Race report from AHRMA (American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association) event Thunderhill Raceway April 29th to May 1st. It has been many, many years since I first arrived at an AHRMA event. The last one was Sears Point. I had brought my 1989 Honda CBR250RR four cylinder race bike. I was told the only class for it [...]
Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. UPGRADING THE SUSPENSION ON A YAMAHA MT/FZ07 – SUMMARY For a solo rider with a net body weight of around 90 kg (200 lb.) and a ready to ride weight of around 100 kg (220 lb.), I would suggest the following settings for [...]
Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. With version 2 of the Nitron shock prepared by KSS being ready, I rode to New Plymouth to install the new shock. Valving was changed as was the needle taper and a 15nm/mm spring was installed with 12mm of preload. Front pressure was [...]
Premium Article Excerpt. To read the full article please Subscribe or Login. More testing with suspension, geometry and tyre pressures on yet another long haul ride from Cromwell to Nelson over Arthur's Pass and via the Buller Gorge. As the forecast was much warmer weather, this was a great opportunity to acquire [...]
Premium Article Excerpt. To read the full article please Subscribe or Login. Given the forecast or torrential rain in The Southlands, I decided to make the trip from Nelson to Invercargill in one go. Not the longest ride I have done but certainly one of the more physical and mental stress tests [...]
Premium Article Excerpt. To read the full article please Subscribe or Login. The OEM shock on the GT Tracer was not going to last forever and with a guesstimate of around 10,000kms - the rear tire wear showed it was time to retire. Thanks to Nitron in providing a prototype shock built [...]
Getting DMT’s Yamaha Tracer GT ready for the 2020 ACC Shiny Side Up tour of New Zealand requires time, focus and task completion one job at a time! Two days makes perfect sense for the do it yourself project manager spreading tasks into manageable blocks of time allowing for such mandatory requirements as flat white coffee, [...]
Freemium Article. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please Subscribe or Login. Thanks to BBJK’s Jesse Koeller, the bike was stripped down to THE bare essentials. Bodywork was put into bubble wrap, other parts put into zip lock bags with labels and I was left with a tank to hold fuel, a seat to put [...]
AFM Round 2, Button Willow Raceway, April 13th and 14th Returning to this venue for Round 2 creates a very different disposition. We survive Round 1 and we compete in Round 2. The drive South was short due to the enthusiasm for the race event especially with no one to coach on Friday. That [...]
Getting off the plane from New Zealand and going straight to Thunderhill for the 3 day opener to the Carter's at the Track 2019 season was a good idea :) Apart from all the work, getting Miles set up and loving my "B" 450 race bike that he bought from me was an even better idea. [...]
