Yes I I did. Thanks. The question in this thread is for those time when my confidence get small while cornering. I am not saying that I do this all the time. I try to push my self little at the time. I am not going to make the corners at 60 when I did it at 45 day before. If I have been doing that all these times, I am sure I crashed long ago. I try to increase the speed little by little. Or when I gave lots of room from the car in the front before I enter the corner, just because I wanna do it faster than that car and have fun, I start to go and in the middle of it, the car is really slowing down and I have to also reduce the speed.

 

I'll make ya a deal Yumi, just to put tuscon's mind at ease:

Next time you make it to the east coast, I'll pay the track fee and let you take Ororo :-)

 

Deal #2. lol So we go shopping at Revzilla and refrain you from spending money on yourself, I get to have my jacket half price and get to go on the track with Ororo? soulds like a sweet deal. Can you convert Ororo to a midget bike too?

 

After some quiet time by myself, I came to a conclusion. I never had anybody to teach me anything about riding sportbike and I still do not have anybody. And I have nothing in real life to compare what I'm doing with others. It is not a easy thing to advance without real life guidance. It will take me double the time that it took other female riders to be where they are. And I am older than them. So this is the reality. I will never be where they are in this life time. I will focus on staying safe and have fun on my own way, just riding around town here and there and hope that I will be still riding when I am 70. I supposed Hawaii is a perfect place to do that.

 

Don't be seduced/discouraged by the super-stars that frequent the post
here. Nature has only given a select few the reflexes/co-ordination to push
a modern bike to the limits of it's capabilities. The rest of us are just out
having the thrill of running close to our OWN limitations. I'm 53, been
riding bikes all of my life, and will NEVER be in the 3% class. I'm good with
that, I don't compare my abilities to others. I go out and try to improve MY
personal skill/handling of my bike.

Racing/pushing to the limits is only a small part of the sport/joy of motorcycling.
Ask any cruiser/touring bike owner. Continue to focus your efforts on your
own improvements in both fine control and perception of everything around
you.

I think one of the problems you are facing is an over-load of advice. You
have too many choices and are discouraged at the seeming complexity of
the tasks. Pick and choose, try out some of the suggestions, discard the
ones that don't fit.

Above all.....Have FUN and enjoy the ride.

Ern

 

Ahhh...+1 Ern...it's like golf. I want to be able to play until I'm old too (70+) . It's you & the gold course...and how low you can score Vs. your own record. I would not compare myself with the pros...

The difference between a golf course Vs. your bike on the road is that you can get badly hurt...

Somedays you'll feel good to push the bike hardly...somedays you just feel not.

 

 

After experimenting today w/ different gears going into corners I've found that dropping down a gear or 2 sometimes can really help the bike feel more planted going through the turn. When you get it smooth you'll go through the turn faster and leave w/ a higher exit speed. I believe someone in this thread already mentioned it. It's also covered in Twist of the Wrist II, getting on the throttle as soon as possible in a corner and keeping a smooth and constant roll on stabilizes the suspension and plants the bike better. I was often in too high of gear just kind of lugging it through a turn at 4k rpm and the bike didn't feel very stable.

 

Yep. lower gear with high rpm around the corner feels very stable to me too.

 

Twist of the wrist 2 get it, read it, learn it, live it.