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  3. I Think I've Lost It!

    in Cornering and Techniques

    Posted

    Bobby

     

    Fascinating topic .....I've been in the same quandry since my double off at pembrey at the test weekend in Feb this year !!!

     

    It was the entry to Dibeni the long left that had me off twice and for the meeting in May I was spending all my time thinking about THAT corner...!!

     

    Some old boy from a sidecar team overheard me whinging on about it and sat me down....

     

    "use the two before to get it back and then use them to flow into your problem corner".......

     

    It wasn't an immediate success but by getting a flow, and reminding myself of 2-3 step,, I felt more relaxed and I got closer to my best times........still working on it...

     

    I'm sure it will come back,,

     

    all the best

     

    Nige

  7. Help

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    Good Shout Bullet,

    meant knee down....(only person to suffer at my first school was your goodself....how is the shoulder? ) :rolleyes:

     

    I was in the begginers group at Nogaro '02 (with en ex competitor of css!!mmm ) and on the 3rd day finally got my knee down at turn one...only problem was I had no sliders just a big bulky knee of Frank Thomas padding.....knee dug into tarmac which slightly upset the bike !!!

     

    Found myself vering sharp left across grass at rapid rate towards the hedge !!! Luckily Mr Chilli's words came into my head and I saved it and found my way back on track with the ducati looking more like a lawnmower than a bike !!!

     

    Infact it is the only piece of knowledge I had already been instructed on, which on level one is rider input.,,definately saved me a lot of bother that day.

  8. Help

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    welcome Nic.

     

    For what it's worth it took me 3 1/2 years before I did it,,, :rolleyes:

     

    I'm sure someone on here break it all down for you but personally I'd forget about the knee down and concentrate on getting a feel for the bike and relaxing....if your spending too much time on this aspect then other ,(probably more important ) parts of your riding will suffer !!!

     

    It will happen with the right advice ,,I hope your first time will be a slightly better experience than mine :unsure::unsure:

     

    Nige

  9. A New Convert

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Nigel and welcome :) . Congratulations on your first school day. I just joined the forum too and a Brit ex-pat. I remember going to the beach in Devon which was one of the few British beaches that didn't have pebbles! I love that area. Anyway, it's great you did level 1. You mentioned you had 3 big Eureka moments and I was curious what they were exactly if you don't mind sharing? I can remember when I did level 1 and I was shocked by how much input I was giving the bars without realizing it. That was one of my big moments when we did the "rider input" drill or chicken wings as I like to call it, and I noticed I could carry a lot more corner speed right away. I find it amazing what fear and a lack of understanding can do to a person, and in my case it made me grip the bars for dear life! That brings to mind another great article by Keith about the "effort-loop" which makes so much sense. Like you, I started when I was in my twenties, and although I wished I had started sport bike riding sooner, I'm just happy that I started at all.

     

    It must have been fun riding Silverstone. You are lucky to ride a great track, one that's going to be on the MotoGP calender next year! I have no idea what it looks like at this stage, but I hope they'll probably include it in the latest MotoGP video game so I can learn some lines before riding it someday. Well mate, I'm getting prepped for my level 3 tomorrow so I'd better get to it.

     

    Hey Bullet, sorry to hear about your crash too, but I'm glad you're not too hurt and it's the end of the season for you. Were you planning to ride in Spain/Portugal. It makes me think of the GP coming up at Estoril. Are you going to see the race? I was lucky enough to go to Valencia last year for the final race. I wish I could have ridden the track, but it was great just being there and experiencing the atmosphere. I'll never forget it.

     

    Hi Sof

     

    Unfortuantely the figure in brackets was my age when I started not my age now :lol: ,,was it deliberately misleading !!

    Anyway.after 2 years racing in f400 I couldn't work out why i was being left at the exits and blamed it on lack of hp etc etc

    Eureka moment 1) came in the first lesson as Glen explained throttle control and the theory behind it ,,then doin it on track never felt so right before !!

    The quick turn and rider input were the other two.

    I'm sure my bike wondered who was on it for the day ,,, coz at the end of the day it didn't feel like me !!!!!

    The only embarrasing part was picking up the free t-shirt in front of the school,,even the t-shirt is top quality .....

     

    let us know how that level 3 went

     

    Nige

  11. A New Convert

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    Hello all

     

    I've just completed Level one at Silverstone on saturday 12th and spent the last 3 days reading through the forum....how much more info can my brain take ?!!!

     

    I've been riding for 10 years, but was a late starter (38 ),,had numerous trackdays , attended similar type school (well almost similar !!!) , started racing as novice '07 , (crashing '08 !!) and never have I been able to take in so much new information in just one day. ( 3 big eureka moments in one day )

     

    Regained loads of confidence and even some understanding of why the bike does what it does and why certain actions give certain results.

     

    A big thank you to all the staff who made the day so enjoyabe ..

     

    and to my instructor (Jed ? I think ) who was a top top bloke ......

     

    regards to all

     

    Nigel

     

    Hope the instructor who came off is ok.....not in my session but saw an incident from pit wall ...

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