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    Quote Originally Posted by cowpoos View Post
    {ps: I've never fall off in a race either}
    What, all 3 races umpteen years ago.?

    Seriously though....aim to find your limits during practise. Unless you're some inhuman then you're gonna make mistakes when pushing at near 100%. You might not even be making mistakes.....you might go through the same corner 30 times but on the 31st time there might be something on the track or your shock overheats, etc etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Bleck View Post
    I really don't like crashing and I don't see how it can make you faster, make you look like a dick, but not a fast dick.....
    Nobody likes doing it mate...but it's gotta be done if you want to actually win something at some stage. Why do you think people like Spies etc are still doing it? To look like dicks?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Nobody likes doing it mate...but it's gotta be done if you want to actually win something at some stage. Why do you think people like Spies etc are still doing it? To look like dicks?
    Thats the worst part, I was winning when I binned.......

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    Well at least you now know what you can't do! Win the next one instead. As long as you learn from ya bin and didn't get hurt it's all good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Bleck View Post
    Thats the worst part, I was winning when I binned.......

    Doncha jus' hate that...?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Deano View Post
    I never used to buy into the "you need to crash to find the bikes limits", or "if you're not crashing, you're not pushing hard enough".

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    I dunno the answer to this but I had no idea how hard I was pushing my bike till I fell off it, having said that a change of technique has moved that problem further away again (at that particular spot anyway). none of this means much though cause I cant keep up with you.
    I'm off to the pub, I may be sometime.

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    Four years of racing without a crash is just fuckin un-natural. You should be burned as a witch.

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    7 years and 5 crashes and two months total of work.
    1st crash,GSXR400 pushing to hard in the wet chasing frosty for 2nd spot
    2nd crash, SV650 avoiding Keystone and that one hurt
    3rd crash, KTM 525 Paeroa did know about the wet fucking manhole cover, that fucking hurt
    4th Crash, KTM 525 Paeroa, me being a little to keen
    5th Crash, KTM 525 VMCC Manfield trying for second spot, that hurt my pride (pulling the bike on top of me idiot !)

    Kinda Over racing for now, future who knows
    Ive run out of fucks to give

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Four years of racing without a crash is just fuckin un-natural. You should be burned as a witch.
    Shut up fuck knuck....and read my signature....and remember those that live in glasshouses....................................... .......................!!!?!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Four years of racing without a crash is just fuckin un-natural. You should be burned as a witch.
    Wot he said

    DON'T do it !!
    What I have learned so far from crashing - it's REALLY expensive, and sometimes Hurts.

    Most of mine were caused by me panicking
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    Thats so cool that dude is such a legend/hero
    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post

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    Crashing doesnt necessarily show you the limit it might just highlight your inadequacies. I have crashed places where others were going through faster probably so that means i was doing something wrong.

    Maybe you can learn to go fast in other ways and change some of your bad techniques before you crash. I watch fast guys and video tape them and try to do things similar if im struggling, i also follow people when i get to new tracks in order to go quicker faster

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHOPPA View Post
    I watch fast guys and video tape them....
    I watch and video tape you choppa (insert crazy evil laugh)

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    Quote Originally Posted by sugilite View Post
    However, when I was younger on dirt bikes I was truly disappointed with myself if I had not at least had one crash per session.
    Me too! I usta just pick up the pace 'till I got off. Seemed to help back then, I got pretty fast.
    I'm still convinced that you cannot know your limit 'till you've been there. How can you? (unless you're faster than everyone else, then it may not matter....)
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