Question about case savers. Did OMRA make you do anything with your side cases? The guy running the busa in Seattle came up with a plate he bolted on for protection and met the rules. Does OMRA make you do this? And if so how have you met the criteria.
The problems with running the 12 and busa are the little things like that. They make a zillion things for the GSXR's, Yamahas and Hondas but not us.
My soulution is to buy the carbon cover Lockhart sells and then laminate a piece of high impact plastic like the bar ends to it to protect the cases and meet the rules.
Also you might do a search of redelks posts he came up with a pretty good idea of his own version of a rear set for the 12. should work for your busa. Pretty cheap and definitely raised the pegs some. And for ground clearance and handling you might try shimming the rear shock up some. At least on the 12 it helps both ride height and turning. Just some thoughts. The giuy in Seattle that ran his busa struggled with turn three at Seattle becasue of the ground clearance issue, the turn is a a downhill righthander and he would come haulin ass into the turn hard on the brakes tip it to the right end up on the case and down he would go. On two occasions he came into turn 3 in second and crashed hiself and the leader out. Bummer! So if you come to Seattle be aware of that.
Got to look out for the Open Super Superbike guys you know. It would be nice to have a class of our own.
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posted June 07, 2003 10:16 AM
ZHooligan- The taste of racing experience is something that I care not to ever do again. Yes we were hauling ass (at least as much as we could within our limited skill level). I was indicating 190mph (with a taller than stock rear tire) on the front straight when I blew past a KLR250 on knobbies at my braking point for 1. I turned my front brake pads to glass and left my front rotors all blue and splotchy from late braking and then trail-braking to the apex trying to hang. There was collectively a very small amount of good judgment applied during that 20 minute session.
The taste of racing is a great idea, but when I tried it, it was kind of like the Wild West on wheels. I understand that at other tracks it is done with more structure and order. It's a tough nut to crack. I don't claim to know what the best balance would be for that program. I'll let people smarter and more experienced than I figure it out.
posted June 07, 2003 10:22 AM
What's amazing about the taste of racing format is it is a good fund raiser for the clubs, and in the Seattle Club's case it has been going on for years and years and until last year we had never had a crsh during it. Finally had a guy wad it last year! oops. But it is insane at times. Sometimes we have 120 or so riders out there at about a 120 levels of expertise!
But it responsible for hooking a few people that never thought or realized racing was in their blood.
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To those who do not count their life in years, but in how life
has touched them in the past and how much it can hold in the
future; -- Youth is forever.
Question about case savers. Did OMRA make you do anything with your side cases? The guy running the busa in Seattle came up with a plate he bolted on for protection and met the rules. Does OMRA make you do this? And if so how have you met the criteria.
The problems with running the 12 and busa are the little things like that. They make a zillion things for the GSXR's, Yamahas and Hondas but not us.
My soulution is to buy the carbon cover Lockhart sells and then laminate a piece of high impact plastic like the bar ends to it to protect the cases and meet the rules.
Lockhart Phillips is one of my sponsors. I was told that the LP carbon case cover would not meet tech. I had a guy custom make a billet stator cover. I don't have one on the starter side yet, but my right frame slider would prevent it from hitting the ground at all.
quote:...you might try shimming the rear shock up some. At least on the 12 it helps both ride height and turning. Just some thoughts. The giuy in Seattle that ran his busa struggled with turn three at Seattle becasue of the ground clearance issue, the turn is a a downhill righthander and he would come haulin ass into the turn hard on the brakes tip it to the right end up on the case and down he would go. On two occasions he came into turn 3 in second and crashed hiself and the leader out. Bummer! So if you come to Seattle be aware of that.
Frankly, I think Seattle is probably more than I'm ready for right now.
The shock on the 'Bus is not one that you can shim. Dave Hodges of GP Suspension http://www.gpsuspension.com did a proprietary internal modification of my shock when he re-valved and re-sprung my forks and shock. I think he said that it got me 3mm at the shock, which was about a half inch at the axle. My taller 190/55 rear Rennsport picked me up about another half inch. I could do shorter dog-bones to get more, but these things lose significant stability much higher than mine is.
Yes, the engine is wide. If you look at the picture above of me leading the second lap of my second race, you will see that in turn 3 my stator cover is getting pretty close to the ground, but the black Mille Superbike and that you see right behind me and the yellow and white bike both have tons of ground clearance left. I'm going to have to learn to get my ass off the seat more or I'm going to case it in 3 and do some high-speed gardening. I was just cruising in the back section, as you can tell.
posted June 07, 2003 11:18 AM
guess that's a yes glad to see yer still kickin around on the busa.
re stator cover... if the bike is being used primarily or purely for racing, how about eliminating for narrowing the generator? not sur eif u can run a whole race on a battery, so elimination may not be an option. but maybe u could get a half-width set of coils, & chop the "basket" in half, then half that custom cover made up half width. should give u a few more degrees. granted it's a pretty extreme operation for a half inch of clearance, but might not be that pricey. not sure what u can do about the clutch side.
posted June 07, 2003 11:50 AM
Yup. It is I. Same chameleon paint job as you guys saw on Fox Hill at Laguna Seca last year too. I just painted some pearl white number plates on it and taped over my lights.
In the right light, my bike is almost the same color as your hair.
posted June 07, 2003 01:19 PM
i'll just have to add a little more purple next time, & a bit more shine. i'll be such a good match u'll be askin me to be ur pillion on cannery row. of course, i'd have to say "fuck No!" when u asked, but u'd ask anyway
posted June 07, 2003 06:12 PM
He duct taped it because he hasn't painted it yet! He's thinking about it though!! ____________
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posted June 07, 2003 06:23 PM
It's a composite. And comes primer gray. So he has to paint it! His difficulty is whether to paint it black or paint it black?
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posted June 09, 2003 03:10 PM
They need a special class...Formula Heavyweight Ultra!
FHU would only run on superspeedways. Think of the sponsors we would pick up! You could have the Tide bike, and I could be sponsored by Dawn. Since these bikes are a *bit* reluctant to turn at speed, it would be all about the draft. Ever try a 'bump-and-run' on your busa? ____________
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posted June 07, 2003 09:27 AM
glad to see yer still kickin around on the busa.
