Well I just finished the maraton effort of getting my SDR down the track.
For those that don't know I bought this bike off Smokedu in October last year as the same model in Australia costs $17k-$21k.
Don at Scuderia West advised me to just buy it as his wife is South Aussie and "we'll just sort importing later". He was amazing and put up with many bumbling emails asking for bits and pieces, and if other stuff has arrived.
Danny Boyd then took the bike and Ported and polished her aswell as fabbing up a strengthened swingarm, all over the holidays and while having a lot more important stuff going on. I can't reccommend the guy enough, and if any of you Cali side guys are thinking of engine work or frame mods I hope you will consider him.
Dr Swade dropped off 2 bellypans and a load of "Goodies" including a shirt which will have to go up in the Bar as, due to my beanpole like physique, it looks like a large Kahki flag.
Due to this being my first importation of anything and my glaring lack of intelligence, I managed to make most of the mistakes that I possibly could (even leaving my wallet behind at the freight depot
Next time I can get on the track is a race in May so I hope to perfom well also.
The bike got heaps of attention and I hope to keep her looking good for then. I'm looking forward to getting pummelled by some more Sportsbikes.
I think there will be another 3 SD's at that round so it should be very fun indeed.
Here are the 3 races if you want to check em out. They are only sprints and very short. As the day goes on I start to apex earlier and earlier as I get more tired. Hopefully next time I'll have a more relaxed build up.

arse tightning head shake on the last vid

Yeah it was getting a bit hard for me by the end Lost the arse end pretty badly.
The main problem is on the back on the slight left, the front just belts me up.

Great effort Linga

Bike loods awesme. Really like it. The battle bikes over here ran 600 supersport times on a 180.

I've run a 190 before in supersport, just for Phillip island as it is very fast and hard on tyres, the larger contact patch really help with getting power early and scrubbing speed with the rear brake on fast sweepers when lent over.
I then got used to it and found it handy everywhere (but not as much) and I think the SDR would benefit as she is a very high centre of gravity and heavy bike, compared to the competition. Soon I'll be going mad on weight saving like you mate I'm setting my sights on 47s and every bit will help.
I'm going to drop to 76kg for next months race.
Oh and don't believe pirellis hype and monopoly campaign. They are a proven second a lap slower than Dunlop Ntecs, they are doing everything they can to sow the market up. They are talking about have a control tyre in our series,,, that's just monopoly, we are slow nobodies and don't need a control tyre to make things interesting.

On your cam mate there was a guy here with bullet cams that were cheapish $150 and seemed to work well.
I think they were Sony but might. E wrong I'll find out for ya

I'll give you my secret......................


....ready...........................


....cut all extra cable ties off the bike. Remove all spare fuses. Before a trackday cut your hair and make sure all your finger and toe nails are cut as short as poss....

........makes all the difference i'm telling ya



Good vids mate. Keep it up

Nice vids dude. SDR looks she's going well. Was a classic moment on the start line

Not as funny as one might think. We lost a guy a couple of years back when the guy from the back of the grid plowed into the guy standing still. It was a horrible mess. I think that would be a "both hands up" moment!
Glad you got through it!

Any possibility the head shake is from gripping too hard?

Great runs! I wish I could be out there with you!
Eyes on the prize!
Championship!!!

Sorry I'm a bit late with this, but well done fella.