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  2. Arguments For "the Rear Squats Under Acceleration"

    in Cornering and Techniques

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    Haha Rishi, I saw that furore as well...

     

    I think the most simple thing to do is to tell the doubting person to go out to their bike, place the front wheel against a solid object (or hold the front brake on I suppose), then gently apply throttle and watch what the rear of the bike does

     

    No mystery, problem solved.

     

    Can't remember where I learnt that, but it makes sense to me!

    Much easier to ask them to watch this :)

  7. Trackday After Crash

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    It's been time since the original post, but coming back now..

     

    I did go through the crash in my mind for some time, but as time goes on mind starts to forget things..

    I also saw a video about the crash, not very good one, but still enough to tell how it all went after all.

    Based on the video and and my memory, I analyzed the crash (issues that lead to it and what contributed to it, but as I'm not a pro I still doubt).

     

    This time all went fine, I was tiny little bit nervous in the beginning, but doing the basic drills from level 1 helped to relax.

    As it was quite hot, I ended up finishing sessions early to add rest time and to avoid getting tired.

    So, I did 3 sessions out of 4, thinking that I was already pushing the limits (of self control ;) ), but now that I think of it I believe I was simply losing focus and getting carried away with the good feeling.

     

    Anyway, I had fun and I was able to overcome some of the stuff that I was worrying about. Now, I think I'll wait until the cooler weather comes back (October) until I'm going for the next session.

  8. Trackday After Crash

    in School Questions/General Discussion

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    I've just booked a trackday this friday. I had crash in January at the same track, different configuration though, so I won't be running through "the corner" this time.

     

    I did the CSS level two after the crash on a rental bike, but I'm still a bit nervous to go on the track.

     

    I notice that I keep on thinking quite many things like tyre pressures, suspension settings (which are now very different than the settings I had when I crashed), applying the school techniques etc etc. But the biggest thought is that "is this really a good idea?". I believe the crash is haunting me on this.

     

    Since I got my bike back and I've had one longer ride on it. What I noticed during the trip is that I'm facing the SRs that CSS is training to control. Thanks to CSS I can now identify some of them ( stiff on the bars, target fixation, on/off the gas ).

     

    I am going to the track for few reasons (well, I like to think so):

     

    - To get back on the saddle, so to say. Battle the ghost of past :)

    - safe environment to practice some of the CSS drills

    - get better feel of the new suspension settings

     

    Now that I've said my thoughts out loud, I cannot wait till friday :)

  10. New Bike - School Questions

    in School Questions/General Discussion

    Posted

    Like said above, there are some who want to have their own and there are some who like use the school bikes.

    Here's my experience..

     

    I was in the Level 2 training couple weeks ago and due to crashing my own bike few weeks before the training, I had to rent a bike.

     

    I had big, big problems in the first and second track session. It felt like the bike was everywhere else except where I wanted it to be. It felt slippery and I was afraid to lean it over (needless to say, but I did not have any experience of that bike before jumping on it).

     

    I already started thinking that the day would be horrible until the end, but then I had a chat with my coach (Mathew?) and we decided that I would concentrate on the trottle control in the third session (going back to basics).

     

    Guess what. In the 3rd track session all fell into place and I was smiling and having fun again.

     

    Thanks to Andy & team for fantastic day (evening) in Yas Marina.

     

    (Pardon any mistakes in my writing..)

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