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The forecast for the Czech Republic is extreme rainfall with similar levels to the floods in 1997 and 2002… Perfect.

The app forecasts look like zero chance for Friday, very little chance for Saturday and possibly a bit more of a chance on Sunday, although the relatively low temperatures mean that the chances of the track drying out are slim.

I guess I should go and hope for the best but it’s looking very unlikely. With the sudden drop in temperature I’d need to put a soft back on the front and then I’ll probably not use it… 🫣
 
panibadboy said:
its .... weather across all C Europe this weekend. So buy some Red vino, have aperitivo and off you go to FKK club
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I'm staying home. If the forecast turns out to be wildly incorrect I'm only a couple of hours down the road from the circuit. Friday for sure will be torrential all day. The weekend has the remote possibility of showing some marginal improvement but it's cold and the track won't dry quickly even if it stops raining. The hotel were happy to cancel at the last minute at no cost as I'm a regular there and the van people were happy to do the same (although it should remain available if I need it).

I've been lucky all year with the weather - only a couple of days in total missed due to rain but also some lovely days that were supposed to have interruptions with rain but didn't.

Winter trips to sunny tracks are looking like a distinct possibility and perhaps a necessity...
 
bp_SFV4 said:
But it’s soooo good to do track days in Europe. 👍

Our Swiss dork is afraid of a road trip.
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As are you. You should meet me in colorado sometime (I was just there riding for four days). I'll send a picture of the front of my bike so you know what it looks like as that's the only way you'll ever see it. Or maybe once or twice I'll let you come by so I can pass you midcorner a few times for a giggle.
 
baggerman said:
As are you. You should meet me in colorado sometime (I was just there riding for four days). I'll send a picture of the front of my bike so you know what it looks like as that's the only way you'll ever see it. Or maybe once or twice I'll let you come by so I can pass you midcorner a few times for a giggle.
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Just got back from Georgia. It’s not the road trip, I just don’t want to be around you.
 
Starbucks is bitter tasting swill. Yet still an American company known all over the world and on the tip of your tongue.
 
Just leave this here…
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panibadboy said:
one boring state to another, what a pinnacle of road tripping. I bet the most exciting bit was a ...... starbucks drive thru
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You've obviously have never ridden in the american west. Go to wiki and look for paved passes in colorado (or Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho etc). Colorado and most of the west has been repaved, not chip sealed, paved. Twisty 2 lanes and there's nobody there. Just awesome.
 
If this is the first valve check post factory assembly I'd say these are pretty nice. Clearly they're not using the same guy to set R valvetrains. I've measured 2 1103's now and almost every closer was the same value (not the clearance the shim size). Both were just sloppy. I think your guy wrote some of the numbers forgetting a leading zero or otherwise as SD says they're out. But most likely an entry error as those numbers would make no sense otherwise.
 
baggerman said:
If this is the first valve check post factory assembly I'd say these are pretty nice. Clearly they're not using the same guy to set R valvetrains. I've measured 2 1103's now and almost every closer was the same value (not the clearance the shim size). Both were just sloppy. I think your guy wrote some of the numbers forgetting a leading zero or otherwise as SD says they're out. But most likely an entry error as those numbers would make no sense otherwise.
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I’d say typos, otherwise it would be miles out of spec and it wouldn’t have been ticked as okay. I thought that was pretty good after nearly 4,000km and with most of that on track
 
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That would be a weird typo to just forget 0’s on 4 out of 32 measurements.

I’d ask for the reason behind this and why it wasn’t mentioned. It’s like you have to check these “experts” work. Would also forward over to another shop (tgp or Barni or Moto Lab Gozzi or Motorapido) to get a second opinion especially in light of your oil leak. If these outliers are indeed real could possibly indicate some sort of wearing problem or maybe bad timing. Either way, those numbers are weird.

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