Triumphrat

BombFactory · 11-03-2007

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Originally Posted by Agkistrodon

good luck with your races. do you run 1/8 or 1/4? what kinda times? I took my daytona out to the 1/8th drag strip and had a blast. ran low 7 seconds.

Thanks Agkistrodon and Rustbucket. Sears Point is a 1/4 mile track. From the sounds of your 7 second run, I'm guessing it is an 1/8 mile track--or you have a really fast bike!

I did indeed go to the races and I had a blast. There are very few things in this world that feel as awesome as lining up and taking a run down the strip. There were only three bikes at the drags: a '07 GSXR750, a '01 Triumph Bonneville (go figure!), and myself. The two riders are regulars, and were very helpful and excited about me being there. There are usually more bikes, but just not that week. Track conditions were perfect, with nice cool air, no head wind, and a good temperature on the track.

The night before the race I decided to load another ECU map, but didn't get time to take the bike for a spin. At idle and lower rpm's it seemed fine. However, this was not the case on my first run. I stage, take off, and the bike surges at and above 6K rpm! I ran the whole 1/4 at about 25 mph, and ended up running a 34.0 second E.T.! I rode back to the pits and knew it was the muffler. I put two more discs onto the three already present. I made my next run and ran a 14.6 E.T., but the engine lagged and wouldn't rev over 10K. I added another two discs and made my fastest run of the day at 12.6 seconds @ 105mph. It looked like we would get three more practice runs before eliminations started, but a car blew up on the track and it took the track workers 1 hour to clean up the oil. So I had to dial in a time. I dialed in at 13.0 seconds. Right before we began eliminations another bike, a GSXR600, showed up; so I was paired up with the GSXR750 who dialed in at 10.5 seconds. My reaction times all night had been off and slow, as I was really using the night more as a test and tune than actual racing. In this race, my reaction time was .77, when a 0.000 is perfect--not good. I ended up running a 13.05, but lost due to my reaction time--although I might have broken out if I had a better RT. The GSXR ran an 11.02 E.T. with a RT of .11. That sent me packing.

I still think the muffler needs 3 more discs added, so I'm looking forward to the last race of the season next Wednesday. Although I'm not satisfied with the E.T.s and reaction times, it was a lot of fun and practice makes semi-perfect.