Track bike

So what do I do in my spare time these days? A little thing called track days. What is a track day? Well, you pay these people some money and they let you ride on the race track. That's at least basically it, and that's where the image on the top of this page comes from, a track day. I do however have to spend some time keeping the machine working, and today I spent that time changing tires. I don't change them completely myself. I take the rims and tires off and then have a shop mount the new ones for me. This is what the bike has looked like for the last few days as it has taken me awhile to get to the shop to change the tires.

The new race stands I bought have made this much easier. The bike is a 2004 CBR600RR, has a bit over 100hp, and at the track the speedometer has read 154mph, I've seen it. After I got the tires all mounted at the shop it was back home to put them back on the bike. The front tire went on rather easy. The rear tire takes a bit more patience, something I lack. It's hard to keep the disk brake mounted, keep the spacers aligned hold the tire up and then insert the axle bolt. Anyway, after about an hour of trying it by myself, I gave up and had to have my neighbor, Pat, give me a hand. With his help, we were able to get it on in a matter of mintues. Thanks Pat. And here's Pat standing next to the completed project.

I'm getting the hang of this, so come back and visit me again.