Dirty Pete
This is my first post here, so try not to laugh too hard. I've drag raced for 18+ years now. I hope this info is not too basic for you. The first thing I've always recommended people to do is to establish an accurate base line for comparison. You also need to know some basic weather info. because it will affect your testing. So if you don't have a logbook, you might want to start one. I always record the date, time of day, temp, barometric press, relative humidity, and altitude (this is a bit tricky, because it changes during the day so you will need to find an altimeter.). At this point you can start recording for your base line. If you don't have a weather station ask some one at your local track if they can help out. I've always found that the REAL racers will help. Try to be as consistent as possible in all your test. It's important to make only one change at a time. You will never know what you gained other wise. Keeping good notes will really make a difference.
Horsepower/Drag is usually reflected by your MPH, Torque and Traction shows up in E.T.
If you do decide to test at a dragstrip, your ram air effect may be hard to see (it will probably come in right when you need to stop). Your drag coefficient on the other hand will more obvious. All too often I've heard people say "It felt great when I was on the street, but I lost 3 tenths on the track".
On the cosmetic side of personalizing your bike. You might try taking a BW picture of the front and side of your bike. Blow it up as big as you want. Then use a magic marker to draft your changes.
Good Luck
This is my first post here, so try not to laugh too hard. I've drag raced for 18+ years now. I hope this info is not too basic for you. The first thing I've always recommended people to do is to establish an accurate base line for comparison. You also need to know some basic weather info. because it will affect your testing. So if you don't have a logbook, you might want to start one. I always record the date, time of day, temp, barometric press, relative humidity, and altitude (this is a bit tricky, because it changes during the day so you will need to find an altimeter.). At this point you can start recording for your base line. If you don't have a weather station ask some one at your local track if they can help out. I've always found that the REAL racers will help. Try to be as consistent as possible in all your test. It's important to make only one change at a time. You will never know what you gained other wise. Keeping good notes will really make a difference.
Horsepower/Drag is usually reflected by your MPH, Torque and Traction shows up in E.T.
If you do decide to test at a dragstrip, your ram air effect may be hard to see (it will probably come in right when you need to stop). Your drag coefficient on the other hand will more obvious. All too often I've heard people say "It felt great when I was on the street, but I lost 3 tenths on the track".
On the cosmetic side of personalizing your bike. You might try taking a BW picture of the front and side of your bike. Blow it up as big as you want. Then use a magic marker to draft your changes.
Good Luck
