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Post Your Race/Track bike Pics!

Wow! Never seen in Dogpatch?

Wow! Never seen in Dogpatch?

We'll never see bikes that cool on a track here in the Midwest USA!
Bill
 
Even though the opening post said in bold print your picture this is NOT MINE! But I just had to share what I found today while searching for parts...

Danny Young Top Gas Suzuki

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The Egli Vincent in the Brands Hatch pics is Roy Robertson's one I think.
If so I met him when he was out here in NZ for the Classic Festival at Pukekohe - nice guy.
 
my two babies

my two babies

heres a pic of my 7yr old on my 82 1100E taken this morn. 6 passes yesterday with a high of 9.21 and a low of 9.17 i think i am ready for some racing even got all my signoffs for my lic. I am having a blast on this thing and have met some really nice people to boot
 
Here is one of mine on my friend's trailer leaving my house just now. His motor is tired & he is the Summit track champion & is going to Vegas for the Division 7 championship. The winner at Vegas gets to run at Pomona at the NHRA World Finals to determine the national champion. He has almost 300 runs on the motor I built him 3 years ago & it just started oiling the #3 cylinder. Instead of re-ringing his, it was just easier to loan him my bike to finish with. Yesterday was the first time it has been started in over 2 years & it fired right up! Ray.
 
new toy

new toy

sorry guys but it was too good a deal to pass on 9.20s on the motor 8.60s on spray and o so clean
 
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Well First time out this season with the rake and swingarm, still on a street tire, problably as old as the bike. 12.18 @ 110mph was the best out of the 5 runs. where I broke out on my 12.34 dial-in.
 
GS1100G-Track Bike?

GS1100G-Track Bike?

Well I took my 1100G out for a track day, so I get to post it up here.
I contacted and chose some pics taken by the official photographer, but haven't heard from him since.
You'll just have to take my word for it and have a look at the pic I took of the bike in my driveway, prepared for the track.
It was the slowest bike on the track. :o
However, I was not the slowest rider. Yes, I did catch up a couple or three sport bike riders. Shame on them?:p
Bill
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Test n tune @ Lawton PA 100yd dirt drag

Test n tune @ Lawton PA 100yd dirt drag

This is a vid of me on one of my 1st runs on this machine, not sure how fast this particular pass is, but have run a 5.1sec while burning up my exhaust cam cause my oil pump took a poop. Since it was my 1st weekend running it, i had the 2 stage set @ 8500rpm and my limiter set @ 10,500rpm, so she still wasnt set up to potential.
 
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Crack, er...trackday pic

Crack, er...trackday pic

The crack, I mean, track is soooo addictive. :-\\\ This is me in my happy place this last Saturday.

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80GS1000 said:
The crack, I mean, track is soooo addictive. :-\\\ This is me in my happy place this last Saturday.

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Very cool.
You know, your right arm looks mighty folded up. You must be a tall guy, because you're kinda cramped on that bike.
Bill
 
Buffalo Bill said:
Very cool.
You know, your right arm looks mighty folded up. You must be a tall guy, because you're kinda cramped on that bike.
Bill
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I think it's the camera angle and mixed with personal riding style. I try to get my head and chest down as low as possible, "tit on the tank, kiss your mirror, look where you want to go" style as they call it to get the center of gravity as low as possible to carry more corner speed. It also shifts the weight balance forward so that you get more grip (think downforce) from the front tire under trail braking and cornering. When possible, I trail brake to the apex, use as little maintenance throttle as possible, and then slide back in the seat a bit while rolling on the throttle to get more drive grip from the rear tire.
 
I'm just a novice?

I'm just a novice?

80GS1000 said:
When possible, I trail brake to the apex, use as little maintenance throttle as possible, and then slide back in the seat a bit while rolling on the throttle to get more drive grip from the rear tire.
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It does look like you've scooted up on the seat a few inches.

As for trail braking, for me it seems natural, but I think I brake too far into the turn, just from fear. I'm working on releasing the brake sooner, to reduce the stress on the front tire patch, or the grip could give way.
It takes a lot of repetitions to learn it well enough to feel natural.
I tell ya, it's taking me time to trust the pavement on the race track, after so much riding on the terrible pavement found on public roads. :p

Bill
 
Buffalo Bill said:
It does look like you've scooted up on the seat a few inches.

As for trail braking, for me it seems natural, but I think I brake too far into the turn, just from fear. I'm working on releasing the brake sooner, to reduce the stress on the front tire patch, or the grip could give way.
It takes a lot of repetitions to learn it well enough to feel natural.
I tell ya, it's taking me time to trust the pavement on the race track, after so much riding on the terrible pavement found on public roads. :p

Bill
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Just remember that you have 100 traction points at all times from both front and rear tires. The more you lean, the less you can use the front brake and the throttle. On the track, you can use 100% of your front brake when the bike is going in a straight line, and then trail off the front brake progressively and smoothly as you lean. As you approach max lean angle, ie your knee is on the deck at the apex of the corner, you should be at 0% front brake.

A key point here is as you mention is to ease into it with lots of repetition to get comfortable, as not being smooth on the front brake or using too much brake at too high of a lean angle can cause the front tire to wash out, resulting in a lowside. Done that twice myself. :-\\\

As you pass the apex, you can roll on the throttle progressively as you stand the bike back up, getting to WOT when the bike is close to being fully upright.

On race rubber you can get away with trailing the front brake much more aggressively and nailing the throttle a lot sooner than on street tires without the tires sliding due to their being composed of bubble gum and pencil erasers, but that's another story.... On the other hand, riding street tires on the track teaches you to be smoother because they are much less forgiving of hamfistedness.

Here's a good Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_braking
 
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Boy you guys are opening up a new world of explanations of how I ride. Thanks for the link. I have been using the " tit to the tank and kiss the mirror" for the last year, but only from an instinct of what should be done. I think I gasp the trail braking concept and I think to some extent I'm doing that now. Good food for thought. Thanks.

Charlie G
 
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