Cornering/ committment question

[cowpoos]

Of course not.

So sorry I really shouldn't have replied in the first place.

lol..I realised your were takin the piss after I posted...lol...

[Robert Taylor]

Its funny tony...how every person thats answered your question is so far from being a front running or considered a fast guy...it even more humouous that they think they have the credentials to answer your question...

for fuck sake....its no wonder these's bullshit theorys and armchair expert ideals are so popular!!! because there's so many bullshit theorists and armchair experts...!!!


Tony...my advice...go to levels next weekend...approch the likes of Andrew Stoud and Craig Shirrifs etc...all very approchable and happy to talk to anyone...and ask them...you'll most likely be told the truth!!! and reasoning!!

Plus the bike has to have a LOT of painstaking geometry and suspension set up to allow the rider to have the confidence. The amount of time that goes into this behind the scenes is not for the faint hearted. They dont come off the showroom floor straight onto the track.
For example, a typical World Supersport 600 team will have 4 or so spare sets of forks and the same in shocks, all with differing internal specs and a technician on call to revalve to alternative specs. 20 spare springs etc. In NZ if someone needs to buy spare springs to have test options to pursue more speed its often akin to having their throat cut....

[Sully60]

lol..I realised your were takin the piss after I posted...lol...

Oh that's alright Poos

You're obviously passionate about it, as am I.
I'd give my left one to ride like them guys, but like most racers I know that doesn't mean you have to stop trying!

[gav]

Well, rather than trying to find the answer on the internet, TonyB could've/should've paid $100 and spent today at Ruapuna with the Bernard Racing team and got some learnin' from some of the best in the business!

[sAsLEX]

Well, rather than trying to find the answer on the internet, TonyB could've/should've paid $100 and spent today at Ruapuna with the Bernard Racing team and got some learnin' from some of the best in the business!

What at not staying on the bikes?

[JayRacer37]

Since there are a few racers of note lurking within KB, I thought I'd ask a question directed at those at the pointy end of the field...

I went out to Ruapuna for the nationals- couldn't race, so I thought I'd watch and learn. I moved around the track, watching how the best in NZ take the corners at my local track.

I was over at the Kink/ Pothole, when I noticed something that would appear to indicate that the fast guys are committed in a huge way, that I will probably NEVER be prepared to do. It looked to me like the front runners were taking the corner at such a speed that even with max lean angle, there was no way they would EVER make the corner without getting on the gas HARD and using the power to significantly tighten the line. It looked like even the tiniest hesitation or roll off would send them out onto the grass.

So was I right? Is this what you have to do?

yep, thats dead right.

I was also using the kerb to give myself another 2m or track for the xit, lots of people said I was the fastest 600 off there which feels good.

If i wasnt spinning the bike up from just past or at the apex/kerb, i wasn't going to be on the track comethe outside of the kerb.

[JayRacer37]

Plus the bike has to have a LOT of painstaking geometry and suspension set up to allow the rider to have the confidence. The amount of time that goes into this behind the scenes is not for the faint hearted. They dont come off the showroom floor straight onto the track.
For example, a typical World Supersport 600 team will have 4 or so spare sets of forks and the same in shocks, all with differing internal specs and a technician on call to revalve to alternative specs. 20 spare springs etc. In NZ if someone needs to buy spare springs to have test options to pursue more speed its often akin to having their throat cut....

Thats for sure.

Without Roberts expertise, and Ohlins Qorld spec equipment, stuff like that would be a damn sight harder...

[JayRacer37]

What at not staying on the bikes?

lol, bikes crashing that close makes a very intimidating noise....

[Grub]

Well, rather than trying to find the answer on the internet, TonyB could've/should've paid $100 and spent today at Ruapuna with the Bernard Racing team and got some learnin' from some of the best in the business!

Oh you mean like how to go fast in the wet (leave the bikes in the pits)

[onearmedbandit]

Well, rather than trying to find the answer on the internet, TonyB could've/should've paid $100 and spent today at Ruapuna with the Bernard Racing team and got some learnin' from some of the best in the business!

You're fucking kidding me...???

[Sully60]

lol, bikes crashing that close makes a very intimidating noise....

Crrrrssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Hmmm should I tip in now or just wait for something yellow to slide past first?

[TonyB]

Its funny tony...how every person thats answered your question is so far from being a front running or considered a fast guy...it even more humouous that they think they have the credentials to answer your question...

Its kinda hard to tell who people are on here...I tend to give them the benifit of the doubt. But yeah I did direct the question at those running at the front

yep, thats dead right.

Thats good enough for me

[k14]

You're fucking kidding me...???

Nope, every monday after all the nationals rounds the bernard racing team is holding a trackday where you can get instruction from all of the teams riders etc.

[TonyB]

Nope, every monday after all the nationals rounds the bernard racing team is holding a trackday where you can get instruction from all of the teams riders etc.

REALLY? Damn- why didn't I know about that? Oh well, wouldn't have mattered anyway- bike not rideable

[Shaun]

REALLY? Damn- why didn't I know about that? Oh well, wouldn't have mattered anyway- bike not rideable

Just listen to what POOS says mate