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Originally Posted by csmith12
After my high speed down, the next time I hit the track I was "teh sLoW". So I figured I needed to get back to the roots of cornering and just get out there and have "fun" first and pick a few skills to work on. You know, no sweating all the little things and generally stop being a perfectionist for a bit and "just ride".
Here is what I did;
Choose a track that I was super comfortable with (Mid-Ohio)
Choose to ride my R6 (a comfort thing)
Choose to ride a day with a bunch of friends on the track, pit time was so great with 30+ friends
No lap timers
Didn't use any cameras
Ignored everyone while on the track (unless it was safety issue)
Whoa... just me, the bike and the track. I was surprised by the end result and just how much had become just integrated into my riding without even thinking about it. If I can hold this kinda pace on a 250 my next races are going to be super fun.
Feels good to be getting back to my pace.  |
Track days are great to just ride your own pace and not worry so I always try to make sure I have plenty of room in front of me that I don't see other riders, however; once I have another rider in site something transforms me and I go into attack mode. It is still a rush passing others and no I don't like being passed so it only happens on rare occasions.