Well. Did a track day at Texas World Speedway on Friday the 13th. Changed the Metzler's out for BT090's and what a difference that made 
So... the track day was a lot of fun but nothing to write home about. Dialed in my new to me fox shock which was a replacement for the progressive that I had on the back. Overall it was more confidence inspiring but that may have been the tires...
I also hopped on board a team that was racing an SV for the 8 hour on Saturday. Someone had the bright idea to use the hawk as a B-frame and as soon as I got the bike back from tech (1 hour into the race) the SV was crashed on a re-start. A quick change of numbers and the hawk was put to the test. The rider that crashed broke his collarbone so he was out and another rider wasn't prepared to crash my bike so it was me and one other rider that traded places every 1/2 hour for 6 hours to finish the race. The temps were cold and the wind was brutal. Coming out of turn 2 in 5th gear only kept me from decelerating. No bodywork to hide behind made it that much worse. Overall it was a fun day and the hawk performed well even if she was underpowered and getting passed by everyone. The SV that we were going to ride was much much faster but not nearly as well behaved as the Hawk. Sure would like to do an engine swap on the hawk to get more ponies. Any ideas?
So... the track day was a lot of fun but nothing to write home about. Dialed in my new to me fox shock which was a replacement for the progressive that I had on the back. Overall it was more confidence inspiring but that may have been the tires...I also hopped on board a team that was racing an SV for the 8 hour on Saturday. Someone had the bright idea to use the hawk as a B-frame and as soon as I got the bike back from tech (1 hour into the race) the SV was crashed on a re-start. A quick change of numbers and the hawk was put to the test. The rider that crashed broke his collarbone so he was out and another rider wasn't prepared to crash my bike so it was me and one other rider that traded places every 1/2 hour for 6 hours to finish the race. The temps were cold and the wind was brutal. Coming out of turn 2 in 5th gear only kept me from decelerating. No bodywork to hide behind made it that much worse. Overall it was a fun day and the hawk performed well even if she was underpowered and getting passed by everyone. The SV that we were going to ride was much much faster but not nearly as well behaved as the Hawk. Sure would like to do an engine swap on the hawk to get more ponies. Any ideas?
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