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[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by ceo012384

The beacon is on pit wall at the start/finish line... I'll be looking down there an tucked anyways, and want to see my times. Plus look at them afterwards.

If I look down and see I'm running 2 seconds off my normal pace or something, that's good to know, so you can say to yourself "hey fuckin man up you're being a little bitch"

sounds like a recipe to get hurt...

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

sounds like a recipe to get hurt...

If I can't glance down on the main straightaway for a half second without crashing, I should probably give up motorcycling altogether...

[Mr Lefty]

no... about pushing harder because your lap times are a bit off...

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

no... about pushing harder because your lap times are a bit off...

I'm not out there for a sunday cruise

I'm more thinking down the road it will be more helpful... like in race practice or in a race... at this point it's just to know for the sake of knowing. And yeah I can just look at it in the pits after as well.

[r!der]

That's cool.
Just don't get too caught up with lap times, sometimes that takes the fun out of a track day. I've had instances where I'll go out and "work it" in order to see if I can drop my times, just to come back and see 3 to 4 seconds +.

For me, I have to forget about laptimes and just ride. I love it when I'm out there just riding at what feels like 90% or so and I come back to see I dropped like 3-4 seconds...when things just flow and fall into place. Kinda like being in "the zone" I guess. I love those days.

Sometimes the best way to drop your times, is to NOT concentrate on dropping your lap times. Instead, concentrate on your lines, markers, braking, getting on the gas earlier, being smoother in general, etc...

[Mr Lefty]

Originally Posted by r!der

That's cool.
Just don't get too caught up with lap times, sometimes that takes the fun out of a track day. I've had instances where I'll go out and "work it" in order to see if I can drop my times, just to come back and see 3 to 4 seconds +.

For me, I have to forget about laptimes and just ride. I love it when I'm out there just riding at what feels like 90% or so and I come back to see I dropped like 3-4 seconds...when things just flow and fall into place. Kinda like being in "the zone" I guess. I love those days.

Sometimes the best way to drop your times, is to NOT concentrate on dropping your lap times. Instead, concentrate on your lines, markers, braking, getting on the gas earlier, being smoother in general, etc...

that's what I was getting at.

[Trip]

Nashville was a big indication about how useless lap times really are from track day to track day. It was so hot and slippery compared to the last day I was there that lap times slowed considerably and changed throughout the day as it progressed to night and as heat exhaustion kicked in. I wouldn't get too worried about them. WERA race bikes I have seen have them under the tail and not even accessible to the rider.