How do you get to go faster?

So how is it done?

Further to this, what is the definition of 'quick'? How can we define this?

Quicker than your mates perhaps? But what if you have particularly fast (or slow) mates?

I turn that movable bit on the handle bars anticlockwise a bit but I'm not sure this is correct.

Originally Posted by sosha

i turn that movable bit on the handle bars anticlockwise a bit but i'm not sure this is correct.

pmsl!!!

I do a similar thing to sosha, that twisty handlebar grip on the right handlebar when twisted towards me makes my bike go faster. SOmetimes, alot faster, silly fast.

Oooor

do you mean cornering?

Miles and miles and miles and miles of riding. Then, when your happy on your own, come along to AR09. AR08 taught me ALOT about my riding ability

Just go quicker than last time.

And overtake that CBR/ZXR/R?/GSXR round the outside at any given TD

It's something I think about sometimes, I'm quicker than most of my mates who ride but at the same time I don't know if they're 'quick' or not. Guess a few trackdays should sort me out. In your case, I guess some racing would bring you up to your potential speed which you may or may not have hit when you used to race before.

Originally Posted by Sosha

I turn that movable bit on the handle bars anticlockwise a bit but I'm not sure this is correct.

There is always one ... and it is always you Sosha

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

Miles and miles and miles and miles of riding. Then, when your happy on your own, come along to AR09. AR08 taught me ALOT about my riding ability

Surely the AR is just a precession? How is that going to make you faster?

Originally Posted by chakraist

It's something I think about sometimes, I'm quicker than most of my mates who ride but at the same time I don't know if they're 'quick' or not. Guess a few trackdays should sort me out. In your case, I guess some racing would bring you up to your potential speed which you may or may not have hit when you used to race before.

Indeed, you just don't know how 'fast' your select group of friends are ... and yes, getting out there in a controlled environment against a random selection of other riders is a far better measure of where you mark up.

As for me, I am on a downward slope now and will be getting slower and slower ...

[tonyk]

to go faster than u should do.........
try going down hill .....

or ducking under the fairing...

a fairing bike and a naked bike of same stats, the fairing bike
will always go faster due to areodynamics........
now i'm sure that people will disagree...
but i'm telling you the truth, honest ..

Ah ... I think I need to clarify ...

I am talking about how YOU go about being faster as a rider ...

Just adding miles might make you slightly quicker, but you are likely to plateau at some stage ... therefore if you want to be significantly quicker you need to act on pushing the boundaries of what you currently feel is your comfort zone ...

[tonyk]

ah ha. in that case of being a faster rider...
my man, do a race day......
the more laps you. do the quicker you get ...
this is true, you'll be gaining more and more confidence and pushing the bike and your self that much further......
and besides, you'll be on the track, no idiots pulling out and NO speed camera's .....
book a race day, you'll have fun.