Isle of Man TT 2014 Update 11 - Senior TT final warm-up: Hey family and friends. Real quick, got out on the EBR in Superbike trim this evening after some fairly serious suspension changes. They kinda didnt work. Long story short our Ohlins guy here at the TT has since spoke with the Ohlins tech in World Superbike who gave him more insight into what basic geometry seems to work best in their experience and its different from ours, fundamentally. The mass of the engine seems to prefer to be higher than lower, in short, which means more trail in the front aka front ride height higher than stock and rear ride height lower than stock. Also, not unlike our Macau EBR brought to China last November from the AMA team the rear spring is far stiffer than normal. Ours at the TT is only marginally stiffer than normal. Some final decisions on the suspension will get made just before our six lap final tomorrow at 1pm local time (a race that will take almost two hours to complete..). Do we take a risk and try something we dont if it will work, or go with a setup we know does not work perfect? The two biggest two issues are 1), the bike dances and shakes violently over the ripply high speed bumps (more like moguls or whoops). And 2), the EBR is currently difficult to change direction at ultra-high speeds, which occur loads in one lap of the TT. Gonna sleep on it. For the much anticipated Lightweight practice unfortunately a breather hose from the crank case to the air box came loose and oiled up my boots so we had to stop out on the mountain. Took a couple hours before I could get back to the pits (again). Oh well, was fun while it lasted, no race for us on it tomorrow because we didnt complete the one lap needed in practice. About to devour some traditional pre-race pizza the night before every big race, dont ask me why but it makes me feel stronger the next day. (-: Six more laps, baby. Six more laps. This is the big one... Wish us luck! Hugs, Mark
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 20:28:45 +0000
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