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I got out to the Mallala track day for a spin on the GSXR race bike.

I'm almost 3 seconds off the pace, but I'm happy with my 1m20s considering I'm back from a serious injury. But I'd love to be doing 1m17s again :(

Had a few mates on their bikes out on the track, and I had fun "carving them up". My mate's were on 1000s and they were a bit miffed they couldn't catch me on my 600 :) Ah, it was good to have a bit of fun!

Went to a BBQ with them last night, and had a few good yarns about the day ... including the mobile food fight between our van can my mate's car on Port Wakefield Road at 110kph on the way out there :D

speaking of drift hacks, ive got 46 days to fix a whole heap of shit on mine

getting the other headlight working

power steering rack

alignment

radiator re-core

maybe re-bracket my intercooler so its not held by one bracket and a cable tie

get a silicone reducer joiner so i dont blow my crossover pipe off the rest of my piping (those out last nite will know what im talking about)

and god knows what else

going to attempt to rip out my a/c stuff too (never used it, never gotten round to ripping it out either)

Anyone able to clarify here? I'm useless as tits on a bull when it comes to suspension. In the pic below, the part that's circled, is that the tie rod? Just need to know as mine is bent and needs replacing, just unsure if I buy brand new from Nissan or go to the wreckers and grab one

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