taranis
Well-known member
Hi All,
On my solo ride yesterday I was thinking about how much my recent track day had improved my confidence and general bike handling skills on the street. I also thought about how some of the attitudes and skills practiced could be detrimental to safe riding (at least without the proper attitude and mental framework). I want to know what you all think about this and whether you have developed track habits that were detrimental to safe street riding.
So for me, in the positive camp.
In the negative camp:
Mostly it's a matter of reflex training and habits that are not good to carry over to the street (this is, as always, just my opinion not a statement of fact, so feel free to disagree)
On my solo ride yesterday I was thinking about how much my recent track day had improved my confidence and general bike handling skills on the street. I also thought about how some of the attitudes and skills practiced could be detrimental to safe riding (at least without the proper attitude and mental framework). I want to know what you all think about this and whether you have developed track habits that were detrimental to safe street riding.
So for me, in the positive camp.
- I learned the limits of myself and the motorcycle - I no longer have to search for those on the street. Hey I got slower after my trackday! :ride
- In combo with proper suspension setup - I am much more planted in a corner
- Much more confident in my ability to make safe mid corner inputs and trail break if absolutely necessary (this rarely happens to me on the street)
In the negative camp:
Mostly it's a matter of reflex training and habits that are not good to carry over to the street (this is, as always, just my opinion not a statement of fact, so feel free to disagree)
- Knowing the track well enough to throw the bike into a blind decreasing radius corners at speed
-As opposed to reading the vanishing point
-As opposed to never out riding sight lines - Trusting, hot sticky track rubber that does not usually get to that temp on the street
-I know; learning to read traction is critical and is learned best on the track - Incrementally moving breaking markers closer and closer to the corner and trail braking
-This was the hardest thing for me to do at the track because of 15 years of always getting my breaking done way ahead of a turn with the old slow in/fast out philosophy