Heidi and gents,
Every Friday arvo I head home from Melb heading up through Whittlesea, Flowerdale, Yea and Seymour. I love the corners, but can't seem to get down on 'em as much as some of legends of this discussion board. I've still got about a centimetre left of unused tyre on each side of the rear . How do I rectify this disastrous situation? Is height and weight a factor (6'4", 90 kg)? Can anyone spill the beans on what they've learnt at superbike school? Am I too woried about losing the arse on some of the dubious road surfaces?
Please instruct..
Trav (scared from losing it using full nobbies on trail bikes on wet roads)
Yep, love those roads. Bought land in Tallarook, so i'll be able to do that trip in reverse.
As for the cornering school, they do them in Broadford quite often. Mine's in October so I cant help you yet, but many here are pretty experienced riders, otherwise go and do a course. Nothing like first hand experienced tutoring from the pro's.
Peter Altas
BUSA-1
If you scroll down the topics list you will see that i am offering a twist of the wrist for free(an audio cd,well 4 actually,which goes into riding techniques,very specifically)but i've only had one taker,so i presume all you guys must be experts!
I'll take one rocket. What's your e-mail, I'll send you my address. Mine is kamagloire@hotmail.com
Hi Ressac,
I know what you mean. I did the cornering school at easter and I've done one track day at the island since then and I can't believe the difference it has made to my riding.
It has mainly come from the extra confidence in having the technique and in my bike's ability and tyres ability tp grip the road. Last track day I frizzled my tyre right to the edge...but that's on the track. I have no intention of taking it that far over on the road, there is too much that can go wrong and I have too much to live for just at the moment to be corning like that on the road.
If you go to this thread I did a brief summary of the superbike school.
pub18.ezboard.com/faustralianhayabusaclubwelcometothenewdiscussion.showMessage?topicID=1305.topic
Good luck. SW.
Quote:I've still got about a centimetre left of unused tyre on each side of the rear . How do I rectify this disastrous situation?
Are you wanting a tool to shift the rubber back to the centre of the tyre??
Richard,i wish there was such a thing!
Man, if you're not scraping the cases, you're not going hard enough!
OK, that's shit, but if you really wanna know lean angles, do track days where you can hit the same corners over and over in a relatively safe environment.
I did a few bike courses including the Cornering School (Australian Superbike School) and they really don't teach you how to lean the bike over further, they just show you how to be smooth. Throttle control is the name of the game - I've seen HART instructors scrape the crash bars at 10km/h - and according to a couple of A grade racers I've quizzed, feeling what the tyres are doing is the big secret to going fast.
Just had a look at the cornering school website. www.superbikeschool.com.au/
Definitely going to do level 1 in Sep or Oct up at Broadford. For those who've already done it, does the $350 cost include riding one of their Triumphs? It seems fairly expensive considering other advanced courses come in at just over $100.
Travis. (suspended, not riding:"> )
No it doesn't, you need to take your own bike.
By the way, if your license is suspended you may want to mention that to the Superbike School when you book. Phillip Island generally requires you to produce your license upon entry, not sure about Broadford though.
I strongly recommend any cornering school and track days.
In SE QLD I recommend Top Rider.
Bernie Hatton and his staff are terrific.
They do a braking and cornering school that is terrific fun and improves your skill out of sight.
You don't realise how utterly capable a modern sportsbike with modern tyres is until you sharpen your skills.
Their number is 1300-131362.
Well worth it!!
Ressac, my course is on October 12. Might see you there, on your own bike. What's the point doing an advanced riding course on someone else's bike ??? And even though expensive, they seem to have the best progressive learning structure I've seen. Most others are just a beefed-up HART course (even their higher levels). All I want to learn right now is how to corner properly and have some fun on a track.
And if you like the "twist of the wrist" stuff, they're written by the guy who runs the superbike school.
Peter Altas
BUSA-1
No its written by the american guru Keith Code.
Keith Code runs the Superbike school in America, and wrote the training/learning syllabus. They're the same school, just an Australian branch.
Peter Altas
BUSA-1
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