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For me its "indecision" which then lead to erratic behaviour. This can apply to lines, throttle, braking, where they are looking, etc
The other one for me is a guy who is looking 3 feet in front of his front wheel and holding his bars like he wants to break them.
Having said that, Its one of the most rewarding experiences to have a first timer come to Track-Daze all scared and nervous and god away Safe, happy and itching to come back again.
ITs awesome!
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Vision - Ability to process a lot of information at speed. (Wide View)
RP's - The ability to consistently put the bike on the right spot, at the right speed,every time
Throttle Control - Critical to develop "feel"
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After reading Twist 2 again. I think I need to forget about the bike and focus on my RPs. I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for the advice.
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Thanks Hotfoot. I had a copy of Twist 2 but it got destroyed in the rain. I just downloaded the e-book and this make a lot more sense now than when I originally read the book.
Thanks again.
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WOW! Firstly, thanks to everyone for their responses or advice.
Hotfoot and Eirik - Thanks for the advice. I don't use a lap timer but I will make this my next purchase.
ScrmDuc - Thanks again for your direct feedback. To answer your questions:
My Goal - I would love to be able to hold my own with anyone on a track. But to be realistic, I am 42 and 110kgs. So my real goal is to be the best track day rider I can be. The most fantastic part of riding bikes to me is that you are constantly testing your own limits.
Do I feel the front end lift? - No. This bike feels so planted. I have had some occasions on higher speed sweeps where I have felt the front under steer, but never to a point where I felt unsafe.
Mostly 5th or 4th to 2nd gear corners. I don't think I have ever used 1st on the track.
Engine braking or and excuse - Now that is the $64million question. I do have supreme confidence in the front end and always feel that I can go in a bit faster, but at the same time I am aware that we should open the throttle once we have turned the bike. I keep saying to myself "get on the gas! get on the gas!" and I am a whole lot better than before, but the truth is that there is a definite time between when I have got the bike turned where I keep waiting before I get on the gas.
How do I determine corner entry speed?
Its mostly based on my SRs, but I also look for someone who is just a little faster than I am and try and learn a bit from them there.
I have been extremely weak at using RPs. For the last 3 track Days I have been documenting my brake point, turn in, apex and exit. I dropped my lap times by 3 sec just by focusing in this aspect.
Track notes - These have been mostly focused on identifying and documenting the RPs for each corner. Should I be writing other items down?
Level 1 drill 1 ??? - don't have my notes at hand. Are you referring to the counter steering or throttle control or turn point drill?
Thanks again for the feedback.
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Hi Everyone
This is my first post so please be patient.
I ride a 2008 Cbr1000RR which I love. I have also been fortunate enough to attend CSS and have completed level 3. I ride in the middle of the A group at about 10secs per lap off our national riders. So not brilliant, but not bad either.
I have a question regarding corner entry. I like to get all my down shifting and braking done before I turn the bike into the corner. I do this so that I minimise the SRs caused by charging into the corner. Often when I approach a slow corner, I have to get into a low enough gear to allow me drive out on exit. This causes a lot of engine braking and I regularly exit the corner frustrated because I could have gone through the corner faster.
My options as I see them are:
1.) Find a way to adjust my slipper clutch to be more sensitive to reduce the engine braking.
2.) Use the hand clutch to allow less engine braking.
3.) Stop being a "chicken". Brake later. Learn to trail brake and just attack the corner.
Can you give me any advice on what drills or techniques to try or point our where I am going wrong?
Many Thanks
Learning From Tv.
in Cornering and Techniques
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i'm just blown away by what these bikes can do. I love the way they get the rear spinning up to bring the bike around the corner
so that they can stand it up and get on the gas.