R6 shock made to fit a curvy?

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

why are you not prepared to sell it if you are not using it?

"Long term plans", he said with a wink. I think it looks nicer than the Ohlins, and they're in the same ballpark performance-wise... ERS reckon that they're slightly better in terms of durability, slightly worse in terms of adjustability, otherwise I doubt I'll feel a difference. So if I go for one of my various schemes, it'll fit the bike better and I'll fit it, and flog the Ohlins.

{Rummages through countless old photos }

Your Honor .... if this isn't Mr Jordan on the grid (Brands 2004 to be precise ) on a swanky looking GSXR1000 Powerbike ... well ... er ... lets face it ... er ... the evidence is pretty damming isn't it?!!?



{schoolkid voice} "Told you so .... Told you so!!"

[northwind]

pwned

Originally Posted by northwind

pwned

That was a good move, but I'd say this was checkmate (look about half way down his name (and bike) is clearly marked {smug mode on} Blue's right Blues Right ... he knows more about Steves race career than Steves GF/Wife?? )

http://www.bemsee.net/2004/events/re...7/result15.txt

[northwind]

You're taking this a wee bit too far... What's next, rummaging through their bins?

Originally Posted by northwind

You're taking this a wee bit too far... What's next, rummaging through their bins?

hehe, I have all this as I collected photos and results about/of myself over the years! .... So no, I have not been stalking Steve!!

Basically I remember dicing with Steve a few times in Powerbikes!!! So naturally he was likely to appear in my scrapbook as 'background' at some point if I looked hard enough!!

Mike1234 might appear in my scrapbook as background somewhere too as I have raced against him also ... I'll have a look at some point!!

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

hehe, I have all this as I collected photos and results about/of myself over the years! .... So no, I have not been stalking Steve!!

Basically I remember dicing with Steve a few times in Powerbikes!!! So naturally he was likely to appear in my scrapbook as 'background' at some point if I looked hard enough!!

Mike1234 might appear in my scrapbook as background somewhere too as I have raced against him also ... I'll have a look at some point!!

dont worry if you do manage the supposed trip into minitwins, then come and do the Thunderbikes too...so i can add you in the background to my scrapbook ..although getting wupped by a girl would be kinda embarrasing.

i would hasten to add that even steve would admit he was slow then..

Originally Posted by SV650Racer

dont worry if you do manage the supposed trip into minitwins, then come and do the Thunderbikes too...so i can add you in the background to my scrapbook ..although getting wupped by a girl would be kinda embarrasing.

i would hasten to add that even steve would admit he was slow then..

Gauntlet solidly thrown!!

I didn’t mean ‘background’ in a derogatory sense BTW (unlike you ), just that he wasn’t the focus of the pics/scrapbook but does (by nature of being there) inadvertently appear!! :P

Its hard to tell how ‘soft’ I have got since retiring … I’d be interested in knowing myself!!

So I have a frame of reference, what spec is your bike and what are your best times at places like Snett and Brands Indy? … I need to get myself on a practice day with fresh tyres to see what I can do these days at those tracks and on my spec SV.

If I am embarrassingly slow then I won’t bother!! If I am not that far off the pace, but need a bit of a ‘pep’ I’ll get the bike sorted …

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Gauntlet solidly thrown!!

I didn’t mean ‘background’ in a derogatory sense BTW (unlike you ), just that he wasn’t the focus of the pics/scrapbook but does (by nature of being there) inadvertently appear!! :P

Its hard to tell how ‘soft’ I have got since retiring … I’d be interested in knowing myself!!

So I have a frame of reference, what spec is your bike and what are your best times at places like Snett and Brands Indy? … I need to get myself on a practice day with fresh tyres to see what I can do these days at those tracks and on my spec SV.

If I am embarrassingly slow then I won’t bother!! If I am not that far off the pace, but need a bit of a ‘pep’ I’ll get the bike sorted …

On my SV which is 79.67bhp currently i do 1.18.2 round Snetterton, Brands Indy 52.6.

After testing at Cartagena went well improving over 5 seconds from last year, this season i am aiming for a 51 of some description at Brands to match Steves best on his minitwin of a 51.7 and a high 1.16 at Snetterton, well they are my goals.

TBH the SV in thunderbike spec still isnt a world apart from a minitwin spec bike.

So the gauntlet is laid... ...

With confidence and the wind behind me...and a tin full of baked beens!!!

BTW is your name Nick Bailey?.

Originally Posted by SV650Racer

On my SV which is 79.67bhp currently i do 1.18.2 round Snetterton, Brands Indy 52.6.

After testing at Cartagena went well improving over 5 seconds from last year, this season i am aiming for a 51 of some description at Brands to match Steves best on his minitwin of a 51.7 and a high 1.16 at Snetterton, well they are my goals.

TBH the SV in thunderbike spec still isnt a world apart from a minitwin spec bike.

So the gauntlet is laid... ...

With confidence and the wind behind me...and a tin full of baked beens!!!

BTW is your name Nick Bailey?.

So basically your bike is too highly modified to comply with minitwins regs right?? Have you got GIXER front forks brakes and stuff too? How hard would it be for you to de-mod yours to comply with minitwins regs??? Either way we should be able to do a practice day together!?

According to http://www.minitwins.co.uk/records.html the current MRO minitwins Brands lap record is 0:51.52 (0:51.83 BEMSEE), so if you reckon you can get in the 51s then you probably have me beat!!! I'd like to think that the mid-high 52s would be within my grasp after a bit of practice and with fresh tyres though?!!!? I did 50s when I was racing, but that was a different bike ... I really need to have a crack at it on the SV first before I place any bets, its bound to be slower, but by how much >2s?!?

Here's the full pic, everything should become clear ... see, I am not Steve's stalker, he just happened to be there!!

So back where we came in ... ... will you now admit that you dropped one and he did indeed race Powerbikes for a while in 04 on a GIXER thou, not just a one off in 02 like you first said?!!?