Thanks man. Make sure you get yourself a factory service manual because (and it should be obvious) I'm definitely not an expert mechanic. Just a lot of trial and error and some of the stuff I tried worked. Cheers.

@@matttriestodothings After seeing how many stupid, insane mistakes the previous owner accomplished, I did indeed buy a FSM. It's been a life saver. Thanks man.

Thanks man. I was pumped once I saw it on the AIM, smiled in my helmet for a bit, and then pushed on to keep trying to hit them. There are a few sections of the track I think I can change approach to carry more speed. A later turn in on T2 to send me a bit further left on exit and more drive on T6 gate. I'm shaving off too much in those spots. And I've certainly got to stop missing T1 apex. But we've got two more rounds at Blackhawk to work on that. Great seeing you this weekend.

I figured I had done enough videos with me talking in them recently, so maybe just upload an unedited version with a few text boxes. Or maybe someone will see something blatantly incorrect and tell me how to fix it. It wouldn't be the first time. I'll take all the advice I can get, hah. I've got a new-to-me track a few weeks away. I should probably print out a track map and start memorizing it... I've been quietly following along with your Skoal Bandit build. That might be the coolest one you've done yet. Oh, and I didn't chime in on the VFRWorld thread, but... I vote keep the green breather hose from the tank.

@@matttriestodothings Don't count on me to give you track advice, i only yell at the TV when my favorite MotoGP riders make mistakes LOL. Re the Skoal GSXR, thanks, yea I'm super pleased with it. My best resto so far, she was pretty far gone when i got it. BTW I do like the voice over commentary you normally do, I did miss that. Likely because I benefit from learning a bit more as you point things out. Im thinking im gonna have to take this RC8 to the track when its done, there will be no "balls out" riding, as that thing is way beyond my skill level, but just to say I rode it on track. A CBR125R is more like what i should be learning to track ride on, but im trying to sell my little Repsol CBR.

@@true-moto-resto Well if your favorite MotoGP rider happens to be Jack Miller, I bet you've been doing a lot of yelling at the TV so far this year (unfortunately). I'll see about doing a voiceover. There was quite a bit going on this weekend, but I usually at least try to do it if something interesting happened or something new to me. Welllllll I suppose the 30 minute monsoon race on Saturday was interesting for scary reasons. I know I'll have something interesting to talk about after Gingerman later this month just because the whole thing will be new to me. The good thing about a Novice track day is that there is absolutely no reason or need to feel like you have to go "balls out". At least with the organizations here in the Midwest US. Find out which organizations run at tracks near you. Then try to find someone that has run with multiple of them. Figure out which has the best, most structured, safest novice track day. That's the one I'm certain you want to run with. There will likely be no need to break 80mph on a straightaway if you don't want to (you will though). Or whatever 80mph converts to in maple units. I really do think you'll enjoy it. You'll enjoy it more if you can find someone to either take along with you or someone you can park next to that has some experience. It'll take a lot of the stress of logistics out of it and allow you to enjoy the day more. If I didn't have to deal with crossing a borderline I'd think about figuring out a track near the midway point and meeting you out there.

@@matttriestodothings Nice of you to say that, my closest track is 4-5 hrs drive, i think the smart thing for me would be to go and do a level 1 racing school where they teach the basics of cornering on a lower CC bike. then decide from there if and when i take the KTM to a track. re the MotoGP, I haven't picked a favorite rider since Rossi retired, I do like Bezz and a few others, but truth be told I'm happy as long as MM93 isnt winning (but thats gonna be changing real soon)

@@true-moto-resto That's not a bad idea. I don't know what's all available out there, but a lower CC bike is pretty much always going to be a better idea for the first time. It's just less risk, and it allows you to focus more on the actual track and the whole experience. Marquez is sure making things interesting this year. I'm a newer MotoGP fan, so I don't have deep running allegiance to anyone. I just think Miller is a riot. I'm a fan of both Miller and Binder and like seeing them do well. Don't really care about KTM bikes too much though. I'd rather see Japan stop being terrible.

You were the one on the Aprilia, right? You taught me a big lesson about how how much more speed I need to carry into that kink prior to 7. You flew passed me so fast it was like I was sitting still. I made a cognizant effort to try to keep on throttle much deeper in the later laps of this race after having my doors blown off on lap 1 by you in that turn. Pleasure racing with you man. You and the other SV had a hell of a fight going on for pretty much that whole race. I was trying to keep within eye sight which was the carrot to chase. I know that battle was for the class win so I'm looking forward to seeing that fight from your point of view!

​@@matttriestodothings yeah that was me on the Aprilia. I'm glad you got to unlock some more speed through the kink and consistently dropped into the 19's, that's fkng rad. I've known the guy on the SV (the other Matt :D) for 20+ years and this was our second race ever (my first race day). So there was extra incentive to race each other as hard as we could :D I'll drop ya a link here once my footage is up on YT. Cheers homie! 🏍😃😎

@@rmnanney I didn't realize it was your first race weekend--that's fantastic man. Congratulations. I see you took home a win in Thunderbike as well. What a hell of a first weekend for you.

Thanks man. I'll put some pics up on my SVRider race thread of the repairs, but you've definitely still got me beat for "the most SV, SV". The chart is from Speedhive for the MyLaps transponders. I snagged it from their website. My on-board laptimer is an AIM Solo 2 (without the data connection because carburetors). That start wasn't indicative of my normal ones. I'd say I was at least 1000rpm higher than normal. I'd been struggling to get into second gear on starts since I was wheelie-ing and trying to clutchless upshift and it hadn't been working. Made an effort to focus on clutch shifting for second gear and just let the RPMs get too high as I was focusing on too many things. But yea, it's pretty clear I'm the weakest starter on that grid. I guess it means I have more room for progress? hah. You're no chump dude. And you're miles ahead of where most people are at this point on being able to fix and setup a bike--especially under stress. I'm looking forward to catching more of your updates this year. This stuff isn't easy. Some of these guys and gals are just so good they make it look that way.

Thanks man. A friend recommended this little wrist stabilizer thing that fit under my glove and restricted its movement. It worked really, really well. I thought it would be some snake oil waste of money, but it turned out to be a great choice. I honestly didn't even feel any issues running the bike. It's sore afterwards, but it didn't affect my riding at all like I expected it to.

@@matttriestodothings It's funny how we guard injury without support and how it affects concentration and pain, when the simplest bit of stabilization frees your brain up to focus on other things. Good deal.

I blew the corner a bit wide which made it possible. The missed shift didn't help but I still think he gets me. Should have reached over and pulled him back a bit, lol.

@@matttriestodothings you did such a good job trying to get away I had no idea he was right there. But yes LOL next time just tell him to wait up

@@DylonND Oh I was 99.9% certain he was there. Normally, I can hear if a bike is right behind me, but I wasn't hearing anything. But that 518 and I are on pretty evenly matched machines, and it's hard for either of us to drive away from the other in the dry. He crushes everyone in the rain. It's not even close. In the three dry races on Sunday, the furthest either of us finished ahead of the other was 0.236 seconds. ULSB: 0.051 seconds, advantage #109 LWSB: 0.236 seconds, advantage #518 LWSS: 0.070 seconds, advantage #518

@@matttriestodothings Jeezzz! Dude thats super close. I haven't had that happen yet, but I'm sure I'll find my lap buddy :D

@@DylonND It's better to find a lap buddy that's like 1 second faster than you. Then you just steal their time and now you're 1 second faster!

Hah, I had to do some reverse engineering on how you got the GSXR fairing stay to work on the SV! Still using all your same brackets. I actually ordered two of the fairing stays and cut em up a bit in case the current one gets wrecked. I've got another ready to go. I'm super glad you did the heavy lifting on that so I didn't have to do all the measuring and guessing. I've sorta been beating the shit out of your fairings. They may have cracked in three pieces at Pitt last month. I glued them back together tho 😅

I did. That was a scary ass race. I started pole for that one, lol. I've never ridden Blackhawk on wets before. I think about 3 bikes got passed me on the first lap, and then another 2 or 3 over the course of the race. I was running around 1:45 for the first half then brought it down to about 1:40s and decided that was as fast as I wanted to go. What's crazy about that race is that I was getting comfortable trying to hit the inside of the corners where there's 12-18" that have none of that asphalt sealer that turns to ice in the wet. And those 12-18" sections kept getting smaller and smaller as they filled up with standing puddles, so you were forced to run over the sealer. I've never had my rear end all over the place quite like that. My front actually stuck incredibly well (granted, slow pace), but the rear was going all over the place any time I added throttle. I'm sure all of you were dealing with the same things. I thought I was excruciatingly slow, but if I could make 1:40 my floor and build off of that, I would be comfortable with it. Nobody was touching Brad in that race though. In fact, if it went one more lap, he would have lapped me. He was 4 seconds behind me and running 5 seconds a lap faster. I was the last one on the lead lap of that race.

Oh, by the way, how did the weekend go for you?! I was watching your name on the scoring charts. I know that you've been working like crazy to get that bike ready to go for this weekend.

@matttriestodothings definitely was scary lol. First race and its freaking raining, never ride on the sv in rain. I think we had 3 bikes on the grid, finishing 1st. And Sunday the bike started hiccup. Nothing above 8k rpm, and nothing above 5th gear. So was just enjoying the ride lol. Did good on evry launch, but that's about it. Getting the bike fixed for July.

@@Maximumtrack Oh damn, you got a win on your first race!? I'm just checking the results now. That's freakin' awesome! Congratulations man. I never pulled off a win in Amateur. Sorry to hear about the bike troubles. That's an odd one for sure--I'm wondering if it has anything to do with a clogged fuel pump unable to deliver enough fuel. I don't own one of the fuel injected SV's though, so I can only speculate. I hope you're able to get a quick and easy resolution and everything's ready to roll by the July round.