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25-07-2003, 06:34pm
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.
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.