The bike tech line ran exceptionally well Friday and Saturday morning. I want to express my personal appreciation for all the hard work done by the bike inspection team. We had a briefing at 0930 for the tech team and everyone understood their assignment. We had 1st-2nd-3rd inspectors assigned as well as tire date and condition inspectors assigned
The best tech team, in no particular order;
John Donovan, Phil Campbell, Dean Sabatinelli, Bill Franey, Lloyd Frink, Texas Brenda from TFA, *Derrick, *Bill, *Frank, my brother Tom Daly, my nephews Joe and Cliff Daly, plus one other *gentleman whose name I forget. They inspected 70 bikes Friday and the inspections were thorough and great attention was paid to detail. (* please send me your last name and contact information. We would love to have you again next year).
Some observations from the meet;
1 out of 4 street bikes had something loose on the bike. Race machines were better prepared, which just makes sense. Most competitors do not safety wire correctly and we did a lot of correction on the line with this. Metal valve stems on 175mph machines a problem on 5 machines. All 5 took the bikes into the Presque Isle Kawasaki dealership and had metal stems installed. 3 racers with 2000 Snell helmets, once again Presque Isle Kawi made out.
Good observations;
All bikes requiring steering dampers, had them. All competitors had correct gloves. Not one out of date tire.