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You could probably get a couple more good trackdays out of the stock tires if that's what you're still riding. Don't worry about how far over the tires wear, but learning suspension would be the best thing for you. If you notice on the edges of your tread pattern that one side is already starting to wear more, it's going to tell you that there is something wrong with your suspension setup (rebound?), and you'd be best served to get someone to look at it for you. I've been focusing on the TOTW books, but was starting to learn suspension, which means I really don't know much, but there is someone at our tracks who does a basic setup for $30. It's a good investment. I'd stay with the 180 tire for now. If I remember right it's the best basic performance size for the 600's.

Can I guess that it's like coaching football? The basics are still the same to make a player as proficient as possible in his position (in our case the same position)?

Howdy Demon. If you are really wanting to learn about how to maximize the functionality of your bike, there is no better place to come.

Howdy. Sounds like some exciting stuff coming your way. Oh yeah, go Kawasaki.

Something I've also fallen in love with is what I got from watching MotoGP. Stoner in particular, but they all do it. Major shift in booty position before even coming off the gas.

I was taught to lift and shift. It's worked so far, but if I get to school and they teach differently, I'll adjust.

Howdy. I've been here for a while, and nothing has helped me as much as the guys on this site.

I'd almost pay to see that.

Cobie, there is no way I'd be that guy who wears that suit. I just thought it was amazing that there is a chance I see someone down the road dressed as Batman rolling by.

I LOVE that second picture. What I'm thinking though, is that your head was so far down that you must have had an SR kick in making you think you were leaning more than you are. Your head is probably the same distance from the ground in the first and second pics. You're just much farther over in the third pic. In the third pic your in much better shape than the guy in front of you.

I'm glad to hear how much the school did for you. I've signed up for the 2 day in Vegas in October, and am probably the most excited person to ever go. I'm in the intermediate group locally just because the superstreet is too slow, and on 2 out of the 3 tracks here I'm by far the slowest person in my group, although I'm sure I have more riding knowledge than at least half of the people who go whipping past me. I've been doing track for 1 1/2 years, and haven't seen much improvement in riding in about 8 months, and little since last August. I'm anxious to see how much the school teaches me. If they just help me put what I know into practice I know it will be worth it. Nice taste in bikes, by the way.

I'm re-reading TOTW 2, and page 20 covers this. With as many times as I've reviewed, skimmed, and read these books, I still can't retain it all. At least I got to FEEL the way it works. Good lesson.

Hub, When you are on the throttle and holding it steady, not increasing, or decreasing and you are going in a straight line, will the speed be constant? Lets say it will, 60mph. Then, you lean the bike in (with no change in throttle). What happens to the speed, will it slow down? If so, do you have to roll the throttle a little just to keep the speed the same? Another way to look at it in this scenario, what will it take to get to 50/50? CF I'm thinking that if you apply a constant speed then dip it into a corner without any adjustment, more weight is going to the front. I felt it for the first time about a week ago (or I just started paying attention), and thought that more throttle is necessary to get to 40/60. I think I'm normally weighted toward the front on the track now that I think about it, but I know that in May during my last trackday, I was throwing lots more weight to the front, especially in one particular corner. I was letting the lean scrub some speed, and when I saw my front tire, session after session I knew I wasn't correcting it. I was fighting the basic principle of "take the slow corners slow." I don't know how I didn't lose the front end that day. My front tire was chewed.

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While I'm going through the basics of track riding with my wife, we're working at really low speeds. 40/60 is hard to gauge. I'm really starting to pay attention to it at higher speeds, and am learning that it takes more throttle than I initially thought. My thinking is that it takes even more throttle to combat the deceleratory forces of the lean. Is this correct? I'm finding that to get more pressure on the rear, I don't have to crack the throttle, but I do have to give it much more of a twist than I initially thought. Am I getting this right, or am I setting myself up for something nasty when I get back on the track?

I'M SIGNED UP FOR THE TWO DAY!!! Oct31-Nov1 in Vegas. Maybe NOW I'll know what you guys are talking about on this forum. I can't wait.

They have to subtitle it first.

Insane. That's why you guys do so well in the rain. I don't have to worry about it here. In Texas I've ridden in the rain, but not during a trackday.

Absolutely. Thanks for the explanation.

I'm sure I was doing it wrong then. There are no trackdays right now, but next Sunday when I go practice, I'll experiment. I'm going to try getting my wife in the habit of doing everything I'm teaching her with more speed. I'll have an opportunity to give this a shot. How much weight do you think you put on the inside when going in? More than a 50/50 ratio? I've done that as well, and it is alright, but I still have trouble getting into optimum BP. Where are you when you transfer your weight back to the outside? Thinking about it, I'd think it would be a transition while the bike is going over during your initial dip, with a transfer of weight back to the outside for optimum control.

I was putting my weight on the inside peg, and trying to hold my body up while leaning in that direction. I had to hold on to the bars to stay on the bike, and couldn't get proper lock in on the outside. I couldn't relax my inside leg as I like to do. Maybe I was doing it wrong, but, as mentioned in another post just started, I love the Pivot Steering style. I can lock my outside leg in and just lean my body off the bike. It's smoother for me. I can loosen up my hands on the bar, and that makes my steering smoother. When I'm locked in on the outside and am coming out of the corner, I use the motion of the bike to get be back in the seat, or to the other side for another corner. If you're weight is on the inside, you have to lift yourself back into the seat.

Do you know when it's going to be on sale on this site? I'll even advance order it here.

I don't know if I'm answering your question right, but I thought Pivot Steering was putting most of your pressure on the outside peg. Pushing into the tank puts even more weight on your outside peg. The way I explained it to my wife is as Pivot Point Steering, so she can remember what it means. It's a Pivot Point that one focuses turning the motorcycle with. I haven't been through the school, but as it has been described to me, that's the method I use.

I'm a more weight on the outside through the turn kinda guy. I've tried with the weight on the inside for a whole trackday, and it was a fight all the way through. The way I look at it is that if you have your weight on the inside, you're pushing the bike down. Weight on the outside, and you're laying it down.

Awesome. Glad to hear it.