As per the title. Thinking of going down one on the front. I moved up to inters last year on the track, and I rode faster as a result. while the fazer has very decent braking and allows me to brake Any thoughts anyone?
go one tooth lower, or just change down an extra cog ready for the exit of the bend and maintain the economy and relaxed riding when you are not on the track?
Quote from: agricola on 27 December 2019, 07:12:08 pmAs per the title. Thinking of going down one on the front. I moved up to inters last year on the track, and I rode faster as a result. while the fazer has very decent braking and allows me to brake Any thoughts anyone?Never been on a track so don't know but are you on the track with other 600's because it wont matter how you gear it you will never out drag the bigger bikes IMO. And wont you just loose time dancing on the gear shift. I understood track days to be about your own enjoyment and maybe improving your own riding and not racing the other bikes.
Further to that,apart from someone who just wants to do a track day to strike it off their "bucket list" genuine track day merchants on here like Agricola etc,the commitment involved,i.e.getting there,money,risking binning their pride and joy and if the worse happens a stay in hospital and a bill for repairs,they're not doing that for the craic,IMO it's one step down from actually racing,and we all know how unbelievably expensive that game is now,I only just managed to race in the 70's/80's and I wasn't married!!!
I have thought about doing a track day, but think its a bit expensive and now after reading coffee's comments it has completely put me off. I don't include agricola in this but it just seems like a load of hot -heads with road rage issues - tyre warmers/generators/tool trolleys, being looked down upon by "mostly out and out sporties, track bikes, race bikes", very few road bikes,raced. It all sounds very "clicky"to me. Isn't there any trackdays for road bikes only.
Am I correct in the assumption that the speedo picks up from the engine, hence I will have to give some thought as to how to indicate the correct speed on the roads?
As per the title. Thinking of going down one on the front. I moved up to inters last year on the track, and I rode faster as a result. while the fazer has very decent braking and allows me to brake later and harder than others in the group, those same bikes simply blast past me out of the bends. Id like a little more punch out of the corners, hence the thought of going down one on the front. It appears it would give me +6.3% on acceleration, but -6.3% on top end. Since the bike cant get to the top end before the end of the straights,m I don't think Ill miss that loss, and the acceleration gain will allow me to get there quicker.I'm also either going to have to mod the fairing lowers, or leave them off. After wearing a hole in them leaning over, i fitted replaceable slef lube nylon sliders, and wore them too, so I'm thinking off cutting the lowers and fastening them somewhere higher up the machine, but Ill lose the edge return at the bottom of the fairing.Any thoughts anyone?