Accidental analysis, Bessie in the q and a

@juanlovitzz, , , ,

in my bliss I grabbed a haybale’s worth of throttle … 

1) did following the faster riders in to a turn cause you to make a big increase in your entry speed, compared to prior laps?
  1. not sure I’d say a big increase in speed, but I 
  2. Saw a red-mist
  3. Got exuberant
  4. Wasn’t true to my own riding and to my own ride
  5. Didn’t do sighting laps, really re-recon and respect that very technical track.  I’d been doing house rehab all summer and this was my first day out.
  6. Reveled in my abandon … uh … until you-know-what
2) You said you didn’t fully commit to your usual body position. Was there an SR effect (as in: oh sh_t I am coming in really fast..), were you trying to sit up to see the other riders, were you not quite locked on…? What specifically do you remember about entering that turn that made you NOT get into your normal position?
  1. There was no osh_t moment;
  2. I lost my head with the fun and forgot method, training and discipline.
  3. A childlike excitement; lost focus on my responsibilities; forgot I was supposed to take out the trash and cut the grass;
  4. Wierdly, I never felt scared … I literally thought to myself, verbatim, “This is fkkkkkkkkkkkkkg great!     I see what’s happening  …  I know what to do about this.”
  5. I always reckoned that after learning on Boxer Bessie, my hanging off skills should be nicely developed for a more race-oriented bike in the future.
3) What made you feel you were leaned over too far, was there some specific feedback from your bike or your body that communicated that idea to you, before you felt the rear tire chatter?
  1. I guess I felt closer to the pavement than usual, like I was running more lean angle instead of hanging off.  Seems like I had both knees on the tank instead of being inside-knee-out.  Given her Boxer pokey-cylinder head covers, I usually tried to minimize lean angle for my speeds (slow) so being all kentucky-derby jockey-like felt too cavalier.
  2. I was running DoT Metzeler Sportec M3 Supersport rubber.
  3. Having run that corner since, the 2-step drill, 3-step drill and wide-view taught me how to pay that corner the respect it deserves. 
  4. On the map below, the corner is the one by “CHICANE” between Cave Esses and Stone House Straight, where that bit is hand-drawn in.
 

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