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Mintbread wrote:Nice pipe.

Having trouble turning right are we?

im having trouble turning at all in general. my chicken strips on the left is almost gone but the right still has half of ¼" strip left.

i just found out that you're not even supposed to sit on the bike when you turn.

but yeah... my mechanic actually said it's odd since the WSIR is a right hander track but yet i lean more left than right. http://www.willowspringsraceway.com/tra ... urseLg.htm

new jardine pipe!

Looks nice. Seems annoying that you'll have to wear earplugs now though.

i just found out that you're not even supposed to sit on the bike when you turn.

Your not..sit...what...huh? Who the heck said that?

CNF2002 wrote:
Your not..sit...what...huh? Who the heck said that?

it's normal... i just didn't know.

when you hang off... the half of your butt that's still above the seat should not even be on contact w/ the seat. it should just be hovering above it. you hold yourself up w/ your legs.

that should also give you more leverage on putting weight on the pegs.

but of course... it's regarding performance riding and not plain cruising.


and i was already using earplugs before... but not everytime. now, i have to make sure i use it everytime.


also regarding the pipe... not bad for $214.

1. louder pipe
2. no more cat
3. bike probably gained 3 or 5 hp
4. bike lost 10 or more pounds

cool!

Ah, I thought you meant during regular turning.

Told you the Jardine was nice

Geoff650R wrote:Told you the Jardine was nice

yep... just went canyon riding, very satisfied wth it.

it was interesting... i'll post some details later.

10/8/06

i called up some peeps but they don't wanna ride. so i decided to go solo to little T.

i was on my way there and then i saw a cop car behind w/ lights on... i got scared but the he passed me.

so i went along the canyon and then got stopped bec there was actually a big accident. 2 riders. one got airlifted and one was ambulanced.




a lot of us got stranded.

some nice lotus cars...



then a funny thing happened... a group of riders came up and then we told them about the accident. then 1 guy decided to turn back but lost control and dropped his bike making a U turn. his friends were all just laughing at him and it was actually a different rider that helped him.

we actually waited for a long time but then we got tired of waiting for them to clear it bec they're still investigating the scene.

i actually ended up joining these guys... they're running DOT race tires. i can only hang w/ them during their warm up turns. LOL!


but they're cool. they were inviting me to go to a trackday but i said i have to check my funds for that. we just headed to big T to AFH to ACH and ate at nuke's.

i was gonna take the same longer route home but a bunch of riders said there was another big accident from where we came from. so i just took ACH all the way down eventhough the middle part is very bumpy.

on the way down, i got scared again since on 1 corner... a cop car was on the oncoming lane and i was speeding and hanging off the bike. whew! that was close.

on the way home i got tempted... i gunned the throttle in traffic and swerved a couple of times.... i told myself to not do it again.

Sorry the riding day seemed to be a bust. Though its smart like you did to read the signs and not push it. There will be more days to go ride.

Shorts wrote: Though its smart like you did to read the signs and not push it.

i don't get that part but thanks anyway.

Well, glad you likes the new pipe (I liked the stock one myself, but meh, its not my bike is it?*LOL*) Some very nice cars in those canyons. and shiney bikes...Do you see many Cruisers around in there?