Been
awhile, but I was able to make it back to the track for the Barber
Vintage Festival this year. Luckily, my friend Tom Sharp let me ride
his Trackmaster framed Triumph 750 in the Sportsman 750 class.
He's had issues with it over the years with some serious
vibrations. As in, the handlebars feel like tree trunks vibrations.
Tried several different tricks to see if it would at least lessen the
amount and nothing ever seemed to work. The bike will hold a line well
enough, it just beats you to death. Well he tried some other new things
and put a motor in with some nicely domed high compression pistons and
said, let's see what it'll do this time. Still vibrates. But, I did
manage to beat my fastest time around the track by 2 seconds by the end
of the weekend. Knocked another second off my fast lap in that race and managed to stay a little more consistent. This winter I should be able to finally finish my Triumph after a long time without it. Trying to get some free time away from work to do that and try a few Mid South Cross Country races as well on my woods bike. I also have a vintage Cross Country bike, MR250 Elsinore, I'm halfway finished with that will get some action next year. Should be a fun year in 2014. Thanks again for the support!