Well we had a couple of excellent days at the island this week.. Monday was cool but warmed up by lunch and was a great day.. Tuesday was a bit windy, but dry all day. Lots of ASBK race teams there, great to see them in action as well as get on the track with them... (check the latest pic with Troy Herfoss !!)
I ended up having to raise the rear 8mm as the bike felt like it was wanting to run wide, plus I was having to really pull it over.. really muscling the thing around.. (well that's Kawasaki's for you..!!) but so much power.. The steering damper re-valve was completed and that was a 'must do'.. a few small suspension tweaks, but it is still going to take some time to get it feeling really good.. I fitted the new 200 tyre on Tuesday, so the rear is up another 2mm.. making it 10mm in total now, but that is the recommended ride height from all the racers I have spoken to.. I could probably go up 1 more tooth in the rear sprocket.. but again I am still getting used to the gearing.... Just fitted the BMC filter.. so nothing else required at the moment.. (except for a quickshifter.. but maybe a long way off)
The bike is running perfectly now, the suspension tweaks, throttle mod (insert), steering damper have all made a huge difference.. New tyre is now on and ready to head up North to EC at the end of the month.. I was straight into the high 40's first session.. now only 1.6 secs off my PB.. and this has only been my second real ride day at the island.. getting there
But I thought I should save the tyre for Eastern Creek..See you all up there..
Macca
