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Originally Posted by CasterTroy
My issue is finding small enough tracks. The 2+ mile ones here are too big for me to gain any ground. I take them ALL in the corners, but on the 2 straights associated with most of the surrounding tracks, they reel me in, chew me up and spit me out as I top out at 105 and they at 150+
http://www.troybaker.com/mz/mz95.jpg
However on the mountain roads here the only time any ground is made up by my sportbike buddies is on the really long sweapers..the rest of the stuff the tard is the boss  |
Are you topping the bike out on those straights or are you just running out of power to really make any time whatsoever? I'd suggest changing out the gears to make it slightly taller if you top it out. You can always carry the extra speed into the turn with a little braking and downshifts, but you can't put an extra gear or MPH on a bike that's maxed out as it is.
I suppose it's to my advantage that I ride a 1.8mi course that's "small" near me. The ZX barely got to 130mph on the biggest straight before I'd have to shut it down and ride the brakes into the oncoming turn(s). I put 15x37 gearing on the tard and really didn't even need 5th gear on the biggest straight, so I may change it up to 15x40 or something.