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stu#71

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  1. That memory aid (and I spotted it on this forum from one of the instructors) works really well. I've just "swopped" over and it's taken me about 2 or 3 meetings for gear changes to happen without spending more than a $dollar of attention on each one. It was well worth it.
  2. El Bandit - Andy Ibbott (UK) has just sent me an email re these Stomp pads. I'm sure that if you give him your email address that he will forward it to you also so you can see a picture of them at least. Hope this helps, Stu
  3. Thanks for the reply Keith. I'll see Andy, I hope, in August for my next CSS level and will have a quick chat to him about these then. As you know we made our own - what I couldn't believe is just how much I missed the contact point when it wasn't there anymore - I didn't realise that I was gripping that much with the inside of my knee! (Awesome - I'm talking to the guru himself!) While you're still there - could you please tell me...after a hard weekend's racing, the muscle ache between your shoulder blades...what is that from? Is it just holding onto the bars to tightly? or a mixture of things? I'm sure that I'm not holding on that tightly - or maybe I am? I only ask as sometimes, on the cool down lap, I have to bend my head forwards to stretch out those muscles in the centre of my shoulder blades - it's like they've cramped up. What causes that? What am I doing wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated...cheers, stuart ps sorry "el-bandit" for hijacking your thread slightly!
  4. If you find a supplier of these could you please PM me? I suddenly realised how much I use "tank friction" at the start of this year when I changed my leathers - the new ones had slippery stretch panels all down the inside of each knee. The first time out I went out into a right-hander, tried to "lock in" but the new leathers offered no grip on the tank at all and I nearly fell off the inside of the bike - very embarrassing!!! We've searched all over to find something here in the UK but with no luck at all. We've now made some myself from rubber floor matting - just cut them into the shape of our logo and glued them on - they look ok!
  5. as you guys say in the states - awesome! well done, mate...
  6. we have just had the new 190 (or 195?) introduced over here in the UK ie " a new catalogue" has just come out. The tyre fitters track-side are wondering whether to fit them for use in the 600 class on safety grounds. The only problem is, if they won't, then the 600 class won't have a slick tyre as Dunlop, I believe, are withdrawing the 180! I was "advised" that the ride height needed adjusting die to the slightly "larger" tyre - but you had no problems with this, right? Thanks for your comments...stu
  7. Can you please tell me a bit more about this - I run a 180 rear on a GSXR600 K1 and am thinking about using a 190 or 195 (Dunlop) on this. Can you tell me what you experienced/found? I would guess there would be more grip at higher lean angle but anything else you experienced please? I would be very grateful if you'd get back to me...cheers
  8. don't wait 'til Christmas...you're gonna go crazy between then and now with all your questions/queries/understanding! Get booked in this summer! I wish I had booked my Level 1 a lot sooner than I actually did. In fact, I wish I'd done it years before I did. It takes me about 12 months to digest everything they teach you in each level before it becomes "subconscious" i.e. you don't have to think yourself to perform the skill, it just comes naturally. I don't think you'll regret it. When you do try the pivot steer drill , don't be surprised how quick you suddenly start to be able to turn. You'll, at first, end up running into the apex of the corner too early. That is, you'll have wished you'd have turned later than you actually did and you'll need to stand the bike back up again. This is good! Because now you realise that you needed less lean angle to get around that corner. If you need less lean angle, that means that the fatter parts of the tyres are in contact with the ground, giving you more available traction - which is also good! So, you can now go around the same corner, at the same speed using the same turn point BUT with MORE traction - which is really good! All down to turning the bike quicker...I'm no CSS instructor - they'll teach you all this far better than I can describe it! Maybe a CSS instructor could comment on the above postings and help this guy out? Good luck! Stu#71
  9. I know the very corner you mean Andy (at Almeria) - that is one of the cleverest designed sections of any track I've been on so far! To be honest that whole track is so technical that I had to concentrate on the other sections before I even got onto that one (and ran out of time!). The section before yours was also very challenging - there's a huge sweeping left-hander which goes into a right, into a blind right (uphill) then downhill into another tighter right - that sequence is awesome when you get it right, scary as hell when you get it wrong!!!
  10. The pivot steer isn't an advanced technique at all - it's just the easiest way of turning your bike. You become almost bionic! Especially at high speeds when it becomes harder to turn the bars (gyro effect increases at higher speed). There's no reason that the rear will step out - that will only happen if the rear loses traction - usually due to cracking on the throttle too hard/too quick on the exit or at too steep a lean angle. Using the pivot steer will also REDUCE your lean angle for a given speed which equals more traction. Why don't you get yourself on a CSS level 1 and 2 - they'll sort you out...!
  11. push on the inside bar to initiate the turn at your turn point. Push down at the same time on the outside peg - it's called pivot steering and CSS will teach you it in Level 2. It works! You will get major quick flicks into turns using this method, which gets you into the turn faster, therefore using less lean angle for the same speed. Try it!
  12. Brilliant memory aid - thanks. I've just "swopped" over and have been trying to get my head into thinking in reverse - head down, push down is going to really help - cheers!
  13. never used it apart from in the paddock. Useful in "off track" moments but only when the bike is upright!!!
  14. You could just take a mate along with a stop watch? They then could watch you around the track and comment on body positioning etc? Just a thought...?
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