The Nurburgring for a change..

Cool pics! The one with the sparky slider is surely a keeper?

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

Nik, the GSXR is a fair bit faster than the SV, in a straight line obviously, but it also changes direction a lot easier at speed and has way more ground clearance, not 100% sure of my lap times, but I think they're sub 9mins, as I was riding at one stage with a guy who was timing himself and kept having to ease off to let him catch up again.

The GSXR's great and the track surface is fine in the dry, they've done some resurfacing over winter in places... although I still won't touch it on a bike in the wet.

Nice work, sub 9mins is a good time. Which settings do you have your suspension on? do you find any parts particularly bumpy?

I set up the rider sag then put in the fast bike magazine fast road & track settings, basically a little more compression damping at the front and rear, and a little less rear rebound IIRC (I can dig them out if anyone wants specific details), they seem fine to me so I'll be leaving it as is for a while and concentrate on my riding.

The only real bit that I find slightly bumpy is the ride down to the foxhole, especially the first section straight after Aremberg corner (the tight right hander after Schwadenkreuz). Apart from this the rest feels pretty fine.

[Richie]

You'll be changing your Avatar next....

Nah, the old SV avatar stays, don't want to loose my roots

Great pics!

very nice tim do you use the brakes more with the gsxr. iirc you hardly used them on the sv. did you find the noise restrictions strict on the ring

Yeah I probably use the brakes a little more on the GSXR, less engine braking and a higher approach speed.

As for noise testing they tested me in April when I first went with the GSXR, they definitely seem to be getting stricter. I run a standard can for precisely this reason.