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I spent a small fortune on the bike this winter, big things being full exhaust, full Bazzaz TC system, slipper clutch and new bodywork.
Friday I went up for practice. first session was terrible. off/on throttle transition was absolutely terrible. the bike would lurch and bobble for a second before smoothing out. wasn't sure what the problem was. figured maybe it was the new MP throttle so I changed to the next size down reel. next session it wasn't as bad but still there. also noticed I had an FI error light. well I haven't seen my service manual in months so I start searching the internet. I wanted to raise the idle but apparently there's only 2 ways to do it on my bike. one involves replacing a throttle stop or some part on the throttle bodies and make an idle adjuster but that's not really a good solution people say. other fix is buy the HRC ECU. so I lift the tank to check the IACV and its fine but I found the hose for the MAP sensor is disconnected. that fixed the problem. the bike really fucking rips now with the extra power.
signed up for all 8 races I can do.
Saturday, this is gonna be rough with both GTU and MWGP today and them being longer than normal races. I also made first practice for the second time ever.
GTU 3rd
HWSS got a good start and passed the whole F50L grid into or in T1. maybe it was a fluke my start was decent. finished 6th
UNGP get an awesome start and only a 2 or 3 people in front of me in T1 then a red flag on lap 1 or 2. we sit on pregrid for awhile. restart I get another awesome launch and head into T1 behind Mike Clark and Brad Erling then the back end spins the bike out from under me in T1a. I was so scared everyone behind me was gonna hit me or my bike but everyone did great and missed me. got back on and finished second to last cause Jim got hit and taken down.
MWGP 7th
Sunday
MWSB 6th
UNSS 7th
MWSS 5th
UNSB had a great battle with Dylan Moore for probably the last half or more of this race. back and forth a couple times. he rides that old Kawi really well and he's very smooth. I'd hate to see what he could do on a newer faster lighter bike. He got the better of lapped traffic on the last lap and I just couldn't get a good enough drive to pass a lapper and him out of twelve. finished .3 behind him, another 50 feet and I might have been by. it was fun though. finished 7th
8 races was fun but very tiring. I think I might just do 5 or 6 next round. not all that happy with my lap times, best of 1:21.4 but I've learned how to finally get the bike off the line. corner entry is the main problem that I'll work on next round.