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Steven31371 said:
7 is my number, I’m the oldest of 7 kids, the 1st and 7th were born on the same hour of the same day 7 minutes apart, 7’s just repeat a lot in my life.

I usually use the number 777, or just 7…but too many people have on their bikes.

For me the number 7 reminds me to look at some higher cause, either self improvement or helping others with their development when appropriate.

So I wanted a 7 on my bike to remind myself to use track time as a means of seif improvement and discovery.

But too many people have 7’s on their bikes…but…

3+4 equals 7….kind of an inside joke/message to myself.
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Significant also if you’re a Rosicrucian
 
Steven31371 said:
7 is my number, I’m the oldest of 7 kids, the 1st and 7th were born on the same hour of the same day 7 minutes apart, 7’s just repeat a lot in my life.

I usually use the number 777, or just 7…but too many people have on their bikes.

For me the number 7 reminds me to look at some higher cause, either self improvement or helping others with their development when appropriate.

So I wanted a 7 on my bike to remind myself to use track time as a means of seif improvement and discovery.

But too many people have 7’s on their bikes…but…

3+4 equals 7….kind of an inside joke/message to myself.
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I just drank 3 or 4 lattes I think. 7th son of a 7th son....
 
Steven31371 said:
Okay, other than a data logger and camera setup I’m gunna call this build complete.

Tank extender is still at paint getting color matched but that’s 2 screws.

A post note on those wings, people either love em or hate em, but since I’ve gotten this bike the front end has felt light and slightly unstable at high speeds, we sorted a lot of stuff and greatly diminished it but it never fully went away…those wings took that from being a weak spot on the bike to a huge positive, feels shockingly stable at very high speeds and hard accelerations, it’s more stable at speeds above 150 mph than any bike I’ve ever ridden now. It’s just dead solid, and confidence inspiringView attachment 46515View attachment 46517View attachment 46518View attachment 46516
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Very nice! The bike suits this livery much better than the silver you had on it before. My seat finally arrived by the way. As far as I can tell it’s identical to yours. Have you been out riding with it yet? Still a long time until I’ll be able to go out for a ride with mine.
 
Taz said:
Very nice! The bike suits this livery much better than the silver you had on it before. My seat finally arrived by the way. As far as I can tell it’s identical to yours. Have you been out riding with it yet? Still a long time until I’ll be able to go out for a ride with mine.
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Just the ride home from the shop, today I’ll take it out and put some lean angle into it. 1st impression, big improvement combined with moving my foot pegs to the most forward and down position my rear sets allow. Getting into a tuck is easier, rear end it’s higher so easier to get flat across the top of the bike.

I get my tank extender back on Friday, won’t really know how she feels until I have the tank extender and the seat on the bike at the same time.
 
@Steven31371 Were you out at Chuckwallah a couple of Sun/Mondays ago for the SoCal day/member day? Thought I saw that graphic on track. Was chasing down some minor issues so I wasn’t the most sociable. Back out for the January SoCal round, hitting the JP43 group training the Friday before as well. Hopefully you and some members might be around.

Gonna be a sore monkey on Sunday night!
 
Kev242 said:
@Steven31371 Were you out at Chuckwallah a couple of Sun/Mondays ago for the SoCal day/member day? Thought I saw that graphic on track. Was chasing down some minor issues so I wasn’t the most sociable. Back out for the January SoCal round, hitting the JP43 group training the Friday before as well. Hopefully you and some members might be around.

Gonna be a sore monkey on Sunday night!
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No wasn’t me…I’m at AutoClub for their last event end of January, gunna map the rest of the season out this week, want to take the bike out on Big Willow everyday they have bikes booked but only looks like 2 or 3 bike track days on the big track that I’ve found.

Gunna do a few dates at Las Vegas, a few at Streets of Willow. But I suspect either Chuckwalla or Buttonwillow will be where I spend the majority of track days.

I need laps so I usually book two days in a row when available, yeah that makes for a sore 1st part of the week lol
 
Kev242 said:
@Steven31371 Were you out at Chuckwallah a couple of Sun/Mondays ago for the SoCal day/member day? Thought I saw that graphic on track. Was chasing down some minor issues so I wasn’t the most sociable. Back out for the January SoCal round, hitting the JP43 group training the Friday before as well. Hopefully you and some members might be around.

Gonna be a sore monkey on Sunday night!
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I'll be there for Sunday So Cal trackdays. Look for V4R and no lattes either. Also with Apex Assasins Friday January!!
 
Upon checking out Bautista’s bike from a side profile, that seat looks so high up. And he’s only 5’4”. Looks similar in profile to your RaceSeat Steven.

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bp_SFV4 said:
I never noticed how much lower the top of the tank is.
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Yeah I noticed that too. I’d assume more tank is under the seat where the number plate is to keep CG lower.

It’s not a perfect 1:1 overlay but it’s close. I also noticed that wheelbase is maybe similar to stock despite what I’d imagine is an extended swingarm which was surprising.

Allegedly there’s a mass damper in the mini-bread box tail section too.
 
Kev242 said:
@Steven31371 Were you out at Chuckwallah a couple of Sun/Mondays ago for the SoCal day/member day? Thought I saw that graphic on track. Was chasing down some minor issues so I wasn’t the most sociable. Back out for the January SoCal round, hitting the JP43 group training the Friday before as well. Hopefully you and some members might be around.

Gonna be a sore monkey on Sunday night!
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I’ll be at Chuckwalla on Saturday, January 14!
 
SuperDomestique said:
A comparison from stock to WSBK. Basically not the same bike. View attachment 46524
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Look at the difference in foot peg location, similar seat height but the foot pegs dramatically different.

It was a former MotoGP rider that got me me looking a lot more at the height between seat and pegs, basically how bent my legs were, he looked at me on the bike and said I needed to lower my pegs and raise my seat a lot, and that he couldn’t ride well if his legs were bent as much as mine, so I lowered the foot pegs about a centimeter and raised the seat about 2 centimeters.
 
SuperDomestique said:
Yeah I noticed that too. I’d assume more tank is under the seat where the number plate is to keep CG lower.

It’s not a perfect 1:1 overlay but it’s close. I also noticed that wheelbase is maybe similar to stock despite what I’d imagine is an extended swingarm which was surprising.

Allegedly there’s a mass damper in the mini-bread box tail section too.
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They don’t dramatically extend the swingarm, mines 3.5 centimeters longer, if you expand the pic on your iPhone and put the front edge of the front tire on the right edge of your phone screen as the picture toggles, it looks like the front tire is about 3 to 4 centimeters difference in wheel base.

Looks like the fork rake might be different too
 

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