Pre-Race Weekend Prep Checklist

… Let's see what needs to be done between tonight and tomorrow night to get the R6 ready for this weekends' races at Grattan.  I'm trying to plan this around *not* doing any of the below on Thursday, as it always seems we somehow are working/packing up something the night before we leave for the track.  This generally results in a lack of sleep and increase in stress (albeit minor, unless we're putting a motor back in or something crazy) to get things ready.  In any event, here goes:

– Wash bike (it's dirty)

– Change oil

– Swap sprocket/sprocket carrier

– Swap rear brake disc

– Replace countershaft sprocket (we actually broke a tooth off it in the endurance race – something I've never seen before)

– Clean air filter

– Check over bike in general making sure nothing came loose during the 3-hour stint the bike just went through

– Make James' recommended suspension adjustments (for going faster)

– Clean/prep trailer

– Get race gas

– Hit Costco (Gatorade, Red Bull (check, already got it), V8, water, a few adult beverages, and power bars)

– Pack for the weekend

It may not seem like much (or it might depending if you're a racer and know how things always take longer than you initially think), but fitting that into a work week crammed with extra hours so we can be at the track for Friday practice always makes for a busy week leading up to racing.