August 9th, 2017, 12:49 PM | #1 |
The Violet Vixen
Name: Yakaru
Location: Issaquah, WA & Las Vegas, NV
Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): Perigee (250), Hotaru (250), Saturn (300), Pearl (300), Zero (S1000RR), Chibi (Z125), Xellos ('18 HP4R) Posts: A lot.
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TrackTime at The Ridge, August 2017
So I went back to the Ridge once again, with J once again.
I took a lot of time with J, watching her ride and trying to improve on some fundamentals. Her big two that we worked on most of the day are turn point and throttle control. J prefers lefts to rights and has a habit of entering a lot of turns mid track, and is especially prone to do this on right handers. I'm not sure if it's the dislike of rights pushing her into the track or if her being so far inside is what makes her dislike rights. I would go out, follow her for 2 laps, then pass and try to lead her down a better route and demonstrate the better method. It's definitely a challenge to try and guess her pace as I don't think looking behind me seems very safe/wise and I lack mirrors. We're discussing some strategies for that if she wants me to ride with her again; but she did improve markedly as the day went on. Unfortunately I caught her adding throttle and lean in turn 6 which scared the bejeezus out of me and made me do a pretty strongly worded warning and a hard focus on steady throttle roll on (and no steering during!) -- channeled my inner @Misti -- and while that got better she started drifting back towards mid track. I think fixing that will be a slow process, I'm trying different approach strategies to see what 'clicks' for her to ingrain it and overcome the habit (e.g. reference points vs turn point selection vs 2/3-step). Finally I took the last session for myself and was working on my hip rotation and trying to make the adjustment I got from Lyle at CSS start to feel more natural. I think I'll want to run back by my saddle guy, the shape we made mine into isn't ideal as my body position has evolved and so I need it to be tweaked and shaved a bit. Anyway! I've got pictures!
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November 19th, 2017, 11:11 AM | #2 |
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Name: Chris (aka Reactor)
Location: Northern KY
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November 20th, 2017, 09:20 PM | #3 |
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Name: Misti
Location: Vancouver, BC
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You could perhaps ask her what her vision is doing in some of the corners where she is entering mid track, i.e., how much of the track is she seeing- the entire track from one side to the other or just part of it? (Wide view/target fixation?)
Also, when she is looking into the turn. Now you know what it feels like for us when we see students (ahem) adding lean angle and throttle at the same time!
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November 20th, 2017, 10:03 PM | #4 | |
The Violet Vixen
Name: Yakaru
Location: Issaquah, WA & Las Vegas, NV
Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): Perigee (250), Hotaru (250), Saturn (300), Pearl (300), Zero (S1000RR), Chibi (Z125), Xellos ('18 HP4R) Posts: A lot.
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