Random photos

Bikes are starting to roll in......for Biketoberfest, I guess. This one in front of me today. After we turned right, went over the North Bridge onto the North Causeway, at the first light about a mile up he pulled off. Looked like it shut down on him. We were waiting for the light and I left space for him to jump back in front of me. He finally got it started but when he tried to move forward when the light went green it stalled again - so I just went on by.....

 

Does this Vette make my ass look big?

 

I think they're a month early! Make sure it's nice and dry down there for me October 15-18 please

This last Saturday was pretty cool for me. I had set a goal of doing the 2 hour endurance race solo at Blackhawk Farms at the beginning of the year. I didn't realize my dad would come down until the morning of, and he was able to be part of my pit crew. One of his jobs was to "catch" me on pit lane during my one pit stop. He's a jumpy guy to begin with, and there's no speed limit on pit road so this was always going to be exciting. As I was speeding toward my pit stall he jumped out of the way certain I wasn't going to stop in time. I just laughed in my helmet it was awesome.

Managed to make the full 2 hours. I was only racing against 1 other bike in my class (18 teams total on track), but I did manage to finish in front of them. Moreso though I proved to myself I could mentally and physically last for 2 hours on the bike. It turned out to be 85 laps on the 1.95 mile course. I'm capable of running my SV650 in the 1:16s--maybe high 1:15s--but I wanted to just try to run 1:20 as long as possible. I put in a really long 70 minute stint to start the race on the 4.5gal tank so I knew I wouldn't have fuel issues at the end if we didn't get the thing packed. The last 45 minutes was playing whackamole with different leg cramps, but I stayed in the 1:20-1:21s almost every lap.

Definitely a special weekend for me with my dad able to be part of it.




Never doing a 2 hour straight solo again .

 

That's awesome, Matt! Having your Dad there is special, mate! Your bike looks damn good, too! Love that duck!

 

Dude, Awesome!!! So jelly! I am glad your dad could be part of the show. So when is your next 2hr again?

 

On the racing front. My little RS didn't sell for as much as I was hoping, but it should be cash in hand soon. Which means I can fix my truck and buy race parts.
Wiring has been going on for roughly 30hrs. Not being a complete electric head, I basically pulled everything apart under the dash and confirmed its usage and relocation. Sadly my photo looks terrible, but this wiring is actually clean compared to the mess I inherited. Another case of " I have blue and green wire, lets use those for power". Grrr
My buddy whom is helping me suss out the crazy wiring is also printing 3d parts for supporting relays and other items. I hope to be done this weekend, but we shall see.
Wiring - mostly cleaned up.. hahahaha

 

Probably never--definitely not at Blackhawk at least. Right leg burns out fast because of all the right hand turns. A friend and I may enter the Daytona 2.5 hour next month and swap riders every ~40-45 minutes. Fuel mileage is a little bit worse at that track when you're full throttle for 60 seconds a lap.

Rogue, is one of those wires going to go to a camera system, so you can take us along on your racing adventures?

 

Actually it is a requirement by the SCCA to record your track time in case there is an incident. I hope to get the go pro up and running this month.