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I usually run my baseline damping for the first session, and with cold suspension it's so bumpy that I want to give up and go home. ;) Then I just go -1 click for comp and rebound, front and back, and try to use my legs more as part of the suspension. You kind of adapt and ride it for what it is. Tires: I have no specific recipe. I'll be running a used SC1 front at 37 psi and a lightly used SC2 rear at 24 psi. I'm half thinking to have a new SC0 rear mounted, in case I feel good enough for a time attack that morning, but we'll see. I'm not planning to run the full day and predict my tire consumption will match my energy consumption, both giving up around noon. I'm looking forward to seeing you there. It'll be an excting and fun day for sure. It's a special track.
 
Training day at California Superbike School, today was lvl 3 and focused on body position etc…a lot of useful stuff in there, a few bits I didn’t like.

Good tips being able to tell how far forward it back on the seat you should be based on how your leg is hooking in, some cool methods for using your inner leg muscles to sorta pinch the tank to slide back and forth across the seat instead of using your quads to lift off the seat and slide thereby putting all the strain on your knees and quads…pushing yourself to the other side of the bike by pushing on the tank with the outside knee is way more energy efficient AND stable than lifting yourself over.

I was also waiting too late to slide off to the side of the bike, so I was rushing myself too much by sliding over, releasing throttle, hitting brakes, then tipping in all too close together, was rushing myself needlessly but cramping too many activities into too tight a space.

Some stuff doesn’t work for me because of my height and size and age etc…like staying off center of the seat for what seemed like pretty long straights where I need to get in the tuck, I’m just too tall and old to be in a tuck off the side of the bike with my rear end up on the fairing

All in all some good stuff today, getting much smoother flow on the bike now.

Definitely improved my technical ability a bit, just in time to do a track that’s very un-technical, and really only about shear guts 😂😂😂
 
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This bike is a straight up monster lol, and seems like it’s continuously more so the faster I get haha

Was playing with how fast I could roll on throttle before the rear starts to slide and did my first real wheelie at lean instead around a corner haha, surprised me so much that I didn’t keep my arms relaxed enough and the front end got squirrelly when it came back down still at lean coming off an apex, was kinda fun actually, but narrowly avoided my 1st real tank slapper
 
had a scare lap 1 Session 1….bike stopped shifting and went into full limp mode. Crawled around the track and back to the truck.

Fry I think you will be right in the end, the Domino quick turn throttle is likely the culprit…after we changed the Quickshifter, wheel speed sensor and gear position sensor I took the bike for test ride at the shop, then a 2nd one for good measure after I got home before I loaded the truck, was fine, but then lap one this morning it’s back..

At 1st I had to go back to my truck and clear the codes after each session and power cycle it to get it t work for each session…eventually I figured out that if I shut the bike down and start it up in neutral and let it warm up a bit before I head out on track it stayed out of limp mode the rest of the day…but…a new throttle sensor/unit is needed…anyone with experience with this set up?

https://www.hsbkracing.com/parts-an...tal-throttle-conversion-control-unit-w-cable/
 
Steven31371 said:
had a scare lap 1 Session 1….bike stopped shifting and went into full limp mode. Crawled around the track and back to the truck.

Fry I think you will be right in the end, the Domino quick turn throttle is likely the culprit…after we changed the Quickshifter, wheel speed sensor and gear position sensor I took the bike for test ride at the shop, then a 2nd one for good measure after I got home before I loaded the truck, was fine, but then lap one this morning it’s back..

At 1st I had to go back to my truck and clear the codes after each session and power cycle it to get it t work for each session…eventually I figured out that if I shut the bike down and start it up in neutral and let it warm up a bit before I head out on track it stayed out of limp mode the rest of the day…but…a new throttle sensor/unit is needed…anyone with experience with this set up?

https://www.hsbkracing.com/parts-an...tal-throttle-conversion-control-unit-w-cable/
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I have one, haven't used it you are welcome to have it if you want.
 
Good report Steven. All these tips, techniques, experiences, and repetitions add up toward quicker, easier, safer riding. Bummer on the limp mode. Those Dominos confound me. I haven't really gotten a solid answer on those (installation procedure, adjusting software parameters, or mfg efects?) but anecdotally, like 5 out of 6 V4 guys that I know have had them fail, and I think limp mode is so dangerous that any path to it should be avoided.
 
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Steven31371 said:
had a scare lap 1 Session 1….bike stopped shifting and went into full limp mode. Crawled around the track and back to the truck.

Fry I think you will be right in the end, the Domino quick turn throttle is likely the culprit…after we changed the Quickshifter, wheel speed sensor and gear position sensor I took the bike for test ride at the shop, then a 2nd one for good measure after I got home before I loaded the truck, was fine, but then lap one this morning it’s back..

At 1st I had to go back to my truck and clear the codes after each session and power cycle it to get it t work for each session…eventually I figured out that if I shut the bike down and start it up in neutral and let it warm up a bit before I head out on track it stayed out of limp mode the rest of the day…but…a new throttle sensor/unit is needed…anyone with experience with this set up?

https://www.hsbkracing.com/parts-an...tal-throttle-conversion-control-unit-w-cable/
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Think I remember @bp_SFV4 selling one of these because he didn’t like it?
 
Definitely works, even on dirt 😬🤦‍♂️
 

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Think I remember @bp_SFV4 selling one of these because he didn’t like it?
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Went back to stock controls. Going to aftermarket controls was kind of a winter project. It really became a pain. I was fighting incompatibilities. I’m using the R&G lock stop savers which don’t work with any clip-ons which relocate the damper mount to the fork tube. That’s just one example. In the end, the stock stuff worked for me and I spent way too much money.

The Domino worked for me and was much higher in quality than the OEM plastic unit. I wasn’t a fan of the quick action part on the track. I’m sure I could get use to it, or just maybe not suck and get some skill.

I think failures are often over reported and people generally put more value on a failure rather than a success. Having handled one, I don’t see what there is to really fail. Maybe if heat gets to the sensor? Maybe vibration?
 
On follow up to my brake setup, I ran the Sicom rotors and pads for about a year, then switched to T-drive rotors and Z04 pads for several track days…I liked the power of the setup a lot, but found myself trail braking less. Switched back to the Sicom rotors and pads fir this last track day because there was a short enough gap between track days that I could get a good comparison feel.

No question I’m staying with the Sicom rotors and pads verses the Tdrives and Zo4’s fir the foreseeable future…the stopping power is still massive if less than the Z04’s and TDrives, but it’s sooo much more manageable and smooth with the Sicom setup, the bike is more stable under braking with the Sicoms, way less grabby, and much easier to finesse.

And then there’s the weight savings and increase flick-ability of the bike
 
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Got here late, am at Big Willow today, just did my 1st session, but I did it on the K5 Gixxer track bike, I gotta say, I f***king LOVE this track already.

We’ll see how it feels with the stiffer suspension of the Ducati next session, but so far my god this track is cool.

There’s only about 20% of the track that’s slightly technical, the other 80% is just….GOOOO FAAASSST
 

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