That's awesome man, you're going to have a blast. Don't be afraid to ask people at the event questions if you're ever stumped or just need some advice. The SV is an awesome platform to get into racing since there are so many of them and people with racing experience on them. Best of luck in this coming year!

Yep. I really enjoyed staying upright on two wheels last year. Hoping to keep that streak alive for another year. I definitely could have closed that space safely though, but I've only realized that after watching it back. In real time I wasn't sure.

A little, but that part of the track is real slow so not a big deal. If I'd have gassed it harder coming out it probably would have been a non-issue as I'd have taken the spot away. So it goes.

Funny thing is that for the final weekend of the year, I took a huge swing to try to gain a second on him. Changed shock spring, front fork height, and even switched from traditional to GP shift for that last weekend. Entered 5 races instead of my normal 3. I wanted so badly to win a race this year. Instead... the dude I was chasing came back with a new setup and clicked off some seriously fast laps. He dropped nearly 2 seconds and I believe pulled out a 1:19.2 whereas we were running ~1:21's during these races. I missed the setup so damn bad I was laughing during the practice day. I was 6 seconds off from how bad my bike felt. I was pushing so wide on corner exit the instant I gave it gas. Like dangerous understeer. I've never run over so many curbs in my entire life. I qualified as the 5th slowest bike at the entire event--including all the 3,400s. I managed to slowly work my way into the 1:22s and a few 1:21s during the race day, but it was a disaster. What's funny is it may have been a better show for my dad and brother. First time family has ever come out to watch me. They probably thought it looked like I was a lot faster than I actually was since I had to battle through the entire 3/400 class before I could even catch the tail end of the lightweight bikes, hah.

@@matttriestodothingsNow that is frustrating, I'd be kicking myself too. Sounds like you were Casey Stoner on a Ducati! :D Two seconds is an eternity - did you ask him what he did? I'd be pretty disheartened seeing him walk away like that. And did you figure out the issue with the under steer? Normally SV's want to turn in - did you drop the forks a bit? I've only had to save the front a few times, but I think it was due to my sloppy dirtbike style riding. Hopefully your able to test your new setup a bit this year, and dial everything back. Maybe treat yourself to some racing slicks! I'm on some K3's as per Kiwi Riders recommendations, I'll let you know how it goes. Biggest change for me is the 120/60 to 120/70 front and some new gloves because the old ones gave me wind burn LOL

@@DylonND the 120/70 is a better profile for the front. You'll like that. My first tires were 120/60 as well. New gloves (assuming theyre soft and allow mobility!) are a great upgrade as well. I've done a bunch to the bike this winter. I dont have the slightest clue if any of it will work. And since I can't ride it on the road... Might be a tough start to the year. Shock is in for service now. I sent my forks to TWF racing to have gsxr cartridges installed, and I swapped in a different engine because the shifting issue I have is internal and requires splitting the cases. The engine I got I have no history on besides it had to have the freeze plugs replaced. Fired right up, but who knows how it'll actually go. I may be making a really really sad, long trip to Barber for a track day in a few weeks if I find out my bike isn't running right. Rather find out before the race season starts tho.

@@matttriestodothings Hey it'll make for a good video, but yes you should absolutely test all your stuff out - have you thought about getting a quickshifter too? And with the cartidges, it's just replacing the insides right? You're not doing the GSXR front end swap I assume with the new tripletree and all that? I still have the traditional forks, with valves - first thing I did on my bike.

@@DylonND Nobody needs to see that footage, lol. I don't want to relive it. Not sure I could even make an interesting video since it's just me running wide every corner. Yes, they are still traditional SV forks with GSXR cartridges installed. Same concept as the AK20 or Ohlins carts--just GSXR 2004-2005 cartridges. I can't say I know anything about them. I had no interest in doing the GSXR full front end swap. It sounds like it opens a whole can of worms that likely won't give you any better feel, and it makes the bike illegal for supersport. So standard forks with cartridges for me. Time will tell if or how much better it feels than emulators to me.

It was fun to really start pushing to try to make time back up. Interesting to see just how sloppy they looked but ended up faster. Now I need the clean, pushing laps. I forgot about it at the time I recorded this video, but my rear tire started delaminating in this race. Glad it ended when it did upon retrospect. I didn't actually feel anything wrong with the tire when I was out there though.

@@matttriestodothings check out vids of my trackdays. i havent been out on track the last 3 years but this summer planning to go out.

If I'd have gassed it harder I'd have left no room for doubt. I definitely didn't expect the pass back, but thats part of the learning experience. Thanks for watching man, and thanks for the encouragement.

@@matttriestodothings no man the other rider did the same move and he didn't push into him as hard as he did you. I m a track guy up here in Ontario Canada. lol if you ever up here shoot me a msg. just rebuilt my cbr600rr and i got a free 2000 sv650s from a buddy that is almost done. Just all budget is on cbr. anyways i watch your whole series on the sv build. great vids man. cheers.

@@Learning_3d I'm trying to figure out when I can take a Lake Superior trip. I figure it'd take about 10 days--I'd love to ride in Ontario. I have a few coworkers that have done it on motorcycles, and they've said it's one of the best trips they've ever taken. Maybe I'll be up your way sometime soon if I can ever figure the logistics out on that! CBR sounds like it's a lot of fun. I've spent very little time on 600s, but the few times I have just left me laughing at how fast they are. Hopefully everything went nice and easy on the rebuild, and hopefully your SV is ready to roll soon too!