matt2212
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JRA;268256 wrote: Last year I bought some software to use in marketing stuff for work (called Camtasia Studio 8, pretty cool BTW), and I was playing around with some video that Chuck's buddy Ed shot of us riding together last year at Road Atlanta. I stuck it up on the Air Fence Fundraiser website so you can see, because I think it demonstrates pretty clearly how you should be approaching the kind of braking you are talking about.
There is more than one example of this in the video, but at 1:03 you'll see where I am already off the bike to the left side setting up for Turn 10A. I'm still braking really hard at that point and that's about four seconds before I even began to turn. Same is true for turn 12. I'm using this specifically because there isn't a better example of a hard turn at the end of a straight.
The point is that you really need to set your body position early. You can still brake hard, and you can still actually grip the tank with your knees when your butt is already well of the seat. You do not want to be moving the mass of your body by "getting into position quickly" as you are ready to turn in.
More to the point of this thread is that in both Turn 10A and in Turn 12 I'm braking all the way to the apex of the turn.
http://nesba-airfence-fundraiser.com/Motorcycle-Pages.html
This video really shows Aman's point several post ago #106 very well, The suspension on the bike stays settled from turn in through exit. no wasted movement and Super smooth riding.