The time between Rounds 4 and 5 felt like an eternity. While I had spent a fair bit of time at the track in June and early July, most of July and August were pretty quiet. There had been a lot of progress made after the last round, but the better part of two months mostly off from the track also meant my chances at working on application was minimal once that break hit. Additionally, during this down time, my bike had ended up cropping up with a few problems that weren’t so easy to solve, the main one being that my CPS (crank position sensor) and stator had apparently died. Thankfully I was able to discover all of this in time to get the parts I needed and have the bike reassembled in time for the next round without completely freaking out. A few days before I had been able to test ride up and down the street, and all looked good in that department. I arrived on Friday night to get my garage and set everything up. I like having a chill Saturday morning, so that prep the night befo