Bluethunder silverstone photos

Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Eh? what makes you say that?

+1. I use one all the time for racing. Doesnt obscure your vision at all and when its wet, without it, my visor would steam up.

Originally Posted by sideshow46

+1. I use one all the time for racing. Doesnt obscure your vision at all and when its wet, without it, my visor would steam up.

+2

The faster i ride the more excited i get, ergo i pant like a dog.

I imagine track/road will be exactly the same.

I can echo what Lozzo is saying, I read some of the stuff from the CSS (I didnt actually go to the class) and looked into how to hang off the bike properly. I found that by sitting further back (it feels odd at first) not only do you grip with your knees properly, but you lean better and there is better leverage to the bars with your arms being in a more horizontal position. Must have added another 20% onto my speed without any other changes.

Originally Posted by robchester

I can echo what Lozzo is saying, I read some of the stuff from the CSS (I didnt actually go to the class) and looked into how to hang off the bike properly. I found that by sitting further back (it feels odd at first) not only do you grip with your knees properly, but you lean better and there is better leverage to the bars with your arms being in a more horizontal position. Must have added another 20% onto my speed without any other changes.

Exactly.

For those of you who met my ex, Tori, at Silverstone, she's one of the tidiest and quickest riders I've ever seen. The link below is her at Snetterton on her old Daytona 600. You'll see how far back she sits and she reckons it made huge differences to her corner speed and control. If you follow the photostream there's more photos of her on the Daytona at Snetterton and Brands on page 6, and Mallory with her SV K3 on page 5.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78131584@N00/989681717/

Btw, she was on Pirelli Diablo Stradas on the Daytona, and normal Diablos on the SV.

Originally Posted by robchester

I can echo what Lozzo is saying, I read some of the stuff from the CSS (I didnt actually go to the class) and looked into how to hang off the bike properly. I found that by sitting further back (it feels odd at first) not only do you grip with your knees properly, but you lean better and there is better leverage to the bars with your arms being in a more horizontal position. Must have added another 20% onto my speed without any other changes.

v interesting - i know i tend to sit quite far forward and it could be why i'm struggling a bit with positioning. Maybe 08 is the year for CSS?

PS. Go Tori!!

Originally Posted by Fizzy Fish

v interesting - i know i tend to sit quite far forward and it could be why i'm struggling a bit with positioning. Maybe 08 is the year for CSS?

Doing a recognised race school like Mick Boddice's one at Darley Moor is a much cheaper way, and you get more track time/instruction for your money. That's where Tori went when she was building up to getting her ACU race licence.

CSS I've found tends to fill your head with far too much technical theory which doesn't help you become an instinctively fast rider. You want to be out there just doing it because it feels right, not because you're subconsiously thinking if you have x amount of weight in y place the bike will turn at z rate.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

CSS I've found tends to fill your head with far too much technical theory which doesn't help you become an instinctively fast rider. You want to be out there just doing it because it feels right, not because you're subconsiously thinking if you have x amount of weight in y place the bike will turn at z rate.

Hmm - have you been on the course or just read Twist of the Wrist? The course isn't technical at all like in the x,y,z scenario you gave though the book does lend itself to that. They actually break it down and make it very straight forward. They teach you what feels right and why.

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Originally Posted by sideshow46

+1. I use one all the time for racing. Doesnt obscure your vision at all and when its wet, without it, my visor would steam up.

Sorry, what I meant was that if it is blocking his view anyway, does he really need it on a dry track day?

Mind you....I don't use any anti-fog insert at all. Until someone invents mini pinlock inserts for my specs, I'll have to continue riding with my visor open a little

I had these photos at work with me last night, I was like to the guys what do you think? They were like who's that?

It me, thats me riding my race bike, they really didn't think it was me! There like thats you? One of mates was like thats just very cool

Well I'll put on them on the front of my locker, see if I can get anyone interested.....

And then I was like, and they were like...

Sorry mate, couldn't resist...