06-05-07 Road America Track day We just got back from testing at Road America to get ready for July races. Steve ran a best of 1.28.9 that is fast enough to qualify for AMA Supersport or Superstock. We are hoping that with some engine tuning and a few corrections that we will be able to run consistantly in the 1.25s... Plus a few great pics from gron4....

01-30-07 RACING NUMBERS Steve will run number 33 in WERA, ASRA and CCS.

11-25-06 IN HOUSE PHOTOGRAHPY We have added in house photography to help sponsor with digital imaging. With outside support hit or miss we now have the capability to do all imaging in house.. So posters, ads and marketing support can be included in all sponsorship packages with no royalties or additional fees...

10-28-06 DYNO As Steve guessed the full system gave us a few more HP on top and tons more mid range. Most of the map canges were in the mid-range with a peak power of 138.. not bad for a stock motor....

10-12-06 DYNO Racing is over but the work is just starting.. We dropped the bike off at ACTION POWERSPORTS to remap the power comander to the new head pipe from MICRON... we can't wait to see the results.

10-11-06 GINGERMAN CCS Back to Gingerman, we finally have the bike put back together and thanks to ANNITORI DISTRIBUTING for providing us with a HYPERPRO steering dampener at the last minute. We are glad to make the last race to make sure that the bike is ok for next year and to get Steve some track time. In the first race Steve gets the hole shot but pulls 2 huge wheelies off the line and still gets up to 4th and finishes 3rd nice…. “I wanted to get the jump off the line to try to pass the front row but didn’t expect the bike to wheelie like that, it felt like my 1000” said Steve.” I almost fell off the bike, that pipe is making a ton more power.” Race 2 we had to start on the last row and once again Steve gets a good start but pulls a big wheelie off the line and starts to work his way through the pack but after a few laps starts to spin the rear tire and drops back… “After the first lap I thought we were going to get another good finish I would work my way next to them mid turn, hit the gas and just pull past them but after a few laps my tire was junk” said Steve.. Now we have to run 2 more races on that tire so we make some adjustments to the bike to make it drivable just to finish out the day… It was a good day now we go back and get the bike ready for next year…….

08-15-06 GINGERMAN CCS 
Days before the race we decide to borrow a bike and race the Gingerman CCS race. We show up on Sunday put on new rubber and hit the track. Steve comes in and we determine that the bike has all stock suspension. Stock suspension and a borrowed bike are not a good combination so we decide just to turn laps and get what we can get. In the first race Steve gets the hole shot and comes out of turn 2 in third and holds on for a few laps but drops back to finish 6th. But, during the race the storm clouds roll in and just after the race starts to rain hard. Meanwhile back in the pits Steve’s mom is holding on to the E Z up for dear life as wind pulled out all the stakes and is trying to send it into the next county. So with the rain ends our day of racing but we get a season best finish of 6th not bad on a stock bike.


07-28-06 MICRON
We get the MICRON head pipe for our exhaust. This pipe is super clean and super light and no seams, that hydroforming is cool, we can’t wait to see how it works….

07-18-06 GRATTAN WERA NATIONAL Ready or not here we come. We get to Grattan on Friday for practice and qualifying and this track is a roller coaster, every hill has a turn and every turn has a hill. This is not the kind of track you try to learn in one day but, here we go. After the first two practice sessions we are in trouble, Steve ran a best of 1:41 and the fast guys are running 1:25s not good, that's why we wanted to race here 2 weeks ago. " This track is tricky with all the elevation changes but, we came here to race and that's what I'm gonna do" said a determined Driver. And that's what we did every lap in the after noon was faster and faster and we got down to the 1:28 range and Steve was holding his own on most of the track but, we still had some trouble areas that were just killing us... We come back Sunday for racing. We make a few adjustments for quicker steering and adjust the map for more top end. Steve heads out for morning practice and take a few laps to get back to the 1:28 range and than crashes in turn 11 just before the straight. We get the bike back to our pit area and it is too tore up to race and we have to call it a day. "I'm not mad just frustrated this is the best week end I've had this year and this is our first time at a very hard track. I just ran that tire too long. All the adjustments we made worked perfect and I'm just disappointed that we don't get to race " Steve said.  So now we have to fix the bike and our next big race is Autobahn south CCS/ASRA see you there....

07-10-06 DYNO TESTING We finally get the bike to the dyno at Action Powersports to set up the map. Having a proper map gave us 9hp on the top end and up to 15hp in the mid range with a top horse power of 134 so far and that's with just a slip on exhaust.

07-05-06 WERA RACE LICENSE Steve can't get #33 for WERA because some guy on a yellow bike named Tray Batey has that number, Steve's race number for WERA will be 933.

07-03-06 GRATTAN WERA............. Due to work schedule we have a late start leaving for the race and at the last minute the bike won't start and we can't get it going. SO we must apologize to everyone for missing that event. We can't print any of Steve's quotes from this very disappointing weekend. Now we head to the WERA national at Grattan with no testing. See you there in 2 weeks.......

06-20-06 AUTOBAHN  TESTING.......  Now we are getting ready, power commander with a quick map, Micron pipe and quick shifter. This turns out to be a great test. "Now I know how those guys get so fast. Just click,click,click and wait for the turn, it almost too easy." Steve said after getting the quick shifter to work with the new software. Now we are ready to race just a few minor pieces remaining to finish the bike. See you at Grattan. Our favorite quote of the weekend was "Is that a 1000?" we will take that as a compliment, thanks Micron.

06-01-06 MICRON Great day Micron USA is our exhaust sponsor for 2006. We are very excited because we know that Micron exhaust make awesome power all the way through the power range... www.micronexhaust.com We are getting the all new GP system.

05-30-06 AUTOBAHN WERA NATIONAL Rain, rain, and more rain. So we show up on Sunday for track time, pass tech and sign up for our WERA race license. Everything goes good and with a power commander installed and proper gearing the bike definitely has power now. "Once you get the bike past 12000rpm it will tear your head off, it doesn't feel any slower than the 1000." a much happier Steve said. We run out the weekend and finish with a best of 10 and survived the rain.

04-30-06 ROAD AMERICA CCS/ASRA   A new year, a new bike and a new class what could be better? We finished the bike at noon Wednesday and we leave Thursday morning not bad. We don't have rear sets, exhaust, or a power commander but, chassis and bodywork are complete. Thursday practice goes good the bike feels good and our base line is almost spot on. The only tire truck in the pits was the Michelin tire guy so we give them a try. The Michelin tires work very good, hold up very well and last much longer than the tires we ran last year. The first problem we have is the low rear sets, so we are short on ground clearance. Friday, after the first race we find out we are way down on power, in fact we can barely hang on to race preped 600cc bikes this turns out to be a huge problem. Good news is this is the bike to use for deep braking. " I feel I can out brake anyone, if I had more ground clearance I might be able to make up for the low HP." Steve said. After Friday and Saturday we realize that there is nothing we can do for the motor until we get a power commander and the are on national back order.  "The motor feels like it has a restrictor plate on it, as soon as I hit third gear everyone drives by, There's nothing I can do." We are summarizing what Steve said. Steve had some amazing starts running third off the line but before he could make it to turn one he would already be in the back of the pack so the weekend went. We finished the weekend with a best finish of 10th not bad but, don't tell that to Steve. See you at Autobahn..........

04-04-06 OUR NEW BIKE IS IN.........We pick up the new bike April 4th, and put on some street miles to break in the motor and for pre race conditioning and then to the shop for tear down.

03-31-06 Well here we are at the end of March and our bike is due to come in in 2 weeks and exhaust is 3 weeks away and we race in 3 weeks, we are going to be busy. We have most of the parts we need to race and are just waiting for some of the last pieces so we can go racing.

02-15-06 Steve will have the same numbers for 2006 in expert class. 33 for CCS and 133 for ASRA.

01-20-06 Baker Race Gear in WI will do our chassis set up for 2006. Brian knows how to set up a bike and does a great job we look forward to working with him again this year....

01-05-06 Steve will make the move to expert for 2006. "This a big move for me but, I'm not afraid of a challenge. I was struggling with the liter bike in a lot of the slower turns. The new bike will solve a lot of my problem areas I had on the last bike and we will start with a really good base line set up, this will allow me to focus more on racing and less on the bike." Steve said. 

11-17-05 We will race the all new 2006 GSXR 750 for 2006. Steve is very excited " I can't wait to drive into the corner and back it in with the new slipper clutch. I love the liter bikes but, they just are not suited for some of the smaller tracks we run and the 750 is a do it all bike, good power for the big tracks and awesome handling for the small tracks. I love high corner speed and the new bike will be much easier to drive into the corner ( my problem area with the liter bike.)"

11-16-05 ACTION POWER SPORTS in Waukesha, WI will be our power sports Sponsor for 2006. These guys are awesome they are into all types of power sports and have an excellent service department and dyno facility.

11-15-05  We achieved our goal of finishing with 2 top 5 in final points. See the results page for all final points.

10-20-05 GINGERMAN Sorry for the delayed entry.. This is one of our favorite tracks. Gingerman is a double points race so we will run Unlimited Superbike to steel some extra points. We also added a lap timer to run more consistent laps. Our goal is to get a good start and run solid laps. Starting the day with 40 degrees and a wet track we don't get any hot laps in for practice so we will once again use our first race to get up to speed. In Unlimited Superbike We get a good start but, come out of turn 2 in fourth and after a mistake filled race we finish 9th but, those were our first laps at speed for the weekend. Now Steve remembers how to get around the track. In Unlimited GP we get the holeshot and come out of turn 2 in 3rd and hold on for the first lap and we run faster and faster every lap but, we slip back inch by inch to 12th in the hardest fought battle of the year. Slamming the door shut, plowing the front end bottoming out the forks and the last last lap is the fastest of the day so far...and just 12th... And we thought we would just collect some easy points in the last race of the year... Wrong.  In Unlimited Superbike Steve gets the holeshot again (if we could finish every race at turn one we would almost never loose) but comes out of turn two in 3rd we run our fastest lap of the day of 1:32 but still finish 11th. Not the day of racing we had in mind but we learned some more about how to improve the bike for next year and we locked in our points standing for the series. See you next year..............

10-04-05 Our newest member joins the race team Mycron III lap timer, life is so much easier.

10-03-05 We only need to enter and finish our races at Gingerman to lock up 2 top 5 in points, right on track.

10-2-05 BLACKHAWK FARMS We think it is going to rain, and does it ever. By 10:00 we decide to go to full rain setup, a good decision. So now we are in survive the weekend and maximize points mode.. So we decide to run Unlimited Superbike to steal some points so we can sneak into the top 10 in this class ( this is a double points race).We run Unlimited Superbike and finish 10th. Next we run Unlimited GP and on the first lap of the race it starts to down pour like a monsoon just rolled into town but, Steve is wearing a lightly tinted visor and with the rain and spray off the other bikes can't see past the bike in front of him, he decides to stay out and we still finish 9th. Steve said" I knew it was raining hard when after 1 turn my feet were completely soaked and could only see 20 feet in front of me. I figured I'd just follow the person in front of me the best I can." We also run Unlimited Supersport and finished 9th. We survived the weekend and only one more race to lock in our top 5 finishes.

9-22-05 AUTOBAHN SOUTH We are back at Autobahn, this time we run the south track and it is a 3day National event with both CCS and Formula USA. Friday we run GTO and Unlimited Supersport. First we run GTO for bike set up. Steve gets a good start and feels good so he stays out to finish 10th not bad for our first race. In supersport we get a bad start and finish 7th. Saturday we only have one race, Unlimited Superbike. Before the race our tire warmer breaks and we have to bungie it to keep it on the tire. In the race we get a bad start and get stuck in the pack and with a cold tire we just can't get past the pack and after avoiding a few crashes we still finish 10th. On Sunday we only have one race at 4pm only 26 hours after our last race. In the last race we nail a perfect holeshot and led half of the first lap until the first hard braking zone and after a few mistakes fall into a 3 way battle for 7th. On the last lap in the last braking zone we win the 3 way braking contests but were pushed all way into the marbles and loose traction and have to go into the grass and finish 9th. A fun week end of racing I hope we come back here next year. See you at blackhawk...

9-4-05 BLACKHAWK Back to Blackhawk and our number one goal is to fix the the braking chatter that cost us a few positions at Gingerman. The second goal to finish both races. Well we fixed the braking chatter and now we can lift the rear wheel under braking.  "It's hard to turn with the wheel in the air" Steve said after brake testing. After a few adjustments the bike is working great, no chatter, better rear grip, good turning but, we are still running slow here. Steve does have to adjust to the new set up and he thinks at autobahn will show we have the best set up yet. Steve commented on the new set up " I can turn in good and the rear grip feels good, I can't wait to get on a wider track and put the hammer down. This set up compromises turn in a little bit but I hope it will be more balanced and give us lower lap times." So the bike is ready to go but we are not up to speed. In both races we get a good start coming out of turn 2 in 3rd but, we can't hold on and finish 17th and 11th. With the bike ready to go we can't wait to get to Autobahn and put in some good finishes, see you there....

8-7-05 GINGERMAN  We like this track. We go to Gingerman for the first time and can only race on Sunday. No pressure but, Steve's family will be coming to watch for the first time and his mom thinks motorcycles are too dangerous and has never been to the races. So Steve wants to finish good, has to learn the track and can't crash. We get one practice and it goes ok but not up to race pace yet. so we sign up for GTO a 25min race to use for practice. We get new rubber and the tire guy doesn't have any med rears so we have to run the hard, damb. For the first race we have to start from the back but the holeshot king drives past the field to come out of turn two in fifth and runs there for a few laps and finished 8th. "The track is tricky but it's very fun!" said Steve. Our braking problem still persist but Steve didn't want to experiment today so we just did minor changes for the track. Race 2 we get a good start and ran 4th most the race and finished 6th.  The third race Steve wants to push but doesn't get the holeshot and enters turn two in 3rd and has a false neutral and the engine stalls, by time Steve gets the bike running we are in last place, damb the luck form 3rd to last in one turn. After a few off pace laps we finish 17th, what are you gonna do. Can't wait to get back. Next back to Blackhawk.

7-29-05 BLACKHAWK Why we are still struggling here is starting to become very annoying. Steve says" How can learn a new track in 12 laps and have relearn this track every time we come here?" Steve disappointment was very apparent as he struggled through an off weekend. We start the weekend with our proven bike setup from a few weeks ago and head out to practice. With an oil slick in turn 3 Steve did a best lap of 1.23 but we were on old tires. We put on new rubber and switch to a med rear. Wow the rear stuck for the first time all year now Steve could drive off the turn on the rear tire. (Dunlop users avoid the hard rear at all cost.) But after running a full hard practice we turned a best of 1.21, not good and now the bike picked up a front end chatter and we can't brake deep any more. In the first race as usual Steve gets a good start but keeps loosing spots lap after lap to finish 14th our worst race finish this season. When Steve asked a fellow racer how everyone was running so hard he said " Well you were running kind of slow." Not what we wanted to here but the truth, so knowing he was having an off weekend now Steve had to use strategy to get a good finish. Get a good start, run as hard as you can, protect the inside, and it worked. In the second race we get a good start and come out turn one in 3rd and are going for second but had to settle in for third and ran there for 3 laps before 2 bikes out brake us in turn one. After hitting the rumble strips and driving through the grass Steve comes back to finish 5th the best all year. See you at Gingerman.

7-20-05 AUTOBAHN Another great weekend of racing, we love Autobahn Country Club. This weekend we raced at Autobahn for the first time and unfortunately we could only race on Sunday so we only had one 8 lap practice Sunday morning. After the first practice we were running 1.13 consistently but still not up to race pace we will have to use the first race for additional practice. After a perfect start we enter turn one in first but misjudge turn two and come out in third and turn by turn fall back to 9th before we get up to speed. Then we had a false neutral and we loose one more spot and finish 10th. In the next race we get a good start but pull a huge wheelie and have to enter turn one in third but come out of turn two in third very good start after a few laps we settle into fifth place and start to work on gaining some spots back but, we had 4 more false neutrals and fall back to finish 12th. A very disappointing finish but a good day over all we can't wait to come back.

6-14-05 We are a third of the way through the season and we are 2nd in points in Unlimited GP and 5th in points in Unlimited Supersport................

5-28-05 BLACKHAWK Back to Blackhawk. We want to finish the bike set up this week end so we are ready for Autobhan country club. To start off the weather is so, so 50 some degrees and overcast. But the new fork set up is simply amazing, the bike will know run any line we want and we can pass anywhere we want on the track high, low, wide or tight, WOW. After the first practice the forks were completely bottoming out, not a problem a few quick adjustment and we have perfect compression on the front end. The control and feel under braking and turn in is just perfect. The bike is working just great, unfortunately we have to start in the back of the grid. Now the fun starts we only have one set of rims and 45 min before the first race it just starts to sprinkle. It's not that bad we decide to stick with the DOTs. 8 minutes to go, now it's raining and no time to change tires. After a slow start Steve clears the first turn almost mid pack and after the first lap he is running 4th and is still charging hard. During the third lap he passes for second and decides to close the gap to first and spins the rear off turn 5 and has a high side that sends him and the bike into the gravel. Damb racing sucks... After a ride in the ambulance Steve is ok and we pack up for home.. After an hour and talking to fellow racers Steve decides he wants to run the last race. So we frantically begin to repair the bike and change to rain tires. We get the bike ready just in time to start the race. Starting last on the grid and using some caution Steve finishes 10th and we get some decent points... See you at Autobhan.

5-11-05 BLACKHAWK At the last minute we decided to run the first race at Blackhawk to get in more practice and points. The weather was perfect 75 degrees and sunny. I was glad we came to knock some more of that rust off.  We made further chassis adjustments to improve on the Road America set up and the bike is getting real close to perfect in fact the rear feels great but, the front is a little stiff so we will have to change to lighter springs. In the first practice the new Dunlop rear tire was rubbing on the swing arm so we had to go back to the Road America gear. The second practice was real good running faster every lap with a best of 1:20 flat in traffic at a 90% pace, ready to race, not. By this time we had about 60 laps on the tires and they had enough. So by the first race the tires just gave a little every lap and we had to push hard to stay in the 1:22 range but, we still finished 6th. the next race forget it, after a huge holeshot we could still barley hold on to 10th place. Having a budget sucks. The next race is Blackhawk 5-31 see you there with new rubber.

4-28-05 ROAD AMERICA.  Another April at road America another 30 degree adventure. This year we arrived at the track at 7:00am to a balmy 31 degrees but, at least it was not raining. Practice consisted of running until your hands are frozen ( about 3 laps ) and pulling in to warm up. It was a good weekend of racing unfortunately we did not get our opening day victory. We had a best finish of 7th and got a lot of good track time and some solid points. ( and we survived the cold track again) The next race is at blackhawk 5-31 see you there.