RE: Rally.. attention J.West

[Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John I called Racetech I have .95kg springs... I think maybe I'd go .90 if 
I did it again. It all depends on your weight, and the kind of feel your 
looking for. Also I spoke with a guy at a place called Circuit One ( 
503-722-8475   http://www.circuit1.com  I believe another ST owner ( Steven 
Hale)  has used them and can't speak highly enough about them, anyway if 
you don't want to do the forks yourself these guys maybe the most 
knowledgeable that I've spoken with, in fact they were the only people I've 
talked with that actually really seemed to know what they are talking 
about... not just reading off charts, but do a lot of race bike setups. I 
may get them to do a bit more tweaking on my bike over the winter. As 
for  Hocking hills maybe if I can get away for a weekend I might be up for 
it! Keep me up to date.

Best,

Erik

PS: 600 miles in 9 hours ?? Ouch
PPS: I was trying to send you private email but the system bounced it ???


At 12:03 AM 8/23/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Gang,
>Yes, I too made it home (Cleveland) unscathed and uncited.  Don't know
>how after 600 miles in 9 hours.  Thanks to all who organized it!  A real
>pleasure to see this much enthusiasm from a bunch of riders of the same
>bikes.  Thanks to Jamie for picking the longest friggin' possible route
>for Saturday's ride- 360 miles.  Wasn't the chosen route long enough?
>Fiestiest pillion I ever met.  I guess we were starting to make people
>nervous as to our whereabouts come 9:00pm.  (It was bad enough she's the
>last one to wake up in the morning and holding us all up and delaying
>our departure;^)  Speaking of Jamie, the rest of you missed a hell of a
>display by her copilot, Eric, at the helm of that ST.  I never had so
>much fun following anybody 2 up.  Erik Miner was kind enough to let me
>demo his ST with Race Tech and Ohlins suspension.  Thanks, Eric.  All I
>have to say is: WOW!  What a difference!  No more nose dive and no more
>sqirrelly behavior in the corners.  The front end also has minimum
>standing up while braking mid corner as well.  I love it.  My order is
>going in straight away.  The stock setup really is crap for aggressive
>riding.  BTW, Eric, what spring rate did you have up front?  ( You knew
>I was gonna ask you sooner or later.)  All in all, a great bunch of
>folks to ride and party with.  Thanks to all who attended.
>
>PS: nice riding with you guys: Erik (ST with the sweeeet suspenders),
>Eric and Jamie (the dynamic duo), Paul (nice Daytona 12- I want that
>too), Bill (doggone tired), Tom (future convert- we'll forgive the zx9
>this time), and I forgot the last guy's name- I suck... sorry.
>
>Hey, TOA:  Thanks for attending.  It was nice to see some support from
>Peachtree.  I could be wrong but I'd bet there aren't a lot of clubs out
>there that can say they had anybody from national headquarters show up
>to their rally, let alone one of only 50 attendees.  Thanks for the hat,
>Jerry!
>
>Thanks to Dennis T. for letting me share a bed, oops, I mean "room" for
>the weekend.  It's still our secret, Dennis.
>
>Jonathan West
>99' ST (the squirrel for now)
>
>BTW:  Hocking Hills, OH is a great place to ride and have a Rally.
>Plenty to do and ride.  Roads are incredible.  Just a thought for next
>year....  hey, Erik M. asked, so there you go.  I'll be going back down
>in September cuz its just a cool place to go once a year.  Anybody want
>to check it out, let me know.
>
>
>
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