Tire question for the track

[jasnmar]

Hard for me to tell. His bags are in the way. He's certainly close in a few places. John certainly has better body position than I do (this doesn't surprise me).

I typically drag through 2, 3, the bottom of the bowl, 10 (as i bounce through it) and all through 11-12 and the drive out of 12. (I'd love to fix the drive out of 12 drag). John takes a wider line out of 12 than I have been. Since I'm really not concerned with times this is probably what I should do as well.

I've actually learned to use dragging as a bit of a slope indicator. Dragging pegs means I'm getting close to dragging hard parts, which causes problems. :/

[jasnmar]

Unrelated, but these guys could prolly use some new tires http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1xp...e_gdata_player

[nhbubba]

Don't be a litterbug, yo.

[csmutty]

Don't be a litterbug, yo.

It gives you more grip for the wheelie down hot pit.

[AVI8_636]

Okay so are there any inexpensive places to mount and balance the tires either in the Springfield Ma area, or in the NH Seacoast area if I don't want to wait until the track? I just called a few places locally and they all charge around $40 per wheel if I bring just the rims in. That seems a bit ridiculous IMO. If I do it at the track, is that something that needs to be done the night prior? And do they actually do a mount and balance there?

Sorry for the noob questions

[csmutty]

No idea. But make sure they leave the stickers on.

[Degsy]

Wirelessly posted

No idea. But make sure they leave the stickers on.

Lol.

[OreoGaborio]

Oh dear god, no. Not on a non race bike. You'll be a poser!

[nhbubba]

AND a litter bug!

[jasnmar]

Is John dragging peg? Can't see the vid at work, but I can link to it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSVg3Gg4LmA

He may not be in the video, but he does.

Still not as much as me. His body position is still better than mine, but yes, he does scrape.