[New From Ct]

Jeff;

First - Welcome to the Forum!

Now to your desire about clearing your fear plateau (it's referred to as overcoming Survival Reactions here), you have been on a few tracks so the first question is: What have you been taught about how to ride a bike on the track? If you have been on bikes for 25 years and track riding for two, you know there's a world of difference between the street and the track and there are many aspects of track riding that are counter intuitative. From personal experience I can tell you that there can be a lot of bad advice offered in the paddock of many track clubs so what you have been told may be incorrect and is part of the reason why you can't improve.

 

Another question would be have you read either of Keith Code's Twist of the Wrist books or his The Soft Science of Motorcycle Road Racing? These will give you some insight to what is taught at the California Superbike School but can also help you build a more knowledge based approach to cornering at speed.

 

Anyway, welcome again and post your questions and they will typically trigger some good responses.

 

Kevin

I have a pretty good handle on knowing what I am supposed to do .. on paper

I have read

TOTW I & II as well just finishing up Ken Condon's "Riding In The Zone"

I tend to avoid the advice of the track brains in the paddock and ask my questions of the "instructors" but at a track day I find its generalized instruction telling me what to do. and of course I already know what to do.. I just 1) Don't actually know if I am doing it or 2) cant bring myself to do it. Many times I have hit corners "hot" and zipped right thru it. i was not actually hot but well past my comfort level so I know I and the bike can do it much better I just need to help the brain get on board. Reminds me of Bull Durham. "

God, that was beautiful. What'd I do?

[New From Ct]

new from Connecticut and fishing for some information. Been riding bikes since 1984, Got my first SS bike 2 years ago 2007 ZX6r. I have done quite a few track-days at NHIS, VIR, Poconos but I seem to have reached my fear plateau. I just cant get the lean angle, the entry speed that I know I can do.. never mind what I know the bike can do. Track days are fun and i do learn quite a bit but I am looking for more. Trying to find what is basically instruction at speed on a track. So here I am looking at is offered and if it fills the need for what I want. Will be browsing, reading asking question to see what you have to offer me.

 

basically I need to see and identify what is different between level 1, II, IIi etc and the two day events (besides the price tag) and also whats different from a Trackday in general.