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Thx Kevin, i will see if i can get those books here in South Africa and start reading. I have read through one of them long time ago but cant remember which of my friends had the book and which book it was. Fire; Since you have experienced a wide gap in the credibility of track side advice, I would recommend that you acquire the two Twist of the Wrist books written by Keith Code, the California Superbike School founder and owner. What most Forum regulars with tell you is that what Keith writes in these two books also serves as the basis of the curriculum used in the four levels of training offered at the School. Many (most) of us re-read these books, especially Twist II over and over again because there is so much information in them that it is easy to miss some of the detail they offer. At a minimum they will provide you a clear filter to review the advice you will begin to receive as you spend more time on the track. Beyond wrenching advice on the motorcycle itself, I will offer that I cannot think of a single piece of advice anyone has offered me at a track day that was worth a damn or wasn't what I had already been taught/learned from these books or the School. YRMV. Good luck and remember this Forum is available to you to fact check the advice you receive once you get there. Kevin

First off, thx for the replies what you guys saying makes perfect sense. Basically what i would like to know from you guys are, what type of question should i ask and what answer should i expect. I am from South Africa and there are no CSS here. Only local racers recruited by a bike shop to give classes, or so it seems. I would like to know when i am bs'd and when i can use what they tell me is correct. Offcoarse there are more legit schools or institutions here that are very good but most of them are for racers in mind and or are way up north and too expensive for me to attend.

Ok so most of you will probably have seen by now that i am going to do a Track school day in the near future. BUT, how will i know what they teach me is worth anything? I mean I am not convinced if someone says the are a racer that gives them the skill and ability to teach someone else. I dont know about US, England, Australia or any other country, but over here people will take you for a ride (excuse the pun) just to make money out of you. Ive been to a Track school day to observe and ask question on what they teach and how they do it. Honestly i was not convinced at all. The instructor i spoke to was a nice guy and very approachable and answer all my questions. But still i dont know if i asked the correct questions. What should i ask, and what should their answers be? One thing i note was, when the medium class riders were out it just seemed nobody told them what their body positioning in corners should be. From what i have read and seen from instructional videos from MCN's Michael Neeves, these guys were doing it wrong. Its made me worry abit. Its not that expensive to do a Track day, that does not bother me that much, its the fact that i might get given the wrong information which will hamper my riding ability.

OK, it works perfectly thx VIO. Its a bit softer when pressing it but still not touching my finger and still same braking power. BUT i can now blip the throttle. Ive dial to setting no 3 and its perfect. Thx for advice man.

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Alright will let you guys know how things progress.

Thx man, what you said makes sense. My older bikes did that, the brake lever came very close to the bar, spongy brake feel. WIth the fireblade i have it on setting 2 which is very strong and the lever does not travel that close to the bar. WIll try this and see if it helps, but i actually think it will help. As for having the lever low, it is set low allready, something i allways do when i get a new bike, set my lever to my preferred positioning.

Hey all, i was just wondering about blipping the throttle. On my carburation bikes i could blip the throttle when braking and gearing down for a corner. On my 04 fireblade if i do it, i cant seem to brake hard and blip the throttle. When i brake and blip the throttle the bike does a forward backwards motion because of the pressure that i am releasing on the brakes to allow my hand to twist the throttle. But blipping the throttle helps the bike not lock up on the back right? SO how can i do it without loosing out on the braking power? I use 2 fingers for braking, even one finger is fine sometimes.

OK thx to all of you for responding and i will follow then what the teacher guy said, which was the red line approach. For dragging my knee on teh road i know its not something that will come easy or something i should worry about. I have been on the track before and did manage to scrape my hero blobs on my cbr600f2 yrs back. There's an advance school day on the racetrack here where i am from once every month. I am going to attend one soon. ive also read that Andy Ibbot has been in South Africa a couple of times but unfortunately the racetrack he attends is 1200km away. I live in Cape Town and our racetrack is called Killarney and not Kyalami. One thing i will definately do thsi year is try to attend the MotoGP at Kyalami in April. OK then i will wait a bit for the new dvd to come out or maybe get the older one. Once again thx for help and i will keep a very close eye on this forum for more tips.

He was on the street with me first letting me go ahead to see what i could or could not do. Then he pointed out my mistakes and told me to follow him riding my pace. I then practise it and then he followed to see if i understood what he was saying. SO it was a very hands on approach from his side. Yes the entry is from a straight. The racer guy is not really a racer just a friend who has as i said a very good reputation of being very very fast around corners. Even on a track he is blindingly fast, BUT to be honest although he is my friend i would never ride or learn from him. Its as you said he translates his ideas a bit differently than the teacher guy. He tends to be a bit of a wild rider, almost no fear of falling or dying. GHost Rider comes to mind. As for getting different answers here on the site well i just have to mix tehm up and practise on the road to see which fits me. As for now i am still using what i learned from the teacher guy but did he teach me the correct things or can i do even better is what i am trying to find out. Pls understand that i can ride and ride pretty fast, been riding for years as i said, but i am no way near as fast as my friend or alot of riders out there. I just want to take any corner at its best possible angle and speed. if i can learn from what you guys know then id be very gratefull.

OK first off, thx for the replies and the questions. I will see if i can answer them for you before my lessons begin OK i am talking about road riding here, and yes i have read some of Keith Codes article but that was yrs ago. I live in South Africa and very much doubt if i will ever have the oppertunity to learn from someone like Keith or guys like yourselfs, person to person. We drive on the left hand side of the road, so i will be traveling from bottom of the picture towards the top of it, hence my left hander comment in earlier explanation. As for being to a superbike school the answer is no, only had one lesson with the teacher guy on the road. SO yes i would like to know more about which will be the correct angle of approach for a corner like the one in the pic. THe red line or blue line approach. The blue line approach is more late braking and squiring off the corner where the red line approach will be going earlier into it (making sure that whoever is behind you has to take you on the outside to overtake), and following the curve and accelerate on the exit point and focussing your eyes on the next corner coming up. Also apologies for responding so late to your questions, being in South Africa and you guys in the US, well the time differance will always keep me laggin behind. Another thing the dvd "A Twist of the Wrist, Video or NEW DVD" is that a good buy to learn about cornering. I mean is it very descriptive with lots of clear cut movie shots of corners and so on? Is it a good buy basically?

Hey guys. I am confused. Recently i went on a one on one advance riding course with a bike teacher. He was highly recomended. I did learn ALOT from him on how to enter/mid corner and exit a corner. Body positioning, braking etc... This week i spoke to a friend of mine who owns a bike shop and who also is very very fast on a motorcycle (been riding for years). He basically gave me different advice on how to enter a corner. He has a good reputation of being very good but also a bit of a wild rider. As seen in the picture i have attached, the marking in red is the Teacher's lines of entering this left hander and the blue my friends advice. Now depending on the type of corner and so on each entry will be different. Basically i am confused again. Both of them had something to say about one anothers riding styles and both of their styles works for me. I must admit that i prefer the teachers way seeing that its very smooth and not so aggresive but that could also mean that riding his way will keep me in and not let me develop and reach my full potential. I have been riding for yrs myself but always felt that i can go faster through a corner. I will be honest that riding fast in a straight line is not that exciting to me, its taking a corner as fast as i can that interest me and gets me going. SO if anyone can give me some reallly really good advice id appreciate it. ANd lastly i have a racing suit which i wore on the day of my road riding lessons and no matter how low i got to the ground and how far my bum cheek was off the seat i could not get my knees to drag on the ground. I know this is not the be all end all of biking but atleast id like to achieve this one day by going through a corner correctly. Thx in advance

Hello everyone, noob here. First off apologies to the support team here at superbikeschool.com. I have sent them an email asking why i cant post. Being a noob i did not read all of the fine print and did not see that had to wait a little to get my account activated. So apologies to them. Now I am very much a superbike enthusiast and love cornering. But like in anything in life one can only improved by listening and observing and asking questions. So that is why i signed up here. I will be asking plenty question in months ahead. I just hope you guys can bear with me. Thx and hi to all