2005 CBR600RR B Bike Upgrade

Stu

Well I didn’t have the money from selling the red #1 CBR600RR for very long! Admittedly I started looking as soon as the deal was done. I figured I might as well stick with Hondas for some commonality of parts but if I saw a deal on a newer R6, […]

SOAR Rounds 6 and 7, 30 Sept – 1 Oct 2023

Stu

The final rounds of the season! Ugh Zoe and I went up on Wednesday evening and after some remote working on Thursday, we got a canopy and the tent up and registered for the weekend. Friday Practice Danny very kindly installed two new tires for me, a Pirelli front and […]

SOAR Round 5, 9-10 September 2023

Stu

Took the blue bike back to Denny who found that a valve shim had fallen off during assembly – that was causing the misfire. There were a few leaks around the thermostat again and a couple of other minor things but he got it rebuilt ready for me to pick […]

SOAR Round 4, 25-27 August 2023

Stu

After the blue bike ran hot and lost coolant last round, I ordered a head gasket from Denny at the local store, TSR who was amazing and put the order through even though he was on vacation! Danny (and Dex) helped me get the engine out and then Rian had […]

SOAR Round 4!

Josh

Another great race weekend in the bag! I think this is my best overall placement weekend so far! I had such a blast in every one of my races and was fairly happy with my pace. I could feel there was a lot of room for improvement but I’m glad […]

SOAR Round 3, 28-30 July 2023

Stu

Modified layout – it’s short but I quite like the longer turn 1 on this layout. The KSR practice day was on Monday this time so Josh and I did the SOAR Friday practice instead – it’s better value for money now that it’s a full day since they cancelled […]

SOAR Round 2

Josh

Recap from SOAR Round 2! Am600 went as I thought it would, hectic and riding for survival. Great practice for being around lots of bikes and quickly reacting to others movements. Ended up finishing 17/25 which I’m happy with as that race is more for becoming comfortable being that close […]

SOAR Round 2 24, 25 June 2023

Stu

Reverse Alien layout, this is the only time we do reverse direction so I put the Pirelli scrub on the rear to try – it’s not supposed to be flipped so this is the only chance to really wear the left side. Thursday KSR track day We met Rick in […]

2023 SOAR Round 1 (321)

Josh

Mistakes were made, and lessons were learned this weekend. First practice session I was so stiff and was gripping way too hard everywhere. Felt better during the second session but it got cut short when my chain popped off. Took me a while to diagnose what happened and to get […]

2023 Practice weekend journal

Josh

First session felt awkward but promising. Lots of power, brakes were grabbing with the lever too close to the grip, shifter was too low and kept missing 4th on the straight, after session palms of my hands were in lots of pain because I was gripping the grips wayyy too […]