Track day pics!

Cutty72 · 06-28-2008, 03:41 PM

WOOT! They are finally posted. Gotta go through and figure out which ones I want to purchase now.

For those of you with more experience, please feel free to critique me.
I'll try to lable them with session # and corner number, if i know it.

Here is a track map, so you get an idea of where i'm riding.

SESSION 2

They didn't take pics of us 1st session. Guess we were all too slow

Turn 2

Turn 3 I think.

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Session 3

Turn 6

Turn 6

Entering Turn 4

Turn 4

Cutty72 · 06-28-2008, 07:08 PM

Session 5. ZOOM down the front straight. 1 mile of pure drag race.

Session 6
Getting a little more comfortable on the track.
This is turn 8, my favorite one.

Session 8
Turn 9

sequence shot!

And lastly, my instructor. Chillin out as he's zooming around!

PhiSig1071 · 06-28-2008, 09:06 PM

Looks good, the only things I would say would be to drop your inside shoulder more and get off the bike more. If you keep your inside shoulder too high it forces you to twist your lower body when hanging off, which will result in bad form and it limits the effectiveness of hanging off.

A mental trick that really helped me a lot is to imagine yourself running around a cone, as you approach the cone and start to turn you naturally drop your inside shoulder. If you do that on the bike it will make a difference. Try it the next time you ride, even street, you'll feel a big difference. There's also the idiom "try to kiss your mirror" which works too.

Go on YouTube and search "MCN How to drag knee". I'd do it here but youtube is blocked.

Good Job! Keep it up!

No Worries · 06-29-2008, 12:00 AM

In the Total Control book, Lee Parks says: "your outside arm is relaxed and not fighting for control with your inside arm, and you're looking through the turn to the exit point while keeping your head perpendicular to the road. Your inside foot is tucked up and out of the way. Your inside arm is doing all the steering. And your centerline is to the inside of the bike's centerline."

Looks like you nailed all of them.

Dnyce · 06-29-2008, 01:16 AM

seems like you could be tucked alot more on the long straight......

Carolina · 06-29-2008, 10:37 AM

i don't know shit about form but I know that buell looks sexy as hell out there good pics mane

jalaan1 · 06-29-2008, 10:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carolina

i don't know shit about form but I know that buell looks sexy as hell out there good pics mane

same here, lol

pics look good tho.

Cutty72 · 06-29-2008, 03:20 PM

Thanks guys.
I know i need to tuck more on the straight, but I didn't have the balls to go all out, never even used 6th, so it really wasn't slowing me down.
I did get all the way behind the windscreen a few laps. It's cool like a complete void of wind.

I learned early to get my feet up and out of the way... i drug toe slider before knee slider

DLIT · 06-29-2008, 03:37 PM

Sup with the t-shirt?

Cutty72 · 06-29-2008, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DLIT

Sup with the t-shirt?

Everyone in the school had to wear tshirts. Different colors for different instructors. Made it easier to tell who was with who.
The instructors had matching color tape on the back of their helmets and bikes.

06-28-2008, 09:06 PM	#3
PhiSig1071 Let go of my ears. Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Moto: '03 GSX-R600, '04 625SMC Posts: 1,394	Looks good, the only things I would say would be to drop your inside shoulder more and get off the bike more. If you keep your inside shoulder too high it forces you to twist your lower body when hanging off, which will result in bad form and it limits the effectiveness of hanging off. A mental trick that really helped me a lot is to imagine yourself running around a cone, as you approach the cone and start to turn you naturally drop your inside shoulder. If you do that on the bike it will make a difference. Try it the next time you ride, even street, you'll feel a big difference. There's also the idiom "try to kiss your mirror" which works too. Go on YouTube and search "MCN How to drag knee". I'd do it here but youtube is blocked. Good Job! Keep it up! __________________ Entia non sunt multiplicanda necessitatem

06-29-2008, 01:16 AM	#5
Dnyce flyin high Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: cali Moto: 10speed huffy w/cards in the spokes Posts: 2,318	seems like you could be tucked alot more on the long straight...... __________________ "Racing Is Life, Everything Before and After is Just Waiting" Steve McQueen

06-29-2008, 10:37 AM	#6
Carolina Says it's time to ride Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, CA :) Moto: 2003 honda CBR 954/ 2011 Road King classic Posts: 1,012	i don't know shit about form but I know that buell looks sexy as hell out there good pics mane __________________ a wise man once said if u wipe ur ass with your hand you'll have a fistfull of shit

06-29-2008, 03:37 PM	#9
DLIT Clit Commander Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Las Vegas Moto: 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S Posts: 4,189	Sup with the t-shirt? __________________ Dress for the crash. Not the ride.

06-29-2008, 12:00 AM	#4
No Worries Keyboard Racer Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mile High City Moto: Old Superbikes Posts: 1,016	In the Total Control book, Lee Parks says: "your outside arm is relaxed and not fighting for control with your inside arm, and you're looking through the turn to the exit point while keeping your head perpendicular to the road. Your inside foot is tucked up and out of the way. Your inside arm is doing all the steering. And your centerline is to the inside of the bike's centerline." Looks like you nailed all of them.