I totally agree Keith. I have practiced and used both methods, no brakes and charging the corner. Without a doubt for me corner speeds are much higher without brakes. I just seem to be more aware of my speed where as charging up to the corner and then braking hard I always seem to brake to hard and then need to make corrections.
I'm sure with practice I could over come this but why? As a weekend sport tourer smoothness makes the days riding fun and relaxing. On my Bandit I'm usually using just 2 gears in the twisties. Sure I may get passed in the straights but I don't have to work as hard through the corners.
To me motorcycles are about fun and stress relief.
Thanks Keith for helping me enjoy these two benefits of our sport. Unless your on the track don't worry about speed work at having fun. If your relaxed the speed will come with time and practice along with the fun.
