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Trackday - Donkey Style
Well, I did 4 heats at Firebird International yesterday. I was holding my own on the cornering, but I was donkey dust on the straightaways...
I finally hit my cylinder head on the pavement hard enough to upset the bike. It was not a pleasant feeling, but righted itself immediately. Saw a few guys spank out and was glad it was not me. Here's some pics.        I know... I need to to hang off a little.
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you need to hang off a lot
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You need to hang off.
edit - BTW, fire your duct-taper. 
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hanging off would be nice
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I did the duct tape work thank you very much.
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Very cool to see the S's at the track. You look good.
Work on visual skills and cornering lnes first, then add the body positioning stuff. My experience is that without a track school with 1-1 instruction and critique on the bike, you'll do more harm than good "hanging off." - Mark |
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For professional-looking duct-tape (is there such a thing as professional duct-tapers?), put on way too much, then use a razor blade to carefully trim between the fairing and the lens and peel off the excess. You end up with a nice, clean duct tape section that is the exact size and shape of the lens it is protecting.
Not the best pic, but there it is. 
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Hey Shannon, try hanging off
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Thanks Mark and thanks JAS... hanging off is something that doesn't come naturally for me, but I will be working on it.
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I used to practice hanging off while going down the freeway. Yeah, it looked dorky, but A) it gave me a chance to get a feel for it while traveling on a nice wide, straight piece of pavement, and B) I look dorky anyway.
If you try that, just make sure you are ready to lean the bike in the opposite direction to keep from running off the road. When you hang off in a corner, get your body in position BEFORE you turn the bike in. Otherwise you are going to confuse yourself AND the chassis.
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Hey Shannon try unbolting the right cylinder head off first...you prolly couldn't tell the difference
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how bad did your headlight melt the tape?
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I pull the headlight fuse to avoid this problem, although I'm not sure it really is that bad. On the S, of course, pulling a fuse may be a lot more work than on a typical track bike with fuses in a neat little fuse box under the seat.
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it didn't melt at all actually.... i turned the motolights off, because I was afraid they would melt. Headlight doesn't get that hot though.
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Only right hand turns on that track????
Looks like you had a fun time. Thanks for sharing the photos with us. I am suprised they let you keep your mirrors on??
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JAS,
Looks like you could use a little more duct tape... 
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Shannon,
Kickass! Where is Firebird? Looks fun! What tires are/were you using? How'd the feel?
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As for the mirrors.... well they complimented my running lights.
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