I read an article in Bike mag this week with rocket Ron riding with various handicaps one of which was with a 17 stone journalist on the back, his notes read that he Shat himself at the amount of throttle Ron used when at big angles of lean. This is wear the fast boys get their lap times from. Not so much the lean angle but the drive and amount of power they are prepared to deliver to the back wheel exiting corners before and during getting the bike upright. Obviously they also brake much harder and later, and get the bike from upright to full lean faster. It was good to see that Ron can still go faster than most of us with one arm behind his back, and that a patch over one eye just meant he had to square the corners off to keep his lap time within one and a half seconds of his best Two eyed attempt. He didn’t like the winter gloves and moto x boots much though.
Another comment over the weekend during the coverage of the moto GP (you will never lose the front wheel of a motorbike with the power on, only with the power off)
So you move to the inside of the bike under braking therefor not upsetting the bike at the turn in point and using wind resistance to help slow you down.
You learn to get the bike to full lean ASAP so you can use the time saved tuning the bike for braking later.
And the one that no one likes opening the throttle hard as you come past the apex. This is were I see the difference in the fast riders. If it wasn’t for this bit we could all be fast.
