This may seem like an odd question but bear with me. Assuming the track is warm, the tyres are up to temperature, the bike is well setup and most importantly the riders’ technique is bang on. At what point does it all get too much for the tyres resulting in a crash?
The reason I ask this is that at the moment I feel like I'm at a bit of a plateau and if I could just get over it I would probably be on a rapid improvement curve again. My overriding stumbling block is an unwillingness to push harder for fear of tucking the front. If the brakes are off and the power is being rolled on will the front wash out before the pegs are scraping on the ground? Obviously rider error like poor throttle control, trailing the brakes into the corner hard enough to overwhelm the front tyre etc. would somewhat compromise this!
While riding my old SV650 I couldn't reach the limit of traction in the middle of a corner because everything was scraping on the ground long before the tyres got worried. On my new bike (track prepared ZX10r) I get my knee down round every corner and I do press on but I can tell I am MILES away from the limit of traction and lean angle.
So I suppose the distillation of this question is:
“In perfect conditions is it possible to lose the front due to mid corner speed?”
