Z900RS Chasing a ZX6R on track 

The wind blast wasn't as bad as I expected... The Street Triple RS was way worse on that track... probably because I could hit much higher speeds on the Triumph...

No, but I replaced the stock shock with a K-Tech Razr Lite sprung for my weight, and thicker fork oil up front with that set up by a pro shop...

Road Atlanta, in Braselton, GA. It's a great track, and one of the tracks that hosts the MotoAmerica pro series... We live 20 minutes from there, so it's become our home track for track days. I can leave my house at 630am, get to the track and get set up and get through tech before the rider's meeting, and then pack up and be home poolside by dinner time.

@@SquireSCA awesome I have a 19 Kawasaki Z900RS cafe I’d like to put on that track and warm the tires up. I was looking for tracks about half days drive from me. I’d like to find some people to ride with and get some ideas on the best ways to set my bike up for it.

@@SquireSCA I guess you all are just riding just for fun though right ? Nothing special about the set up on your all’s bike other than the regulations to have your bike on the track ?

@@kylepopell3237 Where are you located? We ride up in the mtns pretty much every weekend that the weather is tolerable. Always looking for people to ride with. As for setup... Belray 7W fork oil, and replaced the stock shock with a K-Tech Razor R Lite that was sprung for my weight(250lbs)... Decat and removed the bread box, high flow air filter, opened up the airbox a bit, ECU flash and tune, lower handlebar, EBC HH brake pads and better tires. That's my setup for the street, I didn't change anything for the track, other than unplugging the lights and taping up all the lenses. I have ordered a 520 conversion kit with a +3 rear sprocket, to add more acceleration and make 6th gear more useful... All of my mods and reviews are here on my channel...

@@SquireSCA up here next to Kingsport in TN. North east corner

Yeah, it was fun, and the bike pulls nice out of the turns, but it has NO guts up top and 6th gear is way too tall to be useful for anything other than an overdrive gear to save fuel on the highway...

Yeah, she is progressing really well of late. Part of it may be a lack of fear. She just fives in. haha Those of us that have been on the ground and know the pain, we might hesitate a bit. lol

That was Sarah, my step-daughter. haha I think that my friend Dean from AntManMotor has some video following me, I will let you know if and when he posts it up...

@@SquireSCA the tach and speedo shots are great, but it would be nice to see the motorcycle working too. Two vids for one ride!

Upgrade the rear shock to a good unit with a spring for your weight and it will help keep it from dragging. Also, hang off the bike more, so that you don't have to lean it as far to make the turn... A lot of people have their butts glued to the seat and lean all the way to the edge of the tire.... I am running that pace easily, and still have a little chicken strip left... Between the proper shock and a different technique, it will handle like a sport bike...

@@SquireSCAawesome response, not to mention I LOVED the video ! Awesome content bro !!!

That's my step-daughter, Sarah. Its her 3rd track day. First two were on a Ninja 300, and this was her first on the ZX6R. She's only been riding for a couple years now, less when you take out the many months she had to sit things out due to a broken foot... She's doing amazingly well, and soon I am gonna need a faster bike if I want to keep up with her. haha

Oh my Lord! She's talented like nobody's business.

@@TitoTito-ju1te Yeah, she's relatively new, but doing amazingly well. She is thinking of maybe getting her racing license and doing WERA next year...

Part of it is the suspension setup. Making sure the bike doesn't compress the suspension as much... If your suspension sags too much you reduce the clearance...The K-Tech Razor shock sprung for my weight made a huge difference... the stock shock is absolute crap. And some of it is technique. I can ride like that and not even get to the edge of the tire, just by hanging off the bike a lot.

Probably us. I mean, there were two BMW guys down on the end of the paddock, and they were fast on the straights but horrible everywhere else... They were pissing a lot of people off, and they were strutting around like they were rock stars and had an entourage, but they kinda sucked as riders... lol

Turning off the traction control does not give it more power. That's a myth, always has been. The only time it cuts power is if the front wheel comes up or the rear tire spins up.

Makes around 100hp at the wheel, closer to 120hp if you want to invest in a full exhaust, ecu flash and tune, airbox mod, etc…

@@SquireSCA do you have a 0-100 time?

@@macawed no, never timed it.

They are quick, not fast. Remember it is not a super sport. Very fun bike still, hope to add one someday. Currently ride an indian challenger, would be nice to have a light nimble sport bike also. 🤘🏼😝

K-Tech Razr R Lite shock sprung for my weight, thicker fork oil, better tires and brake pads, x-pipe and ECU flash and tune, lower and more forward Rizoma sport bar. No clearance issues.

You ain't lying... haha But it is a capable sport bike once you get the suspension sorted, at least until about 120mph where it starts running out of steam...

Yeah, I just leave it at full power, traction on 1.

I had it set to level 1 which is where I normally leave it. Why?

@@SquireSCA Wouldn't traction set to Off be FULL power? I have a 2019 Z900RS Cafe and I run mine with the traction control in Off mode and it seems more powerful.

@@vintagetrk traction control only pulls power if the front wheel comes up, or the rear wheel spins faster than the front. And you can hear it kick in with a loud exhaust like mine. It sounds like a machine gun…

@@SquireSCA with mine off and the tire warm my cafe pulls power wheelies really cool.

Yeah, that's my stepdaughter, Sarah...

Impressive. Great you have family that enjoys riding. @@SquireSCA

Well yeah, the riding starts there but the intro and discussions with the people I was at the track with are the first part.

@@SquireSCA nice riding. My comment was more of a marker for myself to jump straight into the action where you turn up the heat!

No, the ZX6R just has up, not auto blip...

@@SquireSCA yeah but you dont need to use rev match when downshifting with a slipper cluth right?

@@joseramrez_ Well, it's not just the lack of rev matching, it's that the quick shifter only works in the up direction. It does nothing on downshift so you still need to use the clutch... The slipper clutch helps, but it only helps to a certain extent.

@@SquireSCA i mean, the downshifting on bikes with no automatical blipper, you dont have to blip if you have slipper cluth right?

@@joseramrez_ You still want to blip the throttle, typically... The slipper clutch helps smooth things out but it's limited. And if you just rely on the slipper clutch, you will be replacing clutch plates quite often...

Its just practice really... The bike has no quickshifter, so you just need to be smooth. Whatever you are doing... braking, accelerating, shifting, etc... just be smooth...