Bullet

sweet move mate. they were both luck that the guy following the camera bike the Suzuki didn't take them both off. Nicely setup though mate, really nice. Bullet

god that's terrible to watch, really, really saddening to see. I'd say either a stuck throttle, or brake failure. a rider at that level wouldn't get it that wrong, and so must have been a mechanical of some form. Bullet

It's hard to tell of what the rider was actually doing on the bike with bar input, but you can tell what he's doing with the gas, so as Hotfoot said, what did you hear? With rebound, that looked to me like not enough rebound damping. The rebound damping controls the return of the compressed spring. if it's too much it keeps the forks/shock too deep in it's stroke, gradually winding down the bike lower and lower (at it's worst). With too little damping as we have here, you get the spring just ping back quickly and you can get chatter. it effectively can induce this resonance to the bike (though tyres can do this a bit too). A spring in it's natural state as you'll probably be aware, will contract and expand and bounces either end of it's travel, gradually reducing the energy put into it. The dampers job is to control the rate of this action, you ideally want just enough to control the spring, but not too much. It can also be further confused by low and high speed damping, which many shocks have, (i.e. small little shocks or big ones). That help? Bullet

god that wasn't pretty was it. Hotfoots covered a lot of what's going on above, definitely rebound damping needs improving a lot, but it could also be the camera is mounted somwhere which is exagerating the motion. Unquestionably when he crashed though, the chatter was worse and could be improved by technique. Bullet

Hi mate, Thanks for the update, sounds very promising indeed. I race a Ducati, it has about 195bhp, (which has had quite a bit of engine tuning work and racing gearbox, suspension, etc). We don't run a PCV on her, she has the Ducati racing ECU reflashed, as this allows us a lot more options (though of course it's more complicated and expensive route than a PCV). I do understand, (not having had mine fitted yet), it will cause some issues with dash lights (due to control of coils), but we can resolve that if I also get the nemesis ecu (which is available for Ducatis). We're going to have her updated and installed over the winter, and I will update you on what I find, (which incidentally), we'll be endurance racing on Dunlop slicks and wets (not sure what you're using). Thanks for the note, Bullet

how do you find the TCS Nema? Just aqcuired one of these pieces of kit for my race bike. Bullet

Bullet, you do know about what they say of the Italian Ladies - they're pretty, but slightly crazy and erratic HMGs (High Maintenance Girlfriends) Kai, wondering what Bullet's missus will say She'd say I'm the high maintenance one in our life. (certainly with regards to bank balances anyway). Bullet

ha ha, nice one. Yeah, its not as exotic as the lady, but doesn't come with the bills either no doubt. get them rearsets bought, you know you want to. Let's have some video up of you riding her my friend. Bullet

sweet, how is she? Get ready for the spending to begin.... When I bought my Ducati, I vowed I wouldn't spend much... Ha, never stopped since. Bullet

well done, and you started off such a doubter. Bullet

Nothing sounds, nor feels like a Ducati... the end. The BMW is a stunningly competent, and very fast bike, probably by far the best of the litre bikes out of the box by a mile. You can't argue with the value for money of the things either, really, really impressive. If you like Ducati's turn up your speakers and enjoy Oh, this is my Ducati, and it makes about 200HP and sounds very, very angry. Bullet

I'm glad you agree. Over the years of coaching, I've met many, many students, looking for complexity and difficult answers to explain there problems/predicaments. In most cases the actual problem is often not the immediate one that the rider thinks it is. The reason we ask questions by the way, is to make you think about your problem and to make you part of the answer, rather than just giving you the answer on a plate. In the riding world, there are so many, many riders full of false advice, (advice like, oh, just go faster, you'll be ok mate), and misunderstandings of "the why", and we like to cement your learning by making you part of it. After all, aren't all the best things in life, hard earned and thus fufilling? Bullet

I have tried putting my attention on different things, and find I do better if I sort of think about trying to "work the tires", i.e., consciously try to build up lateral g's, while also staying relaxed at the bars. However, even then, I eventually reach a lean angle that makes me think "eek, is my boot going to hit the ground?" You can see from the photo that that is not likely! So, in other words, I *try* not to think about lean angle, but it ends up popping into my head at a certain point when I am farther over than normal. What tyres are you running, what level of prep do you goto with them to establish confidence in them? Bullet

Can we ask what it is you think the tyres are going to do on you? Do you believe the bike will just spit you off mid turn with no sign or warning? do you think the bike will give you some feedback before you start a slide? How do you think that might be communicated to you? Are you aware of the consequence of the wheels spinning, and their effect on bike stability with speed? What does a bike wheel become with more speed? The lean angle of the bike is dictated by the speed, and it's combined mass of you and the bike. Would it be possible therefore, that your issue with lean is actually related to your sense of speed, your feeling of being comfortable with the speed you're going? i.e. if your brain was more comfortable with the speed, you'd feel capable and able to roll into the turns a little quicker, and thus you'd enter the turns a little quicker, and use more lean angle? I'd wager there's both factors at play here, you're understanding of what your bike will do, and removing your attention from the tyres into the turns might be a massive factor here? How can we help you? Well, certainly the TWII book is a good place to start, it will give you an understanding of the challenges and gives you some of these questions. Your next step up from this clearly is the school. Visiting the school would give you the opportunity to have the problems explained (certainly much of your issues are covered in Level 1), and some answers to fix/remedy them too. Working with an on track coach would enable your riding to be tweaked and be improved where neccesary to make sure you just nail those turns and give you a much greater confidence in your riding. I guess, which is exactly the answer you're really looking for? Bullet

Let's discuss point 3 specifically, given that we have rolling friction from turn in , (i.e. the front wheel scrubs speed went turning in and leaned over) would it therefore be fair to agree then, then the only way to maitain phsycially the same speed would be to roll on the throttle? (hence point 3, is actually point 1)? If you're confusing a checked throttle and adding lean angle, the bike is actually slowing, not maintaing the same speed. Make sense? Bullet