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  1. Hey Cobie are you referring to quick turn into a corner? or quick turn mid corner? I find it hard to turn the bike sharper or quicker while mid corner and on the throttle
  2. Ive heard Rossi say he does not really know why he's hanging his foot off, just that it feels better under extreme braking. Why is it that we dont see the WSBK riders doing it? My opinion is that the technology has surpassed the human body. The modern day MotoGP bike brakes harder excellarate faster and well does things way past what the human body can handle for 20+ laps. I mean ive heard that they have to have surgery on their hands to relieve the pressure on their muslce or such (might have this wrong). NO, i am convinsed that those bikes are becoming a bit of a handfull for the human flesh.
  3. As for me not to get my knee down as everyone would expect me to say LOL but, smoothness into a corner through it and out of it. If i can slide off the bike for a corner to get my body positioning right without a slight wiggly from the bike right through to where i exit the turn and bring the bike upright again. Then id have to say smooth throttle control with on time gear shifting and then braking is my last factor. I hope ive got what you asking here?
  4. Dont worry i can Bend it like Beckham, LOL
  5. SO basically what you saying is that i will find it difficult because of my height? Im 6ft3inch i think, 1.89m in total.
  6. Its definately the street that i am reffering to. We have this very nicely tarred double lane'd one way and double laned opposite way shortish mountain pass where one can get your knee down i assume. Its here where i have practised. Also on my way to work and home there is this piece of road with 3 gorgeous fast turns where i am sure one can get your knee down, but i think it will take a brave man to do this. As you know i ride everyday with my bike. Ive only once ridden on a track.
  7. Hey Taras if that is you in your Avatar then without out a shadow of a doubt that is my body position to the Tee. Except i really dont get down that low i think. Ive allways ridden with my body hanging off the side of the bike, allmost Jamie Witham and Ben Spies style but that is just probably in my mind. The following is how i take a corner, after reading Twist 2 and watching instructional vidz on Youtube. Let say left hand corner: 1. Ass cheek off and my butt crack is aligned with the edge of the seat closes to the ground. 2. Allmost standing on both my feet, this helps with switching from left to right easier and keeps the weight of the bike in the centre, not front or back. 3. WHen i switch over from left to right or coming out of the turn i use my knee that is touching hte tank to pull myself back into the seat. the bike then does not wiggle about. 4. my hands are super light on the bars, many a time have they moved about while im on the power and i let tehm do what they need to do. 5. i push my knee out but dont force it, ive pushed it out so much one day that my muscles on the inside hurt. THat just did not seem right. If you look at hte picture to the left of the California superbike school logo on the top of the page then i dont even put my head on the tank like that guy is doing. My head will be allmost next to the handlebars. I sometimes adjust my upper body slightly to get it into that position closer to the road. So i just out of waht i explained cannot understand that i have not been able to touch the road with my knee. As Cobie asked earlier when leaning off the bike i kinda stand on the pegs and my hands i can take of the bars and i will not fall over or forward. This i know for a fact cause after every great turn i think about how i entered it and how i exited it. Was i following what Keith Code said or did i do my own thing.
  8. Hey thx for the detailed answers. I really appreciated it. Well to be honest that is not me on my Avatar but rather the Legend Freddie Spencer. I am glad actually that you commented on it. I was meaning many a time to ask opinions about his body positioning in that pic.
  9. WOW man wait on here, im not even contemplating trail braking as it is. THx for the excellent explenation. As it is my suspension feels perfect to be honest. I hardly run wide in a corner and when i do i know excately why and yes its 95% of the time because of Lazy turning (early into a corner) and other percentage cause i gave too much throttle too early in the corner. My question was best answered by Bullet in his last post. But what you said just confirms me that when it does come down to suspension settings i need the professionals help and for that i know excately who to take it to. Thx for answers guys.
  10. SO getting one's knee down is really to be a guage for one self as to how far you can still go until you push your bike to far over? Something that i should not worry about at all? I know excately how it sounds, it sounds like a little kid stubbornly wanting something and will not rest until its done, but fact is i dont want it to be a MUST do thing, but rather is it neccesary to do? type of thing. I mean i constantly ask myself what is it that drives me to go fast into a turn, go fast on the bike, why do i ride a motorbike in the first place etc...and why do i sometimes feel that i have to win or atleast be a close second if i am racing someone somewhere? Apologies for gettin so philosophical Thx for info.
  11. Ive gone back to Page29 and re read it and it make sense but ... i dont know if my brain is fried or if im just overloaded with info. I thought about it and what you said and still sitting with this one question. When you brake and off the throttle, turn into the turn point, for those few seconds you have the bike dipping into the turn point/corner surely here you cannot apply any throttle on? surely here you must be loading the front more than the rear? WHy i say this is cause i did feel this at one turn where i use to lazy turn into it, but on this given day deliberately braked later and turned in later. I could feel the weight and pressure on the front, and it just scared me honestly. The bike was handling it perfectly and nothing gave way or slipped but it just felt like i was pushing the front. HOW do i translate this feeling to anyone, so that they can tell me that its either normal/correct or that i was playing with fire here and doing things wrong? Did you find what I meant, and it made sense? If there is any consolation for you my friend, we've all got lots to learn. Being a coach is just a step on the journey of learning. We're constantly adding more to the info bank, and you just keep working at it. I've read twist at least 12 times, and I still learn things. I think if you probably asked Keith, Cobie et al, they'd tell you they're still picking up things as they go as well, and they've been riding for a long old time. ( ). Bullet
  12. Im still scratching my head as to how low and fast i must go to get my knee to scrape?
  13. Funny thing with me is that im nervous and a little bit scared of going onto a track with my everyday use bike. Ive heard of guys writing their bikes off on the track by getting too confident or someone else rear ending them. On the road i feel safer if that is possible at all. Specially love it when its raining, just means you have to really concentrate on your riding and have a good throttle control all the time, and keep it super smooth. I love it alot!
  14. mmm, and i thought i read Twist 2 well enough. Honestly even reading a hundred times i still have so many question. So many things i think i understand but dont. I seriously need help. Im not saying this cause i feel unsafe or riding myself scared here, i just WANT/NEED to know the best way to ride fast/safely.
  15. Lean off too far? How can that not get ones knee down? Id say that I tend to lean off too much (novice way id say). I know i dont turn my body in a la moto x style, cause my head is past my inside mirror and way past my inside hand. You nail it down right there, i need personal advice someone to see what i do or dont do. Cant wait to do a CSS day.
  16. Id imagine it scared you. Hopefully ill get there some day. My knee touched down pretty regularly throughout the day. I began to use it as my gauge as to whether or not i was doing the corner 'correctly'. I knew if i didn't touch my knee in some of the corners that I wasn't doing them as well as i had been consistently. Scared me the first time my knee hit the ground! it didn't feel as smooth as I thought it would
  17. Im sure its not a problem. Dude your form looks good to me man, did you get your knee down that day?
  18. Been dying to ask this question. I just read Voixtremes post and well saw this pic of him. http://img29.imageshack.us/i/dsc9157large.jpg/ why is it that his knee is not touching the ground. Im sure its because he's finished turning(accelerating allready) in this instance and sure he can get his knee down but ive ridden low in corner leaned off the bike, knee stretched out and nothing no contact. I have seen pics of guys who's bikes are at far less lean angle but theyre knees are down on the asphalt. how come?
  19. I think it looks good man, although i think you should have posted it here http://forums.superbikeschool.com/index.php?showforum=16
  20. In Twist 2, it says all about throttle on/off and turn point. I get that but actually not really know how to apply it to its fullest yet. And yes I have never done a CSS but speaking to Appanna and i'll definately be doing one early next year (hopefully ) So my question is, at the Turn point when your braking is done and your off the throttle, dipping the bike in for the corner, when excately do you apply the throttle to get the 60/40 (its suppose to read 40front/60rear) balance going? When you watch the onboard cams of the MotoGP guys, you can clearly hear they brake, throw it into the corner coast with no throttle at all allmost all the way to the apex (depending on the corner but most of the times) and then allmost straight on the throttle. I know they have superior bikes and tires so im not going to pretend i can do this. But this is allmost contradictory to Twist 2 surely? I dont understand the link between the brake/off the throttle/turn point entry/ on throttle rule. Most of the times i try not to brake (rather use engine braking) to settle the suspension, gear down to keep the bike in the revs and be on the throttle from just after ive leaned it into the corner. THis however brings me to the SR factor of going wide/drifting which luckily i allmost never do. Ive noticed that my SR is definately my holding back factor, that and the fact that my bike is my transport and dont want to ditch it.
  21. Thx Bullet, well if you guys are here 2 times a year and the bikes are supplied, well that makes it easier i suppose. But trust me when i say that i will definately in the near future attend a California Superbikes school. OH and i think you need to get here man, besides the weather being excellent our mountain passes here in Cape Town are great with good asphalt surfaces and best of all next year the World Footballers will be here, which is great for SA methinks. As it is i made some improvements in my cornering today, by concentrating on not doing too much at once. I will try going slower and focussing on what i have read but damn when the Fireblade wants to move she wants to move you know Hi Firebeast, Thanks for your post on our Forum. OK, Firstly, glad you enjoyed reading Keith's bible. Whilst it can be a little tough going at times, it really has so much great information in to read, and keep going back to again and again, and again. Have a read of it, go try something, go back and re-read it, and so on. Its right what you've observed, now your more aware of what you're doing, you'll be thinking more about the what, the whys, etc. etc. I'm afraid the only way to make this easier is to slow down a little and try and concentrate on just one thing at once otherwise you can just overwhelm the poor brain. :-) As for your questions : - 1) How do I get to know where to turn, (well, we teach that on Level 1) 2)Lean angel is combination of speed, of the line and the radius of the turn and your ability to turn the bike quickly. I'm glad to say, we also teach these aspects on level 1. 3), it always becomes more difficult to turn a bike at greater speed because of the gyroscopic rotational force of the front wheel, however, most riders can dramatically improve their ability to turn their bike quickly and would you believe it, we have a drill for that also on level 1. Should you decide to visit us at a School date, all of your areas of observation and interest will be covered in great depth in the classroom with Andy Ibbott, and then practiced on track in a systematic manner with an on track coach to remove confusion and to ensure you really understand are able to leave the day with improvement in your skills. Additionally, we have great fun doing it too! :-) I hope this helped with your query? Bullet (UK Riding coach) No problem my friend, I'm new to the forum myself, as I'm going to be helping out a bit on the Forum where I can. We do indeed visit SA, normally twice a year, early in the year, and again at the end. We run normal school's essentially, but all of the organisation, bikes etc is provide in country. I've never personally been to SA, but I here the track at Kyalami is incredible, the days are very well attended, and the weather is great to boot. With luck, we'll see you either this, or next year, and we can continue to help you improve your cornering! Bullet (UK Riding coach)
  22. Hey Bullet and thx for the reply. Ive posted couple of other question here in the past, just to let you know. As for doing a school day well its kinda impossible for me seeing as i live in South Africa. Although looking at this it seems Andy Ibbot is on his way here. http://www.track-daze.co.za/ Problem is that its kinda steep in price at the moment (recession hitting me slightly) for me and worst than that is the fact that its on 2 tracks that are very far away from Cape Town where i live. About 1000+ km's away. SO ill have to find accomodation somewhere close to the track and i bike to use etc... I will have to plan maybe doing one next year if you guys come around again (hopefully). Otherwise ill slow down as you suggested and take one thing at a time. But yes, doing a school day will help even more than reading Twist 2. Hi Firebeast, Thanks for your post on our Forum. OK, Firstly, glad you enjoyed reading Keith's bible. Whilst it can be a little tough going at times, it really has so much great information in to read, and keep going back to again and again, and again. Have a read of it, go try something, go back and re-read it, and so on. Its right what you've observed, now your more aware of what you're doing, you'll be thinking more about the what, the whys, etc. etc. I'm afraid the only way to make this easier is to slow down a little and try and concentrate on just one thing at once otherwise you can just overwhelm the poor brain. :-) As for your questions : - 1) How do I get to know where to turn, (well, we teach that on Level 1) 2)Lean angel is combination of speed, of the line and the radius of the turn and your ability to turn the bike quickly. I'm glad to say, we also teach these aspects on level 1. 3), it always becomes more difficult to turn a bike at greater speed because of the gyroscopic rotational force of the front wheel, however, most riders can dramatically improve their ability to turn their bike quickly and would you believe it, we have a drill for that also on level 1. Should you decide to visit us at a School date, all of your areas of observation and interest will be covered in great depth in the classroom with Andy Ibbott, and then practiced on track in a systematic manner with an on track coach to remove confusion and to ensure you really understand are able to leave the day with improvement in your skills. Additionally, we have great fun doing it too! :-) I hope this helped with your query? Bullet (UK Riding coach)
  23. Hey all, allmost done reading A Twist of the wrist II and besides being really insightfull it also had a downside if you will. Downside being now that i am learning what to do i tend to concentrate on what to do (correctly) and not focussing on riding the bike, also the biggest thing is that for some weird reason i tend to be more safety concious after reading Twist II so when riding I tend to concentrate on doing the right things more. Is it normal? But anywhoo what i would like to ask you guys are: 1. How do i get to know where a corners Turn point is? Specifically Road riding, even after riding the same road everyday i still feel i am taking a couple of turn wrong. (lazy turning). Looking at the image here http://www.leics.gov.uk/bends.gif where excately is the correct turn point? 2. This morning in a corner that i ride everyday on my way to work, mid corner (its a 150kmh turn) i managed to push the bike even lower than ever before. Surely this is not right even if the bike felt stable? The thing is the 2004 Fireblade is not that easy to quickly turn into a corner, over certain speeds or am i wrong?
  24. This is an excellent topic. The images are really good to see what im doing and what my friend who rides to work with me does in a corner. He has the Doohan-esque style Pic no2 and i definately have Pic no3 style. Im experimenting in gettin my head and body way down to the side almost like Ben Spies and Jamie Whitham, but i dont want to do this just to look cool. I want it to work for me, enable me to go faster smoothly and give me more grip and stability in corners. As it is i cant get my knee down to touch the ground at all no matter how hard i try. I know im pretty fast in corners but still that eludes me. My question is if anybody will answer, why do they say No5 tires are less likely to slide and he could go round faster?
  25. Just one question from my side. DO you still enjoy/love riding the same way before you fell off?
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