (I haven’t checked yet to see if you posted there) that will help identify the chain of events which led to the low side. Even if you know why, posting there will help others to not do the same thing, and who knows, you may learn something too! :ride
 
Look at it this way... you got all of your issues out of the way on your first track day of the year! It will be smooth sailing from here on out!! As long as you learn from those lessons!!! :rofl

Seriously though that’s a rough day, get your bikes sorted and ready for when the weather is warm!! Major props for keeping a positive attitude, hopefully your other half shares your optimism :)

Why do you think you lowsided? There is a crash report sub forum (I haven’t checked yet to see if you posted there) that will help identify the chain of events which led to the low side. Even if you know why, posting there will help others to not do the same thing, and who knows, you may learn something too! :ride

I havent posted there. and because its not a view of my body position I dont think there would be enough to go on. But honestly i think i just pushed the tires on a cold day. if you watch the video youll see i wasnt on the gas or the brakes at that moment and there was no warning front end just washed out.

The other half worries about me but she does her best not to let it show. shes a good woman....

Honestly, thats just how I am brother! pretty mellow guy unless someone pushes me. You can say im a very good counter puncher but would rather not go there and dont care much for debbie downers....

you gonna be at T-hill next weekend?
 

jaybocc2

o lento
Well i suppose it could have been worse. Sometimes God is trying to tell you things but im too hard headed to listen.

Started off with my steps on RV not wanting to retract! yeah man im not even out of the driveway! I look at my wife and tell her God is trying to tell me something!

SO I get it figured out and we(me and my son) are on the road. Get to Sonoma and start setting up, open fridge door and gallon of OJ falls out and breaks on the floor. Fack

And thats when i realized we forgot towels! lolol.....Dam it

Well it is what it is. Fire up the heater and its runs for about 20 seconds and never comes on again. tear it apart and dont have the parts to fix it. its cold!

Maybe ill brush my teeth and call it a night. Oh I see I forgot that too....The night is going well....:rofl

next morning

Take my new to me 13 ZX10R over for some fresh rubber and get the Gixer ready for the track! Run session 1, come back in and notice my boot is wet, and its oil! Facking shop put new cover on my bike and cranked it down so much they cracked the stator housing!...OK bike 1 is down....

Walk over to grab 2nd bike for 3rd session and they flag it for rear shock seal has leaked out all the oil over the last 2 months I had it. Wow. SO this bike that wasnt rode for a whole year, sold to me with no issues, sit in my shed for two months and was transported with a pitbull restraint system leaked out all the oil from seals? Seems strange that the sellor had no idea! But maybe this is a common thing and I just dont know any better! Anyways luck is not on my side!

Im ready to pack up and say screw it ill go rent a 400 mainly because my son wanted to ride his dirt bike around.

SO I get a 400 and the damn thing is missing gears like crazy! I take it back after a couple sessions and get another one!

Finally, I got a bike that is mechanically sound and im dialing it in. ive got the track down somewhat and im pasing a lot of people on a 400! Feeling pretty good.

And I low side turn 9b last session of the day and about second to last lap....:wtf....Seriously shit is pretty funny to me! by this point im cracking up.

Look down to my new 3k suit and see the little lights that tell me the suit is armed for airbag are all scratched off.....lolol....FACK...now I dont know if it has issues, is charging, is armed....yeah whatever!

Take the bike back and get dinged for $325 to cover damage to bike. Tell him to fix it im riding it tomorrow!

Get back to RV and find my son got dinged for being under 16 and riding his dirtbike.

Packed up and called it a day! But I still had a blast :ride.....ordered new cover for gixxer and the suspension people took my other bike, should be picking it up tuesdayish this week.

Here is video of my crash from a looking behind me view. its pretty boring as I left 1st and no one caught me for 4 or 5 laps. I was about 6' away from a liter bike when i went down. Fast forward to 13:35 to see wreck and have a good laugh! :laughing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riR3TMZmBOQ

email customer.us4@alpinestars.com (you'll probably get Ryan) and buy a new LED panel... its only $40 plug and play swap. 1 or 2 days shipped to you.
 

Smash Allen

Banned
I havent posted there. and because its not a view of my body position I dont think there would be enough to go on. But honestly i think i just pushed the tires on a cold day. if you watch the video youll see i wasnt on the gas or the brakes at that moment and there was no warning front end just washed out.

The other half worries about me but she does her best not to let it show. shes a good woman....

Honestly, thats just how I am brother! pretty mellow guy unless someone pushes me. You can say im a very good counter puncher but would rather not go there and dont care much for debbie downers....

you gonna be at T-hill next weekend?

Yeah, it was a cold weekend and the track did not have the grip that it does in the warmer months... I watched the video and didn't notice anything that jumped out at me but then again I don't know what a properly bike should feel like... I just go faster when the setup is better, without being able to articulate as to why... I am getting better at that... I think... Well I am trying to at least, and that's a start! :laughing

I think I remember seeing you around the pits, I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to meet face to face :) Me and the other Track Horz were in garage 4... We would get a long great :ride just stay behind me :rofl (or just skip the sessions that I ride like Jay does :twofinger)

email customer.us4@alpinestars.com (you'll probably get Ryan) and buy a new LED panel... its only $40 plug and play swap. 1 or 2 days shipped to you.

Good looking out brother! Was nice to see you, sorry we didn't get to bang bars this weekend! Good thing we have all season!! Though I'm going to have to catch up to the Expert waves (do Expert waves go before Novice?) before that happens, which should give you lots of breathing room :teeth:party:ride
 
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