Went to a nice track in W. PA yesterday. Although it rained for most of the morning we had 2 or 3 nice sessions during the day. SLF 951 from here was there again and this time brought his NSR so I could see it. He didn't take it on track though for fear of scaring some of the beginners, at least that's how I understand it. I just wish one of us had thought to take some pictures of the 2 bikes together - they definitely looked like long lost brothers.

Because of the rain I didn't wear my original Rothmans leathers most of the day, but did during the last 2 sessions. The track photog quit before I went out so there's no really good shots. Maybe next time.

At the end of the day I ran into some trouble with the bike unfortunately. When I got off the gas at the end of the front straight (full throttle through all gears), the rear tire was locked up. I managed to grab the clutch and coast to the side of the track where I thought I would find the engine seized solid. It turned over with the kickstarter and I told the cornerworker I wasn't sure what happened. He and I talked for a minute and I said that I must have accidentally kicked it down more than one gear and slowed the tire down, locking it up. I started the bike, which ran completely normal, and ran 2 more laps. At the end of the front straight on the second lap, it did the same thing. This time the kick lever wouldn't move and I got a ride back to the trailer on the "crash truck". After a brief cool-down, we put the transmission in 3rd gear and bumped the engine backwards. It turned over easily.

I haven't tried to start it but the plugs both looked normal. Not sure what happened but I'm going to take it down and check unless I discover something else.

Here's some pics:













I'm uploading videos now (nothing spectacular) and will post the links later.

Craig
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Craig
MC21 SP Rothmans
MC21 R fake Rothmans - track bike
MC21 SE R9N