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07-18-2008, 08:45 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Central Alabama
Bike: '07 Lime Green ZX-10R
Posts: 2,073
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SCORE! - I finally got me some ZX14 calipers!
I finally scored some of these bad boys from ebay! 
They are starting to get as scarce as hen's teeth, so I was surprised to see them come up with a buy-it-now of $175.
Selling my Vesrah pads-> FS: Vesrah 354RJL front pads
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Bikes: '88 EX250 (sold), '86 Nighthawk S (sold), '03 ZX7R (R.I.P.s), '07 ZX10R (sold)
I don't like repeat offenders; I like dead offenders.
My idea of 'gun control' is putting as many bullets as I can into the same hole.
- Ted Nugent
I’m all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that’s gun control!
- Jesse Ventura
God gave man a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to run one at a time. - Stephen E. Ambrose
Last edited by Grease; 07-18-2008 at 09:23 AM.
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07-18-2008, 09:03 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kingsland, GA
Bike: 05' ZX-10R
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It was you.  You muthaf@#*!r. I am so hating you right now.......... 
Lucky Score.  I don't know when the next time I will see it at that price.
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"Be kind and courteous to everyone you come in contact with but have a plan to kill everyone you meet."
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07-18-2008, 09:24 AM
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GP Star
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Central Alabama
Bike: '07 Lime Green ZX-10R
Posts: 2,073
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LOL...I just lost out on bidding on a set last night, then I come to work and in my email is this one...VERY LUCKY SCORE, indeed.
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Bikes: '88 EX250 (sold), '86 Nighthawk S (sold), '03 ZX7R (R.I.P.s), '07 ZX10R (sold)
I don't like repeat offenders; I like dead offenders.
My idea of 'gun control' is putting as many bullets as I can into the same hole.
- Ted Nugent
I’m all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that’s gun control!
- Jesse Ventura
God gave man a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to run one at a time. - Stephen E. Ambrose |
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07-18-2008, 09:38 AM
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Site Sponsor
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Denver, Colorado
Bike: Ebony Black ZX-10R
Posts: 1,088
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1000RR calipers are only 70 bucks Buy It Now :)
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07-18-2008, 09:46 AM
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GP Star
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Central Alabama
Bike: '07 Lime Green ZX-10R
Posts: 2,073
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Are they a direct bolt on?
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Bikes: '88 EX250 (sold), '86 Nighthawk S (sold), '03 ZX7R (R.I.P.s), '07 ZX10R (sold)
I don't like repeat offenders; I like dead offenders.
My idea of 'gun control' is putting as many bullets as I can into the same hole.
- Ted Nugent
I’m all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that’s gun control!
- Jesse Ventura
God gave man a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to run one at a time. - Stephen E. Ambrose |
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07-18-2008, 09:52 AM
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WSB Rider
Join Date: May 2008
Bike: Ebony Black ZX-10R
Posts: 601
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grease
Are they a direct bolt on?
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Do hen have teeth? No  you need to shim them with washers. Then they are good.
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07-18-2008, 11:20 AM
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GP Star
Join Date: May 2008
Location: On pole every sunday
Bike: Cannondale
Posts: 4,735
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Is your braking not adequate enough?
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99 LS2 Camaro SS
13 BMW M5
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Originally Posted by scout
Stoner has no reason to return to pro racing, although he will always run twisties to maintain reflexes and mental health.
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07-18-2008, 11:32 AM
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Retired post whore
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: New Jersey
Bike: The garage is empty now...
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That is a great price - congrats on the find. 
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmond Burke (1729-1797)
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07-18-2008, 12:47 PM
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GP Star
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Central Alabama
Bike: '07 Lime Green ZX-10R
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Quote:
Originally Posted by URBAN LEGEND
Is your braking not adequate enough?
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Well, one day...I decided to see what the ol' girl had on this little 1.4 mile course. 3rd day with her on a track, but I had gotten to know her pretty well over the previous year. So, I steadily picked up the pace each session after lunch. The 2CTs were gripping good, I was draggin' knees and toes and feeling good.
I know it's about time to see the white flag, so I really start pushing...as I cross the start/finish, I see the guy reaching for the white...so, yep, I got 2, maybe 3 laps before I have to come in for the day.
I downshift going into T1 and as I go from T1 tthrough the sweeper to T2, I upshift where I usually just rev it out. I try to single tire it as I come up to T2/T3...set the gear...steady the throttle...throw it left and as I come up on the apex of T3, I hear the satisfying sound and feeling of the left puck deteriorating on asphalt. I exit wide to set up for T4 and T5. As I come up on T6, I enter wide and let the turn scrub a lot of the speed and get ready for the decreasing radius T7 out of T6...and there it is again...but only on the right side...oops...and there is the toe! Mmmm...need to pull my foot up a bit..but all is good. I give it gas...a lot. I grab a handfull and it makes the forks compress impossibly tight before I throw her to the left, into the carousel of T8. T9 is just a little hitch coming out of T8 so I stay in the gas and really press the straightaway...I only have a couple of good laps to go at best.
Well...I look for my marker. I have a set of esses in T11-T13 that will make you pucker to the seat. As I sit up and get ready to get her just right...I find that my forks aren't compressing and my right ring finger is starting to hurt...now it's getting worse...oh crap...the rumble strips! PULL IT! PUL IT! Oh hell...here we go... LEFT! Hitch right and LEFT AGAIN!
SCREW IT! I'm going in...don't want another lap!
As I pull into my pit...I am still squeezing the handle against grip...hoping that it will stop before I hit the trailer...whew...let me back her up here just a minute...as I am almost off of the tarmac area that is my pit.
It was in that last minute or so that I decided that my braking might not be adequate.
...but I could be wrong... 
However, I did learn that I can do the esses MUCH FASTER than I thought... 
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Bikes: '88 EX250 (sold), '86 Nighthawk S (sold), '03 ZX7R (R.I.P.s), '07 ZX10R (sold)
I don't like repeat offenders; I like dead offenders.
My idea of 'gun control' is putting as many bullets as I can into the same hole.
- Ted Nugent
I’m all for gun control, I just define it a little differently. If you can put 2 rounds into the same hole from 25 meters, that’s gun control!
- Jesse Ventura
God gave man a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to run one at a time. - Stephen E. Ambrose
Last edited by Grease; 07-18-2008 at 12:51 PM.
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07-18-2008, 05:05 PM
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GP Star
Join Date: May 2008
Location: On pole every sunday
Bike: Cannondale
Posts: 4,735
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Grease
Well, one day...I decided to see what the ol' girl had on this little 1.4 mile course. 3rd day with her on a track, but I had gotten to know her pretty well over the previous year. So, I steadily picked up the pace each session after lunch. The 2CTs were gripping good, I was draggin' knees and toes and feeling good.
I know it's about time to see the white flag, so I really start pushing...as I cross the start/finish, I see the guy reaching for the white...so, yep, I got 2, maybe 3 laps before I have to come in for the day.
I downshift going into T1 and as I go from T1 tthrough the sweeper to T2, I upshift where I usually just rev it out. I try to single tire it as I come up to T2/T3...set the gear...steady the throttle...throw it left and as I come up on the apex of T3, I hear the satisfying sound and feeling of the left puck deteriorating on asphalt. I exit wide to set up for T4 and T5. As I come up on T6, I enter wide and let the turn scrub a lot of the speed and get ready for the decreasing radius T7 out of T6...and there it is again...but only on the right side...oops...and there is the toe! Mmmm...need to pull my foot up a bit..but all is good. I give it gas...a lot. I grab a handfull and it makes the forks compress impossibly tight before I throw her to the left, into the carousel of T8. T9 is just a little hitch coming out of T8 so I stay in the gas and really press the straightaway...I only have a couple of good laps to go at best.
Well...I look for my marker. I have a set of esses in T11-T13 that will make you pucker to the seat. As I sit up and get ready to get her just right...I find that my forks aren't compressing and my right ring finger is starting to hurt...now it's getting worse...oh crap...the rumble strips! PULL IT! PUL IT! Oh hell...here we go... LEFT! Hitch right and LEFT AGAIN!
SCREW IT! I'm going in...don't want another lap!
As I pull into my pit...I am still squeezing the handle against grip...hoping that it will stop before I hit the trailer...whew...let me back her up here just a minute...as I am almost off of the tarmac area that is my pit.
It was in that last minute or so that I decided that my braking might not be adequate.
...but I could be wrong...
However, I did learn that I can do the esses MUCH FASTER than I thought...
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After typing this book you deserve them calipers. 
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99 LS2 Camaro SS
13 BMW M5
Quote:
Originally Posted by scout
Stoner has no reason to return to pro racing, although he will always run twisties to maintain reflexes and mental health.
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