Which would be a better race bike?

[gkotlin]

For now, thats exactly what I'm gonna do.  Get on it and go.  Anyone have some used RR fairings? I'm gonna set the sag, go over everything and look for fairings.  Then I'm gonna go racing.  Get my feet wet.  Get a feel for the bike.  See if I can start feeling how the suspension changes feel.  I'll run track days as well, and hopefull get some experience before next season.  Unfortunately, I'm still really slow and I'm not experienced enough to know what the bike is telling me.  Let alone, how to change or adjust it.  I guess that just comes with seat time and tinkering.

Thanks for all the input.  I can use all the help I can get.

[MELK-MAN]

For now, thats exactly what I'm gonna do.  Get on it and go.  Anyone have some used RR fairings? I'm gonna set the sag, go over everything and look for fairings.  Then I'm gonna go racing.  Get my feet wet.  Get a feel for the bike.  See if I can start feeling how the suspension changes feel.  I'll run track days as well, and hopefull get some experience before next season.  Unfortunately, I'm still really slow and I'm not experienced enough to know what the bike is telling me.  Let alone, how to change or adjust it.  I guess that just comes with seat time and tinkering.

Thanks for all the input.  I can use all the help I can get.


I was lucky and had some good advice from the shop that sponsors me. After doing well on the F4, i was going expert and was going to build the motor up. THey convinced me to get a newer r6 rather than rebuild the older F4, that was still a good bike, but would NEVER be as good or fast as the newer generation bikes. You doing the right thing. Your riding will get you the finishes in the AM class, get some experience and then you can move up to a better bike. By then, you will have a better handle on what your really looking for too and will have not spent a bunch of money on a bike that realistically, you wont get much more for even spending more on it today.

[throttle]

start out on an SV or smaller.

[gkotlin]

I'm looking for opinions on this one.  I finally got the bike out on the track last week at blackhawk farms.  It was way way way to hot.  The problem I was experiencing was this.  After the carousel, there is a transition from the right lean of the carousel to the left quickly before you brake for the bus stop.  That transition was horrible and heavy.  It was so much work.  At that point on the track, I was off the throttle.  Leaving the bus stop under thorttle the bike easily transitioned from right to left.   I eventually will have the rear shock rebuilt. Till then what can I do?  I can't see that I can shim the rear.  Can I lower the front just a bit to help out till I get the shock done?

[MELK-MAN]

just put a bout 10mm of washers on top of the shock, lowering the front will do the same thing BUT you loose more of the already lacking ground clearance..

[Jason748]

just put a bout 10mm of washers on top of the shock, lowering the front will do the same thing BUT you loose more of the already lacking ground clearance..

With a RR, that's just not possible.

You can lower the front, BUT be very careful, if you go to far at full compression (with stock length forks) you could foul the radiator.  I'd start with 1mm.