Nostra

Hi guys (and the off chance of a girl) I started racing last year on my 748 but not wanting to trash the fine Italian I bought an Aprilia Mille R from 2000 (Austrian motor, so that's okay, they can't keep neutral forever ! ...) Suspension really wasn't something I worried about on the 748 because I wasn't going that fast but this year I have picked up some speed and thinking about tinkering with the suspension ... Mainly because I was tearing up my slicks, I could do half a trackday and trash the rear tire, but this was on Pirelli slicks. I then changed to Michelin and loosened the rebound a little on the rear and now I have no problem with running 5 days on the front tire and roughly about 3-4 days on the rear, it is really perfect looking. So my question is this: why bother adjusting the suspension? If everything works out perfect, I feel the bike is performing nicely and I still have about 2cm of travel left on my front forks that I hopefully will use up on harder braking next year (I live in Denmark and the cold has forced us of the tracks). Should I start adjusting or just leave it be?

I was at Brno Circuit for trackdays this fall and saw a old guy on a really outdated bike beat one of the youngsters who i riding in Italian 600 cup! It was only a 7 lap race but when Fred (the fast german guy) went into the first corner after the straight the young cup rider was just coming into the straight! It was fantastic! ;-) Having top of the line gear can never replace experience (Fred is about 50 I would guess, but have been racing forever). There is no better feeling than overtaking them around the corners ... nevermind them blowing past when it goes straight, if you can pass them in the corners you're holding on to the right end of the rope!

Hi, have you seen this website? http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk/ it is however a bit expensive for the spain lessons. I live in Denmark so it is quite a long way to travel! ;-) Also see http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk/schedule.php