Yup I bumped it up! I ran a 182.4 on Sunday on my first (I don't feel good have a stomachache from too much sun yesterday I'm not going to run fast wawawa) run. Something about that rush of cold air was like putting on an oxygen mask and it just about shot the yukies out. My next run was a 183.7 which I deemed "the perfect run". Wide open throttle, tuck as low as possible (with the DB screen when I get my head down I actually loose wind noise) and my helmet was tapping the tanks. Hit the rev limiter just prior to existing the traps. Couldn't have run it any better for how I was geared.
We were just fumbling around in line when Scott Guthrie asked what sprocket are you running? We had a 43 on the back, stock front. We discussed what sprockets we had and what to change it to. We really wanted a 41 but neither of us had one. So we grilled over our gear calc and decided on the 42. We considered the 40 but we weren't sure how well the stock bike would pull it. Did a sprocket change, grabbed a burger and back in line I went. Thats when I ran the 187.9. I haven't checked the video yet so I'm not sure where I was in the RPM coming through the traps. I think I was at WOT and don't remember hitting the limiter but things kind of rush by.
According to the calc we were geared for 188 so those answers weren't too important.
We had some time left in the meet so we hightailed it down to the start line & were changing to the 40t to see if I could break 190. We were almost done and would have had enough time to do the run but they called the meet due to oil on the track.
If I'm remembering the conversation correctly, Scott Guthrie has been between 192 & 194 on a stock busa so any day I can run within a few MPH of Scott on about the same configuration bike knowing I wasn't tapped out, that's a good day!
And then at the end of the meet the PBS guys caught sight of Todd & I working on the sprocket change and started filming him. Then they interviewed Scott. When they were done Ellen Guthrie & I were chit chatting and next thing you know there's a camera and mic following our conversation!
So the PBS guys asked if they could interview me. Todd, Ellen & Al the started said they interviewed me for about 20 minutes!
(who would think I could talk so long
) Al said the camera dude smiled a couple different times throughout the interview so I guess they got a couple clips they can use. I guess y'all may see me with my borrowed pink hat, and then my messy hair & glasses on PBS! LOL
Oh yeah, I'll have to tell you about the glasses in another post. That's an interesting story in its self!
Deb