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Jason O’Halloran searching for “best of both worlds” on BSB return
Jason O’Halloran says he is trying to find the right bike setup compromise as BSB’s UK preseason begins.
Jason O’Halloran returns to BSB this year after a year away in the Endurance World Championship with Honda Racing UK, and is looking for refinements in one particular area after the first day of UK testing at Donington.
O’Halloran ended the first day 16th overall on the time sheets in what were tricky, windy conditions.
Despite being outside the top-10, the Australian was content with how his day went.
“It was good,” O’Halloran told Crash.net at the end of day one at Donington.
“Obviously, conditions weren’t ideal, it was super-windy on the circuit today which made it a little bit difficult, but the same for everybody.
“Just worked through our normal testing programme which was just– you work through the settings you want to work through, some work and some don’t.
“Overall, a good day, positive day, got plenty of information for tomorrow, and we’ll put our best settings together to improve for tomorrow.”
Explaining more about the wind, O’Halloran added: “The worst thing [was] it was just gusty. It was changing lap-to-lap, which made it difficult.
“Entering Foggy Esses it was coming across the track, so you’ve got the shelter from the building on the left and then no shelter, so it would pick you up quite aggressively.
“Overall, it was the same for everybody out there, and plenty of information, plenty of laps, and we go again tomorrow.”
At this relatively early stage of his adaptation back to Honda and back to BSB, O’Halloran is certain about the area of the bike setup he wants to work on.
“We need the bike to stop well, which we’re improving all the time, but we also need the bike to turn,” he said.
“It’s always a compromise with stopping,” O’Halloran continued.
“The longer the bike is – the further the front wheel is is away from you, the further the back wheel is – the better the bike should stop, but then the worse it’s going to turn.
“So, it’s finding the happy medium where you get the best of both.
“With Superbike we have so many options, unfortunately you have to eliminate – it’s a process of elimination and we’re working through that at the minute.”
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Jason O’Halloran says he is trying to find the right bike setup compromise as BSB’s UK preseason begins.
Jason O’Halloran returns to BSB this year after a year away in the Endurance World Championship with Honda Racing UK, and is looking for refinements in one particular area after the first day of UK testing at Donington.
O’Halloran ended the first day 16th overall on the time sheets in what were tricky, windy conditions.
Despite being outside the top-10, the Australian was content with how his day went.
“It was good,” O’Halloran told Crash.net at the end of day one at Donington.
“Obviously, conditions weren’t ideal, it was super-windy on the circuit today which made it a little bit difficult, but the same for everybody.
“Just worked through our normal testing programme which was just– you work through the settings you want to work through, some work and some don’t.
“Overall, a good day, positive day, got plenty of information for tomorrow, and we’ll put our best settings together to improve for tomorrow.”
Explaining more about the wind, O’Halloran added: “The worst thing [was] it was just gusty. It was changing lap-to-lap, which made it difficult.
“Entering Foggy Esses it was coming across the track, so you’ve got the shelter from the building on the left and then no shelter, so it would pick you up quite aggressively.
“Overall, it was the same for everybody out there, and plenty of information, plenty of laps, and we go again tomorrow.”
At this relatively early stage of his adaptation back to Honda and back to BSB, O’Halloran is certain about the area of the bike setup he wants to work on.
“We need the bike to stop well, which we’re improving all the time, but we also need the bike to turn,” he said.
“It’s always a compromise with stopping,” O’Halloran continued.
“The longer the bike is – the further the front wheel is is away from you, the further the back wheel is – the better the bike should stop, but then the worse it’s going to turn.
“So, it’s finding the happy medium where you get the best of both.
“With Superbike we have so many options, unfortunately you have to eliminate – it’s a process of elimination and we’re working through that at the minute.”
Jason O’Halloran returns to BSB this year after a year away in the Endurance World Championship with Honda Racing UK, and is looking for refinements in one particular area after the first day of UK testing at Donington.
O’Halloran ended the first day 16th overall on the time sheets in what were tricky, windy conditions.
Despite being outside the top-10, the Australian was content with how his day went.
“It was good,” O’Halloran told Crash.net at the end of day one at Donington.
“Obviously, conditions weren’t ideal, it was super-windy on the circuit today which made it a little bit difficult, but the same for everybody.
“Just worked through our normal testing programme which was just– you work through the settings you want to work through, some work and some don’t.
“Overall, a good day, positive day, got plenty of information for tomorrow, and we’ll put our best settings together to improve for tomorrow.”
Explaining more about the wind, O’Halloran added: “The worst thing [was] it was just gusty. It was changing lap-to-lap, which made it difficult.
“Entering Foggy Esses it was coming across the track, so you’ve got the shelter from the building on the left and then no shelter, so it would pick you up quite aggressively.
“Overall, it was the same for everybody out there, and plenty of information, plenty of laps, and we go again tomorrow.”
At this relatively early stage of his adaptation back to Honda and back to BSB, O’Halloran is certain about the area of the bike setup he wants to work on.
“We need the bike to stop well, which we’re improving all the time, but we also need the bike to turn,” he said.
“It’s always a compromise with stopping,” O’Halloran continued.
“The longer the bike is – the further the front wheel is is away from you, the further the back wheel is – the better the bike should stop, but then the worse it’s going to turn.
“So, it’s finding the happy medium where you get the best of both.
“With Superbike we have so many options, unfortunately you have to eliminate – it’s a process of elimination and we’re working through that at the minute.”
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