What tyres do you run
What tyres do you run
when i was having troubles i was using new Bridgestone slicks, i never really got comfortable with them. had a couple of pirelli rears which were ok better than the bridgestones but nothing spectacular.
I am using Dunlop N-Tech supersport tyres at the moment and absolutley loving them, massive feel and feedback. even to the end.
2nd hand tho so i am always a bit suspect on them, but haven't had any issues so far.
they run some crazy pressures, 22 or so rear and 28 front i think, can't remember i have it written down somewhere, really low anyway.
Hoping to get out to Morgan Park in feb, will see how everything goes, i should be playing with a new bike by then as well.........
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with the suspension, i did a training day and found the comprssion to be too stiff, the front tyre was doing all the work. So that was probably a major factor.
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Deano, Was the change from the 1100 to the 600 massive? lap times etc went up by heaps? should i just get with the times and get late model racer?
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Yes big difference. Mostly brakes, weight, power (lack of it on a 600) and having a starter motor is so good
Yep the race bike is back on the bench, Just getting the wiring all soldered up so it can't fail (or at least less likely to fail) when it is raining.
While i am at it i decided to expand the dash on the bike to a GPS based camera and data logger.
It will be interesting to see just how bad a rider i am. Just got to fit it up a little discreetly and hope i don't destroy it the first time i bin it.
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A video from my last seesion out with the new datalogger video camera thing.
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Shit that turned out all right
your not hanging around are you James lol
I will be happy when i drop another 3 seconds, at the moment i can only crack about 2-3 laps before i am exhausted. I think the issue is the throttle weight. I have a quick turn throttle tube on a set of Mikuni RS carbs which makes it really heavy and does not do much for throttle control, hence it is all a bit ham fisted. If i can get the throttle lighter and get a few laps under my belt i reckon 1:24s are possible, but it is going.
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Any thing in the 120's at Morgan park isn't slack
Mind you some of the boys get down to the mid teens?
yes but they are fast...... lol
The lap record for the group i race with is 1:21.8 or something like that, set on a Ducati F1 bitsa. But he is bloody fast.
He is trying out a FZR1000 this season, i hope he finds it as hard as the rest of us, to muscle these bikes around.
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That data logger thing is great. Spent more time watching that than the track.
Mate you should see the rest of the data that i have to try and understand. I think the program is where the issue is, it is an Italian based program, I am slowly finding my way around it. It has some really cool features and analysis of the data.
The vid setup is the best tho, i have to reprogram the scale of the measurements and try and get the gear indicator working but other than that it is really good.
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really really cool stuff, and good pace too!
are the "throttle" and "brake" based on the g's or are there seperate inputs for sensors?
Rev the fucker!!!!!
got a pressure sensor on the front brake, and a TPS for the throttle, i tapped a thread in the shaft on the Mikunis and ran it of that.
other than that it should calculate the gear position for me but is not co-operating.
as i said i need to reset the max-min on the sensors tho.
I will try and get some screen shots of the data analysis screens.
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