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Old 05-04-2008, 07:10 PM   #5
Becca_007
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Moto: 2003 Kawasaki Z1000
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My quickest ET run had a 60' of 2.2831 while I did manage to cut a 2.2302 on a different run. Most were in the 2.3 - 2.4 range.

My reaction times were real high too. The winning run I had a .7019 (yikes) but my best was a .4821. I know my launches are really lacking. Cars are so much easier.

Other than launching, I was having some shifting issues. Bouncing off the rev limiter, hittign neutral, and simply not getting it to upshift. I played around with my clutch which only made it worse. Lol. It dawned on me later that I lowered the bike when I got to the track and never checked my chain tension. Doh. So I don't know how much of a part that might have played in my shifting trouble. The fastest runs are where I actually managed to just squeeze the clutch in while staying on the throttle, but I only managed a couple runs that way. The other times I would try to shift and it wouldn't then i would stare at the RPMs bouncing back and forth until I could finally shift again. Once I even hit neitral and had to sit there and coast until I could get it back into gear.

I'm sure the bike could have been set up better, but it was really all rider error in end. I need to learn how to launch. And, I need to learn the trickiness of shifting at high RPMs without letting off.
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2002 Camaro SS LE: 13.488 @ 102.93MPH
2005 Kawasaki Z750S: 12.239 @ 115.69MPH
2003 Kawasaki Z1000: 11.886 @ 117.72MPH
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