Hey guys, im new to the Forum
I just wanted to say that I am not pro racer ("Yet") and I just got my bike yesterday and took it for a ride for the first time, being my first time ever on a super bike I can tell you that you Definately need to be fit, as when I had finished riding my head was wet from sweat and im actually quit e fit guy, well built and average height, but one thing is for sure is that riding my R6 took it out of me big time and I know for a fact that if I had to do a 23 lap race id frikken die.
I play Tennis, I cycle from time to time, but seriously if your not fit you will probably do a lot worse than what you would if you were fit and in good shape, as it doesnt matter how good your technique is as you simply wont last the entire 23 laps, and if you do you certainly wont be performing as well as you did in the fist 8 laps or so.
Dont gun me down for what I just wrote its just what I have noticed from riding my bike, Cornering hard seriously takes it out of you.
When I fist got on and just rode normally for the first 30 mins or so I was cool, didnt even break a sweat, but soon as I started cornering the bike and going faster and faster around the corners, I started really feeling it.
So my opinion is that you definately 100% have to be fit to do well in a race, else you will just tire out and get worse and worse as the race progresses.
And with regards to the water thing, I got seriously dehydrated, water is definately Key here, you get drowsy when you get dehydrated and that leads to slow reaction time as stated above and it certainly wont help you either.
