I swear this guy is the 'Bike Whisperer'.
When I was struggling with 1:34's at the track he dropped over to my paddock to see if he could help me out a little. He noticed that I was reaching the end of travel on my front end because my zip ties were left at the bottom. Asked me to drop the bike off of the stands and then the next few moments were really interesting to watch...
He bounced my cycle like it was a basketball...
Next, he began adjusting the preloads, dampers and recoils, Stuff was clicking like crazy and he just said, "tell me if that feels any better after your next run"
In my next race entering the turns without shedding so much speed seemed so much easier and I started to really 'Like' turn 3!
I did a quick check of my laptime and I was running a consistent 1:31. That is a terrific improvement,
Pete made one more set of adjustments before my next race and I brought my lap times down to 1:30s. That's a really respectible time for a Novice.
After Round #2 finished, Peter brought my bike home with him to GMD Motosports. This is his company and his gig is refining bike's geometry and doing serious suspension modifications.
James, who is an awesome racer who also happens to work at GMD send me this tease photo yesterday.
Pic of the new triple clamps for the 848
If you're gonna ride, remember to twist it!
-diz