762SPR progress thread

[762SPR]

At long last, I'm ready to start my progress thread!

My two wheeled experience is maybe 30 or less hours on a dirtbike since I got it at the beginning of last year. and less than 5 hours street riding on my 636 since I got it a few months ago. I have also screwed around on a 50 for a few hours.

I'm still getting used to the sheer weight of the bike compared to my dirtbike. I almost fell over at the end of the video! I feel a little cramped, but I'm 6'2" so I guess I had better get used to it!

I was having some trouble at first getting the front up. I didn't realize just how high RMP I needed. At first I was trying to clutch up at 3-4k and going nowhere fast... Towards the end I was running around 7-8k and getting better results. I hate to blame the bike but I'm thinking the stock gearing isn't helping... I still want to ride streets though. I think stock is 43 in the rear, so What about a 45 or 47 or even 50? I want to to get it as low as possible and still be able to comfortably hit say 80 or 90... or maybe 100, that's a good number



I was trying hard to resist the urge to chase them out and only focus on clutching up and catching idle from slow speeds. At the end I was finally holding them for a few feet, still hunting for idle but I think I'm getting close... I felt like I was really pounding the front end on some of my landings, hopefully I can get a little gentler before I blow my fork seals!

Can't wait for the next session!

[Aaron Venable]

lol, did you add the cricket sounds?

not trying to tell you what to do, but take advantage of that huge space and bust some straightline tricks for a while. ride until you can hang a spreader or highchair the length of that strip and slow it down at will.

go like 5 up, the seat time will fill in the rest

looking good

[B-rup]

Lookin good for first time on the bike man. All about seat time. Can run like a 52-54 in the rear and still get good top end outta the bike. Id go somewhere around there to start.

[762SPR]

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Originally Posted by Aaron Venable lol, did you add the cricket sounds? not trying to tell you what to do, but take advantage of that huge space and bust some straightline tricks for a while. ride until you can hang a spreader or highchair the length of that strip and slow it down at will. go like 5 up, the seat time will fill in the rest looking good

Yeah, it was even boring editing... I even cut out half of the footage! I had a really terrible camera angle, too. The only part that isn't boring is the riding!!! I'd do some tricks if I could! That is only half the length of the strip, it's 2200 feet so I'll have plenty of space to do some straight line stuff once I get better.

I did a couple of small endos... if you can even call popping the back up 12" an endo. I was surprised at how easy it came up, usually on my dirtbike I just wash out the front, but on the 636 it stuck like glue!

I also tried doing a rolling burnout, but the front tire kept on skidding. I thought I was well enough forward, but I guess I wasn't.

I'm going to try and get another short practice in later today. I should also order up a new chain and sprocket. What's a good company to get them from? I'm thinking a 50 would do well? Maybe depending on what the chain length calculator tells me I'll get a 50 and a 54 and see what I like better if they both use the same links.

[M.F. Mall Cop]

Good work! Almost exact same situation as me when i started. Not much riding experience but just went for it. 2 more months of practice and u'll have idle down. Keep at it, ull get it eventually
Fuck thats a nice spot. Where do you live!? I wanna come down there!

Speed is your friend on stoppies. no no on the pop a stoppies.

Light brake on the burnouts. Was struggling on dry surface, then did them on wet, and next dry day it transferred straight over immediately. Also i find it easier to be rolling a few miles an hr then break the tire loose rather then coming to a complete stop then breaking it. rolling a bit helped keep me steady from falling to one side.

Talk to ZeusR6 on here hes doing a deal on chain and sprockets. And vortexracing.com has a calculator thing. Just select your bike then go to chain and sprockets.

[M.F. Mall Cop]

Oh and good work at not chasing them out.
People are gunna laugh at you in the future how ur gunna be able to kill slow idle wheelies in the lot and not do highway stuff. I get it all the time. Just starting to learn highway after a year or so.

[Shane K]

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Originally Posted by Adroit707 Oh and good work at not chasing them out. People are gunna laugh at you in the future how ur gunna be able to kill slow idle wheelies in the lot and not do highway stuff. I get it all the time. Just starting to learn highway after a year or so.

^^^ hahahaha this....i don't ever ride the streets cuz i don't trust myself, but sumtimes i'll go from lot to gas station to fill up and try sumthin in second or maybe 3rd and i'm pretty sure the front wheel doesn't even come off the ground...funny thing is, that's all i used to do, was stunt the streets until i totaled 2 bikes from not being a complete squid and not covering FB..... then it was lot after that

[bigshot]

Try practicing coming to a dead stop applyin FB and balance yourself out. And when you're almost not movin, pop it up. Remember the faster you get it to bp, the better. And apply FB EVERY time you pop it up to bring it down with some throttle to smooth it out.

[Dhondarider]

More gas at time of clutch up.. Use the throttle as your letting off the clutch. I have stock sprockets on my 04 636... And I haven't riden in a lot in 5 yrs. you'll get it just keep at it.

[762SPR]

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Originally Posted by Adroit707 Good work! Almost exact same situation as me when i started. Not much riding experience but just went for it. 2 more months of practice and u'll have idle down. Keep at it, ull get it eventually Fuck thats a nice spot. Where do you live!? I wanna come down there! Speed is your friend on stoppies. no no on the pop a stoppies. Light brake on the burnouts. Was struggling on dry surface, then did them on wet, and next dry day it transferred straight over immediately. Also i find it easier to be rolling a few miles an hr then break the tire loose rather then coming to a complete stop then breaking it. rolling a bit helped keep me steady from falling to one side. Talk to ZeusR6 on here hes doing a deal on chain and sprockets. And vortexracing.com has a calculator thing. Just select your bike then go to chain and sprockets.

Thanks for the tips!

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Originally Posted by bigshot Try practicing coming to a dead stop applyin FB and balance yourself out. And when you're almost not movin, pop it up. Remember the faster you get it to bp, the better. And apply FB EVERY time you pop it up to bring it down with some throttle to smooth it out.

That's a good idea hitting the brake every time I pop it up. Right now I'm using very little brake if any at all and I know it will bite me in the end. The problem is the brake seems so low, but I guess I just need to get used to it. Next time I will try doing them from more of a stop and balancing more, too. I didn't realize how fast I was starting some of them until watching the video.

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Originally Posted by Dhondarider More gas at time of clutch up.. Use the throttle as your letting off the clutch. I have stock sprockets on my 04 636... And I haven't riden in a lot in 5 yrs. you'll get it just keep at it.

For some reason I never really use enough gas. I was getting better at it towards the end but there was some mental block I was sort of aware of... I guess I just need to get used to it. It seemed like the engine was screaming but it was only at like 7k. I think it's because I'm used to my single cylinder dirtbike. I think I have a good start on the throttle and clutch movement because I have no problems doing it on my dirtbike, I just need to get the right amount of each for this bike.