The biggest surprise for me watching RoadracerX’s data is how early he’s very hard on the throttle. At Big Willow there are several turns where you are pretty hard on the throttle before you even get to the apex.
His roll speed mid corner at that track isn’t much faster than mine, but on a less powerful bike he’s 15 to 20 mph faster on earlier parts of the straights than me.
There are several reasons for that with my personal riding, one of which simply trusting the bike and getting on the throttle earlier and harder. I was also moving my eyes around too much creating a much higher and scarier sense of speed than keeping my eyes down track. I am also carrying less lean angle at the apex, which means I would run wider coming onto the straight at less speed.
So for me it’s about more lean angle at the apex, keeping my eyes steady and down track, and trusting the bike grip more.
SuperD the point and shoot style is much slower for me than just leaning the bike and following a smoother line…smooth is fast. My fastest laps feel like my slowest laps in some ways. None of the fastest guys I know take that pivot and shoot line. I read about and road that style for a lot of track days, and every fast guy that followed me to give me tips was like: “what the hell are you doing!”
