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View Poll Results: So when do you consider that you have blown a turn/curve?
1.You have to alter your line slightly 1 3.23%
2. When more than a slight adjustment is needed and you may be closer to a yellow or white line 5 16.13%
You had to admire the turn from the wrong lane 13 41.94%
You have gone off the road 2 6.45%
You wrecked 6 19.35%
Tater's whore of an ex-wife passed you on the inside 4 12.90%
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Old 12-03-2009, 02:41 PM   #1
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Default So when do you consider that you have blown a turn/curve?

This was a topic of discussion on a local forum and i thought i would be interesting to hear from the TWF folks on this one.
Should make for some interesting responses

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Old 12-03-2009, 02:45 PM   #2
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If I could commit to the line I wanted to take OR if I had to change course drastically because of the line I took.

I don't consider going through a corner slower as blowing it. There are corners at the track that I deliberately practise and practise and practise until I can gain speed. Smooth first, fast later.
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Old 12-03-2009, 02:50 PM   #3
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Every turn or curve is blown, otherwise I'd be riding MotoGP.
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Old 12-03-2009, 02:55 PM   #4
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Anytime I've got to do an unplanned -for maneuver; on any new stuff I'll need to make little corrections; but if I've totally misjudged the turn and have to squeeze a handful of brakes, pick the bike up or slam the bars in harder than I planned; well, I know when I've miffed a turn....and I know because I'm pissed with myself..............
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Old 12-03-2009, 02:56 PM   #5
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When I am skidding on my ass out the other end of said curve or turn.
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Old 12-03-2009, 02:57 PM   #6
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On the street, if you cross a line, you've blown the corner. Plain and simple.
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Old 12-03-2009, 02:57 PM   #7
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When I leave my lane.

Kell beat me to it.
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Old 12-03-2009, 02:59 PM   #8
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Major correction (brake, throttle, or steering) and going out of a lane.
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Old 12-03-2009, 03:48 PM   #9
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Im something of a perfectionist, so if I hit a road I'm comfortable with or on the track and I have to make an adjustment mid turn, to me, I blew it.

Having spent several track days at my home track, I know the sweet spots, and if I miss it I irritate myself because I just interfered with the next few turns as well.

Im definitely not the fastest, but I prefer the rest of it be as close to "my" perfect as I can get it.
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Old 12-03-2009, 03:52 PM   #10
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i was thinking along the lines of the track, so i put "when you crash". but in the terms of street riding, pretty much what kell & tmall said.
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