Author Topic: 442 big bore (Read 10911 times)

Garyola · « **Reply #30 on:** May 09, 2007, 06:59:34 PM »

My first weekend of racing of the season was a good news bad news story. The weekend went well for the bike. Not so well for me.

Friday practice went very well. Our class got lots of practice. The times are all posted after each practice and I was in the top few in my class. Saturday is morning practice and a heat race in the afternoon to grid everyone for the final on Sunday.
My practice times put me on the front row for the heat race. That was great. Then I was late for my heat race. I showed up and the field had already done their warm up lap. They wouldn't let me grid. I had to start from the pits and wait for everyone to pass me before I could enter the track. From front row to back of the field.

I did alright anyway. I got the Bandit up to 8th place in the 6 lap heat. For the final on Sunday I was on the 3rd row.
In the final, I got a really bad start and had a lot of guys pass me. I passed them all back on the 1st lap. By the second lap I passed a bike for 4th place and was on the hunt for the 3rd place guy I could see and maybe gain on. Then disaster struck. The track is all right handers except for 2 corners. The petcock is on the left side of the tank I didn't put enough gas in the tank to keep gas on the left side of the tank.

I ran out of fuel at the midway point of the race.

The weekend was not a total write off though. I took almost 4 seconds off my lap times and have a list of things the bike needs to make it a little better and a list of things to make me a little smarter.
I have no complaints about the way the bike is running. It's very strong and the bandit is a monster in the corners. I actually wore out a set of knee sliders on the weekend.

G

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #31 on:** May 09, 2007, 08:41:32 PM »

love the carbon helmet

duane · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2007, 02:30:08 AM »

It was great reading you posts. What fairing do you have pictured on the bandit? Was it hard putting it on?

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #33 on:** May 10, 2007, 11:18:52 AM »

Garyola · « **Reply #34 on:** May 10, 2007, 07:54:48 PM »

Duane: Like Jay said it's a ZX6. The bike came with it in the spares bin. There was a cage made for it so it fits well enough. The cage is bolted to the bike and the fairing is put on the cage with plastic ties.

Jay: the helmet is nice and light. It feels like you don't have one on.

G

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #35 on:** June 17, 2007, 01:43:23 AM »

Pos No.
Name Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Km/h) Diff Gap Laps

Additional

1 32 Simiana 1:01.795 5 104.863 5 -
2 617 Scott Mackenzie 1:02.005 4 104.508 0.210 0.210 6 -
3 840 Tim Voyer 1:02.419 4 103.815 0.624 0.414 6 -
4 93 Henderson 1:02.742 5 103.280 0.947 0.323 6 -
5 169 Watson 1:02.840 5 103.119 1.045 0.098 6 -
6 175 Luc LaCasse 1:02.952 4 102.936 1.157 0.112 6 -
7 210 Craig Underwood 1:03.251 5 102.449 1.456 0.299 6 -
8 491 Brett Bowman 1:03.663 5 101.786 1.868 0.412 6 -
9 164 Brian Peterson 1:04.436 6 100.565 2.641 0.773 6 -
10 299 Gary Mulcahey 1:04.738 4 100.096 2.943 0.302 6

Garyola · « **Reply #36 on:** June 19, 2007, 04:55:19 PM »

I did a little better in the final. Got it up to 9th. The bike is a demon in the corners. I've shortened the dog bones by 3/8ths of an inch which raised the back almost two inches. It didn't hurt the handling but let me lean the little B4 over so I didn't scrape pegs and my toes.
On the straights, I was having serious problems. If the bike was running better there, I could have taken a few seconds a lap off my times. I suspected carbs and after the last practice I pulled the plugs. Number 4 was fouled bad, #3 not as bad, #2 was perfect and #1 was also a little rich. I've sent it over to get tuned up and if I have the time I will get this thing sorted on a dyno next week after this weekends racing.

G

Pos No.
Name Laps Total Tm Diff Best Tm In Lap Best Spd (Km/h)

Additional
1 617 Scott Mackenzie 12 12:35.182 1:01.441 10 105.467 -
2 169 Watson 12 12:43.974 8.792 1:02.701 7 103.348 -
3 840 Tim Voyer 12 12:46.659 11.477 1:02.304 10 104.006 -
4 28 Adam Bennett 12 12:51.916 16.734 1:01.083 11 106.085 -
5 210 Craig Underwood 12 12:55.960 20.778 1:03.439 11 102.145 -
6 164 Brian Peterson 12 13:01.111 25.929 1:04.112 3 101.073 -
7 8 Steve Bond 12 13:08.023 32.841 1:04.253 2 100.851 -
8 623 Kevin Kloet 12 13:10.099 34.917 1:04.614 8 100.288 -
9 299 Gary Mulcahey 12 13:19.110 43.928 1:04.464 11 100.521 -

gsxr400 racer · « **Reply #37 on:** June 19, 2007, 05:40:23 PM »

got a leaking float? anyways good job!