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     Paint_shaker |
With a Championship win in HWTSS already locked up, it's time to crack the throttle hard for a shot at a 2nd championship in the LWTSB class!!!! I should also be able to bring home a 2nd place for the year in HWTSB (Mike's bike) Sat Sept 5th; SOLO 20 race (my bike). Sun Sept 6th; HWTSS (my bike), LWTSB (my bike) and HWTSB (Mike's bike). | ||
| Smoke |
have fun Laird!! take a spare belt with you!! we are going to Barber again this weekend, this time for the CCS twin sprints. full schedule saturday and sunday. gonnna have a good time!! tim | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
bike down. the xb9 superbike is down. piston upper lip broke off. the visual is not good. the lip has pitted holes in the broken area. a bad casting. just my luck. any way i need all new heads front and rear as well as pistons and rings again. cylinders didnt get a scratch. dont ask how i pulled that off. i'll have to check the lower for bearing damage. guess i got it shut down fast enough. i'll go that weekend still. no bike though. it is in time out. | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
ok its defiantly a bad part. heads are repaired and ported better. now to get all the head new parts on hand. as well as new pistons, push rods and rings again. the engine is ready to assemble. all washed up and checked out. fingers crossed so paint can be back on the track. go go go paint race race race. win win win everything seems good. | ||
| Blake |
What brand of pistons? Got pics? | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
harley pistons had the tecs look at them there. confirmed no valve contact. as well as it had to of been broken a while with all the carbon in the brake. when the ring came out thats the fresh marks and what made all the noise. the pistons have to be sent to harley to look at. the one has pit marks all on the sides and the underside. i have pics just not loaded up. all this explained many things once i took the engine apart. its in many many pieces now. back to paints racing. parts on order. bike will go back out with all fresh top end guts. see you guys at the track on the weekend of the 6th of September. after that we don't know if we will race anymore this year. | ||
| Xoptimizedrsx |
whoo hoo final countdown. We are off to racing around 5 am Saturday unless I drive up Friday and set up early. That depends entirely on the rest of the people going. paulyou going? If so, get with laird. We may do some shuffling around to make it easy on him. He has a work detail Friday night. I have to dial in the xb9 fuel map this week. besides that we are ready to spend the weekend at the track. GO Buell Racing!!!! we are running one bike Saturday and two bikes Sunday. Mike | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Danny wasn't the only Buell rider to win a Championship this past weekend!!!!!!!!!! Weekend Race Report... Saturday; LWT SOLO 20. My race stategy was "follow the leader" until the last few laps. I didn't get a very good start and ended up a few riders behind my main competition. I cleared those riders, caught the leader and we settled in at a comfortable pace until lap 8. Coming into T-13 I was behind the leader and another rider was showing a wheel on the outside of me. The leader blew the turn and ran off just at the turn in point. At that point I put the hammer down and kept on trucking to a my first ever Solo win!!! Sunday; Race 2 HWTSB. I lined up with 2 other bikes, a 1098 and a 675 (the one I battled with at Roebling). Another not so great start and I was third heading towards T-3. At this point I saw the 675 was entirely on the wrong line and I was able to easily motor around him by letting off the gas way late. After this, I never saw the 675 again. Unfortunatley I never saw the 1098 either as he had checked out on both of us!! Race 9 HWTSS. This was a 2 wave start, with me and the 675 on the 2nd wave. There was a looong delay between the waves. I was abel to get a decent start and out brake the 675 going into T-1 for the lead. I never saw him after this. Towards the end of the race the C Superbikes began lapping me. They had caught me going into T-1, I hung with them mid corner, but they literally smoked me coming off the corner. As one of them was pulling away, I saw the smoke pouring off the tire as the rider power slid his way out of the corner!! I brought home another 1st place in HWTSS only to find the rear tire had some serious issues. I got with the tire vendor. He agreed it was a bad tire, but I would have to get it credited later. We quickly went about pulling the rear wheel and I forked over the extra $$ to get another tire to continue my championship quest in LWTSB. Race 16 LWTSB; Coming into this race I was 2 points behind the 99 bike. I thought I had to finish 1st with the 99 bike 3rd or worse for me to win the Championship. Of note, I had yet to beat the 99 at Jennings. We gridded with the experts in front and the 5-6 novices in the back. I got an awesome start and outbraked the novices and a few experts in T-1 to get into first. I put the hammer down and worked my way to 2nd overall in the race. Not knowing where the 99 was I told myself "Go big or go home!" I continued to chase the leader, but he was slowly slipping away. Meanwhile my pit crew was on the wall giving me the "rider on your tail" signal. I still didn't know if it was the 99 or not until I saw a wheel going into T-1. I saw it was an expert as I outbraked him and stayed in front. Coming into T-10 I missed my mark and went a little wide and the expert rider got by on the inside of me. The expert rider got a couple of lengths on me, but I reeled him back in over the next lap or 2. The white flag came out and I still didn't know where the 99 was. I again outbraked the expert going into T-1 for the pass. I was able to hold him off for 2nd place overall in the race and 1st in the novice class!!! As we slowed after the start/finish line I still didn't know where the 99 finished. It wasn't until after coming off the hot pit that I was able to get with him to find out he finished 4th... Meaning I had just WON the 2009 WERA North Florida LWTSB Novice Championship!!!!!!! I now have a shot at a WERA National Championship in 2 different classes, providing a can dig some $$ to get there! Reflections from the season... In the begining, we started with a near stock bike, just hoping to finish races and maybe see a podium. We ended with a Championship in HWTSS and LWTSB!!! I believe we also finshed 2nd in the Championship points for HWT Superbike on Mike's bike. All on a bike that nobody expected to win races. I would like to thank Buell Motorcycles, all my sponsors and all those who helped me along the way throughout the year. A special thanks to the following, as without their help I would not have been racing this year; Paul Lytle at Gainesville H-D/Buell for getting me started. The whole ball of wax got rolling in the VIP Box at Road America last year. Mark Gainer (Wolfrider) for the inspiration. By following Mark in his racing exploits I was able to realize I might be able race myself! Mike Cobb (Xopti) for all the pit help and work on the bikes. His help with the engine mapping was crucial in getting my bike running in top forum. My dad for travelling with me throught north Florida and south Georgia. The Badweb for support! and my Wife!! Without her understanding, none of the above would have been possible!! Pictures to follow... (Message edited by Paint_shaker on September 07, 2009) (Message edited by Paint_shaker on September 07, 2009) | ||
| Macdiver |
Congratulations. That is really awesome. Two titles in your first year (on a Buell no less). Fan f'ing tastic. | ||
| Rubberdown |
Awesome!!! Very glad for you and your team. GO BUELL PAINTSHAKER RACING!!! | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
DUDE!!!! I'm SOOOOO...... Happy for you!! Way to go! | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Thanks!!! I was truly blessed this year. Bonus News: I will get an invite to the WERA Nationals for a shot at a Nation Title!!! Bad news: I probably won't make it as an unexpected home a/c purchase has sucked up any extra $$ I had (Message edited by Paint_shaker on September 08, 2009) |
