BLARNEY
Member
It's not that 1000's are BAD on the track... .the new ones are quite good.
The trouble is.....as a learning track rider you are addicted to throttle and
brakes ... even if you don't know it yet. The thousand FEEDS the addiction
by doing what it does......accelerate and build lot's of speed. The next corner
rushes at you and scares you a little ( or a lot ) so you jam on the brakes
which unsettles the bike, saps confidence and keeps you from building
entry speed.
With a 600 or an SV650 ( or 749s http://tracktalk.nesba.com/showthread.php?t=623 )
your entry speed is not as fast.... you have more time to THINK without PANIC
and begin to learn to trust and build your entry and midcorner speed.
It's not that you cant do that on a 1K..... it's just harder to learn how to do it on a 1K.
The faster I go, the less bike I want to ride.
Tom
The trouble is.....as a learning track rider you are addicted to throttle and
brakes ... even if you don't know it yet. The thousand FEEDS the addiction
by doing what it does......accelerate and build lot's of speed. The next corner
rushes at you and scares you a little ( or a lot ) so you jam on the brakes
which unsettles the bike, saps confidence and keeps you from building
entry speed.
With a 600 or an SV650 ( or 749s http://tracktalk.nesba.com/showthread.php?t=623 )
your entry speed is not as fast.... you have more time to THINK without PANIC
and begin to learn to trust and build your entry and midcorner speed.
It's not that you cant do that on a 1K..... it's just harder to learn how to do it on a 1K.
The faster I go, the less bike I want to ride.
Tom