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Sat May 30, 2020 5:56 pm
Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #175Zitat von jdr im Beitrag #169 Very impressive, nice to see the bike can do it (with the right rider) which would not be me! One thing that I noticed was that the rider seemed to change into sixth on the straights very early just under 7k revs in some cases, when it looked like holding onto 5th a bit longer might have been beneficial?
Fred
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Zitat von fred_jb im Beitrag #181Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #175Zitat von jdr im Beitrag #169 Yes, agreed! I noticed the same thing. One of the first things I learned at the Ron Haslam Race School was to get the throttle pinned as soon as it's safe to do so, and get the revs right up as close to redline as possible before shifting. There are a few exceptions to this, where short-shifting is appropriate, and you have to learn this for each track (for example, I now know where to do this at Donington and Brands Hatch, but still trying to figure it out for other tracks)
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I think the short shifting may have something to do with "self preservation" of the bike, since it's probably only occasionally hitting the track. With a dedicated track bike? Well that's a different story |
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Zitat von jdr im Beitrag #184 Huh. In the first pictures, I note the left pannier hanger is leaking rusty water from the front drain hole onto the swing arm.
“A good man always knows his limitations.”
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