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ScrmnDuc

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  1. If I rode a quite bike and/or hours of riding on flat, straight roads I might but probably not though. For anytime in the foreseeable future the answer is no, my bike provides me with enough tunes. "The Little Italian Drummer Boy" playing speed metal inside my helmet.
  2. When they work Now fix em!!! I don't want to argue with you over who has the coldest hands.
  3. Please don't hold it against him cause he knows me. Welcome aboard
  4. Well folks I just broke a 20 year absence from the movie theaters today and watched Why We Ride. http://whyweridefilm.com/ If you have the chance to watch it, it is well worth the time. The only spoilers I will give are that you may see some familiar faces.
  5. I was interested in how you noticed the rear tire speed in the video. Therefore asking you to elaborate on that statement. Your reply was/is spot on. Hence my following reply along with my daft self poking statement because I was not thinking. I ride some Gymkhana locally and was not thinking about the physics required to preform the maneuvers while watching the videos. I think that I may not be thinking right now You do require me to dig deep into the old grey matter with your mathematical equations and diagrams. It is stuff that I have not used on paper for 25+ years. Keep 'em coming even if it is frustrating for me time to time trying to remember. I still enjoy working the brain. Jeff
  6. Nice picture Mugget. The team completed the quick turn, just past the apex, rider is relaxed, One hand on the saddle horn (it would be embarrassing to fall off under acceleration), left boot applying pressure to the left rear flank (to tighten the turn a touch), throttle has already been applied (notice the slack in the reigns), horse is listening to the rider (Left ear pointing toward the rider) but the horse got distracted by the camera (lose of attention in the turn, therefore the blown turn. Missed the apex) I myself prefer motorbikes. Horses have 2 eyes, 2 ears, and a brain. Sometimes the horse brain has a different idea of what happens next. Once you learn and become aware of the signs it is easy to notice a horse getting ready to preform some entertaining maneuver.
  7. I just wasn't thinking about the wheel rotational speed difference between the fast front tire (Large radius) vs slow rotational speed rear wheel (short radius) In otherwords I was having a Forest Gump moment "Stupid is as Stupid does"
  8. Lnewqban it is interesting that you mention rear tire speed, would you care to elaborate on that statement? I will disagree with the countersteering statement about minimum to non-exiting though and go back to my earlier question: At what speed would you not have to countersteer? Hope this helps you, but ............... you have brought your question to super-fast track riders who seldom ponder the mysteries of slow riding. Are there any differences between the two? If so, what are they? Bonus question: What is the same between super fast track riders and Gymkhana riders?
  9. ktk a properly tuned 2 stroke does not smoke. If it is smoking it is not tuned right. I agree gone is the era. That is sad.
  10. Stroker, If you do not have the Twist of The Wrist books and/or the videos I would recommend that you try to get them. You should be able to purchase them from the school's main site. http://www.superbikeschool.com/ and go to the store page. here https://secure.echoalley.com/superbikeschool/store/ If you look on Youtube you may be able to find the Twist videos there. That is provided that you can view them in your area. Gymkhana is a sport where the basic riding rules apply. Some of the techniques are different from track riding though. Jeff
  11. That is pretty close or close enough for now. Why do you countersteer and what does the bike do when you countersteer and after you countersteer?
  12. Lets back way up and get back to the basics. At what speed would you not have to countersteer?
  13. Stroker, I may edit my reply tomorrow What is a countersteer and what does it do? But when they do U turns and circles, they are turning the bars right to go right and left to go left...? Just a second... Are they initiating the U turns and circles by countersteering and then turning the bars right to go right and left to go left...? You have won the prize. Why would you want to countersteer before such a maneuver? What are the benefits for countersteerings in these situations? And why would you then turn the bars to the right to go right or left to go left afterwards? What did you notice about the riders in the video? Which ones would you think are the better riders, and why?
  14. Well, we all know what curiosity did for the cat. Earlier I read through Keith's article "The Bands of Traction and started thinking http://forums.superbikeschool.com/index.php?showtopic=877 Keith mentioned: We change the Dunlops on our ’07 ZX6 student bikes every three or four days. How does this compare to the Q2's on the S1000RR's? What is the tire plan for school bikes in 2014?
  15. Mugget, I think I understand where you are trying to go with this. I am not 100% sold that it is the correct word for what you are suggesting. From the clinical side it is not. Learning new skills, yes. Training to become better or quicker, yes. I think the overall topic is worth studying in more depth, if for no other reason maybe to find a word that fits better for what you are trying to achieve. Whereas, Kinesthesia may be a more appropriate word for the car/kart driving because of the lack of impact from the inner ear dealing with the equilibrium/balance aspect. Then again that may be off target too. Your comment about eyesight always being accurate.... I will disagree with that. Have you taken any visual test where you are watching the person talk and your eyes tell you they are saying one word but in reality they are saying something else?
  16. First, do not target fixate!! Which SR is that? If you are looking at the dirt piles, where are you going? How many more SR's could this trigger? If you have watched the Twist 2 dvd there is a section that covers what you are asking. What would you think the correct answer would be?
  17. It may just be me, or this word is being used more here lately, so... (1) How would you define confidence? (2) How confident are you? (3) How can you improve your confidence? I'll start it. 1. My personal ability, training and trust. 2. Accelerating and turning around a 9 out of 10. Obtaining my correct turn entry speed around a 7. 3. Practice and training. Jeff
  18. Benny, Off topic for a moment. then back to riding. Anyone can jump out of an airplane and even the dumbest of the dumb will still find the ground one way or another. They are just verifing that gravity still works If you are confident that you will walk away unhurt does it really matter how smart you are? Trust me on this one, I've seen it first-hand. Yep me too. I fly a lot more than I care too now and still think that something is not natural about landing in an airplane. Back to riding now. I am completly confident in my quick turning. Is there room for improvment? Yes. If you want to increase your entry speed onto the same line, what must you do with your steering rate... make it quicker, the same, or slower? It your are already at max lean then it will not be possible. How does this apply to a series of corners (s-curves) that you're trying to go faster through? In other words, what must you do to be able to go faster through a series of corners? It depends of the series of corners. Are they fast in slow out, or slow in fast out? Why does that matter? I was going along with the orignal theme of the thread. For those that trail brake "in the fast in slow out" could be hampered by how quick they can turn, at least for the first turn. So which steering rule would you apply? I hope that clears some of this up. Jeff
  19. I'm pretty surprised to hear that! What kind of situations put you in danger? I think this comes back to the point that electronic aids are just another control that need to be used properly. You can't blame the TC for limiting your speed on corner exit, that's like getting mad at the bike because you have a limited top speed when you only twist the throttle to 80%! If the TC is limiting you, the solution is to change the setting, or just turn it off. The TC is not faulty in any way, it's acting exactly as it was designed to. Strange that you don't trust the aids, it seems like they have been behaving predictably and remained constant for you (for example rain mode limiting your drive out of corners)? You can trust it to do the same thing, every single time. You can't really ask for more than that, can you? Mugget, to answer your first question I'll start with my local area in which a lot of the intersections are rather "blind" so, when you must go you must go. The last thing I need is a TC system that is confused and limiting power to less than a Toyota Prius just because the car was not pointed in a straight line or even when pointed in a straight line. It is quite common for my TC to engage as low as 1500 RPM's. Now these are not situations where full throttle is needed or applied, maybe 15~20% throttle used. The same has applied when I have been the one to have to slow down. When you are expecting the car to slow and the ABS starts engaging for no reason would you think that cause concern? Let's put this into a riding scenario. You are behind an unpredictable rider that swerves from one side of the track to the other for no apparent reason, almost stops going down the straights, almost crashes in every turn etc, etc, etc... Would it matter if others told you that he's ok and you should just trust him? Or would you prefer to stay as far away as possible? If you go back and read my earlier comments about "rain mode" you should notice that I said it was entertainingly aggrevating. I never said that I was mad at the TC or anything else. You are aware that in some vechiles when you turn off the "electronic aids" they are never turned completly off, even when advertised to do so. A little different riding scenario. You are behind a rider that is not riding as one would expect but they are predictable in every turn, straight and braking. You may follow them and enjoy the entertainment for a while then get aggrevated after they have delayed your progress, Yes? For me it is more about the systems operating when not appropriate or expected.
  20. I'm glad to hear that. Keep it up and you will succeed. I'll take a swipe at em. So what's the real problem... your speed or your ability to get on your line? Neither, it's your confidence. You know, almost everybody has the ability to jump out of an airplane but how many have the confidence in themselves and their parachute to actually do it? If you can effectively quick steer will that help you get on your (wider) line with a higher speed? Yes. What happens to your line if you increase your entry speed but steer at the same rate as before? Your exit path will be closer to the outer edge of the track, or off the track. How does this apply to a series of corners (s-curves) that you're trying to go faster through? In other words, what must you do to be able to go faster through a series of corners? It depends of the series of corners. Are they fast in slow out, or slow in fast out?
  21. That's a stinker! At least you will have time to get your leg strength back before next riding season. I take it that you are increasing your already vast training knowledge during this "down time." Yes?
  22. Personally I really do not care for the electronic aids. Thus far TC and ABS systems in cars have put me in more danger than not having them would have. Excluding test rides my knowledge of rider aids on bikes only apply to the schools S1000's. And there I have fired off that darn yellow light quite often. While going through lvl 3 this year most of my sessions were riding in "rain" mode. No big deal because it is more about body positioning than speed. I found the TC system to be entertainingly aggravating. After I noticed the engine bogging and the bike just not having any drive while exiting the turns regardless of how much throttle I added that warranted a sneak peak look at the dash, low and behold that darn little yellow light was shinning as bright as it could. No it wasn't flashing, just a solid light until the bike was almost stood upright then it would start to accelerate down the straight. And yes I have fired it off a few times in Sport mode too. I am very gentle with the throttle when needed and I am not scared of it either. I do believe that the rider/driver aids have their place but I just don't trust them, yet. And it really annoys me when that darn little yellow light starts flashing, as if it saying "Look at me, I'm doing my job". That is a distraction I can live without.
  23. Wow, that was a close call. My trip got canceled as I was getting ready to park the car at the airport. So, I'll read that section of Twist 1 later. I'm glad you mentioned that you were thinking of Soft Science when you posted the challenge. I reckon my thought train wasn't too far off then. BTW, how are your track notes coming along?
  24. Hotfoot, you must have posted your last reply while i was working on mine. Ah the joys of being a slow typist. I was thinking that it was covered more in Soft Science, but I'll reread that section in Twist 1 later today while enjoying a 2 hour flight.
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