robbiekb

thats all thats wrong with it ? **grins** At 0 miles mine wouldn't hold an idle, the rotors were warped, the right hand pipe was badly rashed as if the bike had fallen over, same with the levers

I heard that Rockingham is nice and tight and technical , a bit similar to ButtonWillow where i do most of my track days. The Buell probbaly rules there !

my suspension upgrades will be easy. Todd tells me what i need and i give him the money to order it and fit it, then i go ride the bike

bet the Buell was tons of fun, rain on the way home sucks but at least it was dry for you i'm waiting for the pictures to get uploaded still from the trackside photographer but I'm finding it pretty rewarding to ride an unusual bike on the shorter tracks. There's nothing quite like it for the ego than to outbrake a Fireblade on the brakes, then overtake a GSXR 750 on the way out of the turn and finally to go round the outside of a Daytona 675 in a long sweeper all on the same lap Of course thats just group B where most of the riders are mere mortals like the rest of us struggling to find a way to feed all of that massive power to their back tires. Meanwhile all of us torquey Vtwin folks ride rings round em all day with massive cheesy grins on how much fun we're having Which track were you at ?

Heh Paul as an addendum to his long drawn out topic, and obviously completely off the original subject, I did finally run out of ground clearance on the right side of the bike. I'm going to fix it with a new rear shock that Todd Eagan is sourcing for me. The left side is still not really a problem because I can drop the bike onto the sidestand which has some give in it until the left peg feeler starts pushing up and then you knwo youre out of room. On the right, the titanium pipe touches down before the hero blob, even with the exhaust himounts. The hairy part with that is that it "high-centers" the bike, unloading the rear tire. So to get back to the original thread, take the Buell ! hahahahaha seriously ride whatever you like

I always do Paul , always do when i finally pick up the track bike from Todd, it'll have all of its street stuff taken off but for right now its not worth it for 6/10's track riding

mines rusted and started looking crappy so they now reside inside my parts bin

yeah you could but it would look darned funny on my bike at least. Maybe once I've changed out the fork springs and rear shock because i'll increase the ride height then. Until that happens, my hero blobs just get rusty

congratulations on an awesome bike !!! I have a 76 Convert also. It's a little challenging to ride quickly, as theres no engine braking but it is what it is tremendous fun !! quick question for you.... my 76 Convert came with two seperate fuel taps, that were isolated one for each cylinder. I just recently put on the crossover (for which Rich R - previous owner gave me hell) but leave both taps on all the time anyway. Which fuel line do you have ?

well we'll just have to agree to differ on the sidestand issue.. our tracks out here in California are plenty bumpy, Laguna was exceptionally so and it's never posed an issue, perhaps because i use it as a feeler gauge like i said, the hero blobs would never ever touch first on my bike so with the sidestand removed, the first thing to touch is a hard and unrelenting bodypart. I don't know about you but my exhaust was expensive and i kinda like it unscratched

Thats hilarious ! Did the bike pass tech and then blow a seal or something ? I'd rather drag the sidestand than something with no give in it. Incidentally I switched to Dunlop D209 SPORTMAX GP-A tires for track days and they're so confidence inspiring you can use all of the tire without ever feeling like the tires going to slide. Just feels like theyre going to grip forever!

i'm not quite sure why a Buell would be considered a race bike whereas the V11 isn't ? I was going round the outside of the Buells all day at ButtonWillow. The only place where I was remotely challenged was on the straight, and even then it mostly came down to braking and corner setup. I'm not a particularly gifted rider or particularly fast, but unless the track is REALLY fast, the difference is which bike you can ride the best. Even at Laguna Seca, once i got my suspension dialed in, it was relatively easy to hang with much "faster" bikes. The reality is that on an air cooled bike, just accept that you will get the drive out of the corner and then [insert trackbike flavor of the month here] will come stonking past you like you're standing still, until the rider freaks out that they're going way too fast and either rolls off the gas or starts braking at a way earlier brake marker. Cue for you to brake later coz youre going slower, overtake on the outside or set up to get him on the drive out of the corner. So just take whichever one you want to ride really otherwise you'll be bummed you left the bike you wanted to ride at home. My sidestand is pretty much fully ground down unfortunately, i also ground off the sidestand cutoff switch but then i'm using the sidestand to "feel" how much more space i have, on the right I have put Sport 1100i hi mounts on and have never had a problem with touching either the muffler or the crossover, probably more a reflection of my riding style though. I trailbrake my V11 like crazy and go through right toesliders something awful. Once the toesliders are sparking thats pretty much maximum lean for the tire. Interestingly enough Rich R's Scura NEVER touches its sidestand or pipes and he's significantly faster than me. The Scura does sit a bit taller though, it has revalved Ohlins. Makes all the difference in the world ..and the V11 sounds awesome at full throttle, she's a big old bus but given that most of us are not retired GP or AMA Gods, completely capable for where our skills are. just my 0.02cents

i'm running Dunlop Qualifier's with a 170 rear. Truly awe inspiring , my previous 208's got eaten up pretty badly at the last track day, the Qualifier's grip foreverare completely predictable and wore really well

I don't know exactly what his itinerary is but Todd Eagan is leaving for Europe tomorrow as he's racing representing the USA in the Dunlop Driver's Cup across Europe for the next 2 weeks ! http://www.dunloptires.com/driverscup/worldFinals/ i think todd will be updating his website at http://socal-guzzi.com/PHPBB with his schedule and results. If anyone gets the chance to go ride with him while he's there, jump at the chance, it's a fairly humbling experience but i guarentee it'll leave you with a greater understanding of the kinds of things that our bikes are truly capable of. Robbie

i bought the Momo for both myself and ingrid for when she's riding the Bonneville and i'm riding the Convert. They are what they are, I'm glad we bought them but i certainly wouldn't evaluate them like I would my Shoei RF1000 or Ingrid's Arai. I mean it's an open face and all