what did you do to your vfr today?

Thanks. I'm going to give it a good inspection today.

 

Lint,

I said elbow - NOT SHOULDER! That usually ends in pain as you are discovering..

The trouble with 'pushing' an old bus on the front end is it is likely to washout.... they are just too fat & heavy...

Nimble is not a word used to describe these bikes..

As long as your tyres were warm then adding the 2 psi wouldn't be the isssue.

 

Most likely

List of injuries to my Raza

Clip on, left
Rear Sub frame
Tail light
Left Mirror
Windscreen
Front and left front Fairings
Install new steering head bearings, (as a precaution)
Shifter lever, (scraped up, but straight)
Radiator reservoir bottle
Midpipe (just something I need, exhaust/right side of bike not damaged)
Fix or replace front sub frame
Left front blinker (scraped but usable)
Levers
Ram Mount
Grips
Left bar end weight
Left side fairing stays, front

 

I'm pretty sure I have the following:

Clip on, left
Rear Sub frame
Tail light
Windscreen (Givi Touring screen)
Shifter lever
Radiator reservoir bottle
Left front blinker
Levers
Grips
Left bar end weight

But before you get too excited, I need to get out to the shed and look thru my big box o' 5th gen parts to confirm. If I have and/or can find them, they're yours for shipping. I'll try to get out there by this weekend.

 

Glad you're ok Lint!

 

Thank you. It was a character building moment!

 

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

 

33/34 here and yes to the Corsas, you won't go back. Screw this mileage thing. I'd rather stay up right.

 

Yeah, I've come to realize that tires gripping the road are a really good thing. Not sure if I'll go the Corsa route, but Q3, S21, or their kind is something I'm definitely looking at. As I said above the cost of the S21 is hard to pass up!!!

 

Hope your not hurtin to much Chester


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Just my shoulder. I didn't sleep much last night. It hurt quite a bit at times.

 

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I'll see how I feel tomorrow. If it's still as painful, I'll hit up the VA doctors.

 

I thought it was Herman? LOL not to rain on the pain, but does it hurt when you sneeze? cough? laugh? or on the pot? Yea No...

 

That's you bro
But that ride made it all better right?


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Sorry to hear about the crash but if you were more familiar with the lower tire pressures you may have taken the turn at a level more appropriate for the lower pressure. Or, similar to my low side, available traction for your speed wasn't evenly matched. I can say if you're using the bike more for sport riding than commuting/touring, just get a sport tires and deal with the cost of tire replacement, in the long run it may just be cheaper, once you factor in the cost of repairing the bike! BTW, California Superbike School uses the Dunlop Q3+ on all their student bikes and run pressures of 31/29 (f/r).

Let me know what you need as I may have it...

 

Thanks D.
I do think I out rode my front tire's traction. There's a good possibility I hit the paint stripe at lean and it was basically polished to a gloss because of all the trucks and trailers that turn there.
Learning experience. If I did hit paint, that's unusual, because I tend to avoid them, but it would make sense.

 

This is unrelated to the crash, but does anyone have a rear rotor? My brake was bound up for a while when I first got the bike and it chewed up the brand new Galfer wave rotor the previous owner had put on there. It's at the wear limit right now.

 

Well in my traditional fashion, my post isn't about what I did today but more about what I did a coupe of days ago. I was at Sonoma Raceway Monday and Tuesday doing some corner work for CSS and this is a video of one of my sessions on track. On this session there was a female student who had just got on the track before me. This clip is of me doing my "in lap" and following her around for a lap or two. I have to say, it was nice watching her ride the track but more so to see her improve over the two days.

I hope you enjoy...

 

Oh D, was that fun or what, not to mention following a female rider around the track doesn't hurt thanks for sharing, good times huh.. Whats next?