Bluethunder silverstone photos

Okay as i didn't get out on track much I only have a few photos, which is very frustrating, nearly as much as the issues with the bike! But anyway here are a few of them. I think the bike looks good white so will probally new fairings white, with some colours and stickers!

[lukemillar]

Nice pics and track bike!

Does your helmet fit properly!?? It looks like you are looking at the top of the visor the whole time! Might just be the sunglasses creatint that illusion

Get a tinted visor - looks way cooler!

Thanks I do like the look of the bike! Its the fog city insert its sits at the top my vision when over the tank....I will sort it all soon. That is an xs aria lid, I think thats the smallest right?

[JediGoat]

Originally Posted by bluethunder

Its the fog city insert its sits at the top my vision when over the tank....I will sort it all soon.

Then your helmet is either not on at the correct angle, or that model is the wrong shape for your head. You shouldn't need the fog city in for track use, but they are a pain to remove, so best to get a second visor.

Originally Posted by bluethunder

That is an xs aria lid, I think thats the smallest right?

Nope. Arai go to 3XS in some models, but again, the shape for each model will be different.

Edit - The bike looks nice btw.

Jo

Chris, lift the bottom of your helmet up a bit. Solves the problem.

1st pic - Nut cruncher, yowchhhh!

Here, i posted on yer ruddy thread

Awesome pics, that fog city insert alters one's perception of how well your helmet fits, huh

Looking good

Matt

Originally Posted by shop_addict

Then your helmet is either not on at the correct angle, or that model is the wrong shape for your head. You shouldn't need the fog city in for track use, but they are a pain to remove, so best to get a second visor.

I keep my pinlock in my Arai cos my visor steams badly on track without. I even chose a pinlock enabled black visor because it still steams even on really sunny days.

Chris, get yerself to a race school so they can teach you how to sit correctly and how to position yourself correctly for corners, it makes a huge difference to the way the bike feels, how well you can corner and your own confidence.

You're sitting way too far forward and not moving your backside off the seat at all in corners. One of the things the guys at Mick Boddice race school keep saying is "stop shagging my bike's tank" - move your backside back against the bum-stop and relax your grip on the bars. You like you're holding on for grim death.

Do race school, you'll benefit from it hugely

Looking again at those pics, and Jo is right, your helmet is wrong.

Your eyes should be at mid-point from top to bottom of the aperture, as it is that's where your nose is sitting. I seriously think you've bought the wrong shaped helmet. It might be the right size, but it's tilted too far forward. When the helmet is on and settled you should have a finger's width between eyebrow and the liner at the top of the aperture and the tip of your nose should be pretty much in line with the bottom edge of the aperture. Yours looks like the liner is coming over your eyebrows and your nose is half way up the visor.

Originally Posted by shop_addict

... You shouldn't need the fog city in for track use, ...

Eh? what makes you say that?