Pretty nice for Herrin that he came in without a bike and left with a nice supply of points. Could have been a really bad start to the year. I guess since the truck broke down in LA, they should be able to make it to COTA next week. I hope he had fun, since there really wasn't any pressure on him.
Based on the 9 months of everyone dreading the new Yamaha in that other thread, after this weekend, you guys don’t have too much to worry about with the Yamaha that showed up. Yamaha rider weighs less than Parish, too. You guys did fantastic!!!
Ok. Is it me or is the go90 app on a 20 min loop. Keep showing tractor and Hayden Gillom interview. Where is racing, or swimming
I think the Yamaha is at least an equal to the SV, but to be fair we will have to watch the West Coast roubds. The AP guys had never seen the track.
I don't disagree. And the results flipping from saturday-sunday don't either. I've owned and ridden both bikes. Love them both, and LW in general.
Thanks I agree, they did great but if they are 10-17 hp down which is being claimed, They probably could worry a little. Who was dreading the Yamaha? All I saw in the other thread was how superior the SV was due to its engine configuration over the FZ’s P twin. Engine builders saying this, not hacks. The Sonoma race should be a good one. There are a lot of fast SV’s out there.
Very true. The 213 bike went to school during the race following Parrish and Murray. He almost pulled it off. Old man Parrish needed a double dose of the good stuff to get him to the line.
Clutch started slipping about halfway through race yesterday. Shocked he was able to nurse it home but managed to salvage good points.
Fz is definitely faster in a straight line, way faster. The riders just didn’t have the speed through the twisty stuff.
It looked like the SV was picking up about 4-5mph in the draft, which seems about right to me. Its amazing how much the draft affects the lap times on the little bikes. When we used to do Cup qualifying back in the day, Ricky and I always drafted together to better our times. Which sucked for me because he always built a faster motor for himself than the one he built for me, and he couldn't go fast alone, so it was a one sided relationship.
@regularguy Mike, what was segment 2? I couldn't find a breakdown of which segment that was. That's the section where Madama was nearly a full second faster than the SV guys. They had him covered in seg 1 and 3.