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Hello Again, After we returned from Miller the team all got together and took time to discuss the weekend and the results. The bottom line is we improved all through out the weekend but we are still getting beat. In the last race Wade our rider took on the entire field and got the bike into and through turn one in the lead. And that's the good news. After that we kept getting passed until we ended the day in third as I posted before. We finally have come to the conclusion that our problem is in the gearing. Gina (our pet name for the motorbike) was built for the Isle of Man, Wade has nearly 20 years racing there and after many an hour going through the strengths and weaknesses of the Moto Guzzi we made it our main focus to make time in the fast and very fast sections of the Island. One of the things that we did was find the tallest gearing available. There in may have been a fine idea for Manx GP but not the best for short courses. Wade had said that at Miller (we were racing what is know as the East Course; which is very tight indeed) that he could rarely click top gear. So now our focus has changed. We first know that our rider is quick off the line and as he get more intimate with Gina and her Italian proclivities he is going faster every event. So we shall begin to work on improving his corner exit speeds. Top end at Daytona (by their Radar gun) was 150 so she's not slow but she ain't very quick to get her skirts gathered up and down the road Ed from Guzzi Power has been a great help to us and tomorrow I'm heading down to his shop for a lower final drive. Based on the ratios it should be about 14% lower that what we have been running. We plan on one last test prior to loading everything in the crate for shipment to OZ and I'll let you all know how that test worked out. Cheers Rich