We’re welcoming Lockhart Phillips USA to our list of sponsors and we look forward to their support in 2010. Lockhart Phillips is one of the largest retailers and distributors of motorcycle and ATV parts so we are looking forward to helping represent them! In fact, we were having some difficulties with the current rearsets on the R6 due to the lack of a heel guard. After a quick call to LP – we now have a new set on the way!
We also had a chance to get some good sessions at Eagles Canyon Raceway with the R6. With help from Jim Cambora of Raceworx (the suspension guru!), we lowered the R6 front (4mm), raised the rear (4mm), and made some preload adjustments and was able to run a 2:12 on the bike. We’re still working on getting comfortable on it so it definitely was not bad for the 2nd full test day on the bike and the first one at ECR. We have another test day on Friday (which is getting more and more difficult as the weather gets colder) at Cresson so we hope to continue to learn the new bike. We’ll likely only get half a day but we hope to be out for 4 sessions. We got much better tire wear at ECR this time so we hope the suspension changes also work at Cresson. Just a quick oil change and the R6 should be ready for Friday.
