teazer said:And that is how we justify having spare bikes taking up space.
I can just hear that conversation with the other half. Honey. See how much I saved us by having a spare bike - that I am now spending more money on, so that's more saved........
That's what I say - or words to that effect. The more stuff I have, the more I must be saving us.
clem said:Are you going to strip down the electrical side of things since it will be track only?
teazer said:If it were me, I would remove all street lights and components. No one uses the rear brake much at the track unless it's to keep the front wheel down or to settle the bike entering a turn likes say turn 5 at Grattan after the hump when the front end is light and needs to rotate down. On most corners, the front brake is squeezed lightly and then stronger and the rear end is almost/slightly off the track surface.
In the wet it's different. Then the rear brake is more useful. Indicators, headlights and brake lights aren't needed unless your track day people say they want one.
teazer said:You mean like the way the bike pitches forwards when we grab the brakes or the way that our bikes move backwards towards them when we get within about a mile of a corner.....................
If you have ever accelerated hard towards a corner and suddenly the gap to the bike in front is shrinking at the speed of the space shuttle because they are braking too hard too early you will understand that particular phenomena.