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Power vs. Speed

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Hillclimb#42:
 White City was another super muddy mess. The 500 was fast enough to get me into the King of the Hill. That is a one round shoot out between the top ten riders of the day. I was 7th fastest of the day. I had a very good ride that the time was missed on, which happens occassionally. Sometimes you get a better ride, but usually its a touch slower like mine was. I wound up 5th fastest in the King of the Hill round. I was a little discouraged to be honest. I was holding the 500 tapped for the entire ride, and even though they missed my best time, I didn't feel like it was good enough to win the class or the event. It felt overgeared, but I was already running 13-49. I knew I could not be low on power unless I had a prioblem of some sort. I just knew I needed about 5% more power. I made me a little check  list of things to look at and go over, and wow, did I ever find the problem.
  My serious brainfart. When I was in there checking out the goods of my newly rebuilt motor, after my break in ride, I somehow got the powervalve arm outside of the double washer deal. Yep, that's right. Three races with no powervalve hooked up. I almost passed out when it dawned on me, how fast this bike is. I don't know how much power that i left on the table, but I am thinking alot more than I needed to win the event.  :-o This bike is going to be sick fast. I really wanted to post better finishes, but am prepared to dial it in, and realistically figured 4-5 races before I get it set-up just right. I think the powervalve is going to help. :lol:

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