Photos: 13 & 14 Feb Mt Wellington Buckets

[Damien_Toman]

Yes, I understand. My 3 offs in the wet, all in practice, as I was starting back into racing in late 2009, were painfull and recovery was slow. I'm decades older now than my early days of racing and need to ride based on my condition - I am not only older but much less fit. I used to be fast in the wet. Now, I realise that I cannot take the same risks - it hurts too much! I'm still loving the racing and last weekend was fantastic fun - I was back in form after 2009 injuries.

Damien

[Henk]

The wet seems to be a good time to work out whats wrong with the bike. I think my front forks have too much rebound after having a good look at where I went down a couple of times on Sunday and having a think about it. Only way I can see to fix it is to go from 15wt to 10wt fork oil at the moment. No adjustment at all on the cheap and nasty FXR forks.

[Buckets4Me]

Yes, I understand. My 3 offs

Damien

lol that all (then again it only takes one
I think I have crashed on every corner bar the hair pin (have been crashed into there)
fastest crash was around the sweeper after the straight (also my slowest and last broken collar was there 2)

[Damien_Toman]

Those 3 offs were in 2 days of practice so I didn't like the rate! . Things now look much better with 4 days and 0 offs .

[Damien_Toman]

Henk, you will need your fork oil measuring kit back. I can drop it off or you can pick it up if you get out my way. Your suggestions worked for me. I used 10-40 engine oil to top mine up on the Sat night as that was all I had. It worked perfectly. I'm not sure I should drain and re-fill after all . Maybe I'll wait to see how the 10wt works for you . We should also test each others bikes on the next practice day - would be interesting to compare suspension and also you will notice that my XR400 carb makes a huge difference over the standard - the needle change to middle slot on Sat practice helped minimise the bog moving from low revs.

[Henk]

No hurry on the oil level tool. I've got enough on my plate at the moment without doing the forks again so will live with what I have for now. Will grab next time I see you.
Be keen to try your bike at some stage to see how it compares to mine. The riding positions alone are significantly different.