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I already do that thing with the tails on the danger wire. Still lots of opportunity for a spaz to poke himself when installing or removing the stuff. Unfortunately there is no way to wire the screw that keeps coming out on the Spiegler pegs - it is way down inside the peg, only accessible...

Whew Kyle...got my heart pumping just reading that.

I probably should have stayed for the race but I was starting to get frustrated. Round 3 Blog: http://prairiedogracing282.blogspot.ca/2014/07/round-3-racing-is-hard.html

If I had any pride at all I wouldn't post this, but here is the Rookie 600 qualifier from the back of the grid. Man did I suck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsLNwXvRVTU&feature=youtu.be

Yeah, the bike just seems to vibrate at a frequency that loosens stuff. Kind of an Italian Harley Davidson. This time it was a footpeg. Riding in the rain was fine. I could have easily been knee down in many corners but decided not to push it since it was my first try on the rain tires, and...

Just posted video of BOTT LW qualifier in the other thread. Will put a blog post up shortly. Fun weekend for me and I gained a lot of useful experience (including riding in the rain) but results were disappointing due mostly to mechanical issues and I had a little lowside in practice.

BOTT LW Qualifier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObceRqHvINI&feature=youtu.be

Yeah, that layout sure has you on the brakes a lot. Hard on the hands. I had new gloves that aren't quite stretched in, and between those and the braking my hands are swollen and aching. I couldn't put my wedding ring on this morning (no, really). Layout uses a lot of fuel too. Our...

Thanks for that information. This story was pissing me off a bit until you posted that. As was said above, even in race practice it is the responsibility of the passer to get by safely. But a mechanical failure is what it is and I am sure Drew did everything possible to avoid the incident...

Okay...that was useful. Thanks John!

Plan to do something similar eventually but it is a bit harder on my bike due to recessed fittings etc.

I am pretty interested in this and will try to get before and after IRT surface tire temperatures if we have any wet sessions this weekend. I won't be using warmers with rains because my gut tells me that it is pointless. Besides I only have single temperature warmers. My biggest concern is...

Re: SOAR Round 3 Are you saying it should be a bigger difference (because the track is long) or smaller (because the back straight is not full length)? Sorry, I have no good perspective on this. A lot of the guys who post here and ride 1000s like to claim they have practically no advantage...

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Re: SOAR Round 3 Perfect, thanks! I am seeing 1:28ish. So my target will be +2 s for superbike advantage + 5% (since I was about 5% over best novice 600 times in Round 1) and that gives 1:34.5. It's a rough calculation but I like to have a ballpark number. I'll bet I do a 1:33.x at some...

Re: SOAR Round 3 Schedule is now posted on the SOAR site. Back-to-back qualifiers for me again, but at least the Sunday races are well spaced. I don't have much experience on Long track. Anyone have a take on what would constitute a decent lap time, for reference? Say for novice 600...

Re: SOAR Round 3 Oops sorry should have put this in the thread Ken already started. Mods feel free to move.

SOAR Round 3 Who's coming? I just registered for BOTT LW and Rookie 600. One of the Prairie Dogs is trying to put Humpty together again and if he pulls it off in time we will also do GTU endurance. Probably I will bring my 9-year old daughter this time. Round 2 sure seemed like a nice...

If you don't want to race, then I doubt you need anything with internal engine work. Standard pipe / FI mapping should be fine. At that standard I don't think your price is unreasonable. No one who puts suspension and track plastic (and exhaust and FI computer) on a track bike is going to get...

This is a subject of some debate. Apparently we had a misunderstanding. We all agree that the crasher pays the first $250, and then the rest gets split up amongst us. The debate is what "us" means (since Bill Clinton already did the "is" thing to death). "Us" either means every team member...