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garth World Chat Champion
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Posted: 12:39 - 16 Dec 2014 Post subject: Winter tart-up: Pitbike Supermoto |
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This past year I've been participating in the matchams pit bike series, I managed to do five of the nine rounds, although one of those I had a big crash in the first race and didn't do the rest of the day. Race day is 2x15m warm ups, 3x10 lap heats and 1x12 lap final (the final is what counts for podium credits and trophies)
Out of those five rounds I picked up two third place trophies and won the class B championship (fastest fatty...!)
I'm 6'2" so probably not built for pit bikes but it's very enjoyable, and I'll be back next year. The bike needs a touch of work though.
Here's how it started the last round:
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/84C8A9C7-55F9-4E72-AB3A-0B8447A5664A_zpsowmdu8ts.jpg
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/82779E77-0783-43D6-B72E-33B798FF4F6D_zpssacsdd6y.jpg
And here's how it stands in the shed. I sort of abandoned it when I went to Africa. The handguards and front mudguard have been removed in this one.
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/8A28B477-FEC3-4516-B5C1-1B4F65C00984_zpsc0fhufpf.jpg
The thing that's been bugging me all year has been my straight line speed, I'm good enough on the brakes and corner entry, but others seem to pull a bike length on me down the straights, even if I'm on the throttle before them. I noticed the baffles in my C90 exhaust were rattling all over the place, and on closer inspection, the outlet pipe smaller than others. Turns out when I put this pipe on it was off my C50LAC and appears to be different.
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/770B1DFD-F4E1-45AE-8840-FD9DA3982BCC_zpsc5u6gwck.jpg
You can also see the rear tyre has had it, this was a supersoft MC31, in future I'll use a soft (as this was supposed to be - I got sent the wrong one and didn't check, I've a soft on the front)
I've also picked up a different header pipe, if you compare the two you can see the replacement is both a larger bore and free from welds which should help the gasflow.
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/IMG_14381_zpsd25fdf00.jpg
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/8371956B-BE25-4B79-ACF1-1EB204F886A3_zpsrmru4srk.jpg
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/IMG_14501_zpse3502edf.jpg
After a quick clean up and chopping both the silencer and the header to the correct length, I got my old man to weld them together.
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/IMG_14551_zps6f6a5615.jpg
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/C2C70F4E-CCE0-4BF4-9F69-1EC8351FB86F_zpsvjw2uq5y.jpg
I'm hoping this will help me down the straights!
Next job is fitting my replacement kickstart.
Old:
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/IMG_14401_zpsbfd18958.jpg
New:
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/IMG_14411_zps9d460441.jpg
You can probably also see how fucked my footpegs are. I'm going to try and figure out how to raise them to give me more ground clearance.
Bodywork off, new exhaust not yet on:
https://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y459/nark_square/4EA5B59D-9404-44E8-8025-118BFE062942_zpsk3tionm2.jpg
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Posted: 13:55 - 17 Dec 2014 Post subject: |
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Brilliant, I would love to get into this at some point, bet that's great smiles per £.
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Posted: 14:05 - 17 Dec 2014 Post subject: |
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I'm liking the professional touches such as the yoghurt pot.
y u no bcf sticker? |
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Posted: 23:24 - 17 Dec 2014 Post subject: |
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Interesting stuff. Thanks to G, I also will be giving this a go on Monday. Can't imagine I'll be getting into the racing just yet due to costs and such but am keen on it at some point ____________________ Present: [Kawasaki ZX7r][Suzuki DRZ 400s]
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Posted: 00:25 - 18 Dec 2014 Post subject: |
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Nice work dude!
I know matchams are very tight on their regulations.
Not sure if they've started allowing Z40 cams to be fitted like some of the other race series'.
Sneaky little mod is to fit the inlet valve out of a 125 big-valve engine, into the exhaust port of the 140.
Impossible to tell, but improves power quite noticeably.
Valve goes straight in, but clearance is next to nothing to set-up is vital.
If you wanna get really nitty about it. Get the bike over to OORacing and have it set up on their dyno. ____________________ - Honda XL125S - CBR400 NC29 - VFR400 NC30 - CBR400 NC29 - TL1000R - TeeZeR Pit! - Bandit 12 - YZF450 - LuckyMX125 Pit! - Demon X XLR 140 Pit!
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 9 years, 133 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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