i’ve got some updated shots. all but the very last chickenstrips gone. oh, and by the way, suckah, this is on street tires.
sweet new lessons, like you’ve said on the miata, it’s all cornerspeed and early drive-out
it was supersweet to give the liter bikes a run for it with the early drive-out, then of course, to eat their dust on the straights.
Mike @ pit in/out said “you’re running good lines around that turn, you’re hitting all your marks, better than some guys in the intermediate group”
Brian “your body position, you look much better on this bike than on the Beemer”
Mike S: “you’re looking confident out there”
2x massages from Abby
Greg: “that was an interesting pass you put on me out there on the Big Bend”
gotta take off the peg-curb-feelers, disconcerting when i scrape them, but also made me improve my bod pos to keep the bike more upright while hanging the bod off more.
totally wringing the buzzing hornet’s neck, sweet spot at 10k – 11.5k rpm. got my gear patterns better. i can tell you what gear i’ll be in at any point on the track now.
ixr Mike told me “unless you’re seeing green and white under your handlebars, you aren’t hitting your apex.”
learned to sit the bike only on the straights, otherwise use the knees & legs like a parallelogram, always crawling all over the bike
one medevac, guy broke ribs, shoulder, maybe punctured lung — i’ve heard about these things happening
came home Saturday night for dinner and a shot o ass
we used the Range Esses, the Bus Stop and the Karussel
weight-wise i’m in the belly/thigh no-mans-land between size 52 and size 54. 54 just too bulky on me, 52, too tight all overl @ 160# things will improve so i can go 52 which is size-appropriate
there was a fullbird colonel there on a bmw K1200GT running in the intermediate group
some cute young things, too, since Roger gives a half-price discount to all chicks
tire guy warned against cranking up tire warmers on street tires. said they’re built for optimum below 130 degrees, while race tires dont start until above 130 degrees. overheat the streets and cook out the oils, makes ’em greasy
ACTION
remove the peg-curb-feelers
run 108 octane next time
draw Mike Stiles’ Final Approach, Work-backwards radii diagram for apex to endpoint
create Photoshop layer images for tuition
track tarmac
track elev
markers on track
cone positions
markers off track
sealant patches
rain runoff canals
QUESTIONS
what did Brian Thomas mean when he mentioned 125s and Jay mentioned 130s for tires for the Ninja250
life … fully-descended
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