These 99 SV650 forks and the Penske that goes with them were set up by Jim before I bought LE in 2011, you can tell by the address on the stickers. The forks still have their OEM damper rods, we just change the size of the damping holes, no gizmos needed. The bike has a new owner so they need stronger springs and stronger valving, it’s also time for a service anyway.

Where’s Eddie? Hint: That is a long staircase.

If you zoom in on the Adventure Medics passenger door logo you’ll see that I took the liberty of making a grammatical adjustment.

Another good weekend at The Ridge is in the books. I won both Middle Weight SS races and thereby earned more Bridgestone Motorcycle USA bucks than I spent on tires this weekend. In the other Middleweight classes I finished 4th and 5th or so in all 4 of them. I took the Hole Shot in all six races but the top end of them RS660’s is too much for my naked SV. Here are my lap times form the last race of the weekend. I don’t count the start lap because we skip the chicane, 1.57.82, 57.88, 57.85, 57.84, 56.2

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Gray Area KTM

Suspension Vending @ The Ridge with 2Fast Motorcycle Track Days & Instruction. The brakes are fixed, I wore my glasses on track for the first time today, Lindemann Engineering is ready to race!

Will my SV be ready to race this weekend at The Ridge with WMRRA & OMRRA? The old oil is draining out of my forks, I found and fixed my front brake problem. I’m signed up for 3 races each on Sat & Sun. Can I go better than my PB of 1.56.20? Stay tuned to this Bat Channel to find out the answer to these and other intriguing questions. Brought to you by Lindemann Engineering and Gray Area KTM.

I’m doing a KTM 390 Race Build at Gray Area KTM. If you zoom in on the black bracket you can see that I’ve cut away a bit of it’s underside. This is so the wiring for a piggy back ECU won’t be pinched. I tried three different paths for the wires, this route gave the best placement of the ECU with the new aluminum subframe. This attention to detail takes time but it avoids weird problems later and it’s satisfying. Yes, I did pose the bracket next to a few number one plates.

Testing Cookie at The Ridge with Track Time – Pacific Northwest’s Premier Motorcycle Track Day Organization while also being a Suspension Vendor. One of my clients took 5 seconds of his old PB. Cookies new boot guard solved my foot on the swing arm problem, the new spring rates are much better and I have the gearing worked out. See you here Tuesday too.

Using left over shelf brackets and one end of an engine crate I built a high shelf over the lathe. Now I have more shelf space than I need. Happy Ed!

The carbon fiber boot guard catches on part of my boot but removing it lets my boot rub the swing arm. This ones not as pretty but it was fun hammering the bend into it. Testing at The Ridge on Mon & Tuesday with Track Time – Pacific Northwest’s Premier Motorcycle Track Day Organization.