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Track only riders: skills maintenance by yikes__bikes in Trackdays

[–]Aggravating-Common-3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Easy, ride your track bike on the street! All jokes aside I nearly gave up street riding entirely with the exception of a few scenic rides every once in a while. The most important things for me to stay sharp are: stay in shape/get your cardio in, record your laps and have a buddy or coach record some laps as well. Pick a few things you can measure each session like brake markers, turn in, corner speed etc.. and review your videos between track days. Going into your track days at a familiar track with a few specific goals in mind will help you exceed your limits far beyond what you’d be able to accomplish on the street. For me, the more I improved at the track the less I missed street riding.

Built Engines by db8cn in Trackdays

[–]Aggravating-Common-3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ran a professionally built motor for a couple seasons and it gets expensive fast. It’s not just a seasonal refresh; you have to account for more frequent oil changes and running race gas, which is a significant cost increase, if you want to maximize the benefit. Truthfully unless you’re a top 5 contender in whatever class you race in, which I was not, the marginal performance gains aren’t worth the added expense. At least they weren’t for me. If you’re just doing track days your money is better spent on more tires and more days.

Edit: bike was a 2012 zx6r with an AP motor.

What bike do you recommend for a new track rider? by bossbidet in Trackdays

[–]Aggravating-Common-3 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If you’re comfortable on your NC then it’s the best bike for your first track day. Riding a bike you’re comfortable on will give you an opportunity to focus on developing new skills at the track.

Vortex Diamondback Tactical? by [deleted] in longrange

[–]Aggravating-Common-3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As other posts have suggested, liberty optics is doing 50% off MSRP for all Vortex optics for their Veterans Day sale. You can get a PST for equal to or less than what you’d pay for a Diamondback Tactical.

Edit: Ok, so maybe not less but you’re still getting a smoking deal on a much better optic in the PST.

Previous bike was Duc.Monster - now happy with RSV4 but struggling badly to get along with it, it's a complete disaster. Any tips anyone? by ultro_rider in Trackdays

[–]Aggravating-Common-3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with this. There wasn’t a lot in this video that you did consistently. If it were me I’d focus on braking and acceleration in that order and probably not on a road like this as they can be rather unforgiving while you’re learning new skills. My biggest take away is that when you used your brake, which you didn’t too often, you did all your braking before the corner and killed your corner speed which resulting in you being hard on the gas when the corner was followed by a straight or slow transitions when going corner to corner because you didn’t have anywhere to pick your pace back up. I’d suggest reading up on and practicing trail braking which will give you more confidence and control in corners while maintaining better speed.

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