A great start for our new team.

[Mookie]

Can't wait!

[Tyrroneous]

This is coolness...STN's own race team!!  


  I wish y'all the best of luck at Macau and for next year.

[dagor6]

Ah, new pistons have arrived and now the engine goes back together!







Super custom billet camshafts:

[miles]

I stopped by Lee's a bit later, and saw the transmission, crank, rods and pistons all together.  I love the laser engraving on the pistons.

It truly blows me away how close the cylinders are to each other.

[kevin_stevens]

I stopped by Lee's a bit later, and saw the transmission, crank, rods and pistons all together.  I love the laser engraving on the pistons.

It truly blows me away how close the cylinders are to each other.

Bump the rev limiter a bit and see if they get even closer!  

KeS

[miles]

SO the bike is packed off for Macau.  The final on the new motor- 224 rwhp, tuned for midrange.
Let's see how Jeremy does.

[DredheadV2.0]

I cannot wait!

[miles]

The schedule:

http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/57/subpage.php?id=2021&lang=en

[veefer800canuck]

I've seen the Macau GP (sadly not in person though).

All I have to say is:  

[miles]

I've seen the Macau GP (sadly not in person though).

All I have to say is:   

A couple of years ago Jeremy hit his shoulder on one of the concrete walls on the inside of a turn.  He's got the leathers with the torn shoulder armor on display at his shop.  

In fact, these leathers:

[miles]

Here are a bunch of photos to put how crazy this race in perspective:

http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112991

In fact, this photo from that gallery shows Jeremy (on the ugly green bike with the yellow and red leathers) right in the center:

[veefer800canuck]

It's no coincedence that the top runners at Macau are (usually) the Irish, British, or IOM native riders that regularly run on the full roads courses.  

[miles]

It's no coincedence that the top runners at Macau are (usually) the Irish, British, or IOM native riders that regularly run on the full roads courses.  

The reason Jeremy does so well at Macau and the IOMTT (he won the IceMan trophy as best newcomer in 2006) is that he learned to get really fast on our local canyon and mountain roads.  

[DogBoy]

Can't imagine that place. Even more crazy since they share the weekend with cars that leave the track very greasy. No runoff, no grip, all blind turns on really fast bikes.  

[DogBoy]

Miles, do you know if the qualifying or race will be broadcast on the internet? Justin.tv or something similar?

Macau GP schedule here:

18th of November 2010 (Thursday)

Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 44th Edition - Qualifying
18:30

 
 
 
19th of November 2010 (Friday)
 
Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 44th Edition - Qualifying
08:45
09:15

 
 
 
20th of November 2010 (Saturday)
 
Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 44th Edition - Warm Up
08:15
08:45

Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix - 44th Edition - 15 laps
16:30
17:00

[DredheadV2.0]

Miles, do you know if the qualifying or race will be broadcast on the internet? Justin.tv or something similar?

ESPN Star (India) will be showing it.  Oddly enough, they have highlights from all the season's MotoGP races archived in small form for on-demand viewing, something I thought Dorna frowned upon.

It'll also surely be available at the usual places for such torrents

[Tyrroneous]

Scary stuff.  Good luck Miles!  

[nantahala]

4th at the end of practice.  Was listed as 1st earlier in the session.

http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/video.php?lang=en

 

[miles]

Rutter takes provisional pole in Macau
Michael Rutter, the King of Macau, and Stuart Easton, the Young Pretender, locked swords on the opening day of qualifying for Saturday’s Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 44th Edition.
 
Rutter, the 38-year-old British racer looking for a record-breaking seventh victory in the Far East classic, topped the 45-minute timed qualifying session, but by just a fifth of a second, ahead of Easton, the 27-year-old Scot who is aiming to win his third Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix in a row.
 
Both men lapped under the existing qualifying lap record of 2:25.476, set last year by Easton.
 
Rutter, on the Team of Paris – AXA Ducati 1098 went round the 6.2km Guia street circuit in 2:25.245 seconds, with Easton making his debut on the Kawasaki Racing Team bike a fraction slower.
 
Big surprise was the performance of American Jeremy Toye (Lee’s Cycles Racing BMW 1000) making his seventh appearance at the event, who qualified third fastest, but over two seconds slower than Rutter and Easton.
 
Simon Andrews, the 24-year-old British racer, was four quickest on his MSS Colchester Kawasaki, less than a quarter of a second slower than Toye.
 
John McGuinness, on the IGT/sorrymate.com Honda, winner of the race in 2001, was fifth fastest, over a second slower than Andrews.

Final qualifying session for Saturday’s 44th running of the event takes place tomorrow (Friday).

From http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/57/news.php?kind=gp57&id=3263&lang=en

[nantahala]

Some pics in there:

http://202.175.81.200/images/gallery/2010/1290096317.jpg

looks like there will be some on-bike video.  

http://202.175.81.200/images/gallery/2010/1290096300.jpg

rear camera

http://202.175.81.200/images/gallery/2010/1290086317.jpg

http://202.175.81.200/images/gallery/2010/1290086115.jpg

http://202.175.81.200/images/gallery/2010/1290086524.jpg