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Re: [ST] Triumph Tuning



I've been told many times 'concentrate entirely on smooth, fast will come'.  Trying simply to go fast will only frustrate you and can leave you with the rubber side up.   This, from both racers and track day instructors.

Can't wait to get my Sprint sorted for track day duty.  It's been way too long.

Jeremy 

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-----Original Message-----
From: "marc Ve" <daytona955.marc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 9/15/06 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] Triumph Tuning

I'm doing a track day on Sunday.

I hope it goes better than the last one. I've hit a bit of a "wall" -I'm
still far off the pace, and I know I could go quicker but I'm struggling to
pick up my corner speed and breaking points.

On almost every lap I ended up breaking too soon, too much and then actually
have to roll on some power going into the fast corners.

Its very different on the track and very humbling.

I thought I was a good rider till I did my first track day, and then
realised how much work my riding really needs.

I think its virtually impossible to be a good rider without some track time
- its the only place to safely exceed your normal margins.

I'm not a squid - the road is no place to test your limits. On every pass
you need to leave a margin for error. enough space for a car encroaching on
your side of the road, or a corner that turns out to be much sharper than
you thought.

How else to you "programme" your brain to recognise a slip and then do the
right thing, or learn how to automatically counter steer to tighten the line
when a corners suddenly tightens up on you?

Besides having fun, track days could save your life by avoiding a "freeze"
in a situation where you need to react quickly and confidently.
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