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  1. Mon Jun 6th, 2005, 05:24 PM #1
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    Down 3 times

    What a day. Towards the end of the first novice practice, I lowside off turn 1 trying to pass. Thanks, Bueller, for the spare rearset. Then, in the AmU heat, someone (forget who) went down in the rat's nest and I had no choice but to try the bank shot off his bike (or his head) and off I go in the mud again. Tweaked my forks a little. My exhaust can is lookin gnarly. Scramble to make NU and did, but had to miss the heat for NO. Everyone's heard of Bertha's moon launch, right in front of me. I was on the left, but as I go to the edge to dodge that carnage , the guy immediately to Bertha's left takes us both off onto the grass, but we slid back up to make turn 1, no harm (the guy apologized when we got back to the grid). On the second lap of the real race, I hit the bump on the back straight and enjoyed a first class tank slapper. Guess the forks were worse than I thought. Tried to survive to the end, but on the last lap, got squirrely on the back straight again and just...couldn't... make... turn 3 and into the mud when the front caught the edge. I was still ready to rock, but the R6 wasn't. All my muddy banged up shit reminds me of the dirt bike days...

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  2. Mon Jun 6th, 2005, 05:33 PM #2
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    Re: Down 3 times

    Some people just don't know when to say when
    Good luck getting the bike back together. At least you came out in good shape.
    I had to hand out half of my spares yesterday just to keep the racing going. :P

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  3. Mon Jun 6th, 2005, 05:44 PM #3
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    Re: Down 3 times

    Quote Originally Posted by Bueller";p="210700
    I had to hand out half of my spares yesterday just to keep the racing going. :P
    Bueller, you are da MAN!!!
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  4. Mon Jun 6th, 2005, 05:45 PM #4
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    Re: Down 3 times

    Yep Sounds like the dirt bike days when the excuse was "I was going really really fast and then I fell off"

    I hope you are OK Joe. Bummer on the fall offs.

    Cheers.
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  5. Mon Jun 6th, 2005, 05:46 PM #5
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    Re: Down 3 times

    Bueller,

    Speaking of spares, Come get them PLEASE!

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  6. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 10:47 AM #6
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    You should have bought my F3. LOL j/k man, glad to hear you are ok.
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  7. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 12:20 PM #7
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    Joe, glad you are OK. It was definatly an action packed weekend.
    Going thru the S turns, I got a few tank slappers through out the day. I adjusted my steering dampener tighter only to make the entire bike wiggle.
    I am in need of some suspension help.

    Bueller, thanks for the brake bleeder. You are the Man! DARC racing owes you one.
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    I have found that changing your lines at bit through the S will help with headshake. That said, there weren't too many laps that I didn't get any headshake, but when you are cooking and you hit bumps, it's going to happen to some degree. Watch the pros, they get headshake/rear slides all the time and ride it like nothing happened.
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  9. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 01:26 PM #9
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    I didn't think you could go through there at speed without headshake?

    All my bikes like to wiggle

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  10. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 01:29 PM #10
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    Re: Down 3 times

    Quote Originally Posted by Lomax";p="210706
    Yep Sounds like the dirt bike days when the excuse was "I was going really really fast and then I fell off"
    Ironically, that's exactly what happened to Greenwood on Saturday in MWE.
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  11. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 02:55 PM #11
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    Re: Down 3 times

    Joe that will teach you to let every body know that you just painted the bike......
    It wanted to go down.
    New paint has concrete magnetism.
    Stupid new paint.

    Glad your not hurt physically.
    If you need any help fixing crap, drop me a pm.

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  12. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 03:25 PM #12
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    Re: Down 3 times

    Quote Originally Posted by JT_42";p="211179
    Joe that will teach you to let every body know that you just painted the bike......
    It wanted to go down.
    New paint has concrete magnetism.
    Stupid new paint.

    Glad your not hurt physically.
    If you need any help fixing crap, drop me a pm.

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    I warned him on the paint weeks ago.. ppir i think..
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    Re: Down 3 times

    The warning to all.
    Before racing with a fresh painted set of bodywork.
    Make sure to throw it down the front straight before racing...

    This will take the paint to ground attraction out of the bodywork.

    Hopefully it helps

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    Re: Down 3 times

    Quote Originally Posted by JT_42";p="211252
    The warning to all.
    Before racing with a fresh painted set of bodywork.
    Make sure to throw it down the front straight before racing...

    This will take the paint to ground attraction out of the bodywork.

    Hopefully it helps

    James
    ha! or just one nice scratch with a screwdriver... either one works.. when i used to race scca i'd give the car one good kick and dent it somewhere after new paint.. usually did the track.. and i am serious. when i didn't i got smacked...
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  15. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 06:33 PM #15
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  16. Tue Jun 7th, 2005, 07:49 PM #16
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    Re: Down 3 times

    I always get a little headshake when I hit bumps when on the gas, and the back straight bump would do it to me when I hit it just so. Also, that little straight at CDR that goes west before you turn right onto the back straight But the bike got seriously out of wack a couple times in the NGTU race, and I think I know why. Just took the fork legs off and you can see and feel a hollow on the inner tubes (left and right) just below where the lower triple tree clamps. Gotta get some parts in quick...

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