FTSC Fine Tasmanian Specialty Customs in Gretna, Tasmania, Australia | Local business
FTSC Fine Tasmanian Specialty Customs
Locality: Gretna, Tasmania, Australia
Address: Mayfeild 7140 Gretna, TAS, Australia
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25.01.2022 SRCT Championship Round 1 Race 4 LitesGP
25.01.2022 This weekend was the first practice/track day that I have finally attended this year, also the first time I've ridden the r6 in around 10 months; I decided considering the above, that I will only take the r6 and focus solely on that. I had a few things to work over set up wise as I gave the forks a complete clean and rebuild. Once the front was dialed in too the way I had decided to brake and use the front under brakes I was able to complete 2 sessions in the race group. Mak...ing one further adjustment to the front suspension After the first session. Safe to say the servicing of the forks made a massive difference in a lot of things, mainly related to the front of the bike. I didn't approach the sessions with a focus on lap times or trying to ride a consistent fast lap. More direct my focus towards the areas in which I haven't addressed in a long time, so the bike along with the entire track. The biggest thing I was able to take away from today is that I had no reference to anywhere in regards to braking markers, tip in points, line, on throttle points everything when it comes to riding the r6. That was mainly in First session. I was able to relay places where I could see possible improvement in the second session. That being said though, I was able to learn that at no point while riding were my applications anywhere near the limit of this bike. Well away from what it would be capable of achieving with the right knowledge and understanding of both it and the track its being ridden on. I'm greatful of the efforts of the TMCC for organising the weekend. It has at least given me a good feel for the bike and most importantly time riding it. I look forward to re assessing Baskerville on this bike in 2 weeks for the first round of the srct club rounds. It's going to be a great learning curve. I must say the power delivery when applying the throttle on this bike really is something. I've never ridden anything bigger than the r6, so with out comparison; WOW.
24.01.2022 Prior turning to the dark side of the gp bike.
22.01.2022 Last weekend was round 2 of the Tasmanian State Championship. I have been so busy lately I unfortunately missed the practice day, meaning I had quite a few things to try and sort out during the sunday. It was a hectic day on Sunday with quite a few craahes and delays. Prior to the weekend I changed some things on the bike. I decided to change the fork springs, as I was severely bottoming out on the springs it had. Also, an extended subframe. I set the front up where i knew i... could atleast brake how I did, but only really got to test it a few times during racing. Safe to say, with a few adjustments, the front will now allow me to ride the bike under brakes how i like and not have to hold back knowing im on bottom out. The subframe was a great addition to comfort on the bike. It really allowed me to get myself tucked on the bike alot more. Race 2 was the highlight of the day for me. I had a sick battle with Mark from, Mustard Bikes Fender Eliminators taking me to a new pb of 59.72. Using a defensive line coming into the sweeper he blocked me from passing up the inside under brakes leaving me with the only option of an outside pass during the drive of the corner. He held me off over the line. If he didnt block my pass i would of 100% tried to take him up the inside, it was a smart move on his behalf. Im certain i will have a great time racing with Mark in the future. I managed to walk away with 4th for the day and a better understanding of how much i really need to work on my corner speed, along with alot of great information that will assist me with setting up front end and a pb!! Given I was so un prepared I am stoked with the out come. I look forward to the TMCC round coming up next month at Symmons Plains. Thanks to all the people that put in the effort to run and organise these events, its appreciated by everyone. Thanks to all the competitors in all classes for making such a massive array of fields and bikes. Thanks to my family and anyone else for supporting or following me in my racing. Thanks to Duncan Giblin - Fine Art Photography for the sick photo. Duncan Giblin - Fine Art Photography All the best to those that crashed. I would also like to announce that we/I will be supporting Jesse Woods Racing with his passion in motorcycle racing. Hopefully the assistance is a contribution to him being able to complete his passions in racing. Check out his page if you havent already. I will post the footage from race 2 when it uploads.
15.01.2022 Some of the laps completed prior to unfortunately pulling into the pits. Was still a good learning curve and I sure learnt a valuable lesson.
13.01.2022 This page will mainly cover my racing and also assist with potentially offering some services/assistance towards the Motorcycle Racing community. Especially within Tasmania. My business FTSC is currently undergoing a lot of changes while working towards a new workshop on my property. FTSC began as a business mainly focused on the sales of my art and artistic services. However passion and new knowledge over the years has allowed it to expand into a diverse array of offerings.... While working towards offering my art and artistic based services, there will be a lot of focus in the restoration of many different vehicles and machinery in the future. A full rebuild of a 1997 HSV Caprice (Only 12 were made) and the rebuild of a Honda NSF250R motorcycle (moto3 bike) will be a big focus as an offering of the type of standards we will be able to produce. As mentioned though, this page will mainly cover my racing over the years and be directed at the services we can offer to the racing community. Once the work shop is complete and things are running smoothly again, I will create a page dedicated to the entire offering of FTSC Fine (Tasmanian Specialty Customs). Thank you for your support.
07.01.2022 Given racing isn't too far away, I think it's time to start flooding Facebook with racing related posts. 2018 was my first full year of racing; I had done a race prior in 2017 to see how racing a motorcycle felt and make a choice as to weather or not racing was for me. I decided to finish 2017 with as many track days that I had the time for and see how felt as 2018 approached. Safe to say I became extremely interested. Given that prior to my time at the track i had not l...ong learnt to take off on a motorcycle, my main focus for 2018 was to increase my knowledge and focus a lot on becoming comfortable in a race environment. I decided to let my learners run out and focus solely on track riding, as I got more enjoyment from riding/racing at the track than I did on the road. I had a few stacks, close moments and certainly learnt alot, but overall my first year racing was amazing. The amount of lovely people I have not only met but learnt a lot from is crazy. The racing atmosphere here in Tasmania is so welcoming and accommodating. I look forward to the future years to come. I really wasn't expecting much result wise nor was I too concerned either way. But, I must say I am bloody stoked with the results from my first year of racing, especially since I hadn't raced anything really in my life. 3rd in SRCT club series. 2nd in TMCC club series. 5th in the Interclub series. I look forward to attempting to complete a full year on the 2012 Honda Nsf250R in the lites class, along with the 2008 Yamaha R6 in the 600/open class. I will approach the lites with a more race directed attitude this year, obviously still massively focused on learning. And, the logic from last year with the 600/open class. A massive thank you must go out to my family for supporting me in my choice to race a motorcycle, the massive array of people that do all the hard work to making this possible, the fellow racers that put in the effort to make a meeting and compete, all the people that i have met and that have assisted and paid it forward with knowledge, I must say a massive thanks to Geremy Riseley because with out you influencing me to get my arse into gear and actually ride the 300 i would still have never really riden a bike, the photographers that go out of their way to take kick arse photos of us on our bikes and sneaky ones in the pits ;) SusanJane Images Scotty B Photography, everyone invlovled in making it a great time. Thanks to everyone that has decided to follow me along the way with this new journey and chucked us a like. It's going to be a blast!!!
05.01.2022 Last week end was the first round of the SRCT championship. Safe to say it was an interesting one indeed... I lost the rear wheel during qualifying while on the r6 at the bottom of the hill, some how managing to hold on and successfully keeping the bike up right. As I launched off the seat and came back down onto the bike I smashed the inside of my left knee on something. Given I was half off the bike I'm thinking it was either the tank or the foot peg. As soon as I regained ...control I felt the throb of my knee and pulled into the pits. I only have myself to blame for the mistake. It was good in a way as I was listening and feeling the bike a lot more than I thought. I managed to attempt the first race on the 600 but it seemed to put more pressure on my knee while gripping the tank, especially under brakes, which made the transition onto the moto3 for the first race of gp lites a painful one. I decided that from that point I'll just focus on gp lites. While my time on the r6 was short lived, it sure was interesting and safe to say an experience I haven't experienced before. I was having issues with my quick shifter on the moto3, which for me, in short was a real pain in the arse. Majority of my up shifting while learning/riding a bike has been done while full throttle just tapping through the gears; as my bikes have all had quick shifters. I somewhat managed to wrap my head around the idea of having to use my clutch, or attempt to learn the bleeping technique. But, still pinged the bike way to much and made too many errors while shifting. I also ruined my run through the sweeper, mainly because I couldn't just smash a gear cranked over mid corner. That said though, I'm really happy with how the weekend went. The event was run perfectly, I raced with some people I have never raced with, had lots of fun, finished the day with 3rd for gp lites, the list goes on. I am happy to have set what I guess would be my pb around Baskie now, given I was quite slowed up and put off by the shifter issue and a sore knee I was extremely happy that I managed to ride faster than I have before with a 60.74 on the Honda nsf250r. I can certainly see areas in which I could drop some time. I look forward to round 1 of the tmcc and state championship in a few weeks. I can't wait to tackle the r6 again and have a crack at setting a good base time to work with on the moto3. Thanks to Track Days Tasmania for the photos. Thanks to everyone that contributes to making these events happen, a lot of effort goes in behind the scenes. Thanks to the fellow racers. Thanks to everyone following my progress, pretty much thanks to everyone who gives a shit about motorcycle racing in Tasmania.
04.01.2022 This was the stack entering turn 3 on the weekend. Even though it happened so fast i was able to make conscious decisions and acknowledgements during the events. It was an interesting learning curve, that's for sure. https://youtu.be/NkPqw6iWrkc
02.01.2022 Well... Round 1 of the Tasmanian Road Racing Championship was an interesting one to say the least. I went into the weekend with the goal of finishing in the top 5 of the LitesGP class and to hopefully work on a few areas i know need attention. Given I missed the practice day on Saturday and was running late on the Sunday I knew I was already in a rushed mindset so I decided to race on a comfort basis and not try and go beyond that. Race 3 everything going to plan, sitting i...n 2nd, pinned second for both races prior, riding comfortably, then as im coming into turn 3 the front let go and while i tried to keep the bike upright; it was gone. That said it was an interesting crash as I was able to take alot away from it and I could feel every moment of it. Especially the moment my glove came off and i was about to put my hand on the ground and I consciously said to myself, yeah, nah, that hand isnt going on the ground. I kept my hand from graze. Same with the conscious acknowledgment while trying to save the bike of "I have almost done a 180, I need to let go". Given it all happened so fast, I'm very happy that I was able to make decisions during the crash and acknowledge it as it happened. At first I was very disapointed in myself as i knew that meant a DNF for race 3 which took away what looked to be a 2nd place finish for race 3. Plus to begin with I was thinking my day was over. I managed to get the bike ridable again and made it out to race 4. But, I had to start from pitlane as I missed the cut off time. It was okay though as I haven't started from pitlane before. So a new experience is a new experience. I managed to bag 2nd in race 4 after starting from pitlane and set a new PB on the 250 of 1:06:656 in race 4 also! Which was a massive surprise; especially given it was the race after my crash. There were 2 blokes watching all day and after race 4 they came down to find me in the pits and pat me on the back for coming back in race 4 from pitlane. And, that they saw the stack, haha. These 2 blokes really did put a massive smile on my face. They were fucking champions. Overall it was a great weekend, I leant a lot and I am happy that I managed to achieve what I set out to do and finish top 5. Time to fix my bike, again. A massive thanks must go to my wife for supporting me during these events and bringing the kids so they can experience it also. Thanks must be said to all the officials and volunteers that work tirelessly to make these events happen. Thanks to all the competitors that put in the effort to contribute to what was an awsome weekend of racing. As I like to say, pretty much thanks to anyone who gives a fuck about Tasmanian Motorcycle Racing. Its appreciated on so many levels. Video is from race 4 starting in pit lane. https://youtu.be/vfWLbZwHM9Q
