A great weekend of racing was had. Blayes put in an outstanding performance considering he was working with a bike down on power by 15horses and low torque figures.
We had a huge amount of help and encouragement freely given, from the people around us, especially Terry and Jamie Gallway and Robert Taylor from Kiwi Suspension Solutions, without whom we would have been in a hole. Thanks guys you taught us heaps.
Testing on Friday and Saturday. Blayes was experiencing sliding from the rear tyre and a vague response from the front. It was observed that his rear wheel was skipping in the turns. The culprit was the suspension which we have been running so far on factory supplied settings was far too firm, especially for Blayes’s weight. The rear shock was revalved over Saturday night and the spring swapped with an 8.5 and the same with the front forks replacing the springs with 8.5’s and reducing the oil, the valves need replacing to finish the job. This resulted in quicker turns, holding the line better and less wear on the rear tyre.
Blayes qualified with a 1:15;7 On race day we ran a 15/48 set up on ‘Metzler Racetechs’. Blayes achieved a time of 1:13 in race 1.
We are at Taupo next weekend for the final round of the championships.
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