FZRSupport: the FZROnline Archive

I know that a famous name doesn't guarantee good instruction. Last year I passed on taking a 1-day class with Freddie Spencer. I thought the 600 dollars they were asking was ridiculous. I didn't think I'd be 600 dollars faster afterward. Dollars spent vs. return is a big deal to me. I am curious, th...

kiki231 wrote:i will be taking the Schwantz School in the spring-- i will pass along my opinions!

Is Kevin Schwantz really going to be there?

I'm a big believer in riding schools. My experience has been that I see drastically improved lap times from doing them. The ones I've done are ART with Team Pro-Motion and California Superbike Cornering School. I liked both for different reasons.

Anyone else here have one to recommend?

Here's a template I made for use with photoshop. I made it as simple to use as possible. Let me know if you have problems:

http://nort_comm.tripod.com/hobbies/paint/fzr600paint_template.zip

Nothing wrong with the FZR as a track bike. That's what I bought mine for (didn't know a thing about them at the time) and have since bought 2 more. Great to learn on, and once you've prepped it for the track, you can go straight into vintage racing (hint, hint). Once it's taped, wired, working prop...

My bike actually has this modification already, but it's a little messy. I'm going to make brackets for the application, but I'm trying to tap into whatever existing knowledge there is. Maybe none?

Anybody here have pix of this modification?