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At my level I look it as the one who learned the most.

Do you check pressures before and after a session? I was thinking about making a data sheet organized by track.
 
bp_SFV4 said:
At my level I look it as the one who learned the most.

Do you check pressures before and after a session? I was thinking about making a data sheet organized by track.
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I check them right before and right after until I get a feel for how much they are moving up or down on track versus on warmers, once I have that sorted I stop checking when I come off track unless ambient temps change a lot.
 
…and check them every session! They will stabilize but checking them will also let you know of any punctures. Picked up my first at a track day the other weekend, was loosing 3-4.5psi in the front each time out, by the end of the session the bike was oversteering a lot with the imbalance. All info to be filed away for future reference :)
 

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Steven, can't find the pictures of you trying to get tucked on your bike. But, I was thinking about it today.
You may find it easier to get in the tuck, with the standard tank. ie no tank cover or tank extender. This might give you a little more room to lay flater.

In regards to braking, as you approach a corner, you should be moving your body across the bike, toward the inside of the bike/corner. Now, your inner thigh, should be against the base of the tank, as you begin braking.

Mat not help, just thoughts
 
RickD996 said:
Steven, can't find the pictures of you trying to get tucked on your bike. But, I was thinking about it today.
You may find it easier to get in the tuck, with the standard tank. ie no tank cover or tank extender. This might give you a little more room to lay flater.

In regards to braking, as you approach a corner, you should be moving your body across the bike, toward the inside of the bike/corner. Now, your inner thigh, should be against the base of the tank, as you begin braking.

Mat not help, just thoughts
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+100 get the bike settled & stable before the turn. OMG what a dif. in confidence.
 
Also... most time is cut during corner exit, contrary to what most people think. More time is spent accelerating rather than braking during a lap and therefore one should focus on corner exit rather than late braking.

Thinking ahead is key.
 
RickD996 said:
Steven, can't find the pictures of you trying to get tucked on your bike. But, I was thinking about it today.
You may find it easier to get in the tuck, with the standard tank. ie no tank cover or tank extender. This might give you a little more room to lay flater.

In regards to braking, as you approach a corner, you should be moving your body across the bike, toward the inside of the bike/corner. Now, your inner thigh, should be against the base of the tank, as you begin braking.

Mat not help, just thoughts
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Corner entry I’m good on, though I still over brake by mid corner and then try to make it up on exit instead of a carrying more roll speed through mid-corner.

At least that’s what it feels like, gunna start logging data soon.

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That last pic was the VultureBike squared off tank extender, it works well but at my size the squared corner was a bit in the way, I could get a decent hook on the tank with my outside leg.

The two pics in the middle are the MonkeyGripp tank extender, it’s made from a firm but not hard rubberized material and it’s perfect, it sits low enough and is rounded enough on the edge to get a comfortable perch and has a nice flat spot for my chest, and the leg hookin is PERFECT. And very easy to index to the right spot on my leg to get my hips opened up.

My problem with the tuck is mostly size and body shape and neck related.

I have to sit out over the tail fairing to get flat enough, and then I have some minor neck flexibility issues where my sight lines are affected if I get too flat.
 
Vbreeze said:
+100 get the bike settled & stable before the turn. OMG what a dif. in confidence.
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I know it’s soooo wrong, but I like playing chicken with the corner, braking as hard and late into as I possibly can with that momentary feeling of manic fear as I try to do it later and later each time haha

I go off the track a fair amount lol

The stopping ability of these bikes is crazy, you are approaching the corner at speeds that your mind cannot comprehend that the bike can slow enough in that short a space but it can, sometimes I charge past two or three riders in the breaking zone, granted I’m in the middle group but my breaking zone is functionally half the distance they are using most of the time.

Having said that, I learned things backwards, I sorted breaking and corner entry before I learned mid-corner control or corner exit, which is why my times are still slow overall…but I’ll go toe to toe on breaking with all but the best riders out there. It’s one of the few areas where my size and weight is an advantage out there.

If I ever start racing I’m going to cause some emotional damage to guys on the last two or three turns of a race haha
 
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Steven31371 said:
I know it’s soooo wrong, but I like playing chicken with the corner, braking as hard and late into as I possibly can with that momentary feeling of manic fear as I try to do it later and later each time haha

I go off the track a fair amount lol
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This kind of riding will eventually lead to a more serious off. It’s just a matter of time. Once the front goes, good luck saving it.
 
I could see myself tucking the front at some point but I’m confident in saving it

Most of the causes of high siding I can avoid, I’ve been gradually practicing sliding the rear end under torque on the Gixxer, I grew up doing it on dirt bikes so it’s coming back to me remarkably easy.

These bikes are actually easier to control in a slide than dirt bikes in some ways because you are dealing with smooth surfaces and a linear slide, before the end of this season I’ll be able to drift the bike.

You just have to let off the throttle gently until the rear gets traction back instead of suddenly releasing the throttle when the back end starts to drift, and that’s already programmed into my nuero net from childhood
 
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Ok Marc

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Also Marc
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SD, please don’t take this as some kind of dig at you, I’m genuinely curious?

Do you go to the track? Like regularly?

Most of your responses seem like they are coming from someone whose watched a lot of videos and follows the sport closely but haven’t actually done this, at least not much.

Either that or you’re just different man lol
 

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