Moto Martin CBX on track in France.

[steve murdoch icoa #5322]

Phil, don't know if you had seen this one yet.
Some nice sounds but there are also some missed shifts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yFyJlzPx8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMopQZLpEPY

[FalldownPhil]

Thanks Steve,
I had not seen those before. That guy needs a rev limiter for sure
Best,
Phil

[Goss]

Think he will need a change of underwear 7:52, don't know what happened there . I hope that is his speedo light hanging there and not his oil light bulb!

Regards

Goss

[steve murdoch icoa #5322]

Hi Goss.
I know you MM owners like to keep track of each other. Do you know the bike?
The rear end step out seems to come after yet another missed shift. It even sounds like he is double-clutching at other times.

[FalldownPhil]

Hi Goss.
I know you MM owners like to keep track of each other. Do you know the bike?
The rear end step out seems to come after yet another missed shift. It even sounds like he is double-clutching at other times.

It is very lonely owning a Moto Martin in the USA.
Phil

[Goss]

Hello Steve,

Not seen this bike before, may be a new paint job. Mine is shown on a couple of websites as three different bikes because the images were lifted from the web in the old blue colour, red primer and then the finished colour Red!

Good to see this bike out there being used on the track, lets hope he keeps it on the rubber!

I took mine out around Brands Hatch a few years ago and found that the first thing to touch down was the gear change lever, I adjusted the linkage to raise it up for more clearance but then the gear changes were hard work. I suspect this is what he has done hence the missed gears. It is not worth adjusting because the time lost from bad changes/risk is not made up through the bends, also the next thing to grind is the crankcase end caps which Honda have already chamfered to the limit and the wall thickness is very thin. When I got home there was a fine oil mist on my left boot from the ground down crank cover. Lean angle is better than standard and the weight is about the same as a FireBlade.

Phil, I have never come across another Martin at a bikers meet only ones known through the VJMC and Riders Club...can be lonely here too.

Regards

Steve