gearing for gingerman?
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Scott,
I use a little one in the front and a big one in the back. I prefer if they have most of the teeth on them and that the chain is not too rusty and reaches all the way around both sprockets and connects to itself without too many master links or wire.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
I use a little one in the front and a big one in the back. I prefer if they have most of the teeth on them and that the chain is not too rusty and reaches all the way around both sprockets and connects to itself without too many master links or wire.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
ha...hey scott, i thought you were racing this weekend. but its next eh? good luck anyway. ross headed out to pocono this weekend for the track day. you should ask around on the ahrma list, there really arent many guys here i dont think who have run at gingerman. well, except the people youd already know. you could also try the wera board. those guys are pretty good and national. be sure and let us know how you do. first real race weekend right?
jc
"tex, if your bikes a cheater, its not a very good one"
jc
"tex, if your bikes a cheater, its not a very good one"
Scott,
Do you really think I know what is on my bike? For Gingerman I would run what is on my bike which is what I have run at Blackhawk,Grattan and Mid-Ohio. I do have another countershaft sprocket in my tool box that is either 1 tooth smaller or one tooth bigger than what I have on the bike. I do the best with what I have. I really ought to get some more sprockets, but I would like to convert to 520 chain too and a lighter rear wheel, so I will just run what I have again this year.
When is the Vinmoto thing at autobahn? I would be interested in going if I am back from Alaska at the time.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
Do you really think I know what is on my bike? For Gingerman I would run what is on my bike which is what I have run at Blackhawk,Grattan and Mid-Ohio. I do have another countershaft sprocket in my tool box that is either 1 tooth smaller or one tooth bigger than what I have on the bike. I do the best with what I have. I really ought to get some more sprockets, but I would like to convert to 520 chain too and a lighter rear wheel, so I will just run what I have again this year.
When is the Vinmoto thing at autobahn? I would be interested in going if I am back from Alaska at the time.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
kenny man
light is good...but many guys told me to loose my (heavy) stock rear wheel. it was the same one used on may moto cross models. i cracked the hub during the last event at nhis (labor day)(freaked me right out). the replacement hub i built my new wheel around was from a comparable bike two years later. the webbing was much more substantial and perhaps yielded a 2 oz. heavier wheel. i don't think i'll be any slower on my new wheel and i will sleep just fine knowing it is safer than the wheel it replaced. just my two sense...
parks
light is good...but many guys told me to loose my (heavy) stock rear wheel. it was the same one used on may moto cross models. i cracked the hub during the last event at nhis (labor day)(freaked me right out). the replacement hub i built my new wheel around was from a comparable bike two years later. the webbing was much more substantial and perhaps yielded a 2 oz. heavier wheel. i don't think i'll be any slower on my new wheel and i will sleep just fine knowing it is safer than the wheel it replaced. just my two sense...
parks
Parks,
I think I could probably find something off a dirtbike that is lighter than the stock cb350 rear hub and is already set up for 520 chain. The reality is that I probably won't even mess with it and will continue with the 530 and the wide assortment of gearing that I have. I am fairly lazy when it comes to making changes to the bike if it is working the way it is.
Scott, I may be available for the June 20 date. I will be in touch as the date gets closer. Any idea on cost and times? It is quite a ways from my place to Joliet.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
I think I could probably find something off a dirtbike that is lighter than the stock cb350 rear hub and is already set up for 520 chain. The reality is that I probably won't even mess with it and will continue with the 530 and the wide assortment of gearing that I have. I am fairly lazy when it comes to making changes to the bike if it is working the way it is.
Scott, I may be available for the June 20 date. I will be in touch as the date gets closer. Any idea on cost and times? It is quite a ways from my place to Joliet.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
joe, this weekend will be my first real race weekend. everything up to now has been track days, track school, and practice days. i'm only starting to bug out now.
anybody else going to be at gingerman?
scott from chicago
ahrma #527
anybody else going to be at gingerman?
scott from chicago
ahrma #527
Scott,
Good luck this weekend. Have some fun. I don't think I could have gone to Autobahn anyway. I wouldn't have had time to get either racebike ready before then. I think I am going to go to Road Atlanta for Cyclejam with WERA the end of June. Anybody else going to be there?? I havent raced with WERA since 91. It should be fun.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
Good luck this weekend. Have some fun. I don't think I could have gone to Autobahn anyway. I wouldn't have had time to get either racebike ready before then. I think I am going to go to Road Atlanta for Cyclejam with WERA the end of June. Anybody else going to be there?? I havent raced with WERA since 91. It should be fun.
Ken
AHRMA 412
Vintage racing - old guys on old bikes
aron,
i was around looking for you, but i guess that the rain got in our way. how did you do?
i only crashed once and finished both races on saturday and sunday. no points, but it took till the last lap to get lapped by the first wave. i had a blast.
scott from chicago
ahrma #527
i was around looking for you, but i guess that the rain got in our way. how did you do?
i only crashed once and finished both races on saturday and sunday. no points, but it took till the last lap to get lapped by the first wave. i had a blast.
scott from chicago
ahrma #527
SCott,
How'd you miss us? We were always up late drinking beer and rebuilding Jordan's gearbox. Sleeping in a puddle does wonders for your race face...
I did ok...same both days. 3rd in 350 GP and 2nd in 500 premier...whihc had all of maybe two or three people in it. Whatevs...it's points!
Check out the on-board:
http://www.vimeo.com/clip:200432
How'd you miss us? We were always up late drinking beer and rebuilding Jordan's gearbox. Sleeping in a puddle does wonders for your race face...
I did ok...same both days. 3rd in 350 GP and 2nd in 500 premier...whihc had all of maybe two or three people in it. Whatevs...it's points!
Check out the on-board:
http://www.vimeo.com/clip:200432
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Scott, Congrats! I hope you took some pics... you going to have anything in your virtual garage? C'mon, post a link!
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