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At the school I went to, the speedo was covered up as was the tach from 9000 rpm on. Forced you to listen to the motorcycle. I do not tape up the tach but my speedo is taped up even if the cable is removed.

Have you been on a track yet? If not, you will probably find that your street boredom will rise exponentially after you do. agreed

I have to agree with Sleeper

Simply, less fatigue in the long run.

Gid-day, Eh, from Ottawa

My helmet bounced off the track twice in a lowside...I was stunned by how hard it hit and one of corner workers told me after that I was down for quite awhile...BTW, I am grateful that I had a very good helmet. I won't go into brand names here because I don't want to start a thread on that topic but I was impressed how well it did its job. Kevin Ya, my head bounced at least once and I was out for at least 15 seconds as per video I have and the corner worker. I even had the ambulance worker seek me out afterward to tell me not to come back the next day. And I did not. As Kevin said, thank God I had a good helmet and suit on. Andre

I low sided in Temptation at Bogie. I did not really see it coming except my SR was lighting up everywhere at the last second and end up riding 'off the wheels'.

I tend to be faster when I following ie: coach or some I know. Saying that, I was told I was not as slow as I thought when I am leading. A friend had a hard time to pass because I tend to get out of a corner fast.

I ma 5'10" and weigh about 210lbs. I have a Joe Rocket GPX 2 piece. It fit better then the 1 piece as the 2 piece has a longer torso. I also had to get the legs and sleeves shorten but besides that it fits well.

I just purchase a pair of gloves when i was in Florida and it seems to be good quality. I haven't had much of a chance to try them out on the bike.

I still do both but if my future street riding was anything like this past summer. I may stick with track

Calabogie is an awesome track. IF anyone is planning on riding Bogie, you need to go through PRO6 this year. They just signed the rights for the next 3 years.

On the track: I wear a Joe Rocket GPX 2 piece because the torso is longer then the one piece, Oxtar boots, a Velocity Gear back protector, Teknic gloves and was wearing an Arai Qf-it saved my head. I now have a Bell Star. On the street: I have been wearing my everything but my Joe Rocket pants from the suit. I also wear my Joe Rocket Blastic coat and pant in cooler weather.

Hi Andre, Got it. To recap briefly, you ran wide, and looks like you rode it off the tires. The bike went down before it went off the track. There is a lot of technique that goes into riding well, and we won't be able to cover the whole gamut here. Many on this forum have read Keith's 3rd book, Twist of the Wrist 2. Have you by chance? Having a look at Chapter 23, the Two Step, might shed some light on what happned (pg 98). There are other things that could be the major contributing factor, but without talking with you, can't just give a blanket statement/critique, and really have it be accurate. Best, CF Thanks for looking at the video. And suggesting the reading. I will pull that book out of my closet.

Uklime: where did this happen? Which track? If at a school, what level were you taking and have you taken? Best, CF It is at the Calabogie Motorsport Park here in Ontario Canada. I did complete Phase 1 of FAST racing school up here in Eastern Canada, the year before and have plans to attend some more schooling this spring. This video is the fourth track day on this track and it is 3 session of the day before lunch. My first track day this year was a little scary with the organization I went with ( lack of organization). However, the rest of my track days were with Team promotion and my first day with them, the coaches spent the morning sessions showing me the lines on the track. Two thumbs to them for that. The corner itself in a left hand decreasing radius going downhill. The apex is blind. Here is a discription from the web site: A fast approach into a long, sweeping, left handed entry (63º, 100m radius) is followed by a drastically tightening apex sector (47º, 62 m) and an even tighter final radius (109º, 23m). They call the corner temptation. Andre

Well, I finially figure how to convert a mov into avi and edit a video of my crash. It is a tank mount camera and natural is limited as you can see where I am looking or such. Any critique is welcomed. http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b143/uki...=Movie_0001.flv

Jay; ...don't let Misti see this post. Are you aware of the WCC in Canada? http://www.womenscup.ca/ One of our newest members GiGi is a competitor in that series and she may also take exception to your comment. Some of these ladies are also running in the top ten in the 600AM series up there. Kevin Kane There is a racing school here in Canada (ARC-i think) that actually has some women coaches. As far as fitness, I am no expert but there is a reason Miguel Duhamel is always riding his bicycle around Vegas. Today while watching the SBK races, they were talking about fitness and stated most of the riders do stay fit as it helps with riding a 23 lap race. It may not help with technique but it will help with endurance overall.

Cobie; Hard acceleration and hard braking is the fastest way to heat them short of tire warmers. Kevin I will post the video when I get a chance. The tire was on its fourth trackday and was a M3. This is my first summer with track days and cannot wait until next summer. I have plans to take more track school courses with the local race schools. I also warm the tire with hard gas and breaking. There is a article in Sport Rider discribing how to warm up tires w/o warmers.

My friends did check my tires when the bike got bakc to the pits and they were cold when the bike got off of the track. It was my 6th lap of a 5.5 kms curcuit. It was also the thrid session of the day. The tire pressure were fine but I should have checked them before hand. I know the tires was one issue as are the RPs. Especially in this corner, as mentioned it is a decrease radius corner but it is also a down hill corner that has a hidden apex that is going uphill. And if you do not pickup your RPs it is hard to make has claimed several rides this summer. Watching the video, you can see I made all the RFs point but the last one which is a cone that has small cones behind it to block off an acess road for vechiles. Anyways, these were my first post on the board and I did not except to start up a decussion. However, it giving me insight. Thanks. Andre

A question: you ended up on the wrong line, but did you lean the bike too far, did you run off the track with the brake on, what made the bike loose traction? I was near the edge of the track and the bike was leaned over as I did grind my left peg. Plus, I was on the brakes. I do not remember much else as I was out for about ten seconds afterwards. The corner that it was in is a decreasing radius that is better taken from the middle of the track and I was on the outside. The bottom line is fear stepped in and in my case it was the driver that cause the crash.

Well, I recently crash tat my local track (Calabogie Motorsport) and it was my fault. I would love to say I was going in too hot as I just passed someone. I would love to say the tires where cold or I missed a reference point. But I can not, I target fixated and by the time I realize it was to late as I was on the wrong line to recover and down i went. I had a video camera mounted to my tank. It showed I was only 5kms faster then my last lap and that the bike could have made the corner. It does not show my target fixation. When I went to Fast Racing School here in Canada, I asked my instructor, what was the hardest skill he had to work on? He stated it was his eyes and looking far enough ahead. This is just my experience.