Great Rider Improvement Info and Video

[1000RR]

Here's a link to some nice articles for rider improvement: eBike - Ride Like Rossi - 10 steps to improved track riding

Also, here's the video from the site for Rossi's 10 Steps to Improve Track Riding: http://www.ebike-ridingtips.co.uk/vi...file=rossi.flv

Enjoy!

[HyperM3]

Great info, thanks for the links!!

[misti]

Great info here, thanks for posting. Andy is such a cool guy and able to explain himself very well.

Was there any one thing in the article or video that really stood out for you or that you think will make the biggest difference in your riding?

Misti

[sbs]

Originally Posted by misti

Great info here, thanks for posting. Andy is such a cool guy and able to explain himself very well.

Was there any one thing in the article or video that really stood out for you or that you think will make the biggest difference in your riding?

Misti

Most of his points are pretty good, although an experienced rider should already know all of them. The one thing I think he should have added is "look further ahead of you".

A couple of my friends have had problems with things happening "too fast" for them.. when we discussed it, it turned out that they were not looking far enough ahead and by doing so, everything was happening too quickly.. the road was "rushing" by, corners were arriving too quickly etc. Once they learned to look further ahead, everything slowed down for them.

If you are "looking" at the corner you are presently in, then you have not been looking far enough ahead of you. You should always be scanning ahead, your brain will figure out the best line through the corners ahead of you if you give it time and it kind of "remembers" the line it just saw a second or two before when you were scanning.

Looking further ahead also helps with road conditions, seeing debris before it becomes a problem, seeing wet areas, potholes etc.

Good stuff though.

[misti]

Originally Posted by sbs

Most of his points are pretty good, although an experienced rider should already know all of them. The one thing I think he should have added is "look further ahead of you".

A couple of my friends have had problems with things happening "too fast" for them.. when we discussed it, it turned out that they were not looking far enough ahead and by doing so, everything was happening too quickly.. the road was "rushing" by, corners were arriving too quickly etc. Once they learned to look further ahead, everything slowed down for them.

If you are "looking" at the corner you are presently in, then you have not been looking far enough ahead of you. You should always be scanning ahead, your brain will figure out the best line through the corners ahead of you if you give it time and it kind of "remembers" the line it just saw a second or two before when you were scanning.

Looking further ahead also helps with road conditions, seeing debris before it becomes a problem, seeing wet areas, potholes etc.

Good stuff though.

It is funny that you say an experiences rider SHOULD know them because there are so many so called "experienced" riders out there that haven't a clue on some of the very basic riding skills and techniques. Links like this hopefully help give people insight into what they may or may not know.

I like the point about looking further ahead as that is a very key skill and helps tremendously with understanding your sense of speed and in preparing you for seeing things before they become a problem. It is one of our main lesson is our level 2 program at the Superbike School and is something that gets mentioned often by our coaches on day one if we notice students struggling with it.

Misti