Cornering question
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2010 12:11 am
Maybe I'll get flamed for asking but hell with it bring the fire
I find myself doing something I'm having a hard time breaking, when taking turns that are sharp, I'm looking at the pavement for dips, bad pavement gravel etc, after I'm sure the curve is clear I finish looking through the curve, I only have this issue with tight curves, or high speed sweepers, the other ones I evaluate quickly and then look through the curve no problems keep a good path.
So as I enter a turn, I'm (still) checking the pavement and when I do this it pulls me to the inside too fast, so I throttle back, finish looking through the curve after I'm happy with the pavement, move out some and get back on it, it puts me in a bad path, I would draw it but I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about, that is if I'm expliaing this right. In terms of speed, I'm not going so fast that I can't adjust my path in the curve, I've dodged bad pavement and gravel in curves doing this so I'm not pushing speed and losing control in that sense.
The problem it causes is I'll go way inside too much too early then move to the outside too fast so I'm not able to accelerate out of the turn properly and it annoys the piss out of me as I know my first issue is I'm not looking far enough through the curve so I lean in too early, once that happens the rest is just sloppy so I stay out of the throttle cause, you know I don't want to risk scratching the bike.
This is super apparent to me when I took a ride down through victoria Sunday on those twisites, on the way out I was going in too early and same issue occured that I know about that is annoying me cause I'm looking for gravel and other nasties, I know I'm not looking far enough through, but, those little rocks suck so I really want to know if they are there.
On the way back through I knew the pavement was good on certain curves and I executed it the way I wanted to, was able to concentrate on body posistion, looking all the way through, good curve entry accelerate out of the curve and wham I nailed it good, always wanna giggle a lil bit inside when I roll open in a curve and it pulls right out smooth and fast.
So what the hell is the secret, do you assume the pavement is good, assume it is bad until you know the road? To me knowing the road doesn't seam like that will do the trick unless you do it twice in the same day, just because its good one day doesn't mean it is good the next.
How the hell do you look all the way through a curve but also make sure the road is ok on a texas twistie.. god I miss roads up north all good pavement not this crap we have in Texas.
Is it just a quick glance and if nothing stands out just go for it?
Do you just use the force? Maybe my midichlorian count is low
I find myself doing something I'm having a hard time breaking, when taking turns that are sharp, I'm looking at the pavement for dips, bad pavement gravel etc, after I'm sure the curve is clear I finish looking through the curve, I only have this issue with tight curves, or high speed sweepers, the other ones I evaluate quickly and then look through the curve no problems keep a good path.
So as I enter a turn, I'm (still) checking the pavement and when I do this it pulls me to the inside too fast, so I throttle back, finish looking through the curve after I'm happy with the pavement, move out some and get back on it, it puts me in a bad path, I would draw it but I'm sure you guys know what I'm talking about, that is if I'm expliaing this right. In terms of speed, I'm not going so fast that I can't adjust my path in the curve, I've dodged bad pavement and gravel in curves doing this so I'm not pushing speed and losing control in that sense.
The problem it causes is I'll go way inside too much too early then move to the outside too fast so I'm not able to accelerate out of the turn properly and it annoys the piss out of me as I know my first issue is I'm not looking far enough through the curve so I lean in too early, once that happens the rest is just sloppy so I stay out of the throttle cause, you know I don't want to risk scratching the bike.
This is super apparent to me when I took a ride down through victoria Sunday on those twisites, on the way out I was going in too early and same issue occured that I know about that is annoying me cause I'm looking for gravel and other nasties, I know I'm not looking far enough through, but, those little rocks suck so I really want to know if they are there.
On the way back through I knew the pavement was good on certain curves and I executed it the way I wanted to, was able to concentrate on body posistion, looking all the way through, good curve entry accelerate out of the curve and wham I nailed it good, always wanna giggle a lil bit inside when I roll open in a curve and it pulls right out smooth and fast.
So what the hell is the secret, do you assume the pavement is good, assume it is bad until you know the road? To me knowing the road doesn't seam like that will do the trick unless you do it twice in the same day, just because its good one day doesn't mean it is good the next.
How the hell do you look all the way through a curve but also make sure the road is ok on a texas twistie.. god I miss roads up north all good pavement not this crap we have in Texas.
Is it just a quick glance and if nothing stands out just go for it?
Do you just use the force? Maybe my midichlorian count is low