04-16-2010, 11:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Auburn, Wa
Posts: 170
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My probs are as follows -
Passing - I have a serious problem passing without having a big speed advantage, I've gotten stuffed a couple times going on the outside and had a few near collisions on the inside.
Breaking - Consistently hitting the brake markers, I try to use two, one at the beginning and at the end when I should be at max breaking, if I hit the first one late, I might have to brake a lot harder and blow the line. Trail braking I tend to use the rears more than I should on wide sweepers, sometimes it works out good, but most of the time it just makes it harder to hold the line.
Keeping the form - I have a huge problem remembering to get into a full tuck in the straights, keeping my elbows in, and keeping my outside arm on the tank on leans, also keeping toes in in really tight curves.
For a beginner track rider, if I was to pick one single thing to work on it would be braking, that is the single most important track skill to improve lap times. I would especially work on trail braking, doing it well is something that helps more than anything.
I try and work on a single thing at a time, I have my wife take pics\vids to work on the form issues, passing I am trying to work on making quick moves instead of trying to take too long to pass, I tend to chase it too long, need to abandon it sooner if I don't pass quickly. Braking, just try to do it consistently, moving my brake markers up when I can and taking late day tires into account.
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08 CBR 1000rr
"If you want to run with the big dogs, you have to learn to piss in the tall trees!"
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I like on board recording the sessions and review later. I'm not horrible but for me the videos show where improvements can be made. They also show where I am off the line. Watching videos of the faster riders helps a lot too. And the videos also give me something to get through the winter. 
