I really thought I was doing something incorrect by only being smooth and consistent. Other riders were going by quite quickly... in the beginning. Now I go by quickly as they fight the turns. Turns out, I am doing it right. Thanks my brother
Well as a rider who's never done a track day before was able to understand all this thanks to Motovodu and you Taylor for making these things simple to understand. I tried this on a road with a 90° left turn (ik it's illegal not safe sorry for that), not tried TBH it just happened and felt like it came naturally on the 37th attempt just kept the body position right, hands bent finished braking before the apex, closed the throttle and that feeling was magical, I could the counter steer, the planted front end, then gradually picking up the bike while gradually opening the throttle and me being on the inside and then completely opening the throttle as I was straight up. This was the feeling I ever had on my bike, It felt like the bike was communicating with me.
I have been working on trail braking with the front brake. coming from a racing car background I am used to braking with my foot so I was trail braking with the rear brake which I know isn't ideal. it is like heal-toe shifting or left foot braking in a car, it is taking me a while to get used to the hand controls when braking and rev match down shifting. Thankfully my bike has a quick shifter but I like to practice both ways of doing it. Also, I just switched to GP shift so I am getting used to that now. It took a bit of adjusting my gear lever but I think I have it in a good spot now.
but if you open the throttle so that the rear spins on corner exit doesn't it help you go more inside and not outside? I guess it only applies to 1k not sure about 600cc.
The bike will still turn with the throttle open, but it’s less than when you have the throttle closed. I’m trying to over simplify all of these topics to make them easier to understand. But if someone continues to open the throttle aggressively too early, they will not be on the right line and spinning the bike at that point is not going to help them or their lap time.
Thank you. Most videos about cornering seem to be focused on liter bikes. I am wondering if you could talk about the differences in lines between a 1000 and smaller bike like 300 or 400 in a video.
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Explaining that feeding throttle after the apex is the opposite of trail braking made instant sense and was immediately helpful. Thank you.
I really thought I was doing something incorrect by only being smooth and consistent. Other riders were going by quite quickly... in the beginning. Now I go by quickly as they fight the turns. Turns out, I am doing it right.
Thanks my brother
Great that you are highlighting this. It's one of the most important things I have learned so far!
Well as a rider who's never done a track day before was able to understand all this thanks to Motovodu and you Taylor for making these things simple to understand.
I tried this on a road with a 90° left turn (ik it's illegal not safe sorry for that), not tried TBH it just happened and felt like it came naturally on the 37th attempt just kept the body position right, hands bent finished braking before the apex, closed the throttle and that feeling was magical, I could the counter steer, the planted front end, then gradually picking up the bike while gradually opening the throttle and me being on the inside and then completely opening the throttle as I was straight up. This was the feeling I ever had on my bike, It felt like the bike was communicating with me.
Another great video Taylor👍 thanks
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
I have been working on trail braking with the front brake. coming from a racing car background I am used to braking with my foot so I was trail braking with the rear brake which I know isn't ideal. it is like heal-toe shifting or left foot braking in a car, it is taking me a while to get used to the hand controls when braking and rev match down shifting. Thankfully my bike has a quick shifter but I like to practice both ways of doing it. Also, I just switched to GP shift so I am getting used to that now. It took a bit of adjusting my gear lever but I think I have it in a good spot now.
A great training tool for this is motocross, where small details make a big difference and getting it all wrong has less consequences
Another EPIC video !!
Thanks 🙏
Great advice for beginners 👍It's a good time of year on British roads if you want to learn about spin up and throttle panic🤣🤣🤣👍
Perfect time for it 😂😂
Can you cover rev matching and techniques that can help?
I will one day 😁
Easy dat. Job done.
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There's a lot between my brain telling me to do this and my body actually doing them when our there in track.
I know the feeling too 😂
but if you open the throttle so that the rear spins on corner exit doesn't it help you go more inside and not outside? I guess it only applies to 1k not sure about 600cc.
The bike will still turn with the throttle open, but it’s less than when you have the throttle closed. I’m trying to over simplify all of these topics to make them easier to understand. But if someone continues to open the throttle aggressively too early, they will not be on the right line and spinning the bike at that point is not going to help them or their lap time.
What if you are on a small bike like a 400 and you want to carry maximum corner speed? Does this still apply?
It’s still exactly the same, you would just brake later and carry more speed into the corner
Thank you. Most videos about cornering seem to be focused on liter bikes. I am wondering if you could talk about the differences in lines between a 1000 and smaller bike like 300 or 400 in a video.