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Last edited by nt650hawk; 02-22-16 at 02:02 PM.
Gino
HAWK GT Racer Expert #929
2012 CCS LRRS ULSB Champion
2012 CCS LRRS P89 Champion
2008 CCS ULSB National Champion
ECKRACING Bridgestone Street & Competition Woodcraft MOTUL On Track Media Pine Motorparts Vanson Leathers
Spent the morning with Scott Mullin today.
Part 1 of putting the Isle of Man Motor together. Scott took the time on each step and explained to me what each part is, how it works, the importance of it, etc.
Learned a lot today and I cannot thank Scott enough for opening his door and sharing his knowledge with me.
I hope I never get to use the things I am learning but its good to have the knowledge.
here are some progress photos:
and a small Time-Lapse Video from today:
Kawasaki ER-6 IOM Motor Build Time Lapse Part 1 - YouTube
Hot.
Spent another day with mr. Mullin and we are on a great path.
less than 96 hours I will be at the Isle of Man for Newcomers weekend!
Kawasaki ER-6 IOM Motor Build Time Lapse Part 2 - YouTube
Thanks for the day Sav and Scott. What a pain in the but trying to set up the dial indicator on the valve. First cam was only .25 degrees off from just initially setting the cam and chan. I love it when that happens.
Gino
HAWK GT Racer Expert #929
2012 CCS LRRS ULSB Champion
2012 CCS LRRS P89 Champion
2008 CCS ULSB National Champion
ECKRACING Bridgestone Street & Competition Woodcraft MOTUL On Track Media Pine Motorparts Vanson Leathers
You should really think about dressing up for such an important occasion. Kudos for daring to do what many would not even dream of!
99 + 02 SV650 ex-race - 91 FJ1200 street - 03 KDX220R woods - 12 WR450F motard/ice
Last edited by audi; 03-09-16 at 09:15 PM.
Audi
06 S2R1000
couple of 02 SVs for track duty, 03 XR100 for everything else
CB350 in pieces in my kitchen just because I can
Shirt and shoes are required by TSA these days eh?!
Are you wearing a fanny pack?👍
Gino
HAWK GT Racer Expert #929
2012 CCS LRRS ULSB Champion
2012 CCS LRRS P89 Champion
2008 CCS ULSB National Champion
ECKRACING Bridgestone Street & Competition Woodcraft MOTUL On Track Media Pine Motorparts Vanson Leathers
First impression of the Isle; sell my house in MA, move here.
Have you figured out what anybody is saying yet?
99 + 02 SV650 ex-race - 91 FJ1200 street - 03 KDX220R woods - 12 WR450F motard/ice
Sounds fairly shirt-free lifestyle friendly.Over the course of a year, the temperature typically varies from 38°F to 64°F and is rarely below 32°F or above 69°F.
How true this statement was. I am at 300% of what I originally thought this was going to cost. Hahaha
Fuck it. Newcomers weekend is going amazing.
I have some excellent news that I unfortunately cannot share for a few more weeks but I will as soon as I am permitted to do so.
The Isle is beautiful. The people are very welcoming and they want to help racers as much as possible.
I have done several laps of the course in a car and I will do plenty more as I have two more days here.
I am jet-lagged like never before, my sleeping and eating schedules are totally destroyed.
Learned a lot about suspension set up today by some pros here and met local TT legend and 2 times winner Chris Palmer who was kind enough to go on the course with me and give me tons of pointers. Truly great instructor and I guess he will be doing the announcements during this year's Manx.
The course is hard. Like harder than I can describe. Videos do it not justice. Actually after being on the course I can say videos make it look too easy. This isn't a joke. You are ridiculously close to stone walls, trees, 100ft cliffs, etc. you can't tell on video how dangerous it is, how steep or how tight the course is.
And they are telling me it will be even harder during the race because air fence makes it even tighter and the trees will have leafs which will make several parts really dark. Lol. If anything though I am more pationate to come and compete here.
Did a couple of interviews for promotional videos and local paper which was cool.
That's all for now, more to come upon my return back home.
thinking my calendar is open Sunday
Gino
HAWK GT Racer Expert #929
2012 CCS LRRS ULSB Champion
2012 CCS LRRS P89 Champion
2008 CCS ULSB National Champion
ECKRACING Bridgestone Street & Competition Woodcraft MOTUL On Track Media Pine Motorparts Vanson Leathers
Flights booked to watch the Manx. Because there has been no announcements YET.🙏
Gino
HAWK GT Racer Expert #929
2012 CCS LRRS ULSB Champion
2012 CCS LRRS P89 Champion
2008 CCS ULSB National Champion
ECKRACING Bridgestone Street & Competition Woodcraft MOTUL On Track Media Pine Motorparts Vanson Leathers