February 22nd, 2015, 02:21 PM | #681 |
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Every track becomes technical with enough speed
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May 25th, 2015, 08:56 PM | #682 |
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Got a few pics from last weekend, I was too busy riding to look at them during the event (open track means keep riding til you run out of gas then fill up and go back out)
got bumped to TPM's red group (goes white-yellow-red-blue-black) at the end of the day after leading one of the coaches on a wild ride through NCCAR and gapping him at points (both on N300s he's new to being WFO all the time) I'm aware of the toes...now...I was wondering why they were dragging and figured it was because my pegs are lower than I'm used to for track til I saw the pics
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May 25th, 2015, 09:07 PM | #683 |
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Nice Ben!
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May 25th, 2015, 09:12 PM | #684 |
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My biggest improvement doesn't actually show in these photos, I learned to rotate my inside hand a bit forward which naturally bends my inside elbow more allowing my inside shoulder and head to drop lower. I haven't figured out how to do this on the throttle side just yet due to the need to roll on the throttle
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May 26th, 2015, 02:49 AM | #685 |
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Sideways hand, palm the end of the bar and make a screwdriver motion on the throttle.
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May 26th, 2015, 05:36 AM | #686 |
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That works up until I need to reset to get the rest of the throttle pull...maybe I should just get an r6 throttle tube and remove that issue that way
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May 26th, 2015, 05:49 PM | #687 |
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That, or just grip further forward to start with so you don't have to regrip to get full throttle.
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May 27th, 2015, 11:57 AM | #688 |
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New image from this weekend. Should have a few more, shortly.
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May 27th, 2015, 03:39 PM | #689 |
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May 27th, 2015, 04:39 PM | #690 |
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June 1st, 2015, 09:17 AM | #691 |
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June 1st, 2015, 03:59 PM | #693 |
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I have two, one in front and one behind. That, plus RaceRender, lets me do picture-in-picture video. This is the session during which the front quarter photos above were taken:
Link to original page on YouTube.
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June 7th, 2015, 01:43 AM | #694 |
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I just made a big change in body positioning regarding my lower body. Next step is to get the upper body to follow suit...
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June 12th, 2015, 11:16 AM | #695 |
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Second track day on the 250. I think my BP is good enough, just need to work on other issues that ive talk to CSmtih about.
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June 12th, 2015, 02:35 PM | #696 |
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inside bar screwdriver grip - check
head near hand - check elbow over cas cap and resting on tank - check upper torso beside the tank - check sitting back in the seat - check spine in line with the bike - check looking where you want to go - check
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June 14th, 2015, 07:59 AM | #697 |
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June 14th, 2015, 11:21 PM | #698 |
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First time on track. What a blast. I was a little lower by the end of the day. Just a little, not much.
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June 15th, 2015, 06:17 AM | #699 |
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^^ hey first time on track and best thing to do is just get comfortable, get used to riding the line so don't sweat any BP stuff
Next time I would start with just pointing your head where your mirror used to be and start getting used to the that, it will move your body. Welcome to the addiction.
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June 15th, 2015, 07:09 AM | #700 |
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Hey @Mike K, I see you're fairly local to me.
FYI, several Ninjettiski are going to be at Palmer with Tony's Track Days in August, including Chris (csmith12), Ben (sirref) (probably), Ant (ducati999), Jay (bigballsofpaint) and myself. Palmer is AWESOME!!!!!!! I'm sure you've seen the videos. They do not do the place justice.
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June 15th, 2015, 08:04 AM | #701 |
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June 15th, 2015, 08:41 AM | #702 | |
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June 15th, 2015, 08:45 AM | #703 |
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was that sedan parked towards the outside of the corner?
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June 15th, 2015, 08:55 AM | #704 |
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Yes. We ran Lightning in reverse (counterclockwise) on Saturday so it would have been on the outside of turns 1 and 2 if run clockwise.
Running reverse makes turn 1 a blind unloaded downhill. Pretty butt puckering the first few sessions but pretty cool after learning to trust that the track was still exactly as it was on the previous laps and that the bike could do it.
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June 15th, 2015, 08:59 AM | #705 |
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That was your issue then, and also why no one else saw it. Looking where you intend to go makes the biggest difference in the world in this sport
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June 15th, 2015, 09:20 AM | #707 |
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Thanks guys. I'm being analytical about it. This is geometry and physics and while I was never good at either I know that this is science and art combined. I'm slow now but I'll progress.
Here's pic of me and one of the coaches, Mark. Note where he's looking and note where I'm looking. Very telling photo. This is my favorite photo of the 28 on the disc. This is the money shot for me.
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June 15th, 2015, 06:25 PM | #708 |
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June 15th, 2015, 08:06 PM | #709 |
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Back at you. Great looking bike you have. LoL
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June 15th, 2015, 08:19 PM | #710 |
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^ seconded, looks better than that R6 he should be on
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June 17th, 2015, 06:02 AM | #711 |
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Chillin through T6-7 at Summit Main in early May.
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June 17th, 2015, 09:48 AM | #712 |
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Laguna seca
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June 30th, 2015, 10:10 AM | #713 |
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June 30th, 2015, 10:33 AM | #714 |
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June 30th, 2015, 11:19 AM | #715 |
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Holy stud farm, Batman!
That bike has an enormous horse c.... er... um... And a giant dangling sack of some sort......
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July 1st, 2015, 12:54 AM | #716 |
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oosp I think ive broken the thread,
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July 1st, 2015, 02:29 AM | #717 |
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no way, that is a great pic!
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July 1st, 2015, 05:10 AM | #718 |
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most recently at Thunderhill. First day on the ninjette there. Vortex rearsets, driven clipons, Leo Vince slip on, R6 front master cylinder, galfer SS brake lines
Working on feeling right on this bike. Still want clip-ons lower to get my upped body down. Feels so different than my R6 :laugh Also working on wrist/screwdriver position. Was doing it last season, somehow not turned into muscle memory yet, so will consciously work on it. |
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July 1st, 2015, 05:18 PM | #720 |
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btw @Aufitt how are you liking that R3? looks like you've got it dialed in the way you want it from the pics. It's my current favorite in the class despite the fact that I haven't had a chance to actually ride the thing (though I can't get one until it's allowed in all of my potential racing series)
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