8am start for day 2 at Laguna

Good morning everyone! Having been kidnapped by friends and subjected to the requirement of consuming a large quantity of Old Speckled Hen, it is a slow start this morning...... such is the hospitality and frivolity of campers at Laguna! With the track open at 8am this morning, there's a lot happening so I will try to report back on various interesting occurrences. Last night we watched Factory Yamaha techs perform a frame swap on Josh Hayes' R1. No idea why and we will try to catch up with him this morning. They started at 7pm and were back at the hotel by 10pm. Such is the skill level of race techs....... One very interesting note was once the radiator came off, we could see that there were three pieces of tape totaling about 3' in length placed strategically on the radiator. Most are used to seeing that on 2 strokes where combustion chamber temperature is critical. There's no difference with 4 strokes and due to the volume and size of the factory radiator, too much air flow was creating too much cooling and the engine was running too cold. Therefore, add the tape and block the wind flow and the engine temp will go up. Ambient temps will be much the same today so the tape will stay in place! Now, where's the coffee??