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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by nt650hawk View Post
    nothing to do with the tires. I'd say the wrong type of gloves. Very light, summer, non armored riding gloves because you did not want to get your good racing gloves to wet.
    It's not that I didn't want to get the racing gloves wet, I didn't want my hands to freeze up. My race gloves at the time had incredibly good ventilation, and my hands tend to shut off due to 'cold' way before they really should. That was the logic that led me to putting on the Olympics, a mistake I shall never make again.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Motard for the rain. They are ridiculous fun. The high hp bikes tend to get people into trouble too quickly. A mistake with the throttle and youre on the ground. My R6 could be a handful in the wet if I wasnt careful. There were more then a few times it tossed me out of the seat especially going up the hill.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    MZ Skorpion. Motard motor with traditional sportbike ergos.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    A TZ. Second place to rs125. Third runner up goes to a tard.

    Coming out of the corners is okay. Your on full gas and slowly back off when coming into the powerband so nothing abrupt happens then slowly bring it back to full throtlle as you straighten the bike up.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by oVTo View Post
    MZ Skorpion. Motard motor with traditional sportbike ergos.
    That would be perfect if the motor had a little bit more power to make things exciting.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by csmutty View Post
    That would be perfect if the motor had a little bit more power to make things exciting.
    you just described an SV

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by SVRACER01 View Post
    you just described an SV
    Hahaha true.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by oVTo View Post
    MZ Skorpion. Motard motor with traditional sportbike ergos.
    Quote Originally Posted by csmutty View Post
    That would be perfect if the motor had a little bit more power to make things exciting.
    You'll never use all the power.

    Quote Originally Posted by SVRACER01 View Post
    you just described an SV
    Too many cylinders.

    Quote Originally Posted by csmutty View Post
    Hahaha true.
    Yeah, OK. The MZ's still a nice rain bike though.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Kurlon: Who makes a rain tire for the gs?

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

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    Kurlon: Who makes a rain tire for the gs?
    I ran Bridgestones, I suspect you can get tires from all the vendors that'll work.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    oh i I didn't know they made rain tires in the 140 size, but then again i haven't ever looked that hard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by catch2otwo View Post
    oh i I didn't know they made rain tires in the 140 size, but then again i haven't ever looked that hard.
    They don't.

    You end up mounting a 155 Bridgestone, aka a 250GP intended unit in back. It's a little tall, you don't end up using all of the tread but it sticks awesome.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Kurlon View Post
    They don't.

    You end up mounting a 155 Bridgestone, aka a 250GP intended unit in back. It's a little tall, you don't end up using all of the tread but it sticks awesome.
    Ha I see. I still have a bit to learn about the quirks of the GS. Itll be my first season on it in track bike form.

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    Quote Originally Posted by catch2otwo View Post
    Ha I see. I still have a bit to learn about the quirks of the GS. Itll be my first season on it in track bike form.
    Feel free to pester me for whatever little bits of info I managed to figure out. I will warn you, cold tires plus too low a gear up out of 3 into 4 you can light it up and dump it, with just 40hp.

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by Kurlon View Post
    Feel free to pester me for whatever little bits of info I managed to figure out. I will warn you, cold tires plus too low a gear up out of 3 into 4 you can light it up and dump it, with just 40hp.
    Josh ..., I bet you could figure out a way to pitch a moped into the gravel in the bowl too !!! ..

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

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    Josh ..., I bet you could figure out a way to pitch a moped into the gravel in the bowl too !!! ..
    Hey, when you've got a natural talent...

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Just wondering out loud Josh .....

    How do you think one of our ..., over geared Franken mini's .., do in the rain against slow group track dayer's ???

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    Re: What would be your perfect rainy day , track day bike be to run ...

    Quote Originally Posted by BackMarker-943 View Post
    Just wondering out loud Josh .....

    How do you think one of our ..., over geared Franken mini's .., do in the rain against slow group track dayer's ???
    I've actually tested this at a Tony's Track Day. I got passed on the front straight, but was able to work to the front of the pack by turn 12. Get passed by most before turn 1, repeat. I ended up washing the front out after 11 in my final section trying to push just a touch too hard... if I had Sava rains mounted it would have been even more epic. (I don't think anyone that day had rains, if they had I wouldn't have been able to be quite so epic in comparison.)

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