I bought this bike recently to be more of a daily while my ZX10R will be my track bike. I did a track day with this bike last week and I’m blown away by how good it is on track, to the point where I’d rather ride this over my Kawi for future track days. I’m so much faster on the RS.
Man first of all great riding. I wanted to ask.... does the lack of wind protection bother you? I want some kind of 675-765 for my next track bike and I'm debating between waiting for a Daytona or getting a Street Triple. Do you ride with high bars or clip ons? Thanks
Thanks 👍 It does a bit, but… I tried a small screen which I used in a couple of my Brands Hatch uploads. It makes little difference and looks awful. I’m doing this for fun, not racing, so I took it off. I don’t mind getting my head down and really hugging the tank, but watching some 600 sports-bikes ride away on the straights can make it more challenging when you are trying to get past politely. I’ve owned sports-bikes in the past and just don’t pick them anymore as they are too uncomfortable for me now. I just appreciate handlebars instead of clip-ons. If I was younger and slimmer or started racing, I would consider a sports-bike. On bigger naked bikes I’ve found there is eventually a threshold at about 150mph (240kph) when it just becomes too hard to hold on. That’s okay if you want to see how fast your bike goes once, but tiring and limiting if you intend to try that repeatedly all day. The 765 can’t do 150mph so it’s not a problem! I think a Daytona would set a faster lap time, probably by a couple of seconds, mainly because of the fairing and therefore the top speed, but would it be anymore fun? Also for me personally, I would not be bothered to ride the Daytona on the road, like I would the Street Triple. For me, a Daytona would only ever be a track bike. If I were to buy one again currently for track riding, I would look at an older version of the 765. There are more aftermarket tuning/modifications available to make it more track/race worthy. This latest 23> model is still limited and restricted in that respect frustratingly.
@@somotorrad5509 thanks for the super detailed reply! This bike would mainly be for the track and I personally prefer the supersport position. I do know the older ST765s can be converted to Daytonas. I will have to do some rides and see what my heart says lol. So many great bikes.... thanks again!
Hello again... I've got a question about taking "the mountain" in this video from Cadwell. As you mentioned in a previous video's comment, you intended to switch off traction control completely when returning to Cadwell to assist with wheelies over the mountain. I see that you have indeed turned off the traction control by the symbol on the display. In your Cadwell videos from last year when you were using the different camera angle, it was not easy to see which gear you were in while taking the mountain. From what I could tell, you had maintained 2nd gear until you were past the peak and coming back to earth from the usual wheelie. In this video with the changed camera angle, I can see that you are short-shifting from 2nd gear to 3rd just as you reach the peak of the mountain. This seems to be limiting the amount of front wheel lift you get. Do you find that it improves your lap times with this method of taking the mountain?
Hi there, yep I kept the GoPro mount raised slightly to make sure the key wasn’t hiding the view of the gear indicator. I should have it in the brighter white background setting really, but you can see me more easily in this darker reflection moving about to give another view for free! Exactly that, I was short-shifting into 3rd just as it starts to wheelie to keep the wheel down. It’s difficult to see but there are two crests that cause it, one smaller one immediately after the first. In my upload from the following day I hit a false-neutral there whilst chasing the race team bikes, which is rare with this gearbox, so I take the blame for that one.
Mate you were killing it! The way you took corners on that bike was 👌 I was in your group for a short time. You ride that bike so well 👏👏👏What rearsets you using? How do you get the built in lap timer to work? Oh and what mount are you using for your go pro?
Thank you very much 👍 No rearsets unfortunately! I cannot find any for this new model yet that will work with the different 4 wire brake light switch apparently. I desperately want some though, the standard foot-rests limit how far I can lean on track. I have changed just the foot-pegs though, to some LSL folding ones, for the more knurled grip and I can scrape them away without worrying. The lap timer has to be pressed and trigged manually each lap. I had it on the screen to remind me, but still forgot to use it. I had my phone under the seat recording lap times. Behind the R1 rider I recorded a 1m42s, which I also recorded the following day there. The GoPro is mounted with a very chunky 1” ball Ram mount bolted to the bars you can see in the footage, with a 3” arm to the camera.
@somotorrad5509 that's impressive with the standard rearsets. I was behind you at one point cheering for you when you were leaning 😂 Looked fecking sick 😎
Really nice riding. Is the speedo set to mph or kph?
Thanks. It’s MPH.
Nice riding mate, good to see you enjoying the bike.
Thanks, it’s doing well on track for such a friendly road bike.
I bought this bike recently to be more of a daily while my ZX10R will be my track bike. I did a track day with this bike last week and I’m blown away by how good it is on track, to the point where I’d rather ride this over my Kawi for future track days. I’m so much faster on the RS.
Man first of all great riding. I wanted to ask.... does the lack of wind protection bother you? I want some kind of 675-765 for my next track bike and I'm debating between waiting for a Daytona or getting a Street Triple. Do you ride with high bars or clip ons? Thanks
Thanks 👍 It does a bit, but… I tried a small screen which I used in a couple of my Brands Hatch uploads. It makes little difference and looks awful. I’m doing this for fun, not racing, so I took it off.
I don’t mind getting my head down and really hugging the tank, but watching some 600 sports-bikes ride away on the straights can make it more challenging when you are trying to get past politely.
I’ve owned sports-bikes in the past and just don’t pick them anymore as they are too uncomfortable for me now. I just appreciate handlebars instead of clip-ons. If I was younger and slimmer or started racing, I would consider a sports-bike.
On bigger naked bikes I’ve found there is eventually a threshold at about 150mph (240kph) when it just becomes too hard to hold on. That’s okay if you want to see how fast your bike goes once, but tiring and limiting if you intend to try that repeatedly all day. The 765 can’t do 150mph so it’s not a problem!
I think a Daytona would set a faster lap time, probably by a couple of seconds, mainly because of the fairing and therefore the top speed, but would it be anymore fun?
Also for me personally, I would not be bothered to ride the Daytona on the road, like I would the Street Triple. For me, a Daytona would only ever be a track bike.
If I were to buy one again currently for track riding, I would look at an older version of the 765. There are more aftermarket tuning/modifications available to make it more track/race worthy. This latest 23> model is still limited and restricted in that respect frustratingly.
@@somotorrad5509 thanks for the super detailed reply! This bike would mainly be for the track and I personally prefer the supersport position. I do know the older ST765s can be converted to Daytonas. I will have to do some rides and see what my heart says lol. So many great bikes.... thanks again!
Hello again... I've got a question about taking "the mountain" in this video from Cadwell.
As you mentioned in a previous video's comment, you intended to switch off traction control completely when returning to Cadwell to assist with wheelies over the mountain. I see that you have indeed turned off the traction control by the symbol on the display.
In your Cadwell videos from last year when you were using the different camera angle, it was not easy to see which gear you were in while taking the mountain. From what I could tell, you had maintained 2nd gear until you were past the peak and coming back to earth from the usual wheelie. In this video with the changed camera angle, I can see that you are short-shifting from 2nd gear to 3rd just as you reach the peak of the mountain. This seems to be limiting the amount of front wheel lift you get.
Do you find that it improves your lap times with this method of taking the mountain?
Hi there, yep I kept the GoPro mount raised slightly to make sure the key wasn’t hiding the view of the gear indicator. I should have it in the brighter white background setting really, but you can see me more easily in this darker reflection moving about to give another view for free!
Exactly that, I was short-shifting into 3rd just as it starts to wheelie to keep the wheel down. It’s difficult to see but there are two crests that cause it, one smaller one immediately after the first. In my upload from the following day I hit a false-neutral there whilst chasing the race team bikes, which is rare with this gearbox, so I take the blame for that one.
Mate you were killing it! The way you took corners on that bike was 👌 I was in your group for a short time. You ride that bike so well 👏👏👏What rearsets you using? How do you get the built in lap timer to work?
Oh and what mount are you using for your go pro?
Thank you very much 👍 No rearsets unfortunately! I cannot find any for this new model yet that will work with the different 4 wire brake light switch apparently. I desperately want some though, the standard foot-rests limit how far I can lean on track. I have changed just the foot-pegs though, to some LSL folding ones, for the more knurled grip and I can scrape them away without worrying.
The lap timer has to be pressed and trigged manually each lap. I had it on the screen to remind me, but still forgot to use it. I had my phone under the seat recording lap times. Behind the R1 rider I recorded a 1m42s, which I also recorded the following day there.
The GoPro is mounted with a very chunky 1” ball Ram mount bolted to the bars you can see in the footage, with a 3” arm to the camera.
@somotorrad5509 that's impressive with the standard rearsets. I was behind you at one point cheering for you when you were leaning 😂 Looked fecking sick 😎