Went to the track yesterday.

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Got to the track around 10 am and it was the first time there riding. Temperature was perfect and track was really fun and has potential to get really good in time. Well my clutch just cooks in two laps and done. It was the longest i have had a bike without replacing a clutch so I was not too surprised. Luckily my friend there let me ride his 09 Yzf 450 for the day. It was a totally different bike than the Honda but had plenty of good power and handled decent. He had it set up with way to much rebound but nothing a few clicks didn't clean up. The only thing I could not get used to coincidentally was the clutch. It only had maybe a 1/4 inch of clutch actuation. No matter how I adjusted it, it was like a light switch, just on or off. It was really weird, if I just barely touched the lever it was full clutch. He said that it has always been like that and I would get used to it. I said uh something is not right. I have ridden a lot of bikes and never had that issue. I feel like my Honda has over an inch of clutch action and you can kind of fan it to stay in the meat of the power but this thing was on or off. I would come in hot into corners and try to roll the throttle while coming through the turn but if I touched the clutch it was just full on. Oh well at least i got to ride and that is always a good day.
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2/13/2011 8:36am
Good to hear you are back on the bike. Have you been able to get out fishing too?
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2/13/2011 8:44am
Which track?
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2/13/2011 8:51am
Lcross was the track. Yea thanks Cygnus, my back has been really good for a while. The surgery was a complete success. I have been fishing quite a bit, guiding in the saltwater and tournaments in the fresh. I missed the big Bassmaster and FLW events this year after numerous motor issues with my bass boat. I did get second in a big event a couple of weeks ago and lost by just a few ounces...again. Huge difference in payouts between 1st and second. Story of my life. lol But I am just glad to be there most of the time. Thanks for asking.
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2/13/2011 8:57am
FLmxer wrote:
Lcross was the track. Yea thanks Cygnus, my back has been really good for a while. The surgery was a complete success. I have been fishing...
Lcross was the track. Yea thanks Cygnus, my back has been really good for a while. The surgery was a complete success. I have been fishing quite a bit, guiding in the saltwater and tournaments in the fresh. I missed the big Bassmaster and FLW events this year after numerous motor issues with my bass boat. I did get second in a big event a couple of weeks ago and lost by just a few ounces...again. Huge difference in payouts between 1st and second. Story of my life. lol But I am just glad to be there most of the time. Thanks for asking.
Hi If you dont mind me asking what did you have done to your back?I had a buldging disc l1/s1 and had a microdisectomy/lamniosopy 2 weeks ago and im hopeing to be normal again.

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2/13/2011 11:34am
dlowe102 wrote:
Hi If you dont mind me asking what did you have done to your back?I had a buldging disc l1/s1 and had a microdisectomy/lamniosopy 2 weeks...
Hi If you dont mind me asking what did you have done to your back?I had a buldging disc l1/s1 and had a microdisectomy/lamniosopy 2 weeks ago and im hopeing to be normal again.
Oh man sorry to hear this. I also had a microdiscectomy and bone fragment removal. I burst 2 disc's, bulged two and fractured my L3 all the way across horizontally. A large piece of bone also broke off and lodged into my nerve. It was horrible pain and had me seizuring. I bogged on a huge gap and landed into the face of landing. Lost all feeling in legs at first then it came back and felt like a blow torch on my lower back and hip down to my toes. I had a previous bulging disc since I was a kid. I had a few injections before they could do surgery to get swelling down. After surgery I had almost zero pain but was feeling weak. It got progressively better. I just did what my doctors told me to and it worked out. They say everyone is different but I was flat landing huge gaps and coming up short not long after. lol My back actually feels a lot better than it ever has and the surgery fixed my previous injury as well. I hope you have the same luck. I was worried at first but if you do what the doctor says you should be fine. I stopped taking pain meds a few days after surgery. Good luck and hope you recover quickly.
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2/13/2011 1:41pm
What Honda were you riding? year, model?, clutch problems! stock clutch?

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