I'll double check the measurement and let you know. I'll also take a pic of where I'm measuring from so you can let me know if that is the right place or not.
Thunderstorms during roofing, that sucks. Been there.
I originally was thinking of doing some streamlining when I first heard about one particular event. Was going to try and throw everything including the kitchen sink at it. But now I'm worried that if I bring a bike that is too fast, even if it is under 11hp that I might get banned to the big boy heat.
So I figured, no sense going overboard if the rules aren't even set yet. I think an aero tail would be awesome on it, but don't think I will do that for this event. Running out of time and still not finished with all the current hurddles either. I'm thinking that Grange only has one good straight, so I will see if I can just make up for any deficiencies on the rest of the lap in the corners. But my design seems to be changing on a daily basis, so who knows what I will show up with. LMAO! But I have no problems with trying to keep my hand from you regular ES members. I honestly think it would be super bad form to get all this great advice from you guys, and then turn around and keep a secret from you till the race. That would feel like I am using your advise against you. If I stay open with you guys about my build, then I feel like I'm using your advice to go have a great time being hooligans with you guys. If any info in my build allows one of you guys to step up your game even more, then great. I wouldn't even be able to make it to the event without your guys' help, so I definately don't want to hide my hand from you guys. Besides, if someone brings a better bike than mine and I can still run a faster lap time, that makes my smile even bigger. :lol:
Yes, the Endless-Sphere.Com stickers did show up. Thanks once again man. I will definately be sporting them on the bike and I'll even put them on the race van with all the other sponsor stickers so people can see them while I'm driving across country. Kinda small for that, but still way cool. Do you know how well they hold up to water/weather? Sometimes paper type stickers can totally fall apart when they get wet? Just curious.
I am expecting a lot of frame flex and a lot of tire sidewall flex on this bike. Maybe even more so when using the xtracycle extension. That is why I'm trying to design my build around possibly not using the xtracycle if it comes to it. I want to be able to swap back and forth between using it or not and still be able to run. If I snap that frame in testing or practice, I want to just chuck it, put the wheel in the stock location, and keep going. But that is the main reason why I feel I'm going to need to have my specific riding style how I want. That way I can ride around any issues with the frame flexing and not have to back off the throttle so much.
Trust me, if you had seen some of the test bikes I've rode on, you would know that having someone undermine my equipment doesn't really bother me. Hell, one day I had to test a front end change on the GSXR 600 up at Sears Point. Makes you think twice when you are flying down the back straight and have to slam on the brakes to get all the way down to 2nd gear for the 180 degree turn and knowing that you only have 2mm of your forks making contact in your top triple clamp. Now that's when you know you're living!
I tend to ride with a lot of body english when the bike isn't handling well, so I have to figure out a way make that possible if I need it. I really want to have something that I can hook my outside knee against so that I can push down on the outside pedal mid turn. Kind of like the flare of the gas tank on modern sportbikes.
I also was able to order the 20" forks, now that I know which steerer I'm going to need. That will take a few more days to get here. But, I'm still waiting on my front rotor and caliper set anyways. Apparently the person I bought the rotors from on ebay didn't actually have them and ordered them after I won the bid, and the person I bought the caliper set from "forgot" that he didn't send them to me after I won his bid. 
So I'm still waiting on the front stoppers. But I really would like to at least get a rolling chassis. I still need to see how the pedals are going to be with the shorter wheels. At this point, they look like the just might clear the ground. But that will definately change once I go with the shorter fork. I might have to cut down some cranks. I know there are some shorter cranks, I just don't know how much more money I can currently put into this build at this time.
That looked like it was a lot of talk about lathe/cnc work or something. I'm trying to build this in my carport. :lol: I do appreciate the directions to it, but I honestly didn't even understand most of that machining talk. I get the gist of it, but well out of my ability or resources.
??? (great minds think alike LOL) Farfle is keeping secrets on his build now so its ok to hide your hand. :lol:
