Triumphrat

yakoo11 · 02-10-2010, 10:50 PM

So my first day at infineon, I am sick and hungover... I can't hold down food, I only got 2 hours of sleep, it's a cold day, I'm on spec tires, I'm running a 2mm offset between my forks and I don't know it this causes horrible front end feel and pushing the front on every left turn.
I've changed numerous things on the bike at once (master cylinder, pads, tires, clip-ons, rear-sets, exhaust, sprockets) so troubleshooting problems is next to impossible
lap times to race 2:12
mine:
best lap 2:15, avg 2:17 worst (3)2:28(<---these were my initial sighting laps)
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With all that crying above the day was AWESOME!!!

there are a few people out there that blew passed me like I was standing still... to name a few Eleyna Myers (16yrs old and notably the fastes woman in the US and possibly the fastes female in the world), Zoran Vujasinovic, Dan Sewell... plus quite a few other... there were almost NO rookies like myself out there. I learned so much!

Catenaccio · 02-10-2010, 11:15 PM

That looks ridiculously fun! Congrats!

Will · 02-12-2010, 06:13 PM

When Elena Meyers blows past you, it is an honor, not a problem!

Mental Trousers · 02-15-2010, 09:07 PM

That looks like my kind of fun

Are you aware that you counter lean? By that I mean when the bike is leaning into the corner, you're sitting almost vertically. You can see it best from the behind views. Ideally your head should be further towards the inside of the corner than your inside hip is. That way the weight comes off the seat and onto the inside footpeg and you will also use the outside leg as a lever to pull the bike in more.

yakoo11 · 02-21-2010, 07:32 AM

that was my first time back on the bike and back on the track since my crash... and i changed a whole lot of things post crash which made my body position *** off...