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  1. get one that fits you and complies with your local safety/ transport department
  2. If you have the chance to try out Kawasaki/ Honda's newer race ABS, the pumping feel will be much less obvious/near nonexistent pulsing type ABS .. I'd call them GEN1 , effective but still quite outdated when compared to the newer kids in the block tech wise.
  3. Yamaha's production R1 is far from competitive in SBK (too heavy , quite outdated suspension , etc) so Im not surprised. still a looker imho Honda has TTXGP covered too this year with the SHINDEN.
  4. So I heard that the there will be 2 days in Taiwan in December this year. Cant wait to get my first taste of CSS , how do i sign up/ who do i contact?
  5. I feel your pain, because today's laundry and groceries day for me, ugh~
  6. HI bullet , welcome back! ^^ replying form the cozy man cave of mine is bliss everyday XD
  7. Best way is to try em out at a big store that sells those stuff.
  8. I would argue that there are three groups: 1) Those that consciously know and apply the 2-step. 2) Those that do not know the 2-step, but still apply it. 3) Those that don't know it and don't use the technique. (those that know it, but don't use it should be taken outside and shot.... just kidding) The "inside-huggers" are most likely in group #3. They don't know better. If you know racers, some "fake" it ... Predictability in a race is a vulnerability in some situations... when it takes everything to win,a gamble/ feint sometimes pays off
  9. too many to remember throttle control: -sewer cover slides -white/yellow line slides -wet road -mud/sand quick flick -incoming traffic -stuff on roads a bullet is an understatement, i've dodged entire hailstorms... I've to admit the area wher i ride is not very friendly...
  10. its a two edged sword imho be smooth and not upset the bikes suspension + geometry, and you clear corners with less lean angle be clunky and its worse off than normal non hanging off riding. Good technique to use on rainy/cold/slippery surface roads thou. IMHO its useful only for a very narrow band of performance increase (but in racing, every % helps.)
  11. If you are braking that hard then you have nearly/fully 100% of your weight on your front tire contact patch and your forks heavily compressed - that is not a good time to ask the front tire and forks to take on cornering force as well. same thinking here.
  12. if your belly is covering the tank like a bean bag chair, the friction is going to make changing positions much harder imho. im not sureif waxing the part of the tank that makes contact with your stomach is a good idea...
  13. Hi Vorontzov, how do you relax? as in the method? I find myself unable to do that sometimes and a drill might help lots in my area Also , I personally offload quite abit of my $10 of attention to my hardware part (bright parts and reflective tape in lots of areas) helping me concentate more on areas other than observation too
  14. Parts in Bright fluorescent colors usually make you much more visible; imho thats the hardware safety in respect to visual safety... A FF helmet in bright colors helps too imho. As for risk management, I'd say its the "software" part , and the TOTW helps alot. Its good to know and use properly both tools imho ^^
  15. setting up the rear brake to be as linear as possible helps too. I usually use pad material one level down from the stock which bites too aggressively and non linear for my taste...
  16. about the two step... on unfamiliar roads (eg no sampling before hand) , I usually go slow for 1 to 2 "laps" to sample the turns. The 2 step is usually reserved after enough sampling (eg RP, TP, sense of speed etc) I develop this SOP hoping there is a more optimized solution for public roads... anyone has an even better plan??
  17. Very good question. I used to think that I would have to crash to be able to find the limit, but that's not true at all (whether we're talking about cornering, braking, whatever). Actually that's a really bad outlook to have, to think that you need to crash to find the limit. Dangerous and expensive. The bike will give you signs that you're nearing the limit, like Hotfoot mentioned - rear end moving around, front end vibrating, chattering etc. But you've got to recognise those signs rather than continuing to push on far beyond that point. Was this at a regular track day, or was it a CSS instructor (have you attended the Superbike School)? After I did Level 1, the main thing that struck me at my next track day was just how early most people brake for a corner. I used to ride like that as well, I think the main reasons is because I thought I was "being safe", and since that's how a lot of others ride it's easy to get sucked in and just copy their line, braking points etc. Also keep in mind that the very act of turning the bike will scrub off speed. Do you enter the turn and have the feeling that you could be going faster? and theres the 2 step visual drill once you can confidently flip the bike real fast (its in the TOTW 2 video)
  18. my guesstimates 1) it depends , especially when cornering big/small corners with bikes that have longer or shorter wheelbases. short wheelbase + short corner = you can go in much faster than a bigger bike with a longer wheelbase (turning radius) 2) of course , but where you make a mistake, if you overcome it, u'll improve 3) i take small chunks (but I currently only ride on public roads, so...) 4) yup.0.2-0.5 S of distraction takes a toll on my 10 bucks of attention/ mental capacity during a very critical cornering phase 5)hmm... much harder handlebars due to gyroscopic forces, not able to tap on the gas ASAP , a different line (visual markers are in a different position indicating a different line) , shakier/slightly more unstable bike due to suspension not so complying. 6) yes , right until i hit my bike's hardware bottlenecks (scraping pegs/parts,back sus/tire starts squirming slightly ,)
  19. 1) I have no idea, having no track day experience 2) A rule of the thumb will be under the speed limit (I usually do -15 on unfamiliar roads , -5 to 10 on familiar roads for legal and safety reasons)
  20. No wonder I dont enjoy excecising or a diet... theres no "playing field" for you to flex your muscles ... riding however, oh yeah, comparatively instant improvements
  21. They were talking about it on the Eurosport commentary, it looks slower in the faster turns, but it requires so much more physical force to overcome the gyroscopic forces at the wheel that they simply can't flick the bikes over any quicker in the fast corners. Its interesting and relevant to me because I experienced the same thing doing hi speed turns (my scooter is geared for 0-75) , anything above 80 and I feel like having a steering damper attached to my bars... , quite a bit of understeer in my case...
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