Midlands worshop day 2012 - 21st July

[AMCQ46]

Yep but we should of called it , oap gathering around amcq46s house
For tea a biscuits .
I was the youngest their at 33 and all my own hair which is brown not Grey unlike most at this shin dig lol
I had a good day thanks to the grandads chin up

no the other one lol

Looking at the photos there is a lot of grey hair...... but none of it shows when the helmets are on and we get to act like big kids

With age comes knowledge.....but clearly maturity is optional

[NOBLEVTR]

did post last night but seems to have disapeared. anyway big thanks to al and his good lady for their hospitality, and al for showing me the cct mod should be safer now , carl big thanks for stripping carbs and changing settings as you said its a different bike now still a bit of hesitation low down but then smooth right through the range no hole in the middle, wonder if changing pilots to 50s would help as already had 48s in?. Good to meet all you other stormers even if most of us were a bit grey and growing through our hair, we still no how to have a good time, no pipe and slippers here yet thankyou, cheers everybody

[VTRDark]

Your welcome Noble, the TPS would have smoothed things out as well. If I had the time I would have had that spot on 500 but it's all good as it's within the -10 +10 tolerance.

wonder if changing pilots to 50s would help as already had 48s in?

NO, that would be even harder to get set up right. Most people find the 48's to be quite sufficient.

It will be the mixture screws needing fine tuning. To do this properly the bike needs to be warmed up properly with 15mins of hard heavy riding, no good just letting it idle away until temperature goes up. And then it needs the appropriate tool to get in and adjust the mixture by ear with the bike running.

The mixture screws will probably need turning 1/16 to 1/2 turn in one direction or another.

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[NOBLEVTR]

thanks for the feedback cybercarl if get time might attempt

[fireballxl5]

Big thanks to our host Al who made us all very welcome and of course to Mrs Al for the bacon butties and coffee first thing in the morning Special mention must go to Carl for the days entertainment with his impressions (BSM watch out) top class, shame New Faces is'nt still on we could put Carl's name forward. Thanks to all that turned up including the lunch time mistry cook well done (cook and ride a bike i'am impressed) A good time was had by all. Enjoyed the ride out afterwards sorry i had to bail out early, Again thanks to everyone.

PS Who was that man on the KTM

[agentpineapple]

gutted i was out of the country, it looks like you guys had a fun time, i'm sure i'll be seeing carl the fish soon enough, it sounds like he has some explaining to do

[VTRDark]

wombles off the lot of you am I getting a reputation or what you all need to mechanically tune your ears in.

Most entertaining part of the day for me was watching Lloydie warming up his tyres on the ride out. The only other tyres I have seen with that much wear on them is on Yeti's Mori race bike. Bloody marvellous.

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[AMCQ46]

gutted i was out of the country, it looks like you guys had a fun time, i'm sure i'll be seeing carl the fish soon enough, it sounds like he has some explaining to do

wasnt it Billy the fish?


Carl, the hair cut looks familiar too

[AMCQ46]

: Most entertaining part of the day for me was watching Lloydie warming up his tyres on the ride out. The only other tyres I have seen with that much wear on them is on Yeti's Mori race bike. Bloody marvellous.

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come on Lloydie, you need to fess up........would they be race scrubs?

[lloydie]

The front is but not the rear .
I went down to fish hill today .
And nearly lost the rear as it went off the edge lol .
I'm about 10mm on the front now and getting marbles on it :-)
But I had found a flaw in my corner technique .
I'm wasnt pulling the bike down with my outside leg instead I'm gripping the bars to tight and pulling the inside bar in words .
Two more trips up the hill and I was dragging my knees :-) the bike felt more stable and the speeds were better .

[AMCQ46]

I went down to fish hill today .
And nearly lost the rear as it went off the edge lol .
I'm about 10mm on the front now and getting marbles on it :-)
But I had found a flaw in my corner technique .
I'm wasnt pulling the bike down with my outside leg instead I'm gripping the bars to tight and pulling the inside bar in words .
Two more trips up the hill and I was dragging my knees :-) the bike felt more stable and the speeds were better .

lots of fun on fish hill ..........having stomp grip on the tank helps when leaning off as well as braking........having the wide bars on your bike makes it too easy to over do the inputs, I have the same problem when i ride the mad mans KTM 990.

[lloydie]

[/quote]lots of fun on fish hill ..........having stomp grip on the tank helps when leaning off as well as braking........having the wide bars on your bike makes it too easy to over do the inputs, I have the same problem when i ride the mad mans KTM 990.[/quote]


stomp grips theirs a thought
and your right about the bars its very twitchy if you over do it .
i think a damper will help slow down the movement and as it now lifts in 3rd on the power

[VTRDark]

I got to get my sliders on and some new tyres. Do you find yourself counter steering a lot when you lean into the bends. I got some sliders but the velcro doesen't seem to work on them. Can't get them to stick to my leathers. I'm not sure if it's the sliders or the velcro on my leathers that are at fault. I may just glue them or stitch them on.

I could easily get my knee down on some bends but not having the sliiders is holding me back. And then there are times when I overshoot a corner and have to pull on the brakes If I had the sliders I would just lean it down and go for it.

With corners it's a case of slowing down enough, being in the right gear (gearbox that is), leaning the bike into the corner but having enough revs to pull you up and through the bend. Oh, and hope you dont hit any grit, sand ot whatever on the bend I had one like that this morning. Farm traffic debris.

The one thing that really worries me about knee down corners is my suspension set up is sh1t.

You take it easy Lloydie, be careful mate.

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[lloydie]

I got to get my sliders on and some new tyres. "Do you find yourself counter steering a lot when you lean into the bends.

i do now even more .

"I got some sliders but the velcro doesen't seem to work on them. Can't get them to stick to my leathers. I'm not sure if it's the sliders or the velcro on my leathers that are at fault. I may just glue them or stitch them on.

carpet tape is good stuff

I could easily get my knee down on some bends but not having the sliiders is holding me back. And then there are times when I overshoot a corner and have to pull on the brakes If I had the sliders I would just lean it down and go for it.

"With corners it's a case of slowing down enough, being in the right gear (gearbox that is), leaning the bike into the corner but having enough revs to pull you up and through the bend. Oh, and hope you dont hit any grit, sand ot whatever on the bend I had one like that this morning. Farm traffic debris.

when i want to push it say on fish hill i do a sighting lap first to see what the road condition is like .
and i always drop it down a gear for the corner so i have a good gear on exit of the bend to fire me out of it and onto the next one . i ride with a 05 r1 sometimes and it pisses him off as he cant wind it on as hard as a twin

"The one thing that really worries me about knee down corners is my suspension set up is sh1t.
get it sorted

"You take it easy Lloydie, be careful mate.

i will try

[VTRDark]

i ride with a 05 r1 sometimes and it pisses him off as he cant wind it on as hard as a twin

Good man. Do the storm proud. the torque wins.

Yeh a bit of double sided tape, I never though of that. Not carpet grippers

Nice one.

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