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  8. I'm Going Racing

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    Thanks for your help guys.

     

    This is where I come, I am #19

     

    Practice 18th from 25 riders

     

    Qualifying 18th from 27 riders

     

    Race 1. I come 16th from 26 riders

     

    Race 2. I come 14th from 20 riders

     

    Race 3. I come 12th from 21 riders ( I started this race from the back of the grid after someone stopped in front of me on the start line )

     

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  9. I'm Going Racing

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    My strategy is:

     

    don't crash.

     

     

    ;-)

     

     

    Seriously,...

     

    Be prepared. Have everything you can think of ready and prepped ahead of time. I assume you have a license and have completed a school and mock race to be able to compete? And your bike is drilled and wired to tech spec's? Race rubber mounted?

     

    Anything that needs to be done, have it done before you go, so that all you need to do is take the bike out and ride, and put it away when you are done so you can focus on riding.

     

    Get lots of sleep and arrive early.

     

     

    For the record, I have never managed to do any of these things and always suffered for it. The guys who can simplify and stay ahead of the curve throughout the weekend will have less tendency to fall behind when some little thing crops up like nobody told them they couldn't race with a helmet more than two years old. Or that WERA requires about fifty times as much wire as AMA, or....you'll see.

     

    No matter how prepped you think you are, chances are, something will not go according to plan and minmiizing these distractions is the number one thing in my book.

     

    Good luck

     

    Shiny side up!

     

    Bring us a good story and...no crashing.

     

    racer

     

    Thanks mate, they have started a street class here so we don't have to do a thing to the bike,(how good is that)

     

    Cheers

  12. Losing The Front

    in Cornering and Techniques

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    I think having good throttle technique and being loose on the bars as outlined in Twist Of The Wrist 2 will deal with the front end slide. An important point is that getting the throttle rolling on as soon as you are over will get you through any front slide that develops at the entry, if you've got the gas off and the front goes I think its time to taste the tarmac you've gotta be already coming onto the throttle to save it.

     

    If you can get it GSXR600 read Kenny Roberts book which details, amongst many other cool things, the point that Keith makes about getting the gas on early.

     

    Thanks mate I'll look it up. :D

  15. Losing The Front

    in Cornering and Techniques

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    Hello GSXR600! What I have always read and done (mostly on a dirtbike) is that when you lose the front if you counter stear into the corner then it will pick the bike up onto a little bit larger contact patch. Now, you will drift out a bit but I think that that is better than a crash. :P It doesn't take much, if you are leaned over left and you loose the front just a little flick or twitch pushing the right handlebar/pulling or stablizing the left, should bring you back into control. Another point, the stearing, I have found, likes to be pushed and not pulled, that is use the right bar handle to turn right and the left to turn left with the opposing hand to stabalize the opposing bar as it changes possition.

     

    ~Wip

     

    I'm a little confused by what you are saying. My experience has been that when the front starts going the last thing I want to do is countersteer. All that does for me is cause the slide to increase rapidly.

     

    If you think about countersteering it actually puts less tread on the ground. I've found that if I can't fix it with the gas (like missing a gear and hitting the corner with a false neutral) a counter-counter steer helps to keep the front from sliding more.

     

    I have also read this in many dirt bike technique articles.

     

    I know what works for me and your explanation seems to be the opposite of what I do and what I have read to do in the dirt.

    Hi Thor

    Wip said counter stear but he explained the opposite " if you are leaned over left and you loose the front just a little flick or twitch pushing the right handlebar/pulling or stablizing the left, should bring you back into control."

    I hope that helped

    Cheers

    Brian

  17. Losing The Front

    in Cornering and Techniques

    Posted

    Hello GSXR600! What I have always read and done (mostly on a dirtbike) is that when you lose the front if you counter stear into the corner then it will pick the bike up onto a little bit larger contact patch. Now, you will drift out a bit but I think that that is better than a crash. :P It doesn't take much, if you are leaned over left and you loose the front just a little flick or twitch pushing the right handlebar/pulling or stablizing the left, should bring you back into control. Another point, the stearing, I have found, likes to be pushed and not pulled, that is use the right bar handle to turn right and the left to turn left with the opposing hand to stabalize the opposing bar as it changes possition.

     

    ~Wip

    Thanks Wip that's what I have been doing and backing of the gas a bit just until it is under control again and then getting back on the gas.

     

    Thanks Mate :D

  18. Losing The Front

    in Cornering and Techniques

    Posted

    Hi all

    I have read the twist books and they are great btw.

    I have one question what should you do if you lose the front mid corner from acceleration.

    Should I back off ?

    Should I keep the gas on and stand it up a bit ?

    Should I stop the roll on but not back off ?

    Help

     

    Cheers

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