ONBOARD RACE WITH SETUP DETAILS - KTM 1290 SUPERDUKE - AFM ROUND 3

[@mrnobody9821]

"I was drifting like a boss, and i'm not good of a rider" I snorted my drink when you said that. Brilliant.

[@superduked33]

😂🤣🙃

[@KanaalMTS]

Always love to see those liter sport bikes getting shredded by a naked bike !!! Thanks for the race footage

[@flyingdutchy01]

i dont even own a superduke but i'm hooked on this content. so much learning about setup and i'm sure many things will translate to other bikes. Great riding!

[@mrnobody9821]

Gustavo Alvaro has a really nice book about motorcycle geometry and suspension set up. I'm reading it and it's helping me dial in my SDR :)

[@SpaceGoatCoastToCoast]

Those screams at the end!

[@ryand951]

🤣🤣

[@SpaceGoatCoastToCoast]

@@ryand951 I can only imgine/assume they were screams of excitement! Was a great run and I would probably feel the same way!

[@davidherringgo]

Great race. Congrats and that LC8 is sweet sounding. These types of videos are fun to see.

[@davidprentice1764]

Nice one Eric, you might have let someone pass so we had something to look at...lol. Great riding and great results and another great video. Thanks.

[@SpaceGoatCoastToCoast]

Right! At leasy play with ur food a little!! All in good fun!

[@superduked33]

🤣🤣😂

[@robertswafford4145]

God I miss sitting on top of that sound! It’s amazing how slow this looks on video. Especially flat out T8. So stoked to see you still hard at it brother!

[@superduked33]

Come baaaaaaaack

[@snakeplizzkn2113]

Thanks brother! Not sure who’s more of a beast, you or the bike!

[@SpaceGoatCoastToCoast]

When ridden correctly, they are one in the same!

[@RobertKehl]

Winning! Another great video Eric. Thanks for sharing your settings and explaining your use of the rear thumb break. On the subject of running no traction control. I road with a fella ex racer on the street that kept his traction control off. He claimed it messed with the engines power delivery when he had it on one wheel. I’m just not that brave I keep mine at 2 or 3. Lol

[@volkvin]

Awesome Eric! Track looks sick, 2 blind corners over crest! Love the start on SDR.

[@Airsoft1199]

This has been such an informative video, really liked hearing about all of your mods. I am no where near your riding skill, but its really neat to learn the dynamics of it all. The thumb brake was so cool to hear about

[@traviswurz9951]

The yelling in the helmet at the end hahaha

[@paulocarreiro5855]

Thanks for sharing the setup details. Great race on a difficult track!

[@dieseleddie3945]

Now that’s how you get a start and take the lead 🙌🏼 Great job Eric 👊🏼

[@seancorcoran1183]

Awesome riding and set up. 205 pre races lol.

[@superduked33]

I do have a scale in the closet but that's where it's staying. I work too hard to be tormented by numbers.. :)

[@chriseastburn3551]

Excellent!

[@jonomasonILoveU]

I love kTm😁. This is what winning looks like!.

[@aka_pierre]

Love it!

[@SteveC-Shaman]

My RSV4 is the same as it pertains to power and traction control. I turned off wheelie control - different bike. Then I turned off all traction control... different bike again. Then I put a 1/5th turn throttle on it. Yep, different bike. Now it is a vicious monster that slides and wheelies everywhere ...... but in all the right ways. Never freaks me out, never spins as hard as my built GSX-R with a bit more power does. You can steer the bike with the throttle, it's @#$^% great and shows you why the companies have much more advanced traction control solutions available for their bikes for extra money.... the rider wants a safety net, not a power killer. The only thing I haven't cracked with that bike is headshaking in 1st and 2nd gear off a slower hairpin.

[@superduked33]

Sounds great nice work. On the Superduke, adding swingarm angle helps keep the front more steady on hard drives. Maybe you can try that on your RSV4

[@SteveC-Shaman]

@@superduked33 Thanks for the advice and you're right, I am now maxxed out on shock length and at roughly 25mm rear sag. It helped but in 1st gear off the tighter hairpins - bearing in mind that it will still do 80mph in 1st gear without tickling the redline, I need the drive. It's just a thing with that bike, others have had similar issues. Another is that it really likes to run wide if you're not aggressive with it, which I might play with steering head angle to try and make less prominent. That said I've been able to drive deeper into corners on the brakes than anyone I've been up against, so it's working well if you push it to that extreme. I don't want to give that up. Anyway, I appreciate you GoGo ... great channel and terrific work.

[@robertortiz3345]

Where can I meet you ? My dream is to race KTM bikes for the rest of my life.

[@superduked33]

Come to Laguna Seca AHRMA this July! I'm trying to get more KTM folks to attend. We'll have a party!

[@CurtisBrandt]

This is such a great presentation. Your enthusiasm and results are gonna sell some Super Dukes! I’ve always left my traction control engaged and then added or removed wheelie control per the mood. Did you, or can you, leave wheelie control in place while turning off traction control?

[@raa729]

@superduked Gogo, really appreciate your content, gave me so much knowledge about sdr on track! Its golden. Do you think gen 1 is still has some merit on track and club races for a medium speed rider? I haven’t had any issues with abs on track despite hearing many horror stories about abs on earlier bmw s1000rr failing to brake on bumpy straights. Any suggestions for setup? Appreciate it. Impossible to find any information related to racing gen 1. Much appreciated

[@superduked33]

Check out my other channel videos. I did a three part series that offers exactly what you are asking for. All gen1 and 2 race and trackday setup tips and experience. They are great bikes well worth loads of merit. My buddy still raced my Gen2 alongside me in the pits

[@ktkace]

NGL, i run different spring rates in L/R forks and B brand internals in A brand forks too... great minds think alike!! heheheheee

[@tsoutsic6904]

Nice video!!😁 Could you put the camera on the helmet to also see the dashboard??You use the stock wheels or forged?What is your opinion about forged wheels?

[@lopermachine]

What thumb brake do you use? also, is the foot brake inline with the system or removed? I have a gen 2 and have become addicted to track days. Thanks for your top notch content, it helps me a lot!!

[@james5553]

Could you tell me more about the fork setup? I am thinking of getting the maxton shock and the variable linkage from your site, as well as the variable angle triple clamp. Going to start with a plus 20 on the standard shock, while I wait for the maxton to be sorted. Really looking forward to getting it on track. Way to go with the races ! Looking smooth and fast.

[@superduked33]

Thanks. Email me off superduked.com, I will share everything I have done

[@davidherringgo]

Great video. What track is that Gogo.?

[@superduked33]

Thunderhill, in Willows CA. Thanks brother

[@Naptownstreetsquid]

Have you tried raising the idle to help with throttle jerk?

[@99gpandy28]

Gota luv the michelins,Never owned a bike with traction control but when I haveridden bikes with Traction control power cut off freaks me out find it more hindering then helpful this may differ with Moto GP power underneath me 😂 I just wana see marquez flick that traction control off and smoke people on the straights literally 👍feel the power .

[@superduked33]

It's comforting, the idea of electronics saving you from launching yourself to the moon, but it also makes something that should be really difficult, easy. Or at least easIER. I may never used it again.

[@SteveC-Shaman]

Those bikes can be controlled by GPS as to how much traction control they get, and are much more sensitive than the stock setup you'll find on the KTM (though it's actually quite good, it lets you even slide the bike a little). So a real GP bike runs without traction control for the most part, and it's metered in when the GPS knows that the bike is in specific corners with high resolution. It's so good compared to what you buy in the dealerships that you see them go into corners full-throttle and full brake at the same time and let the computer figure it out.

[@99gpandy28]

@ShamanWS6 on what corners do moto GP bikes go in on full throttle holding the brake at same time ! I know they use rear thumb brake to limit wheelies on exit, same in superbikes .

[@99gpandy28]

@@superduked33 I've never ridden a bike with traction control hard into corners ,but wheelies on my mates ZX 10 /2011 mod traction control made it sketchy to wheelie ,Would like too try it on a track with late model bike too see if I'm faster with or without it 👍

[@richbonesjones4729]

Which compound Michelin Performance do you mainly use?

[@Filthy_Goblin_44]

If you had the opportunity to setup a 1290 gt for the track do you think you could get it close to the one you ride now as in track time. Im torn between the two. I go to the track often but really want to have the option to go on long rides as well

[@superduked33]

I have never ridden a GT. I've been asked about making offset triples for it though. ...By some good trackday riders. Makes me wonder so I'm more than curious about it

[@nick4506]

next time beat them on shinkos.