triumph for all 6 races this weekend - fixed/ cleaned steering head bearings that i had damaged in jennings back in january -explains why the bike wouldnt turn and felt like the damper was set to 11 at VIR and race weekend 1
fri practice - got a spare set of rims and new set of iron braketech rotors/ ferodo pads to bed in
missed first practice getting tires mounted - where's sto?!?!?
next 2 practices spent bedding in brakes at about 70% speed -grrrr!
last practice session i start to get goin and now i have this jackhammering effect coming up through the handlebars - i mean the whole bike is skipping like a stone under heavy braking - scary as all hell
sat- practice spent trying to figure out what is wrong -chased all the wrong problems except the obvious (warped rotors from the factory) - checked steering head bearings we had just fixed then checked to make sure rotors were on tight and axel in properly, etc, etc
fuck! still doing it badly and i will have to race like this
race3 - mw sb - 9th place -trying to not bin it coming into 1, 3 and 6
1:28's! a huge step back!
race7 - hw ss - 4th place - somehow got some 24's ??? wtf
race11 - mw ss - 6th place
sunday - need to put new tires on before gtu so i get my old rims with stock rotors mounted with fresh rubba - 1st practice - no more jackhammering/ vibrations - gone all gone... fuckin rotors
practice 2 - put new rotors on to confirm it is not the new rims and sure enough, - the problem is back
race 1 -gtu - wookie and i both think we are in the 2nd wave and are left on the line discussing our favorite books while everyone else is in turn 2! fuck!
let's just say i was a bit displeased with my dumb rookie move... i weave thru a bunch of traffic and finish 3rd out of 11th - man i wish i had got a good start...
race 5- mwgp 5th place
race 11 - hwsb - 6th place so tired, nothing left - i have to cut back to 4 or 5 races
1:24.665 best time, need to get a lot faster as moving up to AM means I am going to be the back marker - also need to work on he front end of the trumpet, having some big troubles at the bumps through 3 and 10
yellow plates next weekend - bumpity bump
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