Why do track day virgins stay that way?

[DrunkenMistake]

Just realised how oxymoron the thread title is..

[Hellzie]

Cherry successfully popped and I can't get the grin off my face. Track day virgins only stay that way either because they don't know what they're missing or noone has told them how much fun it is. Amazing day at the ART day today. LOOOOOVED IT!!!!! Can't wait for the next one, I'm absolutely hooked.

[GPXchick]

I'm totally addicted to trackdays now, should have started 30 years ago. Got my brother in to it and now we have brought an old gixxer to thrash around. Doesnt matter if we bin it, second hand parts are reasonably cheap. It has improved my riding skills and has taken away the idiotic urge to behave like a cretin on the road.

Us too my husband and i have attended to ART track days at PUKE its a fantastic way to release some steam, not worry about coppers and tickets. And you actually learn some great VALUBLE info that nakes your riding BETTER. Fun people, great lunch included. BRILLIANT DAY. Bring on Jan 15th

[PeteJ]

And a PS about the ART days:

We're constantly thinking as instructors of how relevant this stuff is to most folks' road riding.

Contrary to the assertion earlier on this thread that track technique is nothing like road technique, there're a helluva lot of similarities.

Simple example: a good racing line (late apex) is pretty similar to a good road line. (Simple misunderstanding: there is such a thing as the racing line.)

The most important thing in each discipline, however, is to get your machine handling abilities to the level where you don't have to think about them, but instead can concentrate and think about what's going on around you, confident in the knowledge that your bike will do whatever you need it to.

[jrandom]

a good racing line (late apex)

Have you actually ever raced?

[ducatilover]

a good racing line (late apex) is pretty similar to a good road line.

I thought you'd want a fairly early apex to get drive out of a corner on the track and to defend your line?
Later apex on the road if you have less visibility?