BeaveRun 5/23

bacolmm · **Posted:** Wed May 26, 2010 3:40 pm

Kenny and I decided to pull the trigger on this day at the last minute (http://www.threetwentynine.com/index.html). The weather cooperated and it turned out to be a fun day. There were very few riders so we got plenty of open track. We both paid Saturday night and met up with Nate at the track on Sunday morning. We chatted with him, went through the riders meeting, and got ready to ride. No tech, no stickers, nothing. It was foggy and the track was still damp in places for the 1st session. I rode around and just tried to get my tires scrubbed in and blow the cobwebs out, my fastest lap was a 1:15. The fog had pretty much lifted for the 2nd session and the track continued to dry out, my best lap was a 1:08 and then I got down into the 1:06's in the 3rd session. When I went out for the 4th session the starter asked where my sticker was? I told him I didn't get one and he sent me out on the track. I was starting to feel pretty good and was trying to pick up my pace. I was trying to carry more speed through turns 2-5 and in the kinks. I was also trying to push my brake markers back going into #1 and into #10. Somewhere in the middle of the session I felt like I had a pretty good lap going and pushed my brake marker for #10 further back than I ever had. I felt a sense of accomplishment for a split second until Kenny passed me on the brakes. :-)

I followed him around for a couple quick laps until it appeared that he got black flagged and pulled into the pits. I ran a few more quick laps until I got blacked flagged? Apparently there was a registration / tech process that both Kenny and I had missed - Ooops. We missed about 5 minutes of our session and Kenny also got a talking to because someone complained about him passing on the outside of turn #1. I'm not sure how passing on the outside is a problem, but someone complained so it seemed the CR felt compelled to pass along the complaint. We were definitely the local trouble makers! It sucked that we got pulled in early and "talked to" but I did manage to run a 1:05.21 that session, which is my fastest ever lap at BeaveRun. We still had 3 sessions left so I was thinking I might be able to get into the 1:04's, but it was not to be. I ran a bunch of mid-high 1:05's, but nothing faster than the 1:05.21. I started spinning the rear up a bit after lunch, especially through turn # 5 (I got my toe-slider down a bunch of times in # 5 as well, so I know I was getting it leaned over pretty good). It was odd that it seemed to get worse later in the session. Is it possible that my rear tire was getting too hot? I played around and turned my rear warmer off 5-10 minutes before we went out and also took 1 psi out. That seemed to help and it spun less in the last 2 sessions. I had another instance where I was pushing my brake marker back in #1 and Kenny showed me that I still had room to push it back even further. I got in and was later on the brakes than I've ever been. A split second after I got the bike slowed down and composed enough that I though I might be able to make the turn without crashing, Kenny went passed me on the inside. :-)

The other cool thing about the day was that Kenny took advantage of the suspension guy that was there from Ducati of Indianapolis. He gave him suggestions on a number of occasions, Kenny tried them out on the track, gave the guy more feedback, and he gave Kenny back additional suggestion based on the feedback. Kenny said the progress he made on the suspension made the day worthwhile all on its own

BeaveRun 5/23

BeaveRun 5/23

BeaveRun 5/23

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