The V7 MW Participation Award

I'm glad you had fun.

 

Totally our mistake. We were anxious before we headed out but felt great when it was over. We have a huge respect for the endurance guys now. I have no clue how they do it lap after lap.

 

Are y'all interested in trying it? I'm working on getting together an endurance team, but I'm not sure everybody will be ready for Road Atlanta, so I may try to find some people that want to either Relay Race or Endurance Race it. I'm on a 2nd gen SV.

 

As cool as it sounds, I was completely wiped out after 20 laps. And it wasn't so much the physical part as it was the concentration involved. As the laps rolled on I kept thinking I was going to make some dumb little mistake. I really appreciate the offer but I don't think we're quite there yet.

 

Kelly,

It warms my heart seeing that SV getting used annnnnd- for being the “old guy” who had the nuts to bring a knife to a gun fight.

 

Mark, that bike ran great, never missed a lick. As of now, it's better than me. If I could get it down to the 1:08's at Tally I'd be ecstatic. That's my goal. I need to find 5 more seconds.

 

Updates - thanks to @dont621 (Don Thacker) for stepping up and squaring away some emulator kit for the giveaway bike.

gracias Don!

 

Follow up!

many thanks to Dave Spaw @dspaw (and Don Thacker @dont621) for the front end parts etc for the giveaway bike.

pretty much got the suspension covered

Now apparently we have a bit of tired motor to address… “no good deed” as they say!

 

This is the best thread here! Did anyone set up the "Kinda Superbikey" store yet?

I think a requirement of the raffle winner should be to be prepared to enter and anchor the endurance race the week of the raffle. The rest of the team can be the other raffle entries in attendance!

-T

 

I'm just trying to understand something looking at the results from this past weekend...why is a GSXR750 in V7MW and V7HW?

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C. Renard Fiscus
Suzuki GSXR 750
West Orange, NJ

2)
#115
Jon Kelly Nuss
Suzuki SV 650
Louisville, KY

3)
#321
William Hegerty
Yamaha 400
Akron, OH

4)
#135
Nick Nuss
Suzuki SV 650
Louisville, KY

 

I simply looked at the results after the race and saw his name as winner. His name or bike wasn't logged into the grid sheet, there was only a hand written number next to the other 3 of us that were in the race. I didn't even know the guy was in the race because it was penciled in with nothing next to it. It wasn't until I checked in today to see how things went on Sunday that you could tell he was on a GSXR750 (if that is in fact what he was on). I'm simply trying to understand how to go forward with this now and in the future. I have to go personally inspect my competitors motorcycles to be sure that they are in fact racing the correct motorcycle?

Yeah, I'm a little pissed off. I had the hardest race I've ever ridden to get around the guy in first to claim what I thought was a win, only to find out later that some penciled in number actually won on who knows what motorcycle.

Oh, and if you click on his name it shows he races an 04 GSXR750. Kind of hard to beat that on an SV650.

 

I get what you're saying in most of what you wrote. I did check who I was up against on the grid sheet before the race. On top of that he was gridded behind me. The penciled in number was under the second grid sheet and I didn't even see it until results were posted an hour later. The simple solution is he's disqualified, as he should be...no time restraints included.

 

Mad is a little harsh, upset would be better. And in my mind I know I won and I'm OK with that.

I did read the rulebook in the last hour. It mentions plenty about protesting someone that you think may be racing a cheater bike, but nothing about someone entering a bike in the wrong class. That should be addressed.

Going forward I like solutions instead of complaints. This could have been avoided simply by having the bike type written in next to the number that was penciled on the grid just like the ones that are typed in. Would take 3 seconds and I would have known instantly he was in the wrong class.

All good Sean, we're looking forward to the next event.

 

Ok Kelly - enough of you mucking up this thread.

Made a road trip to Wisconsin and making progress. Replacement motor installed, Forks serviced and emulators kit installed, Fox shock installed, suspension is fresh.

Would have been a roller but I brought the wrong steering head bearings, so new ones on the way and Ken will be installing front end later this week.

Miles to go but coming along.

FYI - anybody have a decent exhaust can that will fit M4 SV midpipe? Donation still welcome.

 

I got I think 3 sets of 1gen exhausts in the garage- maybe two yosh setups and one two brothers.

PM me if you’re interested in one