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I think John was saying don’t use a 2 day old tire when chasing set up, not that a front tire can’t last 2 days. You can feel a big difference in how the bike turns when you swap out a worn front for a new one. I normally run a new R3 front for 3 races on Saturday then use that front again for...

They gave me white plates this year, so that should tell you how difficult and meaningful expert is lol. Didn't you crash a SV last year because you were not paying attention to your tires and running worn out crappy sport touring tires? I do lots of stupid things, but only once.

When you removed the axle nut, did you loosen and retorque the pinch bolts? That may be nothing, but I’ve never loosened just the axle nut.

That’s not true, at least for the past few years. I’ve only done a little over 100 trackdays with N2 over the last 3 season, but I’m pretty confident there is often more than one brand tire available. Not always, but often. I would know because everyone on Pirellis is constantly telling me how...

I don’t think you can sell that here unless it has Bridgestones on it.

It sounds like Tim might have got the exclusive part wrong since Zeb is selling Pirellis. Hopefully it will be BS at all the events plus whatever else the tire guys have.

Cool story. If you want to give tire advice, post some lap times. Are you the Darrin on MyLaps doing 24s on a R1 at Nelsons? That would explain things.

This will be a massive inconvenience if so. Do you know who the vendors are going to be?

The email about Bridgestone tires says: “Bridgestone will be the “Official Tire Brand of N2 Track Days” with exclusive tire distribution at all N2 Track Day events.” Does that mean there will not be vendors selling Dunlops or Pirelli? Some of the tire guys sold Bridgestones and other brands...

I wonder how many teams are going to not bother with endurance this year and if that will precipitate a further decline in 2026.

Isn’t KTM’s involvement just the engine? I wouldn’t count on a restructuring of KTM interfering with an engine they have used in dirt bikes for a long time. Kramer has 28 orders for 25 teams, so it looks like people are buying in. I read somewhere that there wasn’t support from Honda to field...

I wish. WERA isn’t even going to Pitt this year. Guess I’m racing with ASRA this year.

No it’s not. There were some Friday endurance races or practices before a WERA weekend last year, but there were no races before a trackday weekend. With N2 not running the endurance series this year, seems safe to say these dates are not races. But I’m also wondering what special event means.

The Sage guy has replaced a zipper on my suit and fixed my gloves during a weekend. But I would email him ahead of time if you know you need something done that weekend. His trackside schedule is on his website. That’s how I coordinated with him for getting measured for a custom suit.

Barnacle Bill did a nice job repairing a suit for me a few years ago. He is still working. I just contacted him because I’m sending him a suit this week to clean.

I'm canceling if the forecast doesn't warm up.

They probably only sell the packages required to get enough liquidity to put down deposits with the tracks before the season starts. I'm not in the business, but that's what I'd guess.

There are much better solutions that are more closely tailored to the issue of people not having proper gear than making everyone bring all their gear to tech. When it comes to required gear, there is no issue with the program. There is only an issue with the participants.

Under what theory are these boots? Go to Alpinestars website. It seems pretty clear they call these "shoes" along with all of their other footwear that has laces. The "boots" do not have laces. https://www.alpinestars.com/collections/gear-road-boots Maybe the N2 manual needs pictures as...

The Riders Club, NJMP’s trackday organization, sent out an email about the change. She didn’t specifically say they were going to use it for bikes, but that seems implied. I wish they would focus and spend money fixing the bumps that have already come back since the repave. 3a is a lot better...