Hey Everybody!
Just a 1st race / track report from this weekend. Drove 15-ish hours from Colorado to Chuckwalla Valley Raceway for Round 6 with the KTM. As I'd never been on this track nor had really ridden the KTM hard on a real track (only been on the go-kart track with it) I didn't have any expectations other than getting comfortable and doing some testing. Due to some scheduling errors on my part I didn't do the Friday track day and just went into the race weekend. A couple of practices before the racing began on Saturday morning.
I have most of the race parts on, including:
Chuckwalla is a flowing 17 turn track in the California desert and we ran it clockwise (it can be run both ways). There's a lot of double apex turns, relatively flat and not of reference points. Weather topped out in the low 90's on both days.
Overall - the bike ran great. It feels like it needs another 100rpm or so on the rev limiter. Definitely need to change the sprockets. As I'd never been on the track nor run the bike hard I was more trying to get the feel of how it felt and working on different lines so I wasn't worried about my results. The Pirelli's hooked up well.
As, I've mentioned in other posts RG3 did some suspension work including changing the front oil weight and level and re shimming the rear. I started Saturday in the middle setting on the rear and was pogo-ing a little and backed it off one setting and this eliminated the effect.
Sunday I pushed the pace more - the KTM pulls on the current class of 300's on the straights easily.
One issue I had was with the Fuel exhaust system. As we were running clockwise, there are more rights than left. As I started to push more, I started to hear an odd sound in the right turns. I knew I wasn't scrapping the pegs and was wondering if there was something in the suspension that was flexing. When I came into pit I noticed what it was. See the pictures below and you will notice that I've now scrapped a hole in the exhaust. Pictures are above how it sits and below where the hole is. I will need to figure something out - most likely something that comes straight out and mount the can high vs the down and up. I have the Akra, but will likely just sell it.
There was a LOT of interest in the bike. I was answering questions on it both days from a wide variety of riders including the parents of the kids racing in the Cup series.
Special thanks for TZMike who came down and brought some extra water (and a folding chair......)
Just a 1st race / track report from this weekend. Drove 15-ish hours from Colorado to Chuckwalla Valley Raceway for Round 6 with the KTM. As I'd never been on this track nor had really ridden the KTM hard on a real track (only been on the go-kart track with it) I didn't have any expectations other than getting comfortable and doing some testing. Due to some scheduling errors on my part I didn't do the Friday track day and just went into the race weekend. A couple of practices before the racing began on Saturday morning.
I have most of the race parts on, including:
- rotor
- eliminated the abs and ran direct brake lines
- Woodcraft 51mm clip ons
- Race windscreen
- Fuel Exhaust (more about this below........)
- belly pan
- Race tail
- KTM Rear Sets
- Mounted Pirelli Diablo SuperCorsa V2
- F: 110/70/17 / SC1
- R: 150/60/17 / SC1
Chuckwalla is a flowing 17 turn track in the California desert and we ran it clockwise (it can be run both ways). There's a lot of double apex turns, relatively flat and not of reference points. Weather topped out in the low 90's on both days.
Overall - the bike ran great. It feels like it needs another 100rpm or so on the rev limiter. Definitely need to change the sprockets. As I'd never been on the track nor run the bike hard I was more trying to get the feel of how it felt and working on different lines so I wasn't worried about my results. The Pirelli's hooked up well.
As, I've mentioned in other posts RG3 did some suspension work including changing the front oil weight and level and re shimming the rear. I started Saturday in the middle setting on the rear and was pogo-ing a little and backed it off one setting and this eliminated the effect.
Sunday I pushed the pace more - the KTM pulls on the current class of 300's on the straights easily.
One issue I had was with the Fuel exhaust system. As we were running clockwise, there are more rights than left. As I started to push more, I started to hear an odd sound in the right turns. I knew I wasn't scrapping the pegs and was wondering if there was something in the suspension that was flexing. When I came into pit I noticed what it was. See the pictures below and you will notice that I've now scrapped a hole in the exhaust. Pictures are above how it sits and below where the hole is. I will need to figure something out - most likely something that comes straight out and mount the can high vs the down and up. I have the Akra, but will likely just sell it.
There was a LOT of interest in the bike. I was answering questions on it both days from a wide variety of riders including the parents of the kids racing in the Cup series.
Special thanks for TZMike who came down and brought some extra water (and a folding chair......)
- Slightly older = 50 but in saying that I leave my full on 20 year old mode for free riding in the surf on my stand up jet ski I find water softer then- tar seal !!!!
