Recent content by DeltaHotel

Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions.

In May, my daughter is spending a couple of weeks in London as part of study abroad program in college. She'll be there for a couple of weeks, and while they have a pretty booked itinerary during the week, she has a couple of weekends (May 21/22 and 28/29) left open for her to independently...

Oh man I hate to hear that Joe (about the striped bike). But I'm glad to hear you're back in the saddle and pressing on. You got any track days in your sights this year?

Well ... the front wheel wasn't always on the ground. ;) Crazy Joe! Long time no see... I am doing okay. I hope all is well for you.

That was an aftermarket - Sprocket Specialist 46 tooth (so 2 up from stock). On that bike, I ran 15/46 (down one in front, up 2 in rear).

With stock suspension, if you pick up the pace at all then you're certainly going to drag the pegs... may as well go ahead and remove the feelers to spare grinding them off, but you'll still drag. I had an '04 and ended up putting Vario adjustable pegs -- which are nice since they can be...

castle offered great advice, above... a few more thoughts... Be sure you know the tech requirements for the track day organization you're running. And get those issues settled before you arrive. Try to take care of as much of the details beforehand (bike prep, tires, etc.), so that you have...

Offering a hello from eastern United States... :)

Ground clearance will be a problem on the track, or if pushed very hard on the street. But before trying to solve the problem with rearsets, I'd strongly encourage you to focus on the suspension first. Stock suspension (especially on a Gen-1) is sub-par, at best. This is especially true for...

I'll second the plug for StompGrip pads. I use them on my GSX-R track bike and these things really are awesome.