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Second race, and things are going well….. but honestly, didn’t know till the last minute if I was going to make it.
A few days after coming back from the first race in Rome I had to be hospitalized with a case of a very painful kidney stone. Things got complicated as it got stuck and there was a fear I’d need an operation. Luckily, I managed to pee it out after a week (ouch) and Thursday before the race weekend doctor gave me the ok.
Anyway, bike is really working now, slashed one second off my best time in Varano in first qualifying. In second qualifying session, even with a hotter track that usually means slower times, still managed to shave a few tenths was in a mid position in the mixed classes grid.
Sunday, race was kind of early but I was really worked up…. enough to kill the engine at the drop for the flag! Damn,damn, damn! A marshal bump started me ASAP but I was so mad at myself that I switched my brain off and started reeling off faster than ever laps, catching up to third place in my category, maybe could have been second if I didn’t lost 10-15 seconds killing the motor….
Well, there’s always next time,
Some things to sort out till next race in May: while pushing my braking points farther than before I started to get quite a lot of front wheel chatter/hop. Need to think what changes to do to the fork to eliminate the problem or maybe bite the bullet and drop in modern R6 cartridge dampers that been waiting or even upgrade the whole fork to a 38mm form a Gpz600, 38mm being the max diameter acceptable in our vintage class.

Are you racing the 550 yet, or is this still the 750-based bike?

it's still the 750/810 that i race in the open class

only for next year are they going to create the new TT F2 600 class that the 550 will be allowed into.

but i already got the bike to work on, I brought into my garage from the storage last week.

so if you hear about any nice cams for it let me know

TG

congrats on the third place finnish.

why do u want to change to the 550 class?

Well, it’s not like I am fully decided on switching class and now that bike is running well, plans might change and I’ll stick to the open class.

But last year I wasn’t really happy with how the 750/810 was working on the track and I had this occasion to pick this pristine 550 for 200$, so thought at the time that if I don’t get on with the 750 I’ll switch.

When the 550 stands next to the 750 it’s pretty amazing how much lower, smaller and nimbler it looks and feels. A 90rwhp/160 kilograms 750/810 versus a 75 rwhp/140 kilograms 550/600? Not quite sure what will go faster around a track, especially since very few of our tracks could be called "horsepower tracks", most of them are kind of technical.

And besides, I simply enjoy building these things....

Works for me - I enjoy watching you build them

Good results... dam good results actually considering the start

And who'd have thunk that a ridding one's self of a kidney stone was worth a full second in lap time That SOB must have been HUGE

Keep up the good work, you're doing a fine job!

Now that's cool shit there...

found this one.....

Just a question. Does the class you run require you to run street tires? why not slicks?
disclaimer: I don't know anything about the road racing side of the house.

Surfdude_007 wrote: Just a question. Does the class you run require you to run street tires? why not slicks?
disclaimer: I don't know anything about the road racing side of the house.

these are not street tires.... they are race compound, track only tires, not DOT legal, just with street tire thread design

in most classes of vintage racing in the world, slicks are not allowed, and actually not being even made for 18" rims nowadays.

AHRMA allows 17" in some vintage classes but even there slicks are not allowed to keep costs in check