Well after all the changes for this season, and missing out on Round 1 due to something work-related, I finally started the season Round 2 at Infineon raceway with AFM. This is my second year racing, and eventhough I'm stil running the newbie yellow plate, I'm getting better every outing, and having a blast on the 1985 GPz550. Found 11 more hp, and 4 more ft. lbs. of torque just by adding a degreed set of Megacycle Cams (#478-60), and rejetting the CV30 Carbs. Finished top 10 out of more than 20 much newer bikes than I race on, and lowered my best lap time by a full second, even with a constant 10 mph wind. I wanted 3 seconds, but with the wind 1 was just fine...for this round.
The down side is my race weekend ended too soon, once I discovered my long lasting Avon AM23 Rear Tire had the cords showing on the left side. That explained why it was a little squirrely coming out of the long left-hander of Turn 6. Missed the last race of the day, and then a race on Sunday.
This video is of one of the practice sessions, as my min race I turned the camera to off instead of on. Sit back, crank up the volume, lean with me in the corners, and listen to the engine sing that sweet note.