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nydude2000

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  1. Well just finished lvl 3/4 at Willow Springs and made good progress...but turn 8 continued to be a problem (banked Right turn). Strugled with body position (locking in...relaxing right hand) all day. Finally tried a little faster and tighter and...to my bad surprize my right toe drageed (not the knee). Scared the $#^& out of me. NEVER had that happend before in any turn. Have no idea why or how to fix it...I am sure it has to do with my body position in that turn...Turn 2 (another tight right) got to be good and body position, locking in etc in that turn seemed ok...Any ideas?
  2. Well thanks all for the feedback...."'Fire", I think you may be right...and leave it to chance...my instructor was Pete and he made learning for the two days great and i feel lucky to have had him for those two days...it would probably be awesome to have him for the next two also...but all the coaches seemed to be great...am counting the days (painfully since I am in NY and not riding) till school "opens" again lol
  3. OK so this is a kind of basic school question and may have been covered before. Having done the first two lvls and now signed up for lv 3 and 4 the question is should you stay with the same coach. I had the same coach for the first two lvls (done together) and he was AWSOME and I think we devloped a great working relationship. So...my question is (finally) should I (can I?) stick with the same coach or would it be better to go with a different one. Seems like ALL the coaches are great..but it might be better to continue where i left off...also will probablly do a couple of extra lvl 4's at my home track with my bike and that might be a time to try a different coach. steve d
  4. Welcome to the board. Start wearing earplugs- it sounds like a paradox, but I found that I could hear my engine better with them in. I think it's because it removes a lot of the wind turbulence noise but the powertrain sound is clear but not overwhelming. If you go to amazon.com and search for "moldex 6800" you can get a box of 200 for around $20. Ok ...I will give it a try..since EVERYONE seems to do it there has to be something to it steve d
  5. Thnks for coming back Cobie..... Ok ..so yes..with no sham i will say u are a total jerk for rubbing it in just kidding...had a bunch of fellow students at LVR do the same thing...'the down side of NY ......................................................The GSXR = best bike in the world was just to get peeps riled...nothing like saying ur bike is better than their's to do that lol It is one sweet machine though...I know i should wear ear plugs when on the track but one of the sweetest things is to listen to that engine whine when hard 'on the throttle ...it is just SUCH a beautiful sound.....its kinda like...how did man create such am almost perfect thing...'and i guess it goes... as the controller of that thing can i EVER come close to that perfection...does that sound weird??? Get the dang schedule up for 2009 classes so i can plan my next 2 day!!!!! steve
  6. Ok..so I have actually put two posts in here so far…but figured I better give a quick intro…and I tend to be a lurker more than a poster…I live just outside of NYC….been riding for along time, although had a hiatus for several years…got the itch again ..and here I am…. Finished my first season of track riding on the bestest most perfect bike in the world (GSXR 750 K7 --- and all you peeps who ride “so much better bikes” = not… please don’t jump down my throat for a least a couple of days)… Did the first couple of track days …was hooked…but thought “I am so going to kill myself cause I have NO idea what is going on…signed up for 2 day CSS’….read THE BOOKS waiting for the course (books helped A LOT…but I was about $100K over spent of my $10 concentration money..way to much to think about)…and just finished the course at LVR and that settled SO MUCH…of course I am SO hooked…only prob is that it is getting pretty much winter here and I can’t practice!!! … So now I just sit on my K7 on the stands in the garage (not really but close..) Anyway…will do CSS lvs III and IV ..not sure when but as soon as I can…maybe RACE…although I don’t think racing is totally in the cards for me…but who knows… Well that’s kind of it…will just absorb some of the great info here waiting for my next CSS….and dream about riding my MC…well actually Sun it is suppose to be 60 and sunny …so I know where I am going to be…
  7. Hey Cobie… I just came off LV 2day and can’t belive I found this topic because it is something that had me really perplexed on track. It was the second day, track reversed, and after settling into the change found that as the day went on the turns that were giving me a lot of trouble were the two sweepers after the straight…I found I wasn’t really going off the gas going into these…I asked my coach and he said you needed to come off the gas to initiate the turn…I tried and found it not good…it seemed I was stopping the bike in the middle of run…very un-natural…and it got worse as I tried to figure out WHERE to do it…so I just stopped trying and took those two turns with some throttle at the beginning then good on as usual and it seemed to work…good entry smooth roll on and exit…even when I followed my coach I found I was doing this and had no trouble keeping his pace… (PLEASE DON”T TELL MY COACH THIS ) so…here is my question You said that having the throttle on (we are talking constant throttle here) will make you run wide..and yes it would.. But what if you set up your turn to allow for the speed=throttle coming in…then you lean angle is set..your exit is set right…and in theory you go thru the turn faster…so long as the turn is soft enough that initiating the SMALL steering input doesn’t unsettle the bike/ I don’t know…maybe I just wasn’t going fast enough for those turns…I guess someone not being a newbie would just come into the turn much faster…then off throttle turn and roll on…maybe that is the solution…I don’t know…
  8. Just a quick post to let all my fellow learners get 'the URL for some pics I took of grps... There are ALOT...the first bunch (not separated) are gold then some of white and the some more of gold..hope u can find yourself http://picasaweb.google.com/nydude2000/Pic...uperbikeSchhol# Also copying a post i sent to Cobie...just to thank the crew..it was fun learning with all u...see u for lvls III and IV ........................................................................... Hey Cobie..I just finished the two day school at LVR...was looking to maybe post a link to pics i took here..not sure where though... HAD A GREAT TIME!!!! What a great experience and great group of people I was also going to post this (see below) about my thoughts on the camp but wasn't real sure where to put it...but will just put it here instead..please thank everyone ...especially my coach..i can't believe how hard he worked (as did everyone) for the two days!!! This is what i was going to post..but just let everyone know how much their effort was appreciated! Steve .......................................................................... "I just finished the 2day course at LVR Nov 2,3 (I II) Ok so going into this you think there is now way Css can live up to the hype…but it does and beyond…from when Misti greeted you at the gate with that big smile to the end. So what makes it so amazing…yes it is the information and amazing science and the routine to teach it is down to an art…but ultimately it is the staff from Keith to the coaches to Trevor to Will and “MOM” (Judy C) …everyone working at 110% to make you a better rider in the most friendly environment imaginable. My coach for the two days (same coach) was awesome. You all seem totally happy and into what you are doing. It is infectious and it is impossible to not respond to that. THANKS TO ALL!!!!! Can’t wait to do the next two levels!!! Steve D"
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