Setting up for first track day

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Hope everyone is off to a good new year!

I am getting ready for my first track day on my PV4 next month and trying to setup the bike for myself.

I adjusted foot controls to a good comfortable spot wearing track boots. After that, I lowered the brake and clutch master cylinders to make it easier to get to the levers with racing gloves (had to remove the guide pins on the handle bar).

I also changed the OEM clip on angle, but I’m not sure if it’s recommended or not. I opened the angle a bit making the bars a bit more straight. What are the pros and cons of opening/closing the angle of the handle bars? Also, is it safe that I changed the angle by lowering the clip one to avoid the guides? (photo below)

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I'd say you want the bar angle to be comfortable when you're leaning over with you arm bent and you have an ice cream cone grip on the bar. Make sure you can turn from stop to stop and not hit the fairings or bind up any cables or hydraulic lines. Posistion of the bars relative to the fork, in-front of or at the mid-point can effect how the steering feels, but I haven't experimented with this.

Loose the Rizoma mirrors though, don't just tape them. Another user here had a drop and it transferred enough energy to break the front fairing stay. The OEM mirrors are designed to snap before that can happen.
 

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