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Perhaps once you have had your knee down on a track, you will have better idea about what conditions need to exist in order to achieve the same elsewhere? Sorry for being a bit off topic. I think that your not having big enough balls to do so on the road is due to your other than conscious survival skills. There may be oil, diesel, loose gravel or deer just round that bend, like you mention. I think that the risks that do or may exist on a track v normal road are different.

Thanks...thats good to know. Has anyone fitted these to an aprilia rsv? It's just that the diagram on the pack suggests I fit one way but they actually look like they will fit the other way better. Cheers

Thanks for the reply. I will make sure it is warmer before I put them on. I am looking forward to having a bit more grip between my knees/thighs when I brake as well as locating myself for corners.... Cheers

Do these StompGrip Traction Pads come off easy enough if I choose to remove them? http://www.superbikeschool.co.uk/uk/ssl/sh...egory.php?id=16 Cheers

To answer the first part of the question...I still have a notion that the bias is towards the back of the bike, take wind drag for example, I have a sense that this would load the rear to a degree. The second part well...I'm not sure.

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Hey Racer What you are saying also makes sense..argh, suppose I need to get back on a bike and get to css with this in mind. I dont want to give the impression that I am living just in my head and ignoring the process of actually riding. But knowing how I am in similar situations...I know that if I gather evidence to demonstrate and validify whats happening on a bike...I will have an easier time coaxing the part of me that thinks it has my best interest at heart by firing off my SR's After all I dont want to get rid of that part of me and need to honour it's intention. If I truly believe something then I can then act "as if" it were true and then hold the SR's back a little each time...hopefully this will demonstrate to the part of me that believes it is looking after me that what Keith is saying holds true. Boy...placing my trust in you Keith I suppose it doesn't help that I have not ridden for 15 years and will not be buying my bike to March..so I am not receiving feedback on the process...yet.

Yes...thats helped! Cleared up the thinking in my head and the pieces fit. Onto the next chapter... Cheers Mate PS: Nice site you have there.....

I am making my way through "A Twist of the Wrist II" for about the 5th time, only this time I believe I am starting to make sense of what Keith is saying, this is because I am asking myself questions to further understand and fill in the gaps I have in my model. For example...Rule #1 "Once the throttle is cracked on, it is rolled on evenly, smoothly, and constantly throughout the remainder of the turn." The question that I am asking myself is particularly about the "constant rolling on of the throttle throughout the remainder of the turn" part. I understand that the tyres contact patch is usually 40/60 in terms of area available for contact with the ground and hence traction. So the cracking open of the throttle will move the static/constant mass of the bike/rider combination from the 50/50 to the 40/60 ideal, matching the contact patch area. If however, the throttle, despite being cracked open is held constant at some point through the turn (not chopped), then the acceleration would decrease...the bike would reach a constant velocity and as a result the distribution of the bike/rider mass return from the ideal 40/60 back to a 50/50 distrubution and therefore no longer take advantage of the ideal contact patch area distribution (traction) available from the tyres. Sorry if this rather complicated and repetative...but its where my understand is at the moment

This may sound daft, but we usually have a positive if sometimes misplaced intention for doing something...like sitting too far forward. When your chilled out back home, say to yourself "I know part of me wants me to sit forward...will you tell me what your positive intention is?".....then just listen for a voice, or perhaps an image to flash up that should tell you why. You may need to ask a few times. Go on and thank that part of yourself for wanting to keep you safe. Then ask if it would be willing to continue to do it's thing for you (usually thinking it is keeping you safe) but in a different way.....like helping you sit bcak to get better balance etc. If the part of you still gets to keep doing what it wanted to do but in a different way, then you will usually get that parts cooperation ie lessend survival reaction and be able to do what you want. PM if you want more info on this stuff.

Cant wait to get my bike, get to cornering school and putting into practice all that I have to learn.

Keith talks about the safest and easiest way of improving is to watch yourself as you ride...for those that have already attended a school day, is this about taking a step back in your imagination and watching another you over there ride the bike? Are you doing it as you ride (reflection in practice) or after you ride (reflection on practice) Sorry if this sounds a little airy fairy, I have done some NLP training (Neuro Linguistic Programming for a google search on the subject) and a lot of what Keith says in his books and dvd really make sense from an NLP perspective. There is one 'tool' in NLP called the "New Behaviour Generator" and simply put you observe a master at work (a golfer, a tennis player, a bike rider, etc) in your minds eye.....you then see another you over there carring out the same skill continuing to watch yourself, perhaps you make the other you over there make a few changes....and then in your minds eye you step into the you that you were watching and try it on for size...you go round the cycle again looking for improvements, making changes and noticing what results you get each time....... Any comments guys? PS When I get my bike I will be attending these school days

Hi Thanks for your response, what you say makes sense. I am really excited about this learning. I have just received three of Keith's books from amazon and can't wait to put into practice what is suggested, ah but what bike do I buy? PS: Nice site JeF4y Thanks

Hi...Back in 1989 I bought zxr 750 H1 and rode this until I sold it in 1991. So with only 2 years riding experience 15 years ago when I was young and na?ve. I am now in the position to purchase another bike. I am assuming that the little experience I do have and the fact I have not ridden in all that time will not prevent me from learning from the level 1 class, indeed, perhaps getting the training in as soon as possible will increase my levels of safety, awareness and enjoyment? Any other new riders out there thinking about taking classes or even suggestions to my plan? I live in the uk and may even make a holiday of it somehwere abroad! Cheers Guys