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i second that. bobbles...i'm over in NC now over by where he's talking about...in fact, koth and i got to ride together not that long ago out here... there's good stuff out this direction. and no...not the tail of the dragon. that's super overrated.

Don't be lil bbbeeeoooootch! Hehe. Yeah, I agree with salmon falls having too much traffic and driveways and such. Mrr is tits though! My favorite road in the entire country so far

oh yeah...and on the other side of 50, scott rd is a good one if you like sending huge jumps.

Marshall Rd is a good one by you. Rattlesnake Bar Rd is also excellent.

I've lived all over the sacto area..including in auburn, foresthill, eg, natomas... I know EVERY SINGLE ROAD out that way. When I lived in foresthill, my address was mosquito ridge rd.

4 is my FAVORITE pass! i've ridden it both directions about a trillion times. i love the single lane portion...that's my favorite part of 4! at the top, by the lake, if you're headed east, you can catch WICKED air off the table top jump up there.

i've had some big offs.... my fastest crash was around 122-123 miles per hour (highside)... i slid 140 feet before hitting the dirt (and i counted 3 sky/grounds) and eventually coming to a stop. zero damage to my lid. one crash i had, where i highsided at about 75-78 mph and was FULLY catapulted into the air (about 11-12 feet according to the rider i was passing when i did it), i did a front flip, ending up sliding on my butt, feet first, with my arms keeping me upright....until my bike speared me in the back (broke my back and ribs in the impact, plus the whiplash was pretty severe) smashing me, cartwheeling me, and then landing on top of me again while still sliding and staying on top of me until coming to a stop... the only damage to my helmet was on the back, when i simply couldn't hold my head up any longer while sliding because my neck was so weak ...then i just gave up and layed my head back and let my helmet drag as i slid... and even that damage looks like a nick in the paint compared to the face of your helmet... that's why i ask... and also because bilt isn't notorious for being of high quality....so i'm wondering if the thermoplastic/polycorbonate is the cultprit for such extensive damage... i'm in no way attacking or minimizing anything you have to say....just searching for data.

were you knocked unconcious at all? that's a LONG looking face slide witout making any effort to lift your face off the ground. glad you're relatively alright! also, i'm currently in NC as well. i'm surprised by how few deer there are out here. I saw 2 on a 450 mile ride yesterday....prior to that, in the 4k miles or so i've been riding out here in the BR mountains, i'd only seen ONE.

Negative. That was off Drum Forbay near 80 headed up towards Alta

negative. after adjusting the APS manually, it seems to be much more intermittent now... the issue comes and goes as it pleases....i just ride around it. haha.

I have the stock 51L top case

I'm 6'3, 225 nekkid. My gf is 5'7, 130, nekkid...355...with full gear, puts us at about 400, I'd say. Plus top case with waters and tire plug kit, etc etc etc, I'd say my normal ride weight it's around 420-425lbs. I also have side cases...so for trips, sides cases go on...I'd say 450-460lbs in all. And I rip. Tight twisty roads, wheelies, jumps, offroad, I do it all. 2015 fj. It sucked in the stock shock. Bottomed out ALL the time. Even smashed two oil pans had to get a skid plate to stop smashing oil pans. Then I got a new penkse shock, sprung for 460# (and stiffer springs up front+revalve kit). Now the bike works like it's supposed to. The tracer has a longer swing arm, so I imagine it's probably sprung a little stiffer than the fj...when I rode it, it didn't feel as sloppy in the back.

We were filming this video

The fast one. Haha. Yeah, it was supercharged. I think it was the 2017

Fair enough! My buddy's sv super bike build with flat slides, etc (85hp on the dyno!) with 1/8 turn was....fun. Haha. I loved the hawk in track trim too. My buddy Bobby (rip) had one that he raced and would back it in to every corner.

heh....you should try a quick turn throttle....like 1/4 turn or even 1/8th turn throttle. i ride lots and lots of superbikes/race bikes.... 1/8th turn throttle is pretty gnarly. haha.

Glad you're on the mend! Sorry to lose you from the sport. I had a small deer jump on my lap once...it went for a brief ride with me until it fell off and scampered back into the woods. I nearly shat myself in the process. I had a flat rear tire and was loping along slowly trying to make the last few miles home when it happened. Haha. Sadly, I did hit and kill a large coyote at the track...I was doing a 4th gear wheelie on the fz10 down the back straight at about 110-115mph when it came running out... I immediately set the front down and less than a second later I made contact with it on the front tire. Bit of a tank slapper, but I kept it upright. I was the only person on track at the time, so I made an immediate u-turn to go make sure it wasn't suffering. It wasn't. I borrowed a shovel and buried it in the field.

Sounds like the rear master cylinder valving might have gone sideways... Most likely due to installation error (spacers on the wrong side, or maybe you didn't seat the sprocket carrier well enough) when you put it back together....and if the caliper was binding and you rode it anyways, it got real hot and boiled the fluid...thus damaging the piston seals as well.

Extreme assessments indeed.

negative. i just adjusted the parameters slightly from whatever stock was--i think 17--to 16 on the diag thingos.

seems to be working so far!

well...since doing this, i haven't had any more surging so far... though, the throttle feels FAR more snatchy than it did before, particularly in 2nd gear. i also cleaned my gear position sensor... i wonder if that made a difference with mapping, as it hasn't been working properly for at least the last 10k miles...

Perfect! Thanks guys!