[ST] track day

["Marc Van Est" <MarcVE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I really enjoyed my track day on Sunday.

There were only a few "non sportbikes", and mine was the only Triumph. Mostly the bikes were liter class super bikes, plenty with slicks and race fairings etc.

I started off fairly confident, and got better and better as the day wore on. It was an ideal day - clear, no wind, about 20 degrees Celsius.

I was getting my pegs down in some of the corners, and had a flying lap where I chased a guy on an R6 who had his knee down in the corners and I managed to hold on to him. Unfortunately I didn't get a lap time for that lap.

I was just starting to hit a rhythm when the bike started losing power - one minute it was pulling like a train, sounding sweet, the next it sounded like someone had shoved a sock in the exhaust and I lost power. No warning lights, no smells, no mechanical noises, wasn't running hot and I only hit the rev limiter three or four times coming out of corners and running out of revs.

I retired straight away, let the bike cool down, then rode it home. It runs fine at lower revs, but refuses to pick up cleanly, feels like an obstruction in the pipe or retarded timing. if you rev it up in neutral it pops and backfires something chronic.

There was no smoke, nothing odd in the oil, so it must be something electronic or dirt in the injectors.

Any suggestions?




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