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Thanks!

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Could I just turn the pump on and off to regulate the temperature?

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Where do you get Vortex parts?

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That’s a Road Rebel without all the magnesium components and ceramic brakes.

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Basically what I’m trying to find out is whether or not a Krypton/Lynx is lighter than a Road Rebel and maybe get some numbers.

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Thanks Matt

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That’s fine but it still wouldn’t tell me the weight of the Tony for comparison. I’m hoping that one person will know the weight of the Road Rebel and another person will know the weight of the Krypton.

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email me at vlhead@pacbell.net

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Thanks.

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So just to be clear, always keep in the inside rear unloaded until you set it down with the steering wheel. Correct?

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I was told once to keep the back end following the front end. That was when I ran sportsman and you could really feel the flat sliding slowing you down. It’s harder to feel that in a 125. The extra power kind of masks it.

 

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Wow that’s pretty good stuff. The hard thing about all this is that I feel like I’m driving fast when I feel that slide, but the turn really should be calm in a way.So as a rule of thumb, I should avoid flatsliding at all costs? Sometimes it seems unavoidable.

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I need your phone number.

Vernon

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Email me at vlhead@pacbell.net

Vernon

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Thanks.

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I am already running stock float height. And it doesn’t happen on right turns. I’m sure it could be lots of other things. I just wanted to get a ruling on the rubbing flywheel.

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Already checked for pinched fuel line.

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I’m still here, have been since 2000. I have to admit the change in the site set me back for at least a year. But I’m back to checking every day for new posts

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That’ pretty good knowledge, Chris. Yes, Paul Russell won once with Pi and the 25lb penalty. But  never with a  stock Honda. It was modified with stock ignition.

Jommy, thanks for what you said. Yes, seat time, hubs, alignment, etc are more important than power.  But there is nothing wrong with working on ALL aspects of getting faster. That includes little details like ignition timing.

I have read that too much advance can kill your over rev.

 

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I see once again, not many answers to the original question, just a lot of “learn to drive better” comments.

I’ve never seen any of these “Top 10 SKUSA drivers” win a national level autocross event, and if they did I doubt they would smoke the rest of the field. It’s much harder than it looks. Much different than showing up at a nice, smooth, tidy track and getting hundreds of practice laps before competing. First, it’s done on some pretty rough surfaces, not smooth tracks. You walk the course, get no practice laps, and usually 3 to 4 runs and they aren’t back-to-back. The courses have a much different look, being laid out with cones. It’s hard to memorize a course after only walking it a couple of times. The line is not easy to understand since there is no road to follow.  You can’t look ahead very well because all you see is a sea of cones. Everyone is making mistakes out there.

I have a lot of respect for WTW racing. I’ve done it, and it’s a very tough sport but for different reasons. I like to practice at kart tracks to get seat time, but I also have to work on skills specific to autox.

Even if I need to drive better, hp will still make ME faster. I think it’s true for everyone. Otherwise, why do we have all these engine builders?

 

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