AFM Round 3 (Sears Pt)--this weekend

[Spidey]

Good luck, Tigre!  

RACE SCHEDULE -- Infineon May 22 & 23 / 2010

Saturday

1. Clubman Middleweight
2. AFemme, Clubman Lightweight, Vintage
3. Clubman Heavyweight
4. Formula 40 Heavyweight, Formual 40 Mediumweight,Formula 40 Lightweight

Sunday
1. 250 Superbike, Formula 4
2. 600 Production Sponsor: Keigwins at the Track
3. Open Superbike Sponsor: CT Racing
4. 750 Superbike
5. Formula 3, 450 Superbike, 250 Production
6. Open Twins Sponsor: Desmoto Sport, Open Production Sponsor: The Track Club
7. 600 Superbike Sponsor: Pacific Track Time
8. Formula Pacific
9. Formula 2, 650 Twins
10. Open GP Sponsor: City Bike
11. 750 Production
12. 650 Production, 500 Twins, Super Dino, Formula Singles
13. Formula I Sponsor: Scuderia West

[sidm]

Hope the new goodies yield some ass-kicking at the track. Good luck Tigre!

[desmoquattro]

Go Tigre! Might try to make it up Sunday.

[mostrobelle]

Enzo and I plan on being there most of Sunday.   

I'm actually meeting someone there to do some low-speed maneuverability testing of a Monster as well.  If someone has a video camera I'd like to borrow it.  Or perhaps you can take the video for me? 

[tigre]

Yay!

See you guys up there.  Looking forward to trying the bike out!

[Spidey]

See you guys up there.  Looking forward to trying the bike out!

I'm outta town, but GL.      [moto]

[tigre]

Bike felt great on Friday.  New modifications all are objectively better.  Especially the lightened crank and con rods -- motor is more responsive, it is more nimble in high-speed transitions, and allows me to carry more corner-entry-speed.  Yay!

Rough day today, though.

1st practice session I dropped a second off my times from Friday and went 1:46.4.  Fairly effortless, and in COLD and windy conditions.  I was pretty happy.

When I came in off the track, I stopped to check tire pressures right off the track (not in my pits).  Bike wouldn't start again.  Thought maybe it was my new fancy lightweight battery -- dead?  Pushed it back to the pits and charged for 15 minutes.  Still no dice.  Drew, my mechanic for the weekend, figured out it was the starter motor.  He could tap on it and it would move slightly, but would not start the bike. 

I thought to myself, "SHIT".  Briefly thought about trying to use the rear wheel starter from my neighbor in the garages, but those don't work if you have a slipper clutch.  Damn.

Drew and I went back to Desmoto, and Drew and Scott ripped the starter motor out to inspect.  Sure enough, starter motor was TOAST.  They patched the bike back up, tested it, and we were on the way back to the track.

After navigating MASSIVE traffic getting out of SF, we got to the track early enough to get out for the last session.

Two laps in (first flying lap a 1:46.7), and my rear tire started sliding MASSIVELY on left turns.  I knew I was running an old tire, but something seemed wrong.  I pulled in, and saw oil on the left side of the bike.

Drew found the source (bolt backed out from my head).  We didn't have the part at the track, but stopped and picked it up on the way home.

Back into the fray again tomorrow!

[mostrobelle]

Dang.  You are *not* having a run of good luck lately.  Glad to hear none of it resulted in a crash.  Hopefully fortune will smile on you tomorrow after all of this. 

I see you got my earlier text.  Sorry about not being able to come.  I keep brushing off this cold thinking that it'll just go away and it won't.  Being outside in the colder weather all day isn't going to help, so I'm going to stay home in bed and see if I can kick it.  Enzo has to work so he can't come either.     Sux man.  We were really looking forward to this.  Can I get a live feed of the races online?  If I'm at home maybe I can follow what's going on at least. 

[tigre]

Check on teh BARFs.  They have been trying to get live video up and running.

[mostrobelle]

Enzo says that it's not possible for one person's bad luck to go on this long.  Mathematically speaking I think he's correct.  I'll see if BARF has its tech together.  Would love to be able to watch AFM from home.   

[somegirl]

Sorry to hear about the mechanical issues, hope you get everything worked out soon!

[enzo]

Stuck at work, but just got a text from Tigre. 

He beat Gogo on the last lap to grab THIRD in Open Twins!!!

[mostrobelle]

WOOOO HOOOO!  Where's the Tigre emoticon?  I think we deserve a custom one. 

[desmoquattro]

Stuck at work, but just got a text from Tigre. 

He beat Gogo on the last lap to grab THIRD in Open Twins!!!

Excellent! Good work Steve!

WOOOO HOOOO!  Where's the Tigre emoticon?  I think we deserve a custom one. 

[mostrobelle]

I foundz a pickchur