Biking Techniques (Part 48)

Conclusion

Am I Going Fast Enough?

A track day is the New Math of motorcycling. It really doesn't matter how fast you are, as long as you use the right method. Working on lines, working on weight transfer, working on braking points -- all these are things best practiced while riding below 10/10ths.

To start with, you may even get slower as you unlearn bad habits and slow down to get things right. A squid charging at the corners might well be faster than a rider learning the right techniques -- at first. After a while, the rider practicing proper skills will be faster than the squid -- and by then the squid may well be off in the weeds staring at a wrecked bike.

Remember also that part of the process is letting go of "feeling fast." The object is to go fast without it feeling fast, being in control of everything that's going on.

So come out of today with your measure of success being your own personal improvement. It doesn't matter who's faster or who's slower, just that you yourself have worked on your technique and improved.

From TrackDoD Novice Group Orientation