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     Rodrob |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stacy Dalgleish crotchrocket.tv 22723 Berdon St. Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Phone: 818 883 1920 http://www.crotchrocket.tv/ Shawn Higbee to race the Crotchrocket.tv, Erik Buell Racing 1190RS Rosamond, CA— Oct 11, 2011 —AMA Pro racer and former Buell test rider Shawn Higbee will race the Crotchrocket.tv-owned, Erik Buell Racing 1190RS for its southern California debut in the Toyota Cup Formula 1 at Willow Springs International Raceway this Sunday, October 16, 2011. Crotchrocket.tv principal Rob Weaver: “I’m stoked about our new racing effort with the awesome Erik Buell Racing 1190RS. Shawn Higbee riding at our home track, Willow Springs, makes it even sweeter. Erik Buell Racing has accomplished an amazing feat — building a world class American Superbike less than two years after Buell was closed by Harley Davidson. This is a real testament to American tenacity.” Erik Buell: “We at Erik Buell Racing are delighted that the 1190RS will be making its privateer debut with Shawn Higbee in the saddle. Shawn is a great rider, a personal friend, and was a key member of the development team for a number of years at Buell, while we were developing the foundational skills that led to our being able to deliver the new Erik Buell Racing motorcycles.”. Shawn Higbee: “I’m very honored to be part of this, it’s a dream come true to race the Erik Buell Racing1190RS! Erik Buell’s passion is contagious and Rob Weaver is fully inoculated. It’s so cool to see Rob pursuing such an amazing life adventure and creating a plot that‘s starting to buzz. I can’t wait to see the incredible stories that unfold on crotchrocket.tv. ” Crotchrocket.tv is a video-centric motorcycle entertainment website. Webisodes follow Rob Weaver, who in his late fifties decides to become a motorcycle racer. The site also presents Special Features, Reviews and News related to motorcycles. For more information: http://www.crotchrocket.tv/ or Contact: info@crotchrocket.tv Phone: 818 883 1920 ********** Thanks to all you Badwebers for the support. Burning the midnight oil to get the bike ready. Safety wiring is a b!@#h. More to come on crotchrocket.tv | ||
| Dannybuell |
Whoooo Hooooo | ||
| Snackbar64 |
Oh yeah! | ||
| Smoke |
go get em boys!! best luck!! tim | ||
| Rodrob |
We made Road Racing World http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=4 6331 | ||
| Hootowl |
Dude...yur famous!  | ||
| Slaughter |
Way cool... I had HOPED that RRW would post it quickly enough. Now I gotta tell Dave Koenig so he might be able to talk it up a little! | ||
| Thefleshrocket |
So, who foots the bill if Higbee crashes it? I've gotta admit, I'd be pretty nervous if my shiny new $40k scoot was being run flat out on a racetrack, no matter who was at the helm! | ||
| Rodrob |
Really!!!!! Did you REALLY have to go there? | ||
| Barker |
GO Crotchrocket TV! GO Higbee! GO Erik Buell Racing! Best of luck Robrob!!!!!!!!! | ||
| Jdugger |
> I'd be pretty nervous if my shiny new $40k scoot was being run flat out on a racetrack Which is why you don't race. | ||
| Kicka666 |
 Good Luck Rodrob from  | ||
| Whitetrashxb |
YEEEEEE HAAWWWWW!!!!! | ||
| Blake |
Well said JD. If a racing machine is crashed, it gets repaired. Pretty simple matter. | ||
| Court |
$1 | ||
| Geforce |
To deny a great machine it's purpose is to deny the machine a soul. Go race, stomp butt and get that 1190RS filthy! Good luck Shawn! Congrats on your purchase Rob! Keep the videos streaming! | ||
| Mountainstorm |
Good luck Rod. You are living the dream! | ||
| Jdugger |
Race bikes get tossed. It's part of the sport. Get over it and move on. Bikes that aren't tracked? Just street/garage queens that queef CO2 at Sonic and never see their real purpose. | ||
| Georgehitch17 |
@Jdugger I have a street bike 25r I've probably had it at 8500+ rpms before for about a 30 mile stretch on the highway going 150+ I'm thinking that was pretty hard on my "garage queen" It gets its fair share of twisties but that time on the highway I'm speaking of had to be super hard on the bike it was reading 205+ coolant temps and it was only 65 degrees out plus I had serious air flow at those speeds... | ||
| Sl33py |
JD - disagree. RodRob - Congrats!!! great to see Higbee onboard and kicking butt. keep it up and Good luck! | ||
| Blake |
>>> it was reading 205+ coolant temps and it was only 65 degrees out plus I had serious air flow at those speeds... 205oF is not hot for a liquid cooled engine. | ||
| Rpm4x4 |
205oF is not hot for a liquid cooled engine. Agreed, but to get to 205 on a 65degree day your riding hard or standing still | ||
| Jdugger |
> I've probably had it at 8500+ rpms before for about a 30 mile stretch on the highway going 150+ Sweet! A public road dyno pull!  | ||
| Jdugger |
> 205oF is not hot for a liquid cooled engine. Up until I got the Flexi-Glass ram air system, I routinely hit 230F without much difficultly, in particular in the summer. The bike would go into skip-spark and run like crap. Even now, I will occasionally see 230. I saw it in sprint races this summer. And, they are only 6 laps! Even on cooler days, it's nothing to see 200. And, that's with a cooling system set up that's vastly... and I mean VASTLY better than the OEM set up, especially at speed. | ||
| Blake |
Not better, just suited to racing rather than street riding. Until you just mentioned your track experience, I'd not heard of any 1125 machines suffering overheating anywhere. Your race bike have the cooling fans Jim? | ||
| Jdugger |
> Your race bike have the cooling fans Jim? Nope, not now. That's part of the flexi-glass system. The flexi-glass setup is standard on a DSB-Spec 1125r, and it's what was on Eslick's bike. The 1125r in race application was prone to overheating. I actually learned about the flexi-glass setup when I was having the issue and started asking around about cooling solutions. At least two different endurance teams running 1125r bikes said something to the effect of "get the flexi-glass setup. We had no choice, ours overheated, too." It's amazing how much cooler the frame stays and how much cooler the bike runs with that set up. It's really night and day. | ||
| Nm5150 |
I got in three track days this year and my bike actually ran cooler on the track than on the street.Air temp was between 70 and 80 degrees and coolant temp was 175 on the nose every time I finished a 20 minute session.That is with water wetter and stock cooling system. | ||
| Blake |
Jim, When you experienced the overheating at the race track, were the fans installed? If so, were they working? Same ECM control logic as with OEM ECM? | ||
| Jdugger |
> When you experienced the overheating at the race track, were the fans installed? Yes. > If so, were they working? Yes. > Same ECM control logic as with OEM ECM? Race ECM. For what it's worth, though, I've had the same issues when I had a bone stock street bike, too, stock exhaust even. The summers here are hot, and we ride the hell out of these bikes. They get hot. | ||
| Blake |
Good information to know. My experience is similar. It's one reason I prefer direct air-cooled motorcycle engines. |
