Age: 53
3 seasons racing with SOAR Am license in Lost Era Lightweight and Am Old Folks classes
Goals for 2024 – get a podium finish, see if the Ohlins suspension makes a difference
Goal for 2023 – get a podium finish, 0.1s off!!
Recent posts
CBR600RR Rebuild 3
The pace has dropped off a bit this week, partly due to waiting on fork seals and the rest just not feeling into it. Still, I came through at the end of the week with thanks to my little guy for helping me get the exhaust back on. The midpipe […]
CBR600RR Rebuild 2
Made a bit more progress this week but also ran into some issues. Stripped nearly all the paint off the subframe, took it apart and removed all the brackets, found some bolts to plug the holes and painted in the ‘spray booth’ aka the back of the trailer. While waiting […]
CBR600RR Rebuild 1
I’ve been making some good progress with the CBR this week. Apart from the engine, I’ve been scraping the paint off every component and cleaning/repainting as required. First of all, I got the swing-arm back in and torqued up all the engine mounts. Take note of the super clean rear […]
CBR600RR Frame Sandblast and Paint
Once the CBR600RR was stripped down to the engine separated from the frame, I decided to look into getting it sand-blasted. A lot of people online suggest using walnut shells as a media instead of sand to reduce risk of damage to the aluminum frame. I figured that in these […]
ZX6R Overheating
After the first couple of sessions at the track, when I got back to the pits coolant pissed out and then I noticed that the temp gauge was flashing HI. At first I thought it might just be an air pocket from not bleeding the system properly when I swapped […]
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