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Old February 6th, 2019, 09:07 AM   #3
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Hi, Dave, and welcome to the forum.

Yeah... you go where you look.

There's a flip side to target fixation... if you lift your vision, you gain confidence and things seem to slow down.

For beginners this is about doing the dreaded turn-from-a-stop. Newbies tend to look right in front of the bike and tense up. Experienced riders look up at the corner exit, where they want to wind up.

It's a critically important skill in track riding.

Somewhat related: If you need to avoid a moving object like a vehicle that's pulling out in front of you, focus on where it's just been, not on the vehicle itself. By the time you get there the vehicle won't be.
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