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we had a thing like that in round 5 at thill… at the start 3 bikes got directly involved and ended up taking out a few other bikes on the other side of the lane at the start. 2 hospital rides, one person getting dragged along the kwall, head skimming on top… some bad juju… >.<

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get an sv… it’ll do dirt!

Dan Sewell getting 4th place on his SV at a reno fernley dirt race. notice the front tire… it’s a slick…

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it doesn’t take that much coordination to work the d ring system most helmets use… sheesh…

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sv650n/s. but i’m biased since it’s what i race…

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speaking of those kinds of things, it’s funny, at sears point (infineon) there’s a deer flag because hot damn if those stupid deer don’t wander onto the track from time to time. And at thill, sometimes you’ll see cows roaming around as well within the track confines… >.< but yeah, i’d much rather prefer to rail around a closed course track than on the twisties… i go so much friggin’ slower on the twisties nowadays…

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T1. where is that exit point… hrm… or maybe entry point???

T3. oh look. hill…

T5. exit? where?

T9. i know this corner goes somewhere…

T10. what turn in point… hrm…

Now imagine going fast… like really really fast… it’s no wonder why people continually blow/crash in these turns. noobs especially.

oh yeh, fwiw, the front straight at laguna going over that kink t1 into t2 is blind as well. takes big brass balls to go FFT, over that.

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yup

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t1, t3, t5, t9, t10 at thunderhill are blind. t2, t3b, t5, t6 at sears point are blind as well. reno fernley has a few blind corners as well. I don’t know the turns off hand for that track since it has like a bazillion turns. blind turns are fun… a nice exercise in patience but seeing how much you can get away with…

Weapon, find a place that rents leathers and go to the track, hook up with an instructor, learn a few things, and have fun.

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Grip the tank with your knees and use your core to keep the weight off your arms and wrists. Balls of your feet on the pegs.

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you should go to a track day and see what someone who knows what they’re doing can do with a passenger…

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practice going fast on them big multilane highways. they’re straight and you can get up to speed little by little, slowly increasing the length you pin the throttle.

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Best answer evah! hehe

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Tire pressures aren’t so important on everyday street riding as it is for riding where you’re gonna push your bike to the limits. Just use whatever feels good to you. There are consquences for running too high or too low of pressure though. If you’re at the track there’s a lot of variables to choosing what pressure to run. What kind of bike you’re running, your pace, the temp of the pavement, your suspension, your tire size, the type of tire you’re running, etc. There are some starting point guidelines, but you should be checking your tires constantly to make adjustments if needed.

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No warmers for me. I just deal with 2 warm up laps and let the bike in the sun. Race season’s going fine. I’m not crashing and there’s 3 more rounds left in the season. After this season’s done, i get my expert plate. o/

yeh, let me know if you can hit up the track on the 28th. It’ll be a blast.

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go around 30 mph and start moving your head from one side to the other to move the rain off your visor…

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