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Join Date: Mar 2006
Mood: accepting the inevitable
Zimbo:
My thoughts on your post, I could be right I could be wrong - cue Jonny lol
You mention:
" ... instant loss of front traction and down so fast I don't even remember what happened..."
Assuming you're not accidently touching the front brake lever causing the front to wash out, when its wet then the tyres are much closer to letting go due to lack of adhesion, and when you're cranked over entering a corner it wouldn't take much lever pressure to cause this in the wet, and we've all tensed up some point when experiencing a big moment on the track.
Then could it have been after you rolled off the power entering the corner (or even just after this) in which case it maybe down to your front forks being either too hard or too soft ie not very compliant.
How's the balance of your bike at the front when off the power ie when you throttle off at the end of a straight does the front end stay still ie too rigid, or does the front end fall away and you loose the feel of the wheel thru the forks ie too soft, or does it just dip a little but you have confidence in it and can feel what the tyre is doing?
Also whats your engine idle/tickover speed?
1500, 2000, 3000, 4000rppm?
Can you adjust the tickover/fast idle whilst riding the bike (I've put the fast idle lever back on my bike for this reason - eh Tonio lol), try changing this out on track to a setting that helps your front end settle better when getting off the power (mine's ~3000-3500). I find in the wet that the tickover can really help in the balance of the bike off the power, it also helps in the dry but not to the same degree as in the wet.
Cheers
Glenn
P.S Anyone want to buy my bike? lol
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