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I saw it live with two of my friends. Moto3 and MotoGP had great action all the way, while Moto2 was kinda dull because the winner just pullled away from the other guys.
But hot daymn! If the average race even have half the action of the Qatar race, this is going to be a great year and a great show!
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21 hours ago, Aliki said:
It doesn't does it. It's actually so frigging soft.
I have some bamboo running socks. Really nice & comfy
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On 10/3/2017 at 11:55 PM, Cobie Fair said:
Another thing, when he broke his collarbone flew home and had surgery, and came back a day or 2 later and raced...and finished 4th? Very impressive.
That was Assen 2013, 5th place. Top in FP1, breaks the left(?) collarbone in FP2, didn't do FP3, FP4 nor Q2 (gridded as 12th), did WUP and Race Saturday. Rossi sure stole the limelight that day with his first victory since the return to Yamaha, but Lorenzo's feat was at least as big as Rossis.
Doohan: that outright desire to win and incredible talent.
For me, Rossi & Marqeuz have that same boyish love for riding and winning.
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6 hours ago, Cobie Fair said:
DL: I don't normally think it's a big issue to add a new track, a solid rider should be able to do that...but to be 100% honest, some find it a little distracting.
I agree that it's very dependent on the rider. I generally get up to (my slow) speed quickly on new tracks, whereas one of my friends need a lot of time to get used to a new track (or a good tow around). Figuring out the hooking sweeper (Turn 9) on Big Willow did require some personal tuition from Cobie though.
DL: It's pretty much down to yourself. I've never taken a CSS course on a track I knew ahead of time, so I might not be the best person to answer. You could actually argue that having a new track to learn is beneficial, because you don't have old & bad habits from riding there previously
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I'd start with getting the front fork spring rate right, then damping (fork oil viscosity/level, comp/rebound damping).
I have never experience a shock spring rate being vastly wrong, so I presume it's less important. On the rear, I've experienced a 'dead' shock (ie oil is worn out so no/little damping left) twice, so I'd look for that. Then there's getting the front/rear balance right, in terms of of fast the frotn/rear goes through the stroke.
The only measurements I've done is sag and oil level in the front. YMMV.
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I got it & read it.
Just waaaaay too cold and miserable to even think about riding around here.
Kai
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I'm still gonna stick with Marquez, Viñales, Rossi.
Lorenzo appears to be struggling a lot with the GP17, though.
The unknown quality about Viñales is how he'll handle the fighting at the sharp end. He was too agressive at one of the Spanish GPs last year, and just ended up slowing down himself and Pedrosa. Marquez put it very well at the Philip Island test (link): "Yes, Viñales is faster than Rossi over a single lap, but Rossi's going to be there on Sunday." (paraphrased)
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KHP--that is the best explanation of countersteering I've ever heard!!!!!
Unfortunately that one isn't of my own making - I think I got that from the "Squid purity Test" (warning: long).
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Countersteering - isn't this when you guide the guy behind the counter to the stuff you need?
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And a proliferate Norwegian. I guess he's hibernating right now.
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There are a couple of software packages out there that can overlay video and data. I've used Dashware to do this (it's free). Unfortunately, development has stopped, as the team has been aquired by GoPro.
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If I had been in SoCal and had the time, I would have loved to help.
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But...must warm both sides of the tires. Quite literally we have had students ride of out of pit lane, where turn 1 and 2 are right handers. Then go down to turn 3 a little faster than leaving T-2, and crash!
The MotoGP riders can nod to that in unison. Sachsenring is infamous for that problem, due to having no less than 7 left-hand corners in a row, then followed by a downhill right-hand corner (T11, the "Waterfall" corner).
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I've seen the gear indicator occasionally goto 7th Gear-
. What is the video software he's using? Some pretty sophisticated stuff to integrate all of that data. I'm assuming this isn't his K17 bike, as it indicates it was taken Dec 2015.Looks like Dashware to me.
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I've seen a few infrared onboard sensors online. Has anyone installed them on their bike?
Since tires temperature is so critical to riding why hasn't the technology evolved more quickly? Priority-wise, I would compare these sensors to tire warmers or traction control.
How would you use the information from the temperature sensors? you might be able to integrate the information into the TC, but it still couldn't compensate for track surface/adhesion.
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My ego is checked at the door and i am looking for this to be a fun, challenging hobby, im not out there to be the next MotoGp champ.
The school uses the BMW bikes which really intrigue me and felt great while i sat on one at the NYC MC show. My question is if i was to buy a bike after to do track days would that bike be to much for me? Most people i speak to have the same answer, start with a SV650. My plan here is to learn, the race car i started with was a momentum car and you had to learn to carry momentum into the corners, be smart with your lines etc.. it wasnt powerful but most said if you are fast with that, you can be fast in anything. So i am kind of looking for the same thing for a track bike.
One thing that concerns me is not being on track but now being on track minus two wheels and if my brain will remember that. I understand trail braking, slow in fast out, finding the apex but has anyone gone from 4 to 2 wheels and how was the transition?
Hi AC,
Welcome 'back' to the forum
You don't sound like the average testosterone-filled 18-year-old (quite the contrary), so I think you'll do fine if you end up buying the S1000RR.
You do have a point about starting out on a low-power bike; it teaches you good roll-on of the throttle and a smooth riding style which is easy to carry over to a more powerful bike.
Usually a 600cc sportsbike is a good starting point, as they have goo drive but won't try to launch you off to the moon if you give it the handful (a 1000cc with zero traction control will try it's best).
Merry Christmas,
Kai
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Roland, point your browser to Racetech's FAQ here and be enlightened: http://racetech.com/page/id/30#3
Merry Christmas,
Kai
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Vinales eh...I would like to see another up front, but I'll be surprised if he does it regularly (pleasantly so).
Rossi didn't figure out how to make the Duc work, it will be good if Lorenzo can, with some help?
WSB...it's been hard to see the races this year, I confess I'm a little out of touch on this series.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Cobie, it pretty well established that it wasn't as much Rossi & JB "didn't figure out how to make the Duc work" - VR & JB knew exactly what it took to make it work, it was Ducati's race management that had their heads buried far up their own behinds to actually do what they were asked to do.
In a sense, it took Rossi's failure to shake Ducati up, fire their top brass and hire Gigi to make a racing-winning MotoGP bike.
Here's a short but interesting interview with Michele Pirro (the Ducati test rider) at GPone, where he says:
Jorge has come to Ducati at the right time, three years ago it would have been differentLorenzo is contractually forbidden to comment on the Ducati until the expiry of his Yamaha contract (ie, he can talk freely from Jan 1st), he was smiling after returning to the pits at the end of his first stint on the GP17.
As much as I want Rossi to win that elusive 10th championship, I don't think it's going to happen. His best chance was 2015, on sheer consistency on the podium.
Marquez is just way too fast & talented, and this year he has learned to bide his time and take the money, oops, points on the table.
Viñales was wickedly fast during the Valencia test. He made a very interesting comment: "my target is to beat Marquez, not Rossi".
There's little doubt that Lorenzo is faster than Dovizioso, but the question is whether Gigi and Ducati can improve the bike in the mid-corner (which is where all the riders complain about it).
So, to go out on a limb, I'd say:
1) Marquez (having a better bike than 2016 and matured)
2) Viñales (being young, agressive and having a seriously competitive package)
3) Rossi (getting sour, but not going into a full rage because Viñales targets Marquez and not himself)
4) Lorenzo (because it took Ducati longer to sort out the bike)
What about the rookies and the changes? In order of 'winning' teammate and teams standing at they end of the year:
Iannone & Rins on the Suzuki
Zarco & Folger on Tech 3 Yamaha
Aleix & Sam Lowes on the Aprilia
Pol & Smith on the KTM
Who'll be the best non-factory Ducati? - I'm cheering for Petrucci, but Barbera beat him this year.
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The only salt on our roads will be if someone drops a salt shaker out the window.
We've got trucks driving around with big salt shaker mounted on the back
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Hi Cobie,
I've been pretty quiet partly because I'm commuting doing a weekly commute (by air) these weeks. Plenty of time going into work, and not enough play.
But it's the right time of the year to have it like that. The bikes don't like the salt on the roads.
/Kai
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Carbon fiber can handle a very high tensile stress, while compression stresses not so much (this of a piece of paper).
There was at least one accident some 10-15years ago where a US racer had the rear rim more or less collapsed on itself (it tore over the ribs). There was a youtube video of it, but my Youtube-fu is failing me on this.
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SofToric 66 lenses here. I've never had the issue of my lenses falling off. I used my glasses on a street ride earlier this year and it drove home why I use contacts on the track (I'd be looking over the glasses all the time due to the tuck).
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Helmets, boots and gloves are part of that sphere where I won't buy online unless I know *exactly* what I'm getting. I would not want to buy an RPHA11 only to find that it doesn't have the right fitment like the 10 did.
I rememer some years ago I found that the fitment of the various models from the same helmet vendor (Shoei) varied quite a lot on my head. I have an X-Spirit (I think), which fits me really nice, but sits so low on my head that I can't use it on the track because it obscures my vision when in full tuck.
Lowering the body
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Is it time to post this comparison between body positioning again?