Hi , Some great info around here.
Background
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I ride a sports tourer motorbike on private roads and really enjoy it, however my skill level is rusty i.e on sweepers no problem do sweeping bends , but in a tight series of bends 35-65km im nervous , i've been useing the roller coaster method , basically charge up to the corner as fast as possible then slam the brakes on right before the bend and then lay it down to get around the corner , some of the issues i'm having on tight corners are;
- locking the back wheel up going in (fishtailing), wrong gear or too much rear brake
- not leaning over enough
- running wide
- sliding
- washing off too much speed going in
- no enough speed going out
- scraping boots
- not knowing if im going to make it around without throwing down the road
- bouncing the needle of the tacho
I've got twist II book , to be honest i don't understand it all that well. Mates have give me advise i.e use back brakes when going in , or use front brakes going around , hang off , don't hang off , use the revs (lower gear), use the torque(higher gear) all good advise i'm sure.
I've got 0.5cm chicken strips on my 200 rear tyre and the 120 front has 0.5cm chicken strip i havent scrap pegs yet either so basically the bike has more to offer than i can give it.
Do you think a superbike course will help me improve my road riding ? thanks for the answers
