04-26-2010, 04:17 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
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H2R is bumpy!
Took the SV out for its first track day and WOW I just about freaked in the first session because I thought my suspension was crap. The bike was bucking and throwing me about so much and I don't remember anything nearly that bad on my DRZ last Fall.
Apparently the winter has been tough on the track conditions. I dialed my rear suspension preload much softer and learned to ride through the bumps. Overall still a great day at the track but I'm sad that it will be my last in Texas. :-( |
04-27-2010, 02:49 PM | #2 |
Gixxer Girl
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Kyle, TX
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it's definitely gotten a little rougher since last year ....CCW hits the worst of it, but it's really not that bad....
Damn Turn and the Back straight certainly move you though...I have a video up on facebook and you can just see the camera bouncing in a couple spots. |
04-27-2010, 03:23 PM | #3 |
Refugee
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I've ridden at TWS, Cresson and MSR-Houston. Never seen a track surface deteriorate that much in 6 months. Crazy!
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04-27-2010, 03:26 PM | #4 | |
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Quote:
We're repaving, we just haven't dont it.... yet.
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04-27-2010, 04:58 PM | #5 |
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04-27-2010, 05:07 PM | #6 |
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04-27-2010, 05:08 PM | #7 |
With MORE TYEstosterone
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Psh, when you have long travel suspension, bumps become whoops! Or jumps!
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04-27-2010, 05:15 PM | #8 |
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It is an underlayment issue. If the underlayment is solid, the pavement doesn't go anywhere. That is why Santa Rita is so solid, it's a solid road base.
Houston fell apart within the first year, last year it got really bumpy. The previous property owner was a rice farm. Swamp. Not usually good as road base. ECR has had their own issues. Cresson has been great, but then look at the rock quarry next door to it.
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04-27-2010, 05:57 PM | #9 |
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Any of you guys ever heard of Oak Hill in Henderson, TX? You'll never think any other track is bumpy if you have...
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04-27-2010, 05:59 PM | #10 |
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Oak Hill was just closed this year. Strip mining...
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