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Cool. I need a rear and 2 front.
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Cool. I need a rear and 2 front.
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You don’t get stands with it?!? Unbelievable.
It’s an odd thing to not be able to supply the pin so you can use tyre warmers on a track bike…
The KTM comes with the stands as far as I am aware.
KTM stands come as an option, along with tire warmers. Apparently you can use Pitbull Stabds with the Kramer using a #18 pin
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Need a new set of leathers, I’m down to 210 pounds now, from 255 when I started riding the bike and ordered my Dianese custom fit suites…my current suite is so baggy now I’m not even sure the airbag would protect me lol
Call me silly but I don’t want the same black suite everybody has…and I’ll have a blue bike and red bike so here’s the best I could do on VIRCOS design page:
Call me silly but I don’t want the same black suite everybody has…and I’ll have a blue bike and red bike so here’s the best I could do on VIRCOS design page:
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I was talking with a buddy of mine about what I really wanted out of my track experiences.
We were talking about what I wanted out of riding, my 1st knee jerk reaction was, I don’t want the fast guys passing me and turn in respectable lap times that I’m proud of.
But really it’s that I want to get in a state of flow around the track, where I’m going VERY fast, with a kind of easy flow and comfortability in my ability to ride fast and smooth, preferably with my knees and elbows dragging the tarmac haha
I think it’s important to understand your goals and be specific about them.
We were talking about what I wanted out of riding, my 1st knee jerk reaction was, I don’t want the fast guys passing me and turn in respectable lap times that I’m proud of.
But really it’s that I want to get in a state of flow around the track, where I’m going VERY fast, with a kind of easy flow and comfortability in my ability to ride fast and smooth, preferably with my knees and elbows dragging the tarmac haha
I think it’s important to understand your goals and be specific about them.
I stand corrected - just the race track experience option got the extras.
I went with TechAir but I’ll go with Dainese for the next one as their new airbag stuff allows the user to replace the gas canisters up to three times before it should be checked instead of having to send it back each time it’s gone off.
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I didn't even know that was a thing yet. I'll have to buy one when they are available in the US. ETA: April 2024 release.
Alpinestars Tech-Air 7x | Technical Preview (Updated)
Introduced at the 2024 CES in January, the Tech-Air 7x autonomous airbag system for road racing is now available.
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I think ima do the Tech-Air10 setup, I want that hip protection for my old ass.
And I think they surely had time to work out the kinks they had when it was 1st released.
And I think they surely had time to work out the kinks they had when it was 1st released.
Just when I thought I was up to date with the latest news, there’s more latest news!!!
It’s good news though. I use the Race, integrated into my suit, and it seems the 7 is the replacement to the Race and also designed to be integrated into suits. I hope they will be using the same connector… Being able to recharge it yourself is an excellent development.
No need for that new race-department custom suit from Dainese that I was being tempted by…
I had one and didn’t like it, aside from it being glitchy. Really uncomfortable when you take the top half of your suit off between sessions and the back protector drags down and pulls the neck against your throat.
I didn't even know that was a thing yet. I'll have to buy one when they are available in the US. ETA: April 2024 release.
Alpinestars Tech-Air 7x | Technical Preview (Updated)
Introduced at the 2024 CES in January, the Tech-Air 7x autonomous airbag system for road racing is now available.www.cyclenews.com
I think I might get one as well.
Their Supertech R10 looks interesting as well.
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Interesting, strangely you just sold me on it more lol…I never take my top half off between sessions, just unzip it and usually sit in the air conditioned truck to cool down between sessions…also my Dianese has the opposite problem, to back of the neck bundles up and tends to interfere with the back of my helmet when I’m in a full tuck looking forward with my head pulled up.
Which brings me to the issues with the custom fit Dianese…I NEVER LIKED THE FIT
Even when it was my size before I lost weight, it’s like they didn’t measure the torso length and width the right way, so it tends to split my ballzack in front and is too long in the back, and overall too tight in the hips and shoulders.
VIRCOS measures those areas in more detail so hopefully their suit will fit better. They take more detailed measurements of the torso, and ask if you want more of a race fit or a comfort fit.
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I have never seen anyone be able to pull there suit on over a Tech Air 10 setup, its like having a diving wetsuit on under a suit - its crazy. If you can't pull your suit on without help it's a problem. It has always bothered me that Astars pinnacle suit // airbag setups used by Moto GP riders are not available to general public. Have you ever seen MM or Pecco unzip their suit and have scuba setup on underneath it? Or even the original front fastening under vest thing? Nope...
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Agreed, you won't be carrying as much speed down straights as the V4 but you'll be making a ton of time through the corners
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It does, but I have too many helmets now. I just bought a RF-1400 in March of 2023, but I don't like it for street riding. With the visor up there's kind of a whistle from the center mounted retention piece. I have an Arai Defiant X which doesn't have that problem, but the visor latch is super annoying.
I've heard that before about trying to get a suit over a Tech-Air 10. I'm not so sure on the airbag built into the undersuit thing. It looks like the MotoGP system have Tech-Air 10 coverage, but are fully integrated into the suit.
The Tech-Air 7x thing looks like a cross between a Tech-Air Race and a Tech-Air 5.
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Okay so what’s the go to solution if you want hip protection too?
I have a pair of AS shorts that have robust padding but I find the restrictive to movement.
I have a pair of AS shorts that have robust padding but I find the restrictive to movement.
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You aren’t the 1st person to say that, and if it were just about lightness I’d agree, but my reasoning is I want a similar brake feel as I’m used to, and will have on the V4R when I switch back to that. I’ll run the bike as it comes with Z04 pads, or likely switch to the Vesrahs as they have a bit more of a progressive bite and are easier to finesse in trail braking than the Z04’s, But even if you take lightness out of the equation I like the performance of the Sicom rotor and pad combo more than I like Z04 and TDrive steel rotors, The Sicoms have just as much stopping power, but the much lower initial bite than then ramps up quickly helps keep the bike more smooth and settled in hard braking, and easier to modulate into a corner.
The bike will be here a month or two before the Sicoms, so there will be several track days to see if it’s good for me as is, or maybe just putting a set of Vesrahs on there.
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