My race bike progress

slo

So after 3 years of no riding in the street or tracks, I decided to get a bike mid last year, a Kawasaki ZX10r 2011'. 3rd ZX10r and bike number 18.



Went for a couple of rides in the canyons and it just wasn't the same fun I remembered. Hit a superstreet race and finished 2nd, was a bit rusty and I was definitely out of shape:


Finished 2nd and after talking with my old race buddies for 2 minutes, had to get back into things.

Went back for an open track day a couple weeks later and to help a new to track buddy of mine:


Started sending out sponsorship proposals and surprisingly without racing last year, many companies were willing to help me out. Got the bike set up to pass tech and then sent it off for paint.

I have two sets of race bodywork so this bike will be a race bike that doubles as a street bike (street setup will have fog light and brake light with plates). But paint and sponsor decals will be identical.

Here is the bodywork:






04-07-2012, just picked up the bike and brought it home, no sponsor decals made yet so they will go on soon.




I know my sponsors don't come onto this forum but would love to thank them for the assistance they have provided both from local shops to worldwide race companies.

First race here in the MRA is May 5th.....

Couple of updates.....bought my son his first gas bike last week. Will be a while before he can ride it under it's own power; need proper fitting gear and seat time.

For now he is very happy to have pops just push him up and down the sidewalk:


Promoting roadracing up in Ft Collins:


Tomorrow will be my first race of the season, will probably start towards the back since I didn't race last year. Pics taken from an open trackday practice 2012-04-23:


Will be running the new Dunlops this year instead of Michelin's like I originally thought.

So first race was May 5th, started in the 2nd wave in 30th position, worked my way back to 6th. To be honest, I don't think I could have done any better even if the race was longer, was way too fatigued, my conditioning sucks right now.

couple of pics from the race:



Round 2 at Pikes Peak International Raceway was May 19, 2012. Never been there, just ran one practice of only 6 laps to preserve the tires I had. Pretty much winged it out there....



Wanted to say thank you to all my friends who have always believed this SLO fugger would do alright in racing. I don't consider myself a full blown racer, I still like heading out to Starbucks, taking rides in the canyons....cruising, etc. For those that have driven way out of their way just to show me support, words can't describe the feeling when I come back to the pit garage and see everyone there clapping and yelling....

Just out there to see what a regular fella can do among the competition.

Also many thanks to my sponsors....expecially for not racing last year. Only raced two weekends back in 08'.

New Logo:


EDIT 10-19-2012 Rider Bio ad published by ScorpionEXO in Sept issue of SportRider and then for Oct in SSB (superstreetbike). Gearing up for next years season. More exciting things coming.....

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bullitt5897

Looking Good Bro!

Being in the industry: A lot of sponsors are hurting especially in the bike industry.

Remember: Smooth is fast!

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slo

You are definitely right, this is what one piece of key advice I hand out to plenty of people. And for sponsorships, it sucks because many sponsors are having to cut back. So I am lucky to have the ones for this year.

I also help promote much more through putting together group rides, track days, twice a month for bike nights, and just helping others out on the forums.

Thanks for the compliment, can't wait until my street setup comes through.

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LakeShow

One of my favorite bikes. Nice!!

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dAvenue

Exciting stuff, slo. Good luck this year!

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slo

The compliments are appreciated..... I am pretty excited, I have a two year old and looking forward to his future in the sport if he gets into it. So far he is asking "Can I ride Papa's bike?".

Next Sunday will be my first track day on the new brakes/gearing, should be "interesting". Then off to May 5th for the first race of the season at High Plains Raceway.

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TerribleONE

Nice man!!!!

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slo

Couple of updates.....bought my son his first gas bike last week. Will be a while before he can ride it under it's own power; need proper fitting gear and seat time.

For now he is very happy to have pops just push him up and down the sidewalk:


Promoting roadracing up in Ft Collins:


Tomorrow will be my first race of the season, will probably start towards the back since I didn't race last year. Pics taken from an open trackday practice 2012-04-23:


Will be running the new Dunlops this year instead of Michelin's like I originally thought.

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m4a1mustang

Good luck.

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speedfreek

I see what appears to be a GoPro stuck to your helmet yet I see no vid

It looks good in the race skin. I still have my '06 CBR1000RR, but have been contemplating on updating it to something new.

slo

Thanks.....

Yeah I had a contour gps..... camera was pointed too high and no gps, I got this so there is no BS'ing on speed since many like to "exaggerate" what they were actually doing.

This time I have read instructions haha.... and got the contour app on my phone so I can see what I am recording during setup. Mounted camera on the front of the bike for the race.

Can't wait to see how I do on these new Dunlops!!!

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Gunzero

Very nice man! Very neat thing you're doing.

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slo

So just got home.... friggin tired!!! So since I did not race last year, I had to start on the 2nd wave. So started in 30th. 2nd wave cannot start until the last person in the first wave clears turn 1, ended up finishing 6th.

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MacLean

slo, very sweet looking bike. Better watch out for little guy b/c he will pass you up on his bike.....lol

slo

And....wait for it...... not only passing 24 people.... but also lapping quite a few, and of course, my contour corrupted the file. .mov file but when trying to play it says undf.

So no video, it never happened, I will never be able to get video like that again in my life.

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