CBR600RR HRC Racing Steering Damper. Part2.

Installing the Steering Damper was quick work. Once the tank cover removed the stock Honda Electronic Steering Damper (HESD) is exposed. Less then 15 minutes latter the HRC steering damper already  installed on my CBR600RR.

CBR600RR HRC Racing Steering Damper. Part 1.

One major issue I had with my track only CBR600RR was that it “head shake” almost every time I accelerate hard exiting a corner. Head shake can causes steering wobble and can put the rider in a very dangerous situation.  This will also lower your lap time as you will be very cautious in applying throttle exiting a corner.

My CBR600RR does come with HESD or Honda Electronic Steering Damper that doing wonder in damping the head shake. Since it is an “electronic” version, the HESD will regulate its damping force depending on the bike speed. Low damping force in low speed and strong damping force in high speed. Thus a very agile bike in lower speed and stability in high speed.

SBK National Championship – The final 2009 race…

There you go, the final standing for Indonesia 2009 Superbike National Championship. Yours truly is on the top 10, I was 8th with total of 19 points. Position 8th was not that bad, it was De Angelis in MotoGP 09 or Shane Byrne in World Superbike…

I guess it was not the points or the standing that made me happy on the last two races, it was the fact that I managed to finish the race! It was a great race weekend, despite that I crashed on the Saturday QTT but all and all it was a very nice ending for the 2009 SBK race session.

Another Track Day Video, Dec 09

No need for a background music or fancy graphics, latest video from my track day at Sentul. Trying to keep up with Dyan and Denny… enjoy.

Race Report: National Championship SBK 2009 Series 5 – Red Flag

It was chaos at the back straight exiting S Besar chicane. Right after the start with 28 riders storming in to turn 1 the heaven opens up with torrential downpour. I knew this was trouble. My start was OK, I managed to gain several position just before R3 but with the downpour and visibility minimized most of us started to slow down. When I reached S Besar chicane I saw several bikes on the tarmac and on the gravel, followed by red flag waved by the marshal.

More track activity…

It was pretty busy weeks, track wise. I planned to participate for the next series of Superbike/Supersport National Championship race in our local track, thus the bike need to be ready. Need more track time also to learn about the new track surface as many parts of its apex are heavily patched. Yet the preparation was not according to plan, as I crashed on the slippery S Kecil chicane while testing the bike new gearing, the bike was not heavily damaged though and I hope can be ready for the race.

The new Multistrada… love at the first sight :)

Finally it was revealed, the New Multistrada 1200. The detail is still scarce when I post this, but I must say it was Love at the first sight!

Thanks to Asphalt and Rubber, a fantastic blog I must say, for the pics. More pics bellow.

Me and Multistrada…*updated*

When I write this post, the all new Ducati Multistrada is about to be unveiled at 2009 EICMA Show in Milan. After the show my 1000 Ducati Multistrada will suddenly become an “old” model or the “previous” model of Multistrada. The much anticipated (at least for Multistrada lover ) 2010 Multistrada (which may be called Multistrada Aperta) will have totally new look yet still bear its DNA as a “Multi Road” or “Dual Sport” version of Ducati motorcycle.

With this new dawn of the new Multistrada or Multi, I would like to share some of the memorable pics and experience I have with the Multi, it was and still is an enjoyable experience but I must admit it was not love at the first sight.

Track day Video

With the CBR’s clutch replace now some track time. Check out the video above. Need to work on the cam view though, it pointed too low. Anyhow I hope you enjoy the show

Finaly some track time!

It has been a while since my last track time, my local track was close for resurfacing and continue with Ramadhan month break. After Ied celebration finally I got some track time.. Woohoo..:)

Both the bike and my skill riding on track (if there any) were rusty already! The CBR was failed first time I started it, the battery run out since it had not been run for a while but not too worry the mechanic quickly fix it  and the sound of the inline 4 come to live!