Kevin Kane
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Since he lost that expressive finger, how about "Duck You Racing"?
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Tyler;
Not to jack this thread but 1 - are you OK? and 2 - what corner?
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Kai;
If nothing else, your posts in this thread is a reminder of just how difficult is it is to corner a motorcycle at speed. Good luck with your return and it's great to have you back.
Kevin
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Here's a challenge for the Forum; try to come up with a name for Yellow Duck's personal racing team. and let's see if we can make one up that is as cool as the Prairie Dog Racing Team's. Names with Logo's will be graded higher in this contest.
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I love T2 at NJMP [my avatar is in that corner]; you really have to trust you've got your turn point set because it is truly blind. It is also like T2 at Sonoma (Sears Point) which is even more blind if that is possible or T8 at Mid-Ohio. Since I am not an "expert rider" I can't offer you anything of substance here but I have learned that even with a lightened front end at the crest of any hill, throttle control is how you manage to keep your bike planted thru ANY corner. I also think that for a rider to "lift" the front tire in a corner (including the crest of a rise) the rider has to be adding a lot of throttle to do that - but the back tire is carrying the load in the corner anyway so the bike will hold its line with the lightened front. How many times have you seen Moto GP riders with their front tire off the ground at lean?
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Hugh;
Good luck this weekend. The Prairie Dog Racing Team's two man fan club of me and Kai are already setting time aside to read your racing blog and watch all the video.
...go Dogs!
[PS I do realize that only part of your racing is with the Dogs but your own racing team doesn't have as cool a name as the "Dogs" so your fan base isn't as deep]
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Hugh;
These get better every event. "A bottle of Nair from being an umbrella girl"...priceless!
Kevin
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The California Superbike School is coming to New Jersey Motorsports Park next month and is in need of volunteers to cornerwork on 8/5-6 & 8/26-27 in exchange for FREE track time.
If you've completed a level of the school and have experience riding at NJMP, then please contact our Eastern Head Corner Marshal @ Forceoneprod@Hotmail.com for details.
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Way to go Webberman; joined us about a year and a half ago lurking like so many do and then "Bam!" 3 posts today. Participating is what makes the Forum work; even when we have to repremand Cobie for dropping faux f-bombs. He at least posted (although some admistrators wants to talk with him in the morning)
Welcome to the active side of the Forum!
Rainman
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Everyone I have shared this clip with have said the exact same thing.that video is the best argument for mandatory rider training I have ever seen.
Since he wasn't hurt beyond road rash, I hope watching the video reminded him of just how incredibly lucky he was to have survived this.
Rain
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Lampstax;
Other than adjusting and focusing on your brake marker, your tasks exclude one of the most important aspect of cornering - visual drills. The two step/ three step and wide view drills will have a far greater impact on your cornering than anything else you can do. Certainly throttle control is important but unless you know where you are and where you're going everything else will suffer. You can't carry higher corner speed without the confidence of knowing you can make the exit.
If you can improve your visual skills the rest is pretty easy.
Rainman
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Hugh;
That guy above is shown leaving the "Go dogs" rally at Yankee Stadium last week. Huge I tell ya, huge!
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Questions to everyone:
- What's up with Marquez? He's had 3 DNFs in 7 races, and he's 69 points down on Rossi. That's a mighty big deficit.
- Why couldn't Lorenzo ride that way the first 3 races? What changed from Argentina?
- How can Rossi get back at Lorenzo? It seems that he's not qualifying well (OK, he's never been a suburb pole-setter) and his race-launch is not as good as the others, so he's creating work for himself here. I guess that previously he relied on his race-craft to pass the others, but he is now facing a couple of riders (JL and MM) who are able to ride quite as fast as him, and for the full distance. How can or should he compensate?
- It was remarkable how Marquez stormed into the MotoGP level and dominated immediately in 2013 but was "other worldly" last year especially. I don't think the other top riders were less skilled than they were pre-MM, my bet was they were a bit overwhelmed by the magnitude of his success. Eventually their competitive natures took over coupled with Yamaha's improvements against Honda so Marquez now has to take greater chances to keep pace with Lorenzo. It doesn't appear that the Honda is as compliant as the Yamaha at least so far so MM has to push beyond the limits of his bike right now.
- No clue.
- If Lorenzo can continue to take the lead before the end of the first lap, he will have a MM 2104 Season. The space Rossi gives up to JL in the first half of the race requires Lorenzo to start making mistakes but since Argentina, he forgot how to screw up. Rossi has been effectively blocked in the first part of most races by the speed of the two Ducati's and Iannone and Dovizioso are skilled enough to hold him up. At Mugello he had to concede the second spot because he couldn't reel in Iannone. Since Rossi historically hasn't been a strong qualifier it might be the only place he can do something different to close the gap. If he were still with Ducati maybe a new development could add his efforts but with Lorenzo a teammate, it isn't likely he will get an upgrade that Lorenzo won't.
That's my HO but KHP thanks for reviving the MotoGP thread - I am also ready to just give up watching SBK all together.
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Ha! I told you the Dogs had a huge fan base here on the Forum; Nic is the president of the Long Island chapter.Go Dogs!
He is bigger than me so when the Prarie Dog Racing tees are ordered make his a large and make mine a medium.
Go Dogs!
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Oh, by the way....last SOAR round I ran into Brodie and told him he had something of a reputation around the CSS forum. He found that hilarious.
That guy is not appreciated around here. At the last meeting of the Prairie Dog Racing Team Fan Club - "go dogs" party I attended, people were upset with that guy - big time!
...go Dogs!
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Morals of the story: 1. I am an idiot. 2. Take advice from experienced people seriously. 3. Sometimes it is not the solution that evades us, it is identifying the problem.
Hugh;
I'm with Hottie here; great writing.
My issue was a recently acquired used AMA Pro Thunder 748SPS with heavy duty springs (the seller had close to 100lbs on me). I swapped them out for the original stock springs and never had chatter again and I track rode that Duc for ten more years. In the process of changing springs and refreshing the internals, everything was set to my weight when it was reassembled so I never actually knew what caused the hammer - but your answer was still awesome IMHO.
Kevin
PS - I am perplexed why we're not getting more commentary on your racing blog; regardless - go Dogs!
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Hugh;
Good graphics & write up so a real world question. [i don't mean to hi-jack this thread with a specific question but I can't help myself] A rider starts to break heavily at the end of a long straight and the forks start oscillating (like a jack hammer) capturing almost all of the riders $10 dollars worth of attention - what's wrong with the forks here?
Kevin
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I at least ordered the book; thanks for that recommendation Hugh.
PS; loved the race report as well. - Go Dogs!
Rain
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Rog;Rog,
...I can't tell you the number of times I have worked on Level 1 drills in Level 4.
I shared rchase's opinion for a number of years and did what he does with Level IV. I think it was the year I got my racing license that I found myself stuck on a plateau as the season started to draw to a close. So when a seat opened up at the Sonoma (aka Sears Point) School in the fall, I decided to start over. I decided to repeat Levels I II & III in a short time period. I didn't realize how many pieces of each level I had lost touch with, small details that came back into much clearer focus when I retook the first three levels. I am not disputing rchase's approach here because it works for him and many many other students. I am not a quick study so going back was a huge eye opener for me. YRMV.
Rainman
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Rog;Also, I don't mind since I am not here for spam, but how long does the 'moderator queue' last? Also, I tried to upload a picture but it wouldn't work for whatever reason.
Your posting privileges have been cleared so you are free to post at will. Typically the second post of a new member is when the Moderator Preview is removed.
Welcome to the Forum.
Rainman
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Taz;
Each level is one day. The School offers a 2 Day camp at a number of tracks but they are only an option. You can register for two consecutive "single day" schools if you want but there is no required 2 day program. The 2 day camp is more intensive with more track time and a lower student/track coach ratio but it also costs more as a result.
As far as moving up, if you finish the day, you move up to Level 2.
Hope this helps.
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Rikker;
A number of years ago a CSS Coach gave me an interisting assignment when I was struggling with my riding. He said to pick only a few corners to really concentrate on getting them as perfectly as I could. Get set early, find my turn point and apex, get my corner entry speed dialed in use the two-step and then turn as quickly as I could.
Ironically, by working this hard on a few corners and just "relaxing" on the others, all of the corners got easier. I didn't realize how effective this tool worked until I started noticing that I was getting through all of the corners with much less stress and much quicker than before. YRMV.
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Well, after almost 1 year and a half 100% away from the track ...just did my second trackday in 2015 and ...I can't carry any cornerspeed because I have zero confidence to counter steer/quick flick...
Rikker;
You answered your own question didn't you? You have been away from the track for 18 months and you're surprised that you can't just pick up where you left off? You couldn't do that with a violin, downhill skiing or flying an airplane to name a few highly intense highly precise activities. Re-read (or re-watch) the Twist of the Wrist II and keep practicing it incrementally and you will find your way back. But don't be surprised if it doesn't all fall into place on track day no. 3 unless it is with some very skilled coaches who know what they are doing.
Can you get to a School?
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Lorenzo under the track record at Jerez....so much for being "lost".
How Do You Ride Through A Crest Apex At Racing Pace?
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Oh man Tyler, I was haunted by a low side that nobody saw so I could never piece it back together. Ironically after it happen I swore off brand x for GP-A'S and never had a phantom crash again (I crashed racing but I knew why each time). When the 211 GP-A'S arrived I was surprised and skeptical of the recommended rear cold pressure of 22 but I never argued with Will - ever!
Good luck with sorting this out. From one CW to another, it's especially difficult if you crashed at a School because your team needs to adjust their corner coverage to finish out the event.