Can I ride?
I have people over and they are asking.
Am I fast?
yes to 1 fast to 2, you ride a gs500 you have to be fast.
Sory for the late response. Haven't been checking the board lately :mrgreen:
YES YOU ARE FAST :cheers: :)
I actually had to try to shake you off my tail last time we rode together.
You've got to talk to the wife about letting you race. You could do pretty good judging by the competition this year. :lol:
Hope you can make it to Infineon Raceway on May 30th for the next AFM race. We should have a bunch of GS riders :cheers:
ill be damned its super-bob with his power wheelie :mrgreen: :dunno:
Piper,
You should definitely race!
I'm trying to get the wife to go for it! I'm gonna try to get to Infineon to watch. Hows the motor holding up?
Bike's running strong. :guns:
Just got an annoying mystery oil leak. Nothing serious.
I bought a PVM font wheel from James Randolph last race.
It's lighter and is a 16.5 rim. The new front tire is a 125-80.
HUGE DIFFERENCE :o
Over a rough patch where the 120-60/17 tire would force the suspension to do all the work. The new tire absorbs more bumps, has more grip because of bigger contact patch. Knocked 2 seconds off my lap times
I'm building another motor for my 89 backup bike for more power.
I took the bike I rode with you on and threw some # plates on it.
I'm using it as a backup bike. At the moment it has a stock motor with a jet kit, pipe and advancer. I'll let you use it to take the racers school ;)
Then you won't need to worry about setting up your bike for the track.
You can pick up another cheap GS and make that a race bike later.
All you need is the safety gear-- full leathers, back protector, boots, helmet and gloves.
You should check out the GS500 on this forum. It's in Minnesota but it seems like a deal at $1100/offer, 51hp and full SV bodywork.
http://64.176.35.1/cgi-bin/Ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=bec1955facdb39ab63e9f0bda537ed47;act=ST;f=12;t=2064
Hopefully the link will work.
Just curious, Bob, what classes would a mostly stock GS500 be competitive in, if any, in AFM?
In case that link doesn't work, here is the ad info
1992 (i think) GS500
2mm over JE pistons
51rwhp on Hitman's dyno
cams degreed
GSXR600 rear shock
autometer tach with rev limiter
full SV bodywork, airtech GS tail section
reverse shift
rear stands and some random parts, including another full exhuast system, sprockets, levers, etc.
race tech emulators
full Hindle exhaust
Engine now has about a total of 4 weekends on it (with 3-4 sprint races per weekend, no endurance races).
$1100 obo (anything reasonable, and I will probably take it)
Call or email me, pics avail on request
Sheldon
612 384 6476
sheldon@smash.ws
So now you are out of bikes in California you have to buy them from outside and import them... Yea yea race prepped GS ok ok.
Cool.
Srinath.
I still have a ticket that is good for this month, because of the rainout last month, if anybody still wants it! I can mail it! Pm me!
Ticket given.
You picked up 2 seconds!? That should put you way ahead of everyone. BTW Nice pic in the power wheelie thread! :thumb: I'll keep workin on the ol lady and hopefully I'll be taking you up on the offer.
It's safer to race on a racetrack than it is to ride paranoid on public roads!
The classes you can run the GS in, is 500 twins and the 450 classes (superbike and production). You could do fairly good in 500 twins if you can ride well. 450 production would be tougher. And 450 superbike would be the hardest. The top guy in 450 superbike is putting out around 85hp :o
Year before last I managed a second place in 450 superbike with a monstrous holeshot at the start. Finally got picked off by lap 4. Then dropped to 3rd because of lapped traffic. But the bike was running strong, so I managed to get back up to 2nd. Last year everybody raised their game.
This year I'm just doing 500 twins. Maybe I'll play with them later in the season.