Randy, one lap I timed you as best I could off the video you were at 2:01 or 2:02. I'm NOT one to give advice, but I noticed as you went into turn 5 you waited really late to shift off your bike at turn in and it looked to me like you were unsettled. I noticed alot of the control riders (and I tried to emulate), that when ahead and slid off the bike earlier and had their feet placed several seconds before turn in; in my mind it gets your body correctly prepared (feet, hands, butt) so that you can focus all your energy and concentration on actually turning instead of getting your body set right. Seemed to help me focus better.
By the way, nice azz (the bike, i mean)
Keith, you can give me advice ANY TIME - I need it and promise that I'll listen! What you are saying is exactly what I learned in the Ed Bargy class "Body, Brake, Lean, BELIEVE"! And your exactly right!
On those laps that were filmed by my bud..... I was pretty tired and (I know this might sound like shiznit) trying to go at a pace where we would not seperate! I nearly lost him when we took off (although I didnt know it at the time) and I did not want to lose him while he filmed me!
I blew turn 5 so bad in the footage that I almost did not post the thing on youtube! I was whipped man
and probably should not have even gone back out.... Thanks for the hints, I really do appreciate the help and advice and I would suspect that I was running at about a 2 minute pace. When I leaned on it, ran in the 1:56ish neighborhood... by the end of 2010, I want 1:50 or better yet..... 1:49
lease:Funny post track day follow up story:
I dont know if anyone noticed the guy, but there was a full blown Rizla Suzuki / Chris Vermulen bike out there running in "I" with us. This dude even has the matching one piece leather suit AND matching helmet. It was an impressive site to say the least. When I joked with him that I had never ran with Vermulen before he looked at me sorta puzzled then..... quipped "I am Hopkins"
Well ok then!
Anyhoo, one of my Kevin's was bored and searching around and found this guy on a message board (knew it was him by some pics he had posted) and wouldnt you know it?
He posted that he was running 1:50 lap times!
Funny how fast folks went once they are back home!
All three of us passed 'Hopkins' every session, he was tearing up 2's and was NO WHERE close to 1:50..... But he looked dam*ed good! We all got a chuckle out of it but did not dispute him...
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Too many people around here to catch me! I saw the Rizla bike; more $$ than me!
