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I know you probably realize already but you're over thinking this. Set your tires to 29/26 hot and go ride. Have you ever run on a full race slick before? The biggest thing i noticed when i switched to race tires is that if you're going too slowly they give you zero feedback, right up until the...

Wait whut.

Whats with all the whining....dont you have a boyfriend whos going racing? Think you're covered for a generator and a lift to the track. And as mentioned, just race instead of track days, you'll love the femme class and you're slow enough that one set of tires will last you most if not all of a...

Well race season is only a few weekends away. How many of you have been ready to go for months, and how many of you just went oh ****, i should probably start thinking about doing some service on the bike. Works been a bit slow so i used today to pull the front end out. Forks need new seals so...

Is it just me or did they forget to tell marquez that you're not supposed to be able to ride a GP bike like it's a 600. Crappy picture print screened from the race but nice elbow sliders!

Damn is round 1 really in a month. Maybe i should dig my bike out.

Funny in those last two laps it was really easy to see where rossi was faster in the "slow" stuff the marquez, using more of the curbing and such. That marquez kid has quite a future. As for rossi/lorenzo, looks like we might have a championship fight on our hands! boooyaaah

Re: Booked Intro to Track Day with Racer5 The biggest thing you can practice on the street if you're not already pro at it is blipping the throttle (rev matching) under braking, this is covered in keith codes twist of the wrist video. If you want to be able to work on carrying speed into a...

that depends. Whats the yen trading for these days?

this is becoming readily apparent.

Yeah but did they make you laugh? Drew offers that service free of charge, provided you remember to bring your sense of humor. No refunds (of the free service) for people who dont have one. They will also fix your leathers for a small fee when you crash your now not so pretty bike and want to...

i'm going with take it to a mechanic, or find a friend who knows **** about bikes. Taking random advice from the interwebs when you have no initial knowledge is just going to end up with you and a broken bike. also something i learned from a moto tech last summer. You wont feel pulsing brake...

Messy as in you might get some oil on your hands? waaaah. Seriously this is the way to do it. I've put my own oil filters on way too tight on a few occasions out of paranoia, and thats how i've gotten them off. Hammer the screwdriver right through, turn it as far as you can, remove and drive it...

He's fast too :p lol

yeah he's great like that. Always responds to phone calls and is a top notch tech. Funny i hear people complain about how "strict" he is at TMP. Yeah it's terrible when someone makes you fix something that is going to make you crash, what a jerk. I know people ride from a looong way away to have...

Closing speeds are the biggest issue, i fully sympathize as i know what it's like even just trying to judge out breaking someone at the end of a straight because if you both end up turning in at the same time it can end badly. Thats why i would advocate race licenses for red group, because at...

Dont quote me on this but i think racer5 might not be running days at TMP anymore. That needs confirmation though. GWB is definitely still running days and i'm not sure which are TMP versus run by them. Definitely check with donald on tire prices, he carries a few different brands even.

without looking at pete's site i dont think he lists any actual race tires on it. Keep note of the fact that the bt 003 pro is what the R10 is replacing and both are DOT race tires. If you are looking at the racing *street* version he might just have it listed as front and rear. For what its...

Some organizations actually do require you work through the groups before being allowed into fast, but tmp doesn't gather that kind of following. For what it's worth i do have a soar license and when i switched from LW twins to lost era was running at the fast end of that group. I'm sure i'm...

Then run the 003RS. The problem with race tires is if you are slow then you have tons of grip right up until you fall on your head. My experience with race tires is that they only give you predictable feedback if you are pushing them hard enough to be making them slide. I'm only just starting to...