griffinzx10
05-16-2011, 08:15 PM
The last time i wrote a lengthy write up was thanking Donny at Dynoworks for the extensive work he did on my bike.
http://tampasportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27388
This time i want to personally and publically thank Chad for the work he did on my bike.
I had dropped my bike of to Chad in March, i hadnt ridden since Barber in Nov, well i was going back to Barber, and my bike needed some TLC, so since Chad had been playing with some similar bikes, he asked to do some work on mine as well.
So i dropped my bike off to Chad, and here is a brief list of what he did:
1. Refreshed and reset my forks.
2. Some custom work on my upper triple to get some additional ride height, to help turn in
3. Cleaned up my much needed head bearings, repacked and INDEXED the bearings
4. Put a heavier weight oil in my stock GSXR steering dampner
5. Re-valved my rear shock, refreshed the oil and adjusted the height
6. Found about 100 other things wrong that he fixed, mostly safety wiring and little things here and there.
7. I am sure i am forgetting a bunch of stuff and he might chime in and add the things i am forgetting.
So, in April I went to barber and the bike felt amazing, so easy to ride, turn in was effortless. The bike just worked so well, everything, the front and rear suspension, turning, side to side transitions....
This being only my second trip to Barber, it was hard to really tell how much better the bike preformed. So i was anxiously awaiting the Dynoworks weekend.
Well at the Dynoworks weekend, i really had the chance to get a feel for how the bike preformed. Since i have had a lot of seat time at jennings, i knew this would be the real test. Needless to say, that on Sat, the only session i really pushed harder, and tried riding faster, i beat my previous personal best in 3 consecutive laps. Sitting in the pits, and thinking over my previous session, i realized that the bike was just so easy to ride, there was no oh shit moments, no odd feelings from the bike, it just responded as it should.
The next day, sunday, in the afternoon i went back out, to see if i could scrape off some more time, well getting out there, Donny had a bit of a gap on me, as i was pitting out, he was coming thru turn 1. I worked on trying to chase donny down for two laps, as hard as that is and as fast as he is, i started to get tired. Control riding all weekend tends to wear you out. So after that session i come in and find that i had dropped a couple more tenths off my previous days best times. Again, not working really hard, not pushing, just riding, faster... The bike just did everything it was supposed to do, smoothly, calmly, without any negative feed back
So that weekend i dropped almost 2 seconds of my previous personal best at jennings. I cant really say that it was all the experience i have, due to i had done only 2 track weekends since my last trip there in October, and both weekends were at Barber.
I have to honestly say that Chad did an amazing job on setting my bike up.
Thank you so much Chad... I really do appreciate all that you do.
Now my bike runs so great in all aspects, the engine map, and work Donny had done a while ago, the bike still feels great, and with all the suspension work fixes and tweaks Chad did, not only does the bike preform great power wise, but now it handles incredible.
I had said in the past i couldnt believe how much a difference it makes when you have a properly tuned engine, how the bike just responds so much differently.
Well now i fully understand, and have seen first hand how a bike that is set up properly, can make a rider ride so much better. It is easier to go faster, you have the confidence in the bike, it's hard to put into words, but the bike does what you want it to do, when you want it, and it does it effortlessly.....
Thanks again Chad
http://tampasportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27388
This time i want to personally and publically thank Chad for the work he did on my bike.
I had dropped my bike of to Chad in March, i hadnt ridden since Barber in Nov, well i was going back to Barber, and my bike needed some TLC, so since Chad had been playing with some similar bikes, he asked to do some work on mine as well.
So i dropped my bike off to Chad, and here is a brief list of what he did:
1. Refreshed and reset my forks.
2. Some custom work on my upper triple to get some additional ride height, to help turn in
3. Cleaned up my much needed head bearings, repacked and INDEXED the bearings
4. Put a heavier weight oil in my stock GSXR steering dampner
5. Re-valved my rear shock, refreshed the oil and adjusted the height
6. Found about 100 other things wrong that he fixed, mostly safety wiring and little things here and there.
7. I am sure i am forgetting a bunch of stuff and he might chime in and add the things i am forgetting.
So, in April I went to barber and the bike felt amazing, so easy to ride, turn in was effortless. The bike just worked so well, everything, the front and rear suspension, turning, side to side transitions....
This being only my second trip to Barber, it was hard to really tell how much better the bike preformed. So i was anxiously awaiting the Dynoworks weekend.
Well at the Dynoworks weekend, i really had the chance to get a feel for how the bike preformed. Since i have had a lot of seat time at jennings, i knew this would be the real test. Needless to say, that on Sat, the only session i really pushed harder, and tried riding faster, i beat my previous personal best in 3 consecutive laps. Sitting in the pits, and thinking over my previous session, i realized that the bike was just so easy to ride, there was no oh shit moments, no odd feelings from the bike, it just responded as it should.
The next day, sunday, in the afternoon i went back out, to see if i could scrape off some more time, well getting out there, Donny had a bit of a gap on me, as i was pitting out, he was coming thru turn 1. I worked on trying to chase donny down for two laps, as hard as that is and as fast as he is, i started to get tired. Control riding all weekend tends to wear you out. So after that session i come in and find that i had dropped a couple more tenths off my previous days best times. Again, not working really hard, not pushing, just riding, faster... The bike just did everything it was supposed to do, smoothly, calmly, without any negative feed back
So that weekend i dropped almost 2 seconds of my previous personal best at jennings. I cant really say that it was all the experience i have, due to i had done only 2 track weekends since my last trip there in October, and both weekends were at Barber.
I have to honestly say that Chad did an amazing job on setting my bike up.
Thank you so much Chad... I really do appreciate all that you do.
Now my bike runs so great in all aspects, the engine map, and work Donny had done a while ago, the bike still feels great, and with all the suspension work fixes and tweaks Chad did, not only does the bike preform great power wise, but now it handles incredible.
I had said in the past i couldnt believe how much a difference it makes when you have a properly tuned engine, how the bike just responds so much differently.
Well now i fully understand, and have seen first hand how a bike that is set up properly, can make a rider ride so much better. It is easier to go faster, you have the confidence in the bike, it's hard to put into words, but the bike does what you want it to do, when you want it, and it does it effortlessly.....
Thanks again Chad