WORCS Round 2 - Taft, CA
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:50 am
We had a very fun weekend. Had a few problems, but it was a great time.
I finished my FX on Tuesday, with help on mapping from Harry Moto, broke it in Wednesday, changed the oil Thursday, along with loading everything up, and getting prepared.
We left a little later then expected, Friday morning at about 4:00. It was a 7 or 8 hour drive until we turned onto the road leading to the track. We couldn??????????????????t wait to get on the track for the Friday MX practice. We pulled into the gate, and saw my friend Devin(Z400) already preparing to go out for his first Moto.
We parked, unloaded the bikes, and went over to finish up registration. While standing in line, we had the great pleasure of witnessing Devin??????????????????s first jump of the weekend. Being a bike rider all of his life, and only having an hour or so on 4 wheels, he was less familiar with jumping then he thought, he came into the first jump, a 60 foot table, a little to hot, nosed down hard, and upon landing, ended up turning and sliding off the side of the landing. Needless to say, he slowed down.
After finishing registration, we headed to the truck and geared up. When we got to the line, they did our sound checks, he said I was at 107.???????????????.krash saw 114, lol. This was our last chance to quiet the bikes down, at Round 3, if your not at or under 101, you can't race. After a little wait, we took off. I found out real quick that I can??????????????????t take turns the way I did on the Utility, I got sucked into the mud on the outside, and was passed by Devin. Of course, Devin pushed hard (for reasons I do not know). He hit a lip on the next corner, and dumped it. Ended up having to spend about $300 dollars in parts, and again, took it easier the next day.
The way my front shocks were adjusted was causing the front end to bounce up real hard on whoops, and landings, which made me feel real unconfident about jumping. That, mixed with the Falicon Strokers torque, and the ungodly traction I get with Razr 2's, I COULD NOT keep that front end down. On starts, out of tacky turns, out of muddy turns, up hills, everywhere. After that practice Moto was over, krash and I were sitting at the truck, talking, and waiting for AMRsCdale450grl to finish her portion of the Moto. When she finally rolled around the truck, she had her right foot rested on the front of the nerf bar???????????????.Really tired? Broken peg????????????????nope, her first words? ????????????????I think I broke my ankle???????????????. Come to find out, she was pushing a little to hard on the table top, got kicked a little funny, and landed with her foot in the wrong spot, causing her ankle to roll real bad. She was out for the weekend. She found out yesterday that it was just a bad sprain.
While loading up, we noticed my left rear rim was loose, very loose, one more lap, and it would have came off. I had the same problem during the break-in run, and was confused as to why it was loosening. It oblonged the holes a bit, but nothing serious. I ended up torquing the rear lugs down really tight, then putting jam nuts over those. I figured that would prevent anything from loosening. I also lowered the front end, and did a few Comp/Reb adjustments.
I finished my FX on Tuesday, with help on mapping from Harry Moto, broke it in Wednesday, changed the oil Thursday, along with loading everything up, and getting prepared.
We left a little later then expected, Friday morning at about 4:00. It was a 7 or 8 hour drive until we turned onto the road leading to the track. We couldn??????????????????t wait to get on the track for the Friday MX practice. We pulled into the gate, and saw my friend Devin(Z400) already preparing to go out for his first Moto.
We parked, unloaded the bikes, and went over to finish up registration. While standing in line, we had the great pleasure of witnessing Devin??????????????????s first jump of the weekend. Being a bike rider all of his life, and only having an hour or so on 4 wheels, he was less familiar with jumping then he thought, he came into the first jump, a 60 foot table, a little to hot, nosed down hard, and upon landing, ended up turning and sliding off the side of the landing. Needless to say, he slowed down.
After finishing registration, we headed to the truck and geared up. When we got to the line, they did our sound checks, he said I was at 107.???????????????.krash saw 114, lol. This was our last chance to quiet the bikes down, at Round 3, if your not at or under 101, you can't race. After a little wait, we took off. I found out real quick that I can??????????????????t take turns the way I did on the Utility, I got sucked into the mud on the outside, and was passed by Devin. Of course, Devin pushed hard (for reasons I do not know). He hit a lip on the next corner, and dumped it. Ended up having to spend about $300 dollars in parts, and again, took it easier the next day.
The way my front shocks were adjusted was causing the front end to bounce up real hard on whoops, and landings, which made me feel real unconfident about jumping. That, mixed with the Falicon Strokers torque, and the ungodly traction I get with Razr 2's, I COULD NOT keep that front end down. On starts, out of tacky turns, out of muddy turns, up hills, everywhere. After that practice Moto was over, krash and I were sitting at the truck, talking, and waiting for AMRsCdale450grl to finish her portion of the Moto. When she finally rolled around the truck, she had her right foot rested on the front of the nerf bar???????????????.Really tired? Broken peg????????????????nope, her first words? ????????????????I think I broke my ankle???????????????. Come to find out, she was pushing a little to hard on the table top, got kicked a little funny, and landed with her foot in the wrong spot, causing her ankle to roll real bad. She was out for the weekend. She found out yesterday that it was just a bad sprain.
While loading up, we noticed my left rear rim was loose, very loose, one more lap, and it would have came off. I had the same problem during the break-in run, and was confused as to why it was loosening. It oblonged the holes a bit, but nothing serious. I ended up torquing the rear lugs down really tight, then putting jam nuts over those. I figured that would prevent anything from loosening. I also lowered the front end, and did a few Comp/Reb adjustments.