I only bought 2 computers since I was 13, and both I built myself. I was constantly swapping out internals, though. New video cards came every couple years, with new motherboards being swapped in every 3 or 4 years along with a new CPU. I sometimes upgraded the CPU once between motherboard upgrades.

Thanks.

NJMP race report and Summit Shenandoah videos here:

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=1424395#post1424395

A couple videos from a trackday last week.

720p @ 60fps

Summit Point Shenandoah Trackday (advanced/intermediate combined) - May 9, 2010
Noon session (218 MB)
Final session (314 MB)

Last edited by Forbin, Sun, 16 May 2010 13:42.

Thanks!

I never had a problem with my glasses, and although I never tried contacts, I hate the idea of something constantly touching my eye. I have trouble with eye drops as it is.

Just measured my bike's weight with a bathroom scale.

Fuel: ~1-2 gallons

Front weight: 179 lbs
Rear weight: 180 lbs
Total weight: 359 lbs

Finally got some decent pics of my race bike with my proper numbers on it. These are from a trackday last weekend at Summit Point Shenandoah.

Last edited by Forbin, Mon, 3 Oct 2016 18:50.

Running on all cylinders? Check the plugs? Any clogged injectors? No fault codes would seem to make these unlikely, though.

Replace the nut behind the wheel.

Pull the turbo and see what happens.

The best game Valve has ever made.

Unfortunately, no one can be told what Portal is. You must see it for yourself.

Too many wheels.

SV650.

Quote from Klutch :

No, it was me.

I am Spartacus!

Quote from 5haz :

May the witch hunt begin.

Quote from DevilDare :

This.

Just leave it be. Its over.

Witch hunt over. It's DevilDare.

Tiësto ft. Tegan and Sara - Feel It In My Bones

Not a Tiësto fan but I like this.

I've been doing trackdays with for a little over a year now, even did some of my trackday club's lunch time races on my SV650 against grids full of 600's and did alright in those considering.

This was my first official race weekend, though.

Track: NJMP Thunderbolt

Bike: #412, '06 SV650 w/ '04 GSXR600 front end, Penske shock, Pirelli DOT's

Saturday

Practice: Still feeling a little timid, having only done 2 trackdays so far in the year. A year prior, I ran low 1:39's and even a couple high 1:38's on a bone stock SV650 on street tires during a TPM race. Today, I'm a full second slower than that on a much more capable bike.

GT Lights: 25 minute race (13 laps). Gridded 11B, front row of the Amateurs. The flag waved and I popped a huge wheelie. Got it back down and under control as only 2 guys went by. Took it easy in 3rd into T1 and then went to work. By lap 2 or 3 I was leading. Around lap 5 I caught up to a 12 year-old on a 125 with expert plates. Passed him once, then he repassed me and I just kept pace with him for a few laps. Around lap 8, I fell flat on my face, figuratively speaking. Completely exhausted, I thought, "When will this race end!!! Pleeeease show me the white flag!" Around lap 10, the 2nd place amateur on an SV caught and passed me. Spurred on by the idea of winning my first ever real race, I repassed him on lap 11, but he promptly got back ahead. My whole body felt like rubber and I decided to let him go and just do what I could to bring it home. The checkered flew at the end of lap 13 with me in 2nd. First podium!

The winner of that race found me a short while later and told me he was shocked when he came up behind me, having thought I completely checked out. He then commented he was glad I would not be in his next race, LW F40. :-[ Mental note: work on physical endurance.

Ultra Light Superbike: 7 lap race. Gridded 15B, again front row of the Amateurs. Got a bad start due to some confusion about the number of waves due to seeing 2 waves of Experts, ended up 3rd into T1 again. Got by both guys just as quick as before and led to the end without drama until the final lap. I was pulling it in tight for the first apex of the decreasing radius corner when I see a flash of orange really close on the inside, forcing me to stand it up. KTM RC8, the leading Expert Supertwin at the time. With that close call behind me, I crossed the line as 1st Amateur. My first win!

Sunday

Practice: I'm instantly faster today. No doubt about it. I feel so much more confident in the bike, getting on the throttle sooner and harder, braking later and harder, and leaning it over more to carry more speed through the corners.

Lightweight Grand Prix: 7 lap race. Gridded 11B, front row of the Amateurs. I made sure I knew there were only 2 waves in this race, and I made sure to be smooth on the clutch. The flag waves and I'm off like a rocket, carrying a small wheelie all through 1st gear and well ahead of the 3 other guys on the front row. Then I go for second and the revs shoot up. !@$%, neutral. I give the shifter another kick and I'm back in gear, but not before 4 guys go flying by. I outbrake one of them into T1, putting me in 4th. Then it's back to work as usual. I'm feeling awesome and I'm flying, riding harder and faster than I have in the year since I highsided for the first time. I catch up to 3rd easily enough and pass him within a couple laps. Then I look ahead and see nothing but expert plates. Where did 1st and 2nd go!? I keep my head down and try to catch up. Around lap 3 or 4 I get stuck behind a 2-stroke with expert plates. I'm following a few bike lengths back through the bowl when I notice I get a much better drive out than him. I exit in 3rd keep it pinned all the way through 4th and 5th as I go through the esses, short shifting to 6th just before the final turn. I'm gradually closing as we approach the final corner and, seeing that I'm carrying more speed, I go for a tight exit to pull up along side him. I suddenly get a weird feeling in the bars that brings me back to the dirt class I did a week prior. My front end was sliding. It only lasted momentarily though as I just picked the bike up a few degrees. He shifts into 6th as I pull up along side him and our speeds match. We're in a dead heat down the straight. He brakes at the 5 marker, I at the 4 marker. I never saw him again till the cooldown lap. Anyway, I kept that pace up hoping to catch the Amateur leaders but no such luck. I crossed the line in 3rd.

A look at the time sheets after the race revealed 2nd place on an SV650 was running a full second a lap quicker than me, and 1st place on a Ducati was running a full 5 seconds a lap quicker than me!

Personal best - 1:37.2

Three races, three podiums. Not bad for a racing debut.

tl;dr:

Amateur GT Lights (25 minutes, 13 laps): 2nd
Amateur Ultra Light Superbike (7 laps): 1st
Amateur Lightweight GP (7 laps): 3rd



That's me with the white helmet, 4th in that group.

Last edited by Forbin, Tue, 4 May 2010 01:29.

Maybe the problem lies with you? As the saying goes, don't sweat the small stuff.

If pointing out the superficiality and bigotry of this thread makes me a troll, so be it. Where's my bridge?

Last edited by Forbin, Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:32.

Uptight b-tards who like to bitch about small, inconsequential things (i.e. everyone in this thread).

Chill out and be more positive. It'll make you happier and nicer to deal with.

Last edited by Forbin, Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:53.

Quote from boosterfire :

Thing is though, you're not getting 90+ fps everywhere, unless you have the most up to date computer (which people don't have).

Still no mention of what apps/games the OP is running. If all he's doing is playing games, he's either completely limited by his video card, or getting such astronomical framerates that more performance is pointless.

Sounds to me like he just wants to enlarge his e-peen.

Not trying to be a jerk, just putting things in perspective.

Do you find your performance lacking in any particular app? What kind of framerates are you getting?

Slightly faster for the sake of being faster is pointless if you're already getting 90+ fps.

Likewise, a 25% boost in clockspeed (3.75GHz vs. 3.00GHz) might get you a 10% boost in framerate. At 30 fps, that gets you an extra 3 fps. Not exactly earth shattering, nor worth the effort/risk, IMO.

If you want higher framerates, get a new video card.

Last edited by Forbin, Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:52.

What do you expect to gain from overlocking your CPU?

Quote from Migz :

Ahah fair enough, i don't have anything against old style bikes but i'd never get one althoguh a friend of mine has a Suzuki TS which is 1980 something? And i like that.
I have a thing for laydowns, so smeh that it's 50cc, i can only ride a 50cc until im 17 in June and i wanted a laydown badly so i decided to just get one.
Eitherways once im finished with it it'll do a fair bit, going to put a full power pipe on it, racing clutch, 70cc kit, bigger carb possibly, sport air filter possibly, rejet the carb as well, new tyres + forks + rear sprocket + chain and then god knows what else i can do to make it faster. I'm not going to bother with the RS i bought anymore. Far too much effort and i'd end up completely out of pocket if i fixed that up. I'd rather have a bunch of money and spend about half on my XR6, then in a few months sell it on and buy a running RS125.

My advice: don't bother with upgrading the 50, just keep the money for a different bike. Or a car.

Quote from Migz :

Quote from Forbin :

Sounds like a worn transmission. The gears may not be worn but the engagement surfaces probably are. They could be rattling on the shafts, too, allowing the gears to work loose.

So when i get my racing clutch that won't fix it? By engagement surfaces im guessing you just mean the bits that connect to the clutch bassicly? Are they/it replaceable?
It's extremely embaressing when im riding along smoothly and then suddenly it jumps into neutral revs loudly, making me look like an idiot.

No, it has nothing to do with the clutch.

The input and output transmission shafts have gears on them that are constantly meshed. The gears are selected by sliding a dog clutch into one of the gears so the gear and shaft are locked together. If the mating surfaces of this engagement are worn, the dog clutch can work loose and disengage. Likewise, if the gear is loose on the shaft, it can rattle the dog clutch loose.

2nd gear on first generation (1987-1993) Kawasaki GPZ500's were notorious for this through poor design. It was fixed in the second generation (1994+) design.

http://www.gadgetjq.com/transmission.htm

Last edited by Forbin, Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:43.

Sounds like a worn transmission. The gears may not be worn but the engagement surfaces probably are. They could be rattling on the shafts, too, allowing the gears to work loose.

I had a roommate in college with the loudest keyboard and the heaviest, loudest typing style I've ever heard. It was like a firecracker going off every time he hit the spacebar. His keyboard was probably something similar.

IMO, if your bike feels perfect, you're probably not riding it hard enough.