Bpez
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I'm new here and I just want to say hello. I'm Carita, who rides a Ducati 1098S in my homecountry Sweden. I've been riding motorcycles on track for nearly 10 years and have done, this year, all Levels of CSS at Almeria and Ascari, Spain. I'm still learning, and riding is joy in life... /Carita
Welcome to the board! Love your country. I've been to Gothenburg and Stockholm on business and always wanted to go back on vacation to see the whole country. One day....
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A couple of the coaches from teampromotion are customers of mine. They seem like good guys who know their stuff.
Racer
So who do you ride with? Which tracks?
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Just put a set of Corsa III's on this past Monday. Morning track temps were in the 40's and didn't want to push my Pirelli diablo's. I was quite impressed. Sticky as hell. I'll see how long they last.
I've gotten good feedback on the Corsa III's from my customers.
Dual compound. Similar to the Dunlop Qualifiers. The center tread compound should help them last longer on the street than if they were sticky all round.
Here is some feedback on the qualifiers: http://www.kneedraggers.com/details/Dunlop...es--509023.html
And the Corsa IIIs: http://www.kneedraggers.com/search/search....sa&search=1
Do you work for kneedraggers or just posting reviews from their site? They're based in DE, right? You live on the east coast?
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Did another track day at NJMP Thunderbolt this past Monday. They ran red (intermediate) and blue (advanced) combined. There were only 11 people in our group. It was great for me to have the blue group to follow. I didn't have a timer, but I felt a lot faster. Coaches pretty much told me to keep doing what I'm doing. Nothing stood out as a problem to them. Out of the 11, I was probably 8th on speed. Not bad seeing that I was in the white (beginner) group last month.
The end of the day we had over 25 in the group. All the coaches came out. They were all killing it out there since it was the last track day of the season for most of them. Great expeience overall for me.
Hi Bpez,
What was the track day provider?
CF
I ride with http://www.teampromotion.com/tpm.php Haven't tried any other groups yet.
They ran a car group that day also. A lot of guys don't like the car/bike days so the number of bikes was low and they combined red and blue. The cars pay twice as much and with this economy you see why they'd run cars and bikes on certain days.
As far as the coaching went, I didn't ask for any help. I just asked afterwards when we were BS'ing about the day. The feedback is usually pretty good when you ask for help on the track.
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Did another track day at NJMP Thunderbolt this past Monday. They ran red (intermediate) and blue (advanced) combined. There were only 11 people in our group. It was great for me to have the blue group to follow. I didn't have a timer, but I felt a lot faster. Coaches pretty much told me to keep doing what I'm doing. Nothing stood out as a problem to them. Out of the 11, I was probably 8th on speed. Not bad seeing that I was in the white (beginner) group last month.
The end of the day we had over 25 in the group. All the coaches came out. They were all killing it out there since it was the last track day of the season for most of them. Great experience overall for me.
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Just put a set of Corsa III's on this past Monday. Morning track temps were in the 40's and didn't want to push my Pirelli diablo's. I was quite impressed. Sticky as hell. I'll see how long they last.
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Thanks for posting that. I'll be spending a lot of time out in Denver with an upcoming project starting in 2012 with a good chance I'll end up moving there.
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HI. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOUR TIRES ARE PROPERLY WARMED ON A TRACK CAN THEY STILL SLIDE OUT? WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I HAVE DUNLOP QUALIFIERS AND RAN 3 1/2 LAPS AT BIG WILLOW AND THEN MY REAR TIRE SLID OUT? WHAT COULD HAVE MADE THIS HAPPEN?
Change in lean angle while adding gas? What level and drill were you in when you went down? The tire needs to flex quite a bit to build up heat. You could do 10 laps and still not have your tires hot enough based on your riding. That's why I asked what drill you were in. A lot of guys were adjusting in turns until they put the turn points on the track.
By the way, all CAPS signifies yelling on message boards.
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Spectacular responses guys, thanks very much. This is exactly what I was hoping to hear!
TOC--I think the guys have already answered you, and I got you pm and responded to that too.
Let us know what you do!
Best,
Cobie
Well, based on the responses I received here (and all the great things I've seen about CSS on other forums) I have signed up for Level I on next Sunday (the 26th).
I'm really looking forward to it!
So, how'd you do?
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Hey guys, is it best to just show up at the track in my leathers, or is there somewhere to change into them?
I wore my under armour under my clothes and changed right next to my truck in the parking lot. Pretty much what everyone did. Even the women. There is a bathroom though if you need it.
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Hey guys,
I'm the new guy I suppose. I'm currently living in Italy, but I hail from Dallas, Texas. Love Italy, and especially love the riding over here. I have yet to attend a SBK School, but there is one in the U.K. I plan on attend next spring. I'm a fairly new rider, but I've been studying and reading the "Twist of the Wrist" books and doing my own practice in the year I've been riding. I look forward to learning alot from you guys, and especially the staff on the forum.
Buon guidano, e saluti.
Welcome to the board! I spent 4 yrs in Germany with the Air Force and absolutely loved Europe. AH...the memories...
Ramstein or Spang? I'm stationed at Aviano, Italy with the Air Force also. I've been here for almost four myself, hoping for atleast one more atleast.
Stationed near Ramstein at Sembach (flightline now closed)'86 to '90. Jet Eng Mech on EC130's and A10's. I think they just started building Aviano back then. Now I feel old...
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Here's what I heard...With GP shift pattern if you are downshifting into a tight left hand corner and braking hard you need to get your foot out from under the shifter for ground clearance. When you take your foot off the peg inertia from hard braking makes it swing forward.
If you noticed, it was when Rossi was really braking hard and taking a tighter line that his foot really swung out there.
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Hey guys,
I'm the new guy I suppose. I'm currently living in Italy, but I hail from Dallas, Texas. Love Italy, and especially love the riding over here. I have yet to attend a SBK School, but there is one in the U.K. I plan on attend next spring. I'm a fairly new rider, but I've been studying and reading the "Twist of the Wrist" books and doing my own practice in the year I've been riding. I look forward to learning alot from you guys, and especially the staff on the forum.
Buon guidano, e saluti.
Welcome to the board! I spent 4 yrs in Germany with the Air Force and absolutely loved Europe. AH...the memories...
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Temporarily shutting his doors due to the bad economy posted on the web site.
There's more to the story
http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=34773
Bikes repo'd and instructors unpaid
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Congrats BPEZ on your success. I am also with TPM. I look forward to my L1-L2 schools and my red sticker. Reading your story has fueled my desire.
The school took me to another level. I had to get over my SR (survival reactions) and trust the bike. Cobie pulled me off the track in the first 5 minutes of the 1st drill. That was my wake up call that told me I didn't know what the hell I was doing out there even though I thought I did already. I knew with all the experience Cobie had along with his title (Chief Riding Coach Worldwide) combined with Keith teaching the classroom theory side I had everything I needed handed to me on a platter so to speak. So soak everything in and follow the drills. They're all there for good reason. I'm still having trouble with the very last drill (pick-up), but I'll get there. I still have a long way to go. Sucks that the season is coming to an end in the northeast. Looking forward to the CSS 09 schedule. Definitely doing L3/4.
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Alright, I remember Keith talking about adjusting your idle higher. I'm thinking it's to give yourself an automatic maintainence throttle if you should let the engine rev down far enough. Anyone else remember him talking about setting your idle higher at like 3k as a learning tool?
There was another thread that this came up and Keith does cover it in one of the books, I think it might be Soft Science. I don't know the exact page/reference, but if you find it want to post it up here?
CF
I found some more info on this. I don't have the book, but here's where it is. Soft Science page 107 in chapter IX. After reading through some more posts I think I'll leave it turned down for the time being. It's actually is a more advanced setting after you master throttle control. No point in cheating now for me at this point.
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`Thank's for the GREAT write up about the school. I am a fellow Pa. rider ( Steeler Country ) and looking forward to doing L 1/2 at VIR in the spring. What did you think about the track in NJ ? I have a bunch of family out that way a may be looking to do L 3 out there, most likely at Mid-Ohio though.
I did my 1st track day this past June at VIR North. Absolutely love that track. L1/2 would be great there. If you have a chance to get to NJMP, do it. Try to catch a weekend where you can get on both Thunderbolt and Lightning. I've only been on Thunderbolt (3x). They say Lightning is faster, but I prefer technical. Thunderbolt has both. (fast & technical)
If you do make it out here, let me know. You can pit with us. We usually have 6-8 guys in our group. We might even hit Beaver Run next year...
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I hit NJMP Thunderbolt with Team Promotion today and got bumped up to intermediate before lunch without asking to be evaluated. Coach came after me in the pit and said lets go back out in the intermediate group. I followed, then led for a few laps. I'm in! Thanks CSS!
Everything I learned last week is now coming naturally. Hitting the track again in 2 weeks. Loving every minute of it!
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I hit NJMP Thunderbolt with Team Promotion today and got bumped up to intermediate before lunch without asking to be evaluated. Coach came after me in the pit and said lets go back out in the intermediate group. I followed, then led for a few laps. I'm in! Thanks CSS!
Everything I learned last week is now coming naturally. Hitting the track again in 2 weeks. Loving every minute of it!
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Spectacular responses guys, thanks very much. This is exactly what I was hoping to hear!
TOC--I think the guys have already answered you, and I got you pm and responded to that too.
Let us know what you do!
Best,
Cobie
Well, based on the responses I received here (and all the great things I've seen about CSS on other forums) I have signed up for Level I on next Sunday (the 26th).
I'm really looking forward to it!
Be sure to post back after L1.
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Alright, I remember Keith talking about adjusting your idle higher. I'm thinking it's to give yourself an automatic maintainence throttle if you should let the engine rev down far enough. Anyone else remember him talking about setting your idle higher at like 3k as a learning tool?
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OK, last fall/winter I was told about lower pressures in tires in the cold, but thought that person had it backwards. I would have guessed that one would want lower pressures in the heat because of the increased tire pressure with the heat. Why is it you want more pressure in the heat? It makes me think that in cooler weather you want more contact on the ground?
As I understand it, lower the psi in cooler temps to allow the tire to flex more thus creating more heat in the tire. As Racer said ~170 is the sweet spot in tire temps.
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If I understood correctly, Keith says (TOTW1) that for a sportbike, front brake only will produce the shortest stopping distance. True/ False?
Since you're asking about the shortest STOPPING distance I would say you need a combo of both front and back brakes. Initial rear brake to lower the rear and bring down the CG then the rest of the braking will all be on the front. Sportbikes have 2 brake calipers on the front for good reason. On the track you only need the front to scrub off some speed.
I never read TOTW1. Plan to though.
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Never thought about checking actual tire temps. We just bought several of these Fluke Thermal Imagers for work. I might need to see if I can borrow one to play with at the track.
http://www.instrumart.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=20937
Thanks
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Chuckwalla Raceway coming to Desert Center, CA. Phase 1 opens in '09.
http://chuckwallavalleyraceway.net/LWC_002...dImages/bcr.pdf