AFM Round 5 -- July @ Thill -- quick update

[tigre]

TigerBike Racing supporters:

Last round was a bit tough.  750 Superbike was a shining moment in an otherwise gloomy weekend.  After crashing out of a comfortable 3rd place position in Open Twins, I dropped to 4th in the points behind Nick Hayman from Munroe's.  I dropped down to 9th in points for Formula 1, but am well adrift of 7th. 

Since I'm 7th in the points for 750 superbike and poised to move up to 6th, I will race back-to-back races at the end of the day on Sunday.  Should be sweltering.  Won't be fun...  *sigh*

A little more about the drama getting ready for this weekend.

After my crash, we dropped the motor to get the frame straightened.
I got back out to the track 2 weeks later and within 10 laps my piston broke.
We went in and replaced the pistons, and then noticed one of the main bearings was bad.
Split the cases to replace the bearing, and found a crack in the engine case.
While the cases were apart, also noticed two of my gears from my close-ratio gearbox were bad.  Those are at least getting warranteed.   
So...  I missed Friday practice, and got up here last night.  I rode the first two sessions slowly while breaking in my essentially completely new motor.  I got down in the the 1:59's, so not terribly far off the pace.  Now I'll pull the pin and see what I can do in the two afternoon sessions.  I'm concerned about no longer having the close-ratio box, but that will be a bigger issue at Sears Point than it will be here.  *sigh*

Yours truly,
Tiggy

PS - time for a new bike.  Anyone got an 1198 or 1198S they want to part with?

[Spidey]

That's teh suck.  Definitely time for a new tigremobile.  It's not like the 749GRRRRRR hasn't had a good and long (albeit difficult) life.

G'luck tomorrow.     [moto]

[duckwrench13]

So what you're saying is that it's just business as usual.  Good luck Sunday!

[Spidey]

Ooof.  Steve's motor blew again.    Drama ensures . . .

[Michael Moore]

Ooof.  Steve's motor blew again.    Drama ensures . . .

Like you said before, time for a new bike I think...

[Spidey]

Update: 

Tigre is wrenching away (as usual).  He got Nick Hayman's--Munroe Motors owner--crashed 999 for tomorrow.  Nice move from Nick.     Tigre just need to swap out all kinds of parts from his 749R onto the 999 to fix the crash damage.  Then race on a bike set up for someone else with completely different suspension settings.  Open Twins is the third race so hopefully he can learn the bike in the prior two races.  The downside is that the second race is back to back with Open Twins.  Not ideal.

G'luck, Tigre.

[Desmostro]

May the force be with you...and may you get a new 1198S very very soon!

[Desmostro]

btw, how is the "Dark Knight" (aka Datv) doing?

[Spidey]

datv is not racing this weekend.

I just got a text from Steve.  Good news--Tigre got Nick Hayman's bike together and got down to 1:56 in Formula One.  He even beat Nick Hayman.  Man, that's some good sportsmanship from the Munroe Motors gang.     He's got 750SB and then Open Twins back to back.

[Desmostro]

That's pretty freaking cool from Monroe guys. 

How's he going to do 750SB with a 999? Is that a 750 4 cyl/ what-ever twin class?

[Spidey]

750SB and Formula I allow 750 I4 and twins under 1000 (not 1098).  Tigre usually runs his 848cc 749R, but a 999 is allowed.  I don't know if there are any classes where a 1098 or 1198 can run down a class.  I think they're stuck with Open GP or Open Production, where they're running against 1000cc GSXRs, etc.

[tigre]

Yep -- open classes only for the 1098/1198's.

Fast lap of 1:55.7.  Gogo's best lap was a 1:55.9.  Blackburns' a 1:55.7 (higher than mine by a few hundredths).

I really think I could have gotten 2nd without the chunking rear tire.  But I couldn't throw away a bike that wasn't mine.  Much better to beat the owner. 

[Michael Moore]

Second place is still great. Congrats!

[tigre]

No... I got 4th.   

[Michael Moore]

(Note to self - read posts more carefully)