Recent track photos and vids

[OreoGaborio]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Nice pics, but you're saying you pussed out on riding the 1125... tsk tsk.

From what I've read, yes, you have to follow a control rider, but that control rider is fast and smooth. You would have gotten a good ride in, especially since you are used to a high revving no torque bike, which the 1125 is not.

I rode my buddy's 1125R up at Loudon NH.... Fun bike (for a street bike), but I had to pour cold water on my right toe to put out the fire from that exhaust!

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by OreoGaborio

I rode my buddy's 1125R up at Loudon NH.... Fun bike (for a street bike), but I had to pour cold water on my right toe to put out the fire from that exhaust!

I'm loving that part right now, with highs in the low 40's

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

My first set of leathers had the velcro in a slightly odd location. Plus, due to my newness to track riding, my body positioning made for some pretty odd puck patterns. I experimented with puck location and ended up having the pucks halfway off the velcro patch, but it worked to keep it centered. In my case, my form was awful. As I learned how to position my body, my pucks finally moved back to the center of the patch. Now, I'm not saying your form is bad, so don't take that from it. However, I am saying to not worry about whether the pucks are exactly in the center of the patch, because that doesn't matter. It looks like you need to move the pucks more to the inside of your knee, rather than the outside. Give it a shot and see how that works.

Thanks. Yeah I moved them a bit more to the inside for the NJ track days and that helped a bit. I think I need to move them even more still. The effect has worsened since I got the higher and farther back rearsets, along with my short inseam.

I know you don't have to drag knee but I like doing it just for the feel and to know where I'm at. Especially since due to the legs/rearsets issue I know to drag knee I need to be closer to max lean than a lot of folks... So that's kind of why I stick it far out. It's not uncomfortable for me or anything.

Now I'm not saying I lean my bike the absolute max that you can possibly do... but in these two pictures (captured from afternoon video from the track day at thunderbolt) you'll see I've got the bike cranked over pretty good like 50 degrees, and in both of these photos I am *just* skimming my knee, and as you can see I'm sticking it out as per my usual style. It just lets me know where I'm at:





Again I appreciate any input people can give me... I know I need to get my head down more... that's the hardest thing for me especially when my body is getting tired.

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Nice pics, but you're saying you pussed out on riding the 1125... tsk tsk.

From what I've read, yes, you have to follow a control rider, but that control rider is fast and smooth. You would have gotten a good ride in, especially since you are used to a high revving no torque bike, which the 1125 is not.

I watched them go out there... wasn't worth missing a session to me.

You had to sign up, went out a lap or so late, ran a single file line around the track slower than I would have liked, and came in two laps early.

I ran a few sessions on my friend's set-up 636... that was fun as hell.

[Trip]

That's my biggest problem. I start out with my head down low, but as the day goes on and I get tired it goes right back up to the center. Which means higher lean angles with less speed.