Gravisman
Aspiring Racer
Track riding has *definitely* made me a better/safer street rider, because it taught me how to control a motorcycle for realz. If track riding were only about being good in known turns then how is it that great racers can show up at a track they’ve never seen before and kick everyone’s ass within minutes?
List of ways track riding has improved my street riding:
1. Learned how to be smooth with the controls, cracking the throttle and loading the front tire during braking
2. Learned to trail brake
3. Learned to use correct body position to reduce lean angle
4. Learned various eye skills including looking ahead and wide vision
Bottom line was that after years of street only riding it was a race track that showed me I actually didn’t know how to ride when I thought I did. Turned out there were situations in my riding where I was being unsafe but lacked the knowledge to even realize it. Track riding forces knowledge, and well, knowledge is power.
List of ways track riding has improved my street riding:
1. Learned how to be smooth with the controls, cracking the throttle and loading the front tire during braking
2. Learned to trail brake
3. Learned to use correct body position to reduce lean angle
4. Learned various eye skills including looking ahead and wide vision
Bottom line was that after years of street only riding it was a race track that showed me I actually didn’t know how to ride when I thought I did. Turned out there were situations in my riding where I was being unsafe but lacked the knowledge to even realize it. Track riding forces knowledge, and well, knowledge is power.