2017 video racing the Norton at Mosport & the MV 500 four at NJMP

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Doug, incredible ride on the Norton, but that MV roar is the stuff of legend...thanks a LOT for sharing!!

Bruno (green with envy...)
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Holmeslice said:
Nice, Dougie!

Some of that Mosport stuff made my toes curl. And listening in my studio to-boot, it sounds amazing. Good stuff! I sure would like to come up to Mosport this (next) year.
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Do it Kenny! The track is better now with all the new paved run-off, a lot more room for error...
 
Mike, if your legs are in the right place for you and lifting the pegs makes them feel wrong, why not fit folding pegs?

And, as I learnt once, can you get hold of any mid corner action photos of you? It can teach you a lot about your bike. I saw some of me once and realised that the suspension was almost bottomed out mid corner. So all of my thoughts about whatever ground clearance I had, when sat looking at the bike in the workshop, was for nought!

It lead me to revise the fork and shock set up considerably.
 
Starting at the back and passing so many riders is one of the biggest positive feedback thrills in roadracing. The Adrenalin rush pumping through you along with rock and roll blasting through your brain at speed as you gain on the leaders is one hell of a fantastic experience. Congrats on a great ride Doug.
 
No Steve, the tire width was the same on the rear each time, just a different compound to medium in a three grade tyre choice.Soft medium and hard.
Soft 110 was squirrely and getting torn up all the way to the edges both sides, change to a medium also a 110 width, gave more stability and tyre life and also indicated I had the suspension set correctly.
Will look at a 130 as time goes on.
Front is a soft 90/90/18"
 
What is the length of a lap at Mosport, the distances are deceptive in videos ? In the video in the dry, you seemed to need to keep shutting off because the bike tends to run wide. Perhaps you would be able to keep the power on longer in turns, if the bike had a natural tendency to tighten it's line and stay more upright ? The circuit seemed to give the guys on the four-cylinder bikes a problem.
 
acotrel said:
What is the length of a lap at Mosport, the distances are deceptive in videos ? In the video in the dry, you seemed to need to keep shutting off because the bike tends to run wide. Perhaps you would be able to keep the power on longer in turns, if the bike had a natural tendency to tighten it's line and stay more upright ? The circuit seemed to give the guys on the four-cylinder bikes a problem.
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I don't think my bike has a tendency to run wide at all, it goes where I point it. The length of Mosport is 2.45 miles, I was doing 1:40 lap times here which puts me at an average speed of 89 miles an hour. The video is deceptive, turn two is a 100mph downhill off camber turn that drops about 5 stories for example and you must roll the throttle just like you have roll it in turn 4, the 'chute', even steeper, going down to the hairpin, where I have seen guys tuck the front and go into the haybales at the edge of the track at 90mph. I carry a lot of speed into the corners so I am not really hard on the gas in them which is why I can get ahead of the superbikes, I just have to stay even with them in the straights and then I can leave them in the corners. Not all of them though, the race was actually won by a very trick CR750 who knows how to carry that speed through the corners. I do think I can drop my lap times by 2 seconds but finding it is always the hard part. Anyone who can race Mosport without rolling the throttle is welcome to show up and show me the way around.
 
acotrel said:
Perhaps you would be able to keep the power on longer in turns, if the bike had a natural tendency to tighten it's line and stay more upright ?
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Perhaps Al.

Another alternative is to have a bike with low power, you can gas it all you like then in complete safety...
 
Fast Eddie said:
Perhaps Al.

Another alternative is to have a bike with low power, you can gas it all you like then in complete safety...
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Doug's bike has obviously got a lot of go, but several times he shut off quite quickly while cranked over. The circuit seems to have mainly long sweeping bends, so is it slippery ? In any case, on any circuit, I always try to be as smooth as possible. If you are the slightest bit jerky you put yourself at risk.
 
acotrel, realize Doug has the only other tested tri-linked isolastic Commando, via robust swash plates, besides radius rod Peel. He has advantages buzzy rigids can not relate too. Ya saw him reeling in everyone - often with more power. Its the turns his Commando excels in so its not a handling issue not needing WOT power all the way through some turns. You might be surprised how much better patches are sensed w/o the engine vibes/valve train buzz blurring it.

Another thing few know about isolastic Commando is the two isolastics are pretty much in line with rear thrust thru swing arm so help dampen the power strokes traction loss which allows more torque hook up even on leans. I discovered this on 2 Combats steep climbs out river valley on THE Gravel, rigid modern juttered, spun, danced, while carefully trying to climb and acclerate on wide race tire, so soft grabbed pebbles into tire to grip off of more than just rolls on. Lower 60's best modern 170 rear could hook. Hot rod short bed posi track 411 differienals, mud lugged to dig down and throw effective jets back + ice spike tires that cut into hard rock exposed dust lubbed rock could reach up 60's. Fwd Sedans barely 40 if sacraficing tire mileage. Peel would hit mid 70's before too scared of SHARP blind bend at top out to let off in case cattle trailer appearing. Don't know if Doug notices this or not but its definitely part of Commando advantage.
 
Looks like you need to up your game in the next video Doug!!!
Thanks for posting and keep up the good work
Regards Mike
 
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