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2013 Hillclimb - Poor TL doesn't have a chance

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TLJimmy
I stil have the fastest time for a TL - beat my P/B by 3 seconds this year; but look at the winner - cracking 300kph through the middle section! TL Jimmy is at least 70kph down on this. Need a big bore kit:laugh.

Unfortunately there was a fatality last year, so we got a lot more runs in as less people signed up. RIP Malcolm Foster, Ducati 999.

I did have a good battle with a RSV1000 who's rider competes at the IOM classic, but the bugger beat me by 0.02 of a second;)

Here's a vid of the winning bike - I didn't have a camera this year. And yes, the speedo is correct!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KubGVzd64rg

BTW right at the end of the vid you can see me standing next to the tail of my TLS, in the black n white leathers holding my helmet.
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Six5
Wow! That's scary fast in my book! :hmm Good video. :thumbup

On the plus side, there are very few roadside hazards, compared to IOM.
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snowblind
Damn impressive. Large diameter tungsten cojones for sure.
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TLJimmy
I'm lucky - it's a 10 minute ride from my door:) I absolutely love it.

I'll make sure I have a camera next year.
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SergioB
Amazing speed!! always wonder how in the world the tires grip at these speeds ...
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MIKE FORD
Nice work jimmy,wish i could ave been there.
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TLJimmy
Modern tyres are incedible. That guy is running race slicks and tyre warmers - I run dunlop SportSmarts - which aren't even a dedicated track tire; they slide around a bit, but on the whole are pretty amazing. They take low pressures and warm up very quickly. My corner speeds arent tooo far removed from the modern I4's, though there's a young guy on an R6 that sticks it to me - but I find it frustrating how much time I lose on the straights. In the class I run inThere are a few late model CBR1000RR and Gixxer thous behind me, but theres an MVAugusta1000 that beats me by a coupla seconds - and I knoww he's caining me on the 3 long straights. They don't have a V-twin class - which I would've come 2nd in by0.02 sec to a Mille 'prilly.

I know how Cal Crutchlow feels:lol

The guy that won it is in a league of his own though, busted the previous record by approx.4 secs - the bike is NZSBK spec, but for a fatty he sure can make it sing:laugh
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TLJimmy
MIKE FORD said:
Nice work jimmy,wish i could ave been there.
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One day Mike:). We must catch up one day for a beer and a chat.
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dadat178
Great video, super fast and super scary, no room for the smallest error there. That's some hill climb.
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Big Red
dadat178 said:
Great video, super fast and super scary, no room for the smallest error there. That's some hill climb.
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Best you stay well away then .:laugh
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Sam
Fast and fun, looked a little offline and close to the edge around 1.40 :laugh

I doubt even a big bore TL would compete with an i4 at those speeds, no slow turns to gain some advantage back
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snowblind
So the ZX10RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR has 60bhp more and weighs about 60Kg less than a TL. But I ask myself, is it really fun?

:O :skeptic :laugh
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TLJimmy
So the ZX10RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR has 60bhp more and weighs about 60Kg less than a TL.
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In superbike spec that beast is probbly putting out 80 - 100 more hp than my bike.

A big bore would probably get me closer to the pointy end of the support class, and drop a few jaws while doin it:devious. I know a bad workman blames his tools yadda yadda, but but I really am wringing the poor old girls neck; just off the limiter at least a third of the time. I've tried riding it more like a twin, tried different gearing, but screaming to the top with stock gearing has proved the fastest so far.

Got an agreement with the wife - the mortgage will be paid in full by november 2015 if I lay off the beer and motorcycle modding over the next 2 years - I'll then have $400 per weekto split between house maintenance and TL modification. So there will be a full rebuild with some ported heads and a big bore in my future:banana.

Not a drop of beer has passed my lips for 6 months; I even found an overlooked bottle of stout in the cupboard the other day, and used it to make a very nice beef stew:laugh
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bluetlr
400 bucks a week to spend?? your gonna have a hell of a bike by then!
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TLJimmy
bluetlr said:
400 bucks a week to spend?? your gonna have a hell of a bike by then!
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Gotta share that with house renovations; and I spose I should let the wife buy something too.....naaa:laugh.

From this point in time two years of penny pinching seems like an eternity - but it'l be worth it. I can then get Stu to do a big-bore and ported head re-build for me.
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