Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Tearing Her Down
Like many things in life you've got to destroy a little before you can rebuild. Here's a pic of the 848 in my dining room (oh yeah, I'm doing all this work in my dining room) just before I started to dismantle her to start measuring and figuring stuff out.
I didn't really own any tools before I started this project but if I'm gonna wrench this whole thing myself, then I needed to get some real tools. Sears was having a sale on roll-a-round tool chests and I talked the manager into selling me the floor model when they didn't have the piece I wanted in stock.
Taking the front fairing off was way too easy leaves me inclined to just keep tearing things apart.
Getting the nut off that held the rear sprocket took me quite a long time. You should see the pile of parts I've got laying around now!
Until next post!
-Dana
I didn't really own any tools before I started this project but if I'm gonna wrench this whole thing myself, then I needed to get some real tools. Sears was having a sale on roll-a-round tool chests and I talked the manager into selling me the floor model when they didn't have the piece I wanted in stock.
Getting the nut off that held the rear sprocket took me quite a long time. You should see the pile of parts I've got laying around now!
Until next post!
-Dana
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Learning to Lean - Getting Licensed!
I flew down to Miami late in November to get away from the cold weather and to take my Basic track license test. The class were held at Homestead Motor Speedway and it was a blast. I took my Basic course with the folks from Penguin Racing and it was really awesome having folks I knew there at the track to chat with. I rented nearly everything down there including a Ducati 748. The 748 was quite a bit heavier than my 848 Corse and didn't nearly the pep but that was less important for getting through the classes.
Homestead was awesome!! The track was pretty wide and the paint through the Apex was perfect. As you can see from the above pic, I wasn't afraid to really get down in the turns and even touched my knees several times during the day.
I've attended the 'Track Experience' days at Louden NH and if there's one gripe I have it's that the Apex markers are not easy to spot. They call Louden a technical course which I suppose comes down the the fact that the turns don't flow as nicely together as other tracks do. Hometsead was a really fast track, once I started to memorize my lines and hit my marks I was easily getting more confident braking pretty late.
The written test was really easy and I scored a 100% on it. I've since sent in my certificate of completion and my CCS license should be here pretty soon.
Totally getting excited about my Amateur season coming up in April!!
Homestead was awesome!! The track was pretty wide and the paint through the Apex was perfect. As you can see from the above pic, I wasn't afraid to really get down in the turns and even touched my knees several times during the day.
I've attended the 'Track Experience' days at Louden NH and if there's one gripe I have it's that the Apex markers are not easy to spot. They call Louden a technical course which I suppose comes down the the fact that the turns don't flow as nicely together as other tracks do. Hometsead was a really fast track, once I started to memorize my lines and hit my marks I was easily getting more confident braking pretty late.
The written test was really easy and I scored a 100% on it. I've since sent in my certificate of completion and my CCS license should be here pretty soon.
Totally getting excited about my Amateur season coming up in April!!
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