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Originally Posted by Sirref
Here's a good one
passing a rider who is slower but not by that much, how to pass rather than get sucked into their pace and subsequently stuck behind them rather than continuing to chase down the coach/rider you were targeting. It's not as big of a deal in a track day setting but in a race setting it'd make a huge difference.
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The quick answer...
This is a vision problem 2 fold.
1st part; Your vision lingers on the rider in front of you too long and you may start to let that rider's riding leak into yours. ie, start to ride their pace, start to ride their lines, turn in points, braking, accel, ect... ect...
2nd part; With your field of attention slimmed down to include a near rider, it can keep you from seeing passing opportunities ahead of time. This is why Misti recommends not only looking ahead, but wider as well.
When passing a rider that is only slightly slower than you, you have to plan it out ahead of time or take advantage of a mistake. Be ready to take different lines to set up the pass. If everyone always follows the race line, nobody would pass anyone. Take a session and try different lines through the corners. The track is full of good and bad lines, you remember how to find and validate a good line right? And, if you are better at a certain section of the track, then that should be where you make the pass, planning it came before that section, not IN that section.