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Love the "How to" section on your website. I'm not a racer and will probably never be one, but your site offers plenty of useful info for us casual riders, too. Keep the How to's coming!Thanks everyone for the good wishes and positive vibes! I haven't been around as much as I'd like recently; it's been a busy summer working on this bike, building the website, racing and testing the bike and different parts, and developing some new parts, but I look forward to the future and what it holds for the R3 and us R3 lovers.
Cheers,
Jesse Norton
Thanks mikiee! I definitely will! I have so many photos and "How Tos" to finish and upload it's overwhelming lol but I'll do my best to get new info up as often as possible while maintaining an organized site that is easy to find what you are looking for.Love the "How to" section on your website. I'm not a racer and will probably never be one, but your site offers plenty of useful info for us caual riders, too. Keep the How to's coming!
I will be glad to say I know Jesse personally now lol. I always end up at his house buying his stuff, weather its the products he sells, or his old stock bike parts (I lowsided at Chuck and needed some street parts lol).Cheers, Jesse!
I think a lot of us feel like we already know you.......
Nice to get to meet you in person too Jason, I'm bummed I missed you at Chuckwalla Friday but I'm so happy you were able to get out there and have some fun. Too bad your bike got a little dirty, but hey, it happens. Learn and move on!I will be glad to say I know Jesse personally now lol. I always end up at his house buying his stuff, weather its the products he sells, or his old stock bike parts (I lowsided at Chuck and needed some street parts lol).
Very cool dude indeed.
I'm in the middle of doing a 3 part test of the different Traxxion Dynamics suspension options. I will be doing a big writeup on stock suspension compared to the damper rod fork kit with cartridge emulators, with the Penske rear shock, and then with the AK-20 cartridges installed. Right now I'm running the damper rod kit with cartridge emulators ($350) and the Penske rear shock ($925) and the bike is fantastic. I imagine it will only get better and be more adjustable with the AK-20 cartridges, but I will have to wait to give you my honest feedback on the difference when I switch to that setup in a couple of months.Hi
What rear shock and front fork do you recommend for the R3, and what tyres. I think getting rims is way to costly, so all i can do is change the suspension , mayble lighten unsprung mass with titanium bolts etc. Rims forged aluminium or magnesium would cost more than the suspension.
All i want is to better the grip and suspension.
HiI'm in the middle of doing a 3 part test of the different Traxxion Dynamics suspension options. I will be doing a big writeup on stock suspension compared to the damper rod fork kit with cartridge emulators, with the Penske rear shock, and then with the AK-20 cartridges installed. Right now I'm running the damper rod kit with cartridge emulators ($350) and the Penske rear shock ($925) and the bike is fantastic. I imagine it will only get better and be more adjustable with the AK-20 cartridges, but I will have to wait to give you my honest feedback on the difference when I switch to that setup in a couple of months.
At the moment I'm running the Pirelli Rosso 2 140 rear tire and Supercorsa 110 front, again, I'll be changing to the Bridgestone GP slicks here in a couple months and can give you my feedback from the difference, but the Pirelli are miles ahead of the stock tires.
Are you looking for a track setup or street setup?
Also our track days cost about R450.00 , based on current exchange rate that is about 35 US dollars for 5 hours on track. So not expensive at all.Hi
I am not going to take off lights and make racer exclusively for track. I want it to be street legal, but i ride from home to the track often as it is not far from my house. I also use it occasionally for weekend fun runs and coming to work once a week , just to get the bike ridden.
I basically wanting to lean it far enough with confidence. I actually like the plush ride, but i notice that it does chatter on hard braking, i dont feel that confident going really fast around corners with standard setup and tires. Our bikes here in south africa come standard with ABS, so i am really happy with brakes, no need to change that. Tyre i am debating if worth it, as my tires are good , but if it makes really alot of difference maybe will try the pirellis. Just need to save up abit, maybe wear down my tyres abit more first. I am not in the mood to change to race slicks each time i go to track, so need a street tire biased towards track, as i only use bike in warm weather, not in rain.
I am getting the PC5 installed in 3 weeks time with autotune, but i am getting a custom map done on dyno first and then the autotune will be set to just modify the existing map based on temp , humidity and fuel quality. Our fuel quality can vary from station to station. I am also getting a BMC street filter fitted. But have to wait for it before i can do the PC5 . Its only 3 weeks time so not that long.
The ohlins suspension is crazy prices.
Andreani Fork Cartridge Kit is also crazy priced.
Looking for something alot cheaper that can do the trick
Cheers
I think skipping the autotune is smart, save your money, just buy the PCV from me or Gregg or somewhere else that gives you a good map with it for your bike and you'll be set.Decided gonna do just the BMC street filter and the PC5, no auto tune.
Will rather save money from autotune for new tyres.
What would be best front and rear tyres for street and track use in dry