This one will be short and sweet, since the events was very lightly attended. I didn’t have any new racers to coach. That left me time to focus on the Track day school for new to newer riders. I actually, like that better. I don’t feel like anyone is getting short changed.
I also got some serious bling for the MT03. After a running the bike at the track a few times, I realized that I didn’t really like the feel of the bike, it really needed to have some adjustments to make it perform better. However, this bike being a beginner bike the suspension on it isn’t adjustable. When I was researching it, I came across a paragraph stating that since it’s a beginner bike the suspension was made not to be adjusted so that the rider could just focus on how to ride. Which makes some sense. I agree that most riders wouldn’t really notice the things I was complaining about, so I guess I am not a beginner anymore, since I thought the bike felt sketchy going around the track. So I had Brian at Speedin’ Motorsports look into getting me some aftermarket suspension for it. Nothing cries racer like putting more than 2K of suspension on a bike that only costs 4K to begin with.
The shock was the first part to show up. Brian put it on the bike during lunch. The improvement was amazing!!! It wasn’t like riding a pogo stick anymore, it also felt like it had more horsepower. I only got to run a couple of hot laps on it in Aug, but wow!!! That of course made it so that I could better feel how much work the front end needed. It wasn’t until Sept that Brian was able to find fork cartridges for it. So I didn’t really get to push the bike too much. Again, I’m not racing anymore so it was fine. I was able to go fast enough for the beginner group to teach and catch any of the riders I needed to get in front of. I love the gold with the black on that bike. Now I just have to figure out how to get the paint off the cowl from when Quesi dropped it at the gas station. One of the hazards of giving lesson on your own bike.