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Which brings me to another question how late is ?late entry?? My friends are rather impressed at the complete change in my abilities since reading your books. One comment I often get is ?Man I thought you were out of it and almost overshot the corner!? I then get to explain to them about late entry cornering. Now, I don?t ride on the track and all my riding tend to be on tight winding roads around the Adelaide Hills. My common RP for the corner is the white line on the edge of the road. I keep the bike straight and wide (Deep) of the corner until my front tyre almost crosses the white line before I flick the bike hard. I have found this combined with the throttle exercise in book two have improved my cornering no end. The bike no longer steps out and I have great traction and power through out the entire corner. What are your thoughts? Am I over doing it, or was this your intended method?

Thanks Keith. Now let me see if I have the process correct for a typical corner? 1 locate my RP 2 Brake up to the RP 3 As I cross my RP get off the brakes 4 Move my weight to the inside of the corner by pushing on the outside peg 5 Crack the throttle 6 Push forward on the inside handlebar 7 Settle my weight onto the bike and release the pressure on the outside peg 8 Continue to progressively roll the throttle on through the remainder of the corner 9 Move my weight back onto the seat as I approach the exit. If this is correct, do I put pressure back on the outside peg to help the bike stand up or will this upset the apple cart?

This is a very good question and one I would like to know more about. After reading TOTW 2 I have been practicing putting my weight on the outer peg as I push my body to the inside of the corner. In this I have discovered a few things. 1 I im not scraping my pegs any more, 2 The bike feels a lot more stable in the corners 3 After about 30 min of this riding I can hardly walk!!! Is this normal or am I trying too hard. I have started doing all sorts of exercises to strengthen my leg muscles (Deep knee squats ect) Now im no weakling Im an Air-conditioning mec by trade so I spend most of my days climbing ladders with toolboxes and 30kg bottles of refrigerant this is a great work out by its self. I hope to attend the css 2 day course in Virginia this year but that?s a long way off can anyone offer me any advice on this. Cheers Jeff

Hi I would like to thank the CSS staff for adding there comments in this forum. You have given me more confidence in attending your school. I am a motorcycle instructor in Adelaide, South Australia. This is a part time job that gives me a great deal of pride and satisfaction. To ride to one of the local towns in the Adelaide Hills. Pull up and have some guy walk over and say ?Do you remember me you taught me how to ride.? Sporting a big cheesy grin. This is a great feeling. Then on the down side im always asked to follow them through the twisty bits and further there education. Now its not that I?m a slouch on a bike im considered to be pretty quick ?on the road? but I?m not Mic Dohan. And because I mentor these guys they seem to think I am. I have never been on a track before and I wont attend track days in Adelaide because im afraid of loosing face amongst my peers. ( talk the talk but cant walk the walk) Im always worried that I might be too slow or taking the wrong line because the track is different to the road. My saving grace on the road has been the two TOTW books by Keith. book 2 in particular. (a must read for any new motorcyclest) Now I almost booked in to the school in Australia at but I thought if im going to learn to ride a bike the right way ill get it from the bloke that ?wrote the book on cornering? So what?s my point you have one of the best schools in the world on your door step its costing me over $6,000 to get there and learn from the best so you have no excuse! The instructors have a great repour on the net and im very excited about going to there school. And as we say at Rider Safe ?The more you know the better it gets??. Good luck and stay upright . Jeff.

Hay there Kevin. You could alwaise get one of new Aprilia's they now have lap timers standard in the new bikes. expencive stop watch but hay wat a statement

Hi Bob I would like to put my 2 cents worth in about your suspension problem. Firstly im not to sure of the model of your bike. I think it is the same over here. If im correct it is a Suzuki 650 V twin. If so your on a great bike, and if as you suggested your more of a street scrapper then a track racer, then this snippet of information may help you along the way. So what?s my big secrete. ?Throttle Control.? There is no substitute for good throttle control. I ride a VTR 1000, not a race bike but I still give the R1s a hurry up around the hills. because they very poor throttle control. I see them hanging off the side of there bike getting it all sidewise and im having to ###### my bike down, to avoid running over them in the corner. If you wish to know more of this voodoo art do your self a favour and get copy of Keith?s book A Twist Of The Wrist 2 and have a good look at chapters 2,3 & 4. It?s a lot cheaper then shelling out for a set of forks and shocks that will rattle your fillings, and bounce you out of your seat on anything rougher then a race track. Sound advice is free mate and so is good throttle control. Good riding and stay up right Cheers Jeff.