August 19th, 2015, 11:10 AM | #841 | |
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Here's what I do (and this is pretty recent... I'd been sitting too close to the tank) 1) Slide back in the seat. Looks like you're already doing this. You should have at least a fist distance between crotch and tank. 2) Move your butt off to one side and lock your outside thigh, close to the knee, against the rear corner of of the tank. 3) Keep your inside leg against the tank. Squeeze with your knees and get your upper body down. That will help with the forces. As Ben noted, you'll be a bit twisted. 4) Before you tip-in, rotate your inside leg out away from the bike. Point your toe... heel up, and against the guard. That will help you get your knee farther out. 4) Relax your arms... this is an ongoing issue for me. I have to think about it. When I remember to keep that inside arm nice and relaxed, the corner is way smoother. My mental image is my inside elbow pointing at the ground instead of off to the side. If I'm doing this, it's relaxed. Semantics are important here... people talk about the inside of your thigh against the tank, but that could be anywhere from knee joint to crotch. It's closer to your knee... that's why you're sliding back. It lets you get farther off the bike (try moving off while forward on the seat, and then after moving back... you'll find you can move off farther, easier, if you're positioned back). Stompgrips REALLY help. If don't have any, get 'em.
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August 19th, 2015, 11:13 AM | #842 | |
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August 19th, 2015, 01:27 PM | #843 |
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Ooooh I gotcha now! For whatever reason I was thinking you had to shift off and rotate your knee out at the same time (I saw other people doing it, but this is white class, sooooo). Can't wait to try it at the next trackday... a month from now
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August 19th, 2015, 02:23 PM | #844 | |
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The wonderful thing about BP is that you don't need to be riding to practice it
you can work on it with your bike on a rearstand, though if you want to work on quick knee to knee transitions I recommend having someone hold onto the front of the bike Quote:
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August 19th, 2015, 02:57 PM | #845 |
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Butt-cam view is so helpful for realizing how much further you have to get off the bike
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August 19th, 2015, 06:56 PM | #846 |
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not sure your passing rules for local clubs but hopefully either C or B group allows both side passing. explaining that you'll be safe and go slow and are going to be practicing safe passes and they'll let you sandbag in C all day. just dont start riding like you're in a race.
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August 19th, 2015, 07:02 PM | #847 | |
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advanced - pass whenever and however you want, don't be a jerk intermediate/novice - no passing on the inside before the apex, pass on either side down the straights it's a shame because inside passing on the brakes is what I need to work on the most, at least I get to pass on the inside post apex so working on late apex cornering to pass on the inside at the exit may work well
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August 19th, 2015, 08:33 PM | #848 |
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Yes! Carry the speed, out steer them and beat them back to the throttle for a faster drive out underneath.
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August 20th, 2015, 02:32 PM | #849 |
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SO IT BEGINS
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August 20th, 2015, 04:45 PM | #850 |
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Exiting T10 on Saturday. This is my favorite turn on the track. Absolutely love it.
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August 20th, 2015, 08:10 PM | #851 |
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August 21st, 2015, 06:30 AM | #852 |
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August 21st, 2015, 06:46 AM | #853 |
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I know the bike better than the truck, I'm not one to look off track while riding and you pass me every once in a while
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August 21st, 2015, 07:02 AM | #854 |
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Thats nice, Ben. LMAO
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August 21st, 2015, 12:53 PM | #855 |
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My left hand showing what my right hand is doing.
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August 21st, 2015, 01:07 PM | #856 |
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August 21st, 2015, 01:10 PM | #857 |
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August 21st, 2015, 01:17 PM | #858 |
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lol ya'lls
Great captions!
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August 21st, 2015, 02:50 PM | #859 |
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7 or 11... c'mon, baby needs a new pair of shoes..... (rattle rattle)
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August 21st, 2015, 03:10 PM | #860 |
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lol I got snake eyes some odd sessions later.
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August 21st, 2015, 04:16 PM | #861 |
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Looks like I could be holding a cell phone.
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August 21st, 2015, 05:49 PM | #862 |
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Did i put the the oil cap back on ... let me think a second
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August 22nd, 2015, 11:15 AM | #863 |
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Someone photoshop a shake weight and animate a few frames for a GIF, please.
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August 23rd, 2015, 08:00 AM | #864 |
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Funny you post that one. I did leave the oil cap off in Feb. while riding at JenningsGP. It filled my boot with oil instead of dropping it all over the track.
Shake weight.... ummmm NOOOOOOOO! bwahahahhahahaahhahaa
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August 23rd, 2015, 11:24 AM | #865 |
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Yes, you left it in KY as I recall
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August 23rd, 2015, 07:40 PM | #866 |
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Some pics from last track day. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated!
I find my self dragging toe and from the pics it looks like I need to bring my toes up more on the pegs. Anyone else have this issue? |
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August 23rd, 2015, 07:48 PM | #867 |
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Looking good!
I drag the hell out of my toes too...then again I drag the pegs too (not as much) so I've adjusted to it. you could definitely benefit from raising your foot and moving your knee a bit farther out at the same time (happens naturally when you raise your foot) once your knee hits the floor you start getting a lot more feel for your lean and it gives you a lot more confidence to go marginally lower each time. Then you see the price tag on new pucks hahahahaha
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August 23rd, 2015, 08:24 PM | #868 |
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Redneck catch tank.
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August 23rd, 2015, 10:08 PM | #869 |
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Just the typical Thunderhill T2 pic.
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August 24th, 2015, 09:39 AM | #870 |
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I have knee issues from sports when I was younger (running and soccer took its toll lol) and I have trouble getting my knees to tolerate a position that keeps my toes off the deck, especially my right knee which is much worse than my left. I need to find/invest in some boots that will take the beating (my SMX+ and Cortech pair do not do as well as I would like) while I work my flexibility and mobility again lol.
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makes knee pucks look cheap but you prevent grinding down the boot to nothing like one of the guys I race against did, he could stick his little toe out of the boot and never realized until after
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August 24th, 2015, 01:24 PM | #872 |
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Hey @algs26 looking good out there! I only ran one session in B helping out one of my students. I was on the r3.
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August 24th, 2015, 01:55 PM | #873 |
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Did I miss you (@CycleCam303) in the morning meeting lineup?
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Uh yea you did. I got a nice slap on the wrist for sneaking in after the first session. Long story short I was going to buy a ninjette race bike that morning, decided that the bike wasn't going to work out and I was up at 4:50am yesterday morning putting my Daytona together after racing dirt track Saturday and getting back at 11pm. I'm flipping tired.
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^^ I still love Peanut's pictures.
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August 26th, 2015, 06:04 AM | #878 |
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Got the R3 out for it's second race this year at Motorsport ranch in Cresson TX. improved my personal best lap time at this track by 1.5 seconds over the ninja 250.
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August 26th, 2015, 06:18 AM | #879 |
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Got some more pics of it in race trim? Looks like there was three or so R3s out racing this weekend.
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