January 4th, 2018, 07:37 PM | #1 |
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Really good technique vid... trail braking, throttle management, downshifting
Ken Condon at NHMS. Watch the left hand and listen. You'll learn a lot. I did.
Link to original page on YouTube.
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January 5th, 2018, 08:53 AM | #2 |
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(I'm not a track/track-day guy)
I found myself counting his upshifts and downshifts, wondering if I counted correctly? It seemed that he only made 6 gear changes per lap (on this track). The question in my mind was, "Is that less shifting than you would do on most tracks?" When I've watched other track rider videos it sure seems like there's a lot of shifting gears going on during a lap. Shorter than a normal course? I see that it's only 1.6 miles long, which sounds pretty short to me. Was this his normal race pace for a lap or was he going at a less than race pace? |
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January 5th, 2018, 09:39 AM | #3 |
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There's a lot less shifting than you might think. Really depends on the bike. A 250 depends on keeping the revs up, so you shift more than you would on a bigger bike that has more torque.
Every shift is a potential source of error (even Ken misses a shift in this video, and he's good). It also interrupts your drive and potentially upsets the chassis if you're not smooth, both of which slow you down. Finally and perhaps most important, shifting a lot adds workload that you don't need (trust me... at speed, a whole lot of your brain is occupied with just riding the bike). I don't recall how often I shift at NHMS, but it's about the same as Ken. Probably less, because he's a lot faster than I am. At Thompson, he (and I) ride the whole lap in one or maybe two gears except for the straight (he currently rides a Street Triple, I ride an R6). Check this out:
Link to original page on YouTube.
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