Barber Vintage Festival SUNDAY - SOT3 / AHRMA -

2003 Frame / 2005 stock Engine SV650, stripped, race bodywork. Gold valve emulators, Penske rear shock. DP Brake pads on stock calipers, rotors, and master. Michelin slick front, Power cup Evo rear. No quick shifter, auto blipper or slipper clutch I'm riding this bike completely manual and definitely missing a few shifts here and there. (to reduce chance of false neutral I am using clutch for upshifts also). My dash stopped working due to an electrical short blowing the fuse, so I was running the entire weekend on sound/feel alone.

As seen in this video my front suspension needs an upgrade, there is no adjustment for rebound damping on the stock internals and I was getting a ton of chatter and wiggle. You'll see in the video I lose a lot of time into corners because I can't trail brake as aggressively with a pogo stick front end. It was a bit sketchy at times, and I'm incredulous that I hit the time and placement that I did. And of course very grateful I was able to keep it on two wheels.

I'm very happy to have had the opportunity to race alongside some of the people I did - including Mikayla Moore.

God speed to the racer who lost their life in race #1 on Sunday and the sidecar racer who had a medical emergency on track on Saturday. I don't know them, but in the pits we are family.