So are you saying there would be lots of issues ?Originally Posted by Biggles08
WTF????? Its a Suzuki bro!
hehehe
Just a Dog
So are you saying there would be lots of issues ?WTF????? Its a Suzuki bro!
hehehe
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Harrasing towbars since 2007
Ahhhh....Pretty Billie...I see the problem here....its not a Kawasaki....here, let me take this off, this and this, put this here and that over here....there you go, I reckon you'll go a lot better now its a ZX6R
Hardcore Biker
Trackday baffoons
Hi Pretty Billie
Granma here.
I race buckets in Auckland and I have done one trackday and the Taupo Road Race Spectacular, Dec 08.
For me the trackdays seem to have (in the novice group) a lot of wanna be riders/racers. (I went in the novice group cause my bucket racer was a pretty slow GS 125cc.)
Some of them think after a couple of trackdays they are A Stroud, but in actual fact they are friggin dangerous.
Those twats only know how to go fast down the straight and then literally stop on the corners & wobble round, which is friggin scary.
It is far better to be steady and smooth along the straights and also into the corners.
If this means you have to go slower until you get better at it...then so be it!
Do not listen to anyone who doesn't have the very best credentials to teach you.
If you can get some one-on-one coaching, this will help heaps.
I did when I first starting racing and it was real good fun and I learnt heaps.
Keep going and I'm soooo glad you didn't give up.
Hardcore Biker
Being an ex Brian Bernard, I'm not really too sure if I actually want to know everything that has been done to it hahaha. However contrere to what a certain ZX6R rider might think - my baby is the shit and when I learn to ride it properly will crap all over a certain ZX6R mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Burn the rubber not your soul baby!
Just a Dog
Awwwww nice a smack talking suki gal !!!
You watch ya back biggles08 she got herself a race bike mmmm cool !
If you do manage to make a motott day in taupo see if ya can't get to chat to chris mitchell ! Chris will be the dude with the megaphone at the track day and will be happy to talk to ya ! Owns the local bike shop in taupo and funnilly enough has a lot of folk travelling down from auckland to have him see to their bikes !
Sort of bloke you will enjoy talking to and won't baffle ya with technical bollocks ! Has knowledge that he's always happy to pass on !
Your bike has prolly been lowered to suit a shorter rider and done right will not be an issue with handeling !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
Harrasing towbars since 2007
e mare libertas
Ha ha ha. Yes. So you didn't ask about such things before buying it?
Does it have stock shock absorbers? Springs? Linkages? What's up with those remarks about it being 'lowered'? If the front and rear suspension is adjustable, what are the current settings?
What about the brakes? Stock hoses or aftermarket? How long since they were bled and had the fluid changed? Pads? How worn are the discs?
Does it have a stock air filter and exhaust? Has the ignition and fuelling been remapped?
How long since the chain and sprockets were last replaced?
How many km have you done on it? What tyres is it wearing? What pressures do you run in them?
Where do you get it serviced?
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Just a Dog
Be nice !!!!
Kidding !!! Dan is in fact making a valid point !!!!
dont stress but everything he said in the above post are issues that need to be taken into consideration !
A girlfriend once asked " Why is it you seem to prefer to race, than spend time with me ?"
The answer was simple ! "I'll prolly get bored with racing too, once i've nailed it !"
Bowls can wait !
e mare libertas
I'm being nice! If she finds out the answers to those questions, it'll be the first step toward enlightenment, happiness, and the giving of learns to Biggles08.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Weekend cruiser
Congrats for doing it!!
I was supposed to attend my first track day yesterday, but it didn't happen
Thanks for sharing your experience - and keep reports coming when you do more track days
Trackday Addict
Good on you for getting out there and doing it!!! +1 re what everyone's said about AMCC and MotoTT. I've done a couple of the AMCC training days and I'm not surprised. If you're really keen to learn (and beat Marcus) there's no better than the Honda Riders Club Days with Aaron Slight.He's the best teacher I've come across and the HRC days tend to be lower key events, with fewer people and tend to be slower too. There's one on 26 Jan but it's at Manfeild though a few of us here will there.
Sorry your "First Track Day" was marred by that AMCC guy, but good to see you're not put off by it.
When in Taupo, stay with Paul and Sandy at CHANTILLYS MOTOR LODGE
For Suzuki Parts call Dan at COLEMANS SUZUKI - For Tyres ask for Danny at BOTANY HONDA
Moped rider
Thanks for the write up prettybillie. It's a real shame that happened to you, but it seems in this sport that there are the fucktards out there who have nothing better to do than act like complete assholes!
For everyone else, it's exactly reasons like this, that newcomers don't like to ask questions. Remember we ALL started out as learners (some of us are still learning) - I don't care who you think you are!
Now most of you seem to be nice, accommodating people, for the one's that aren't, keep your comments to yourself unless you have something constructive to say (unless we newbies are endangering life or property of course).
You may just find someone who barks back!
Next time attend a Vic Club track day, everyone there was awesome!
Hardcore Biker
All those questions have been asked - eeeerrrr and I actually have the answers written down somewhere....
I know off the top of my head it has:
Ohlins Front and Rear suspension
Racing Cams
Power Commander ECU
Yoshimura high mount race exhaust
The tyres are black round ones with air in them and Biggles changed me break pads and bled the breaks the other day.
The lowering has been done by Tjebbe Bruin with dogbones.
Eeerrrr dunno if that helps......
Burn the rubber not your soul baby!
e mare libertas
Cool. We might be able to refine the suspension setup a bit on Saturday.
Glad to hear that loading in a PC map downloaded off the interwebs helped things tremendously; I still think it'd be well worth your while to get the fuelling and ignition set up on the dyno at TripleZee as soon as is convenient.
It'll set you back a couple hundy bucks, but there's nothing quite like a well-tuned engine eh!
I don't suppose you could pop outside for me and read the writing on the side of them...? Just to satisfy the curiosity of the unwashed masses, and all that.
'Brakes'. And, good shit.
As you commented last night, the handling became heaps better when you raised the rear again slightly. You're not that short, so it could be something to keep an eye on.
Sure does.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Forum whore
The front end internals from that period will more likely be Traxxion Dynamics and the rear shock settings ( internal ) are unlikely to be as suitable for you as they should be.
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