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Andyvfr1

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  1. I think i can chip into this thread as i used to habitually add lean angle and throttle at the same time, i knew it was wrong but whenever i started pushing hard, id dump good habit and revert to winding on the gas as soon as i had started steering and WELL before max lean angle. The trouble i find with adding throttle too soon is the bike starts to run wider as soon as you start unloading the front, which ruins your drive out of the corner, I tended to come out slower because i had to slow my roll on to stop myself running off the track since id started running wide before the bike wasnt even remotely pointed down the next straight, my entry speed was mediocre, my mid corner speed was excellent, but my exit was rubbish because my mid corner speed was so high i was heading out wide. I spent a while trying to get rid of that habit and i think it's paid off, my trouble now is that i feel the SR's coming on from "going in too fast" when i know im not, because im still used to slow entry speed and a slow roll on through the corner, rather than fast entry, flick it down, stand it back up and drive out hard. What im doing at the moment, and i'm sure its not perfect but its certainly better than my old technique is: 1. I tend to set up my body position before doing anything else, so ill shift 1 cheek off to the side im turning 2. Roll off and brake as simultaneously as possible when i reach my braking marker. As im getting closer to my turn in point, ill start to reduce my braking and blip down the gears to whatever gear i need for the corner. 3. Depending on how hot ive gone in and whether i thinks its needed or not, ill trail off the front on the way in, if im a little slow i wont trail brake, if im a little fast i will to make sure i hit my apex. 4. At turn in i drop my knee out and start to drop my upper body with the bike, I stay off the gas and increase lean angle untill im on for the apex of close to it. Just as i clip max lean angle, which is usualy near the apex, usually just before, ill start thinking about my roll on. 5. First thing i do with the roll on is take the slack out of the chain with a tiny bit of throttle, as i find if i just crack it on the chain lashes and it unsettles the bike and forces me to stand the bike up and ruins the drive. I get the throttle very gently open, maybe 5% open or less, i start to stand the bike up as im doing this and then roll on as smoothly and quickly as i can. To have a decent roll on i think the bike needs to be pointed almost in the direction your intending to go out of the corner, since once you roll on the bike will start going alot straighter, if you want to go down the track, roll on once your almost facing down the track, if you want to go off onto the grass, roll on as soon as your beyond the turn in point.
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