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  1. You say your sag was 35 mm before the crash and that you incresed the preload to some unknown value immediatly prior to the crash? I got that right? Your sag with you and your gear should be 40 mm front 30 mm rear. with an outside of 35 mm front and 25 mm rear. If in your case, if I have it correctly, you decreased your sag even further from say 35 to 25 mm in the front. I would hazard to say yes, the preload did contribute to your crash. To have your bike just come out from under you while you are basically straight up and down is really strange to say the least. You can adjust the compression rate more or less by changing the wieght of oil and the amount of oil which reduces the air volume inside the fork tubes. This air inside acts like a spring, an air spring. The more air the softer the spring, the less the stiffer. I would seek out a professional and have your bike looked at and setup before you crash again. Sounds to me like the thing is all whacked out. Glad you did not get hurt!!
  2. Thanks Keith! I was planning on attending another two days with your crew this summer, Aug. 31st & Sept. 1st at VIR but work is not allowing it. Interesting though that I get your news letter now the day after a thankfully not serious crash due to a split second lack of attention. I was at VIR North Track this last weekend and Monday I was on the North Track with NESBA. Up on top, the last turn before the right hand turn that leads down into the Roller Coaster, turn 11, I ran off track. These last few turns up there are sort of gentile S turns but on the last turn before the 90 degree right at the top of the Roller Coaster the surface falls away slightly down to the right then the short straight to the 90 degree right hander. I was doing great until I lost my focus and failed to continue to look where I was going and locked in on where I was instead. Needless to say I ran straight off the track and over the hill. This could have turned out very badly for sure but resulted in only a ride in the crash truck and very minor damage to the bike. I managed to ride the thing out until I laid it down before I hit the rail barrier at the tree line. This momentary spit second loss of focus was all it took to change a fun time into a not so fun rodeo event. I regret not being able to be with you all at VIR this year because I learned so much from my time with you all the previous years. My riding season is finished for this year as work is calling me away again and soon the snow will be falling. I will have much to think about all winter long however just as I did last year. This winter I will be thinking about keeping focused among other things, most I learned from attending your school. This year I learned that as we get faster/better and the speeds increase bad habits start to show up again that we thought were gone. They never really went away they were only hiding waiting until the speeds came up another notch. I lost thirteen seconds at ThunderHill out in California this summer down from 2:25 to 2:12 which is slow by comparison to 1:56 by the fast guys but a huge improvement for me. This is after my levels 3 and 4 classes with you all out at VIR last year. Hopefully though I will be there with you all next year as long as I stay focused. Rod Yellow 1098 Ducati from Montana
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