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You're gonna love it! Check out some of my other videos. 👍

Thanks for the comment! There is also a bypass bracket with a tiny torx screw that I ended up using. Just flip the bracket around, and it permanently depresses the microswitch. It's been flawless ever since.

Hope it was helpful!

@@mk3brent Yes. I'll be revisiting it probably when I'm able to do something like this. Limited budget at the moment but I hope to do something like this with formula SAE next year.

That would be awesome. Let me know.

T8... gets the best of us. Not me though... 😁 Hope you're recovering dude. Hope to see you next season.

You got it. I'll get some more next year. VIR is another track I go to often. 👍

Yeah, he's fine. Bike wasn't too bad either. Hope you had some good sessions this weekend. Weather was gorgeous. I'll see if you're in any of my videos.

@@mk3brent Oh yea! It was a killer weekend. Good weather and I got my A class bump so definitely one to remember. I appreciate any videos you have of me as I was so focused on my riding, I forgot to hook up my go pro. -_-

100 points of grip. Rear tire grip consists of lean angle and throttle. Some tires can maintain traction at higher forces than this one did. Before the rear tire lost all traction, you can see the bike leave a long black trail before sliding out completely. In this case, too much throttle at the given lean angle exceeded the 100 points of available grip that particular tire had to offer. It was not a track oriented tire. (Pirelli Angel GT)

@@mk3brent That was some monster speed and lean angle into that turn. I do think that even small power/low output bikes benefit greatly from traction control electronics as you can exceed grip via throttle...just lean more! I did see a large percentage of track bikes using street tires at Barber a few weeks ago. Maybe not Pirelli Angels, but Road 5/6, RoadSmarts, GP300, of that sort. I personally used Metzeler M9RR and had the TC light flash at me several times per lap although I didn't feel any tire slide. I had TC turned up to max, though, and I trust the TC. I'm OK with flat track and dirt bikes, but on pavement everything happens so quickly that you're on the ground even before you realized you've crashed.

Perhaps unhelpful, but that could have turned into a nasty highside…better that crash than a high side.

@@512460 I am not sure if they would! The frame sliders don’t stick out too far, but would help probably with simple tip overs. I’d opt for some added case covers for more protection.

@@mk3brent thanks for your speedy response

At that time, it was a Hit-Air MLV vest. Today, I'm using a Hit-Air RS-1 vest.

@@mk3brent thank you!

Thanks for letting me use your video for demonstration. 🤝

NCBIKE is a great track for practicing your technique. It’s a very wide track that is fairly flat. The sections with long sweeping corners allow you to spend a lot of time on the edge of the tire and get comfortable with body positioning. You should definitely check it out. YCRS has a few events there every year and I encourage you to consider taking the school. 🤙

Thanks, B-rad. I'll have to use some of your brake lever view videos for the next one.

I appreciate it, B-Rad. I'm looking forward to the next event, which might be my last one for the year. I was thinking about putting together a short series of these videos for a fun project. Hope you can contribute. :)

I'm also on an R6 and use 2nd gear for T14. 1st is too difficult to manage and 2nd let's me get on the gas earlier and harder with less risk.

Thanks for commenting! Gear selection for different turns on a racetrack will be a bike dependent situation. In my case, 2nd gear works as a compromise between exit drive and wheelie mitigation/chassis stability. On other bikes, 1st gear may be totally acceptable and even objectively better when comparing the lap time data. I'm a data driven person, so I look at my split time reports and compare which change makes what difference in my overall performance. See what works for you!

I run an R6 and use second with stock gearing, just have to commit to the corner with proper technique and keep corner speed up. I run a 1:39.2 for reference.

Great time! I’d like to run some 30’s next year. Gotta keep practicing. 😀

@@mk3brent Could you talk about or maybe do a video on your data logging setup? I'm an engineering student (in a motorsports program) and would love to hear about what sensors and software are needed for this sort of thing. Thanks, great video. Track looks smooth as glass compared to when I was last there.

Yep. Did that later. Bike is flawless these days.

190lbs without gear, and my sag numbers are a little goofy. I only ride on the track, front is 36mm rear is 21mm. Next Monday I’m adding preload to the front by a couple mm and reducing the rear equally. Bike handles great for me. Electronics are set to Dynamic and the “2up” setting enabled for increased firmness.

@@mk3brent thanks for reply ,on the other video you were having a auto blipper problem there is a silver plate at the bottom of the clutch lever you got to turn to activate the switches for aftermarket levers.

Thank you! Hope to see you out there sometime. -B

Thank you, B-Rad! Also thanks for measuring my sag for me. Two sets of eyes can't possibly get it wrong. :)

@@mk3brent Did you modify like we talked about before riding it? Notice anything?

@@b-radsadventures6846 I was done for the day. I'll make the changes for the next event in a week or so. Will report back how it does/changes.

@@b-radsadventures6846 agreed. When I was reading through all the other customer complaints, it was this and circuit board corrosion issues. The board sits inside that enclosure and gets moisture on it. Others spray conformal coatings to prevent corrosion.

Thanks bud! And also thanks for the tow.

The data can be viewed in RS3. The sync on some channels appears to be off when you compare it to RS2. I'm not sure if there's a setting that can help line them up again. Example: When I overlay my brake pressure graph to my GPS speed graph, my brake pressure peak is several seconds off from where it should be. In RS2, it's perfectly lined up.

@@mk3brent Thanks for the detail information :D Have a nice day!

Yes, of course! A fast rider can ride a SV650 in A group. This bike is a 165hp liter bike that does 160mph, so it definitely holds its own. 😎

Hope to see you again at another event! Be nice when it cools off a little. Gonna be mid 90's this weekend.

@mk3brent Yeah I was just a pittrace this past weekend. Pirelli tire shortage has my trackdays stymied.

No, but I wish! You riding North and Full? Looks like it’ll be 3 days of a ton of fun.

@@mk3brentI’ll be there for two days of North but not full 🥹

Thanks, Chris! Hope to rid with you again some day.

Yep!

Hey Steve! Yep, 'road' mode works just fine for me. I'll have to measure my sag to get you a number. I weigh about the same as you 185-190lbs. I'm 6'2" to get an idea of my center of gravity. Stock rearsets and handle bars. My current settings are 14 turns out on the rear shock, and 5 turns out on the front. Suspension is set to 'Dynamic' and the setting for '2up' riders is also selected. Currently, the rear is a bit too stiff still. I'm going to try a couple things next time to see if I can improve that. I hope this helps.

@@mk3brent 5 complete turns out on the front!? How are you not bottoming out? This is interesting. I’m going to try that. It’s strange how sensitive the handling is with this ddc setup, the more I read in the forums the more I see people struggling with this many even selling the bike because of it.

@@stevewill3572 I'm reading my notes for when I last adjusted them. I wrote down the front fork adjustment has a total of 11.25 turns. So I am at ~5 turns out from full in. My ziptie looks reasonable in dive, and I feel pretty stable on the brakes. Check out my other video here. th-cam.com/video/PHGjy0j9vNg/w-d-xo.html T8 is a fairly heavy braking zone, and the bike is pretty compliant.

@@mk3brent I’m assuming my bike ddc is working properly, it only has 4,000 miles on it. I ordered new tires pirelli 3’s and I’ll see if that has an effect because the front has very uneven wear from previous owner. I’d like to make a video explaining this process for people struggling with this problem as there are many.

@@stevewill3572 From my experience, I couldn't feel any changes selecting different suspension modes on the bike when my preload adjustments were way off. It was night and day once I got it in range. Check your sag and everything, but throw a simple ziptie on your fork and see what sort of travel you're getting. Also check your air pressures. Are you riding on track or is this on the street?

Mic is a little hot. Will adjust on the next ones. Pretty nice they have volume compensation on the receiver so I can tune that in. 👍

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Hey Chris! No, it’s part of the S2 kit I have on the bike. I will definitely post some videos when I can.

I went back to the Penske shock. Fork oil should be the 125/150 again. But would check.

Hey @scottthecarguy8147, Unfortunately, I don't know. I bought this bike as is, really. Runs great and I've had no problems.