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Yeah the past few months I've been feeling a lot better on the bike. I'll be there this weekend so maybe we can spin some laps

I thought you already rode in A. Regardless, the rain Saturday was a nuisance but the rest of the weekend was bone dry. Actually cooler on Monday.

@palerider6611 no sir even tho I race and have a race license they still won't allow me to ride A group. Too bad you wasn't coaching or I would of just cane to you for the Bump

@@Drewrides89 It's more than a race license. If you have an Expert race license, that's good for an automatic A bump, but not a a Novice race license. And be careful what you wish for. I'm one of the tougher coaches to get a bump from.

It's better now but that day they had 'polished' the turn the previous week. I still scratch my head WTF happened but yeah - dont go wide.

Hi Carter. Glad to hear the bike repair is coming along. This was the last session of the day and I was riding with another coach. There was basically no one on the track, so I had a session to myself. Was going to also go out in advanced, but did the prior session.

It got crowded out there; one session I think there were 5 bikes on the track.

Good that you were out there. There was no one out in A so I really had some good laps to myself which I needed. Funny enough I was looking at the AIM data for the whole lap and comparing my best lap Saturday to my best ever. Going into 2 is the same until about the first third of the turn, the middle third I am a bit more conservative, but the last third is identical. Before the grinding of T2, one would lose the rear coming out of there if too hard on the gas. Once that bike is nearly vertical it is full gas until you let off for T3. All told, the difference is less than 0.1 sec on lap time there imo. But in the rain, it is vastly different. It can be very slick there. For me, I've been working on driving harder out of T4. I'm losing a bunch of time there.

Slow out of T2 is pretty normal, as you don't give full gas until you see a line out. I think the issue here is not the slow out, but slightly too early on the tip in, which made the line too narrow through the turn.

@@palerider6611 yea T4 is weird given the camber. I know I can go in faster, but the fear always prevents me from doing so. I was running 1:05.7 in May and was able to work on my right-hander and farm house that weekend and pushed it down to 1:05.1. Going to take a break from Tally and work on other tracks for a bit😁

@@HangOnHangOff Nice times. I was down to 1:05.4 earlier in the day. I just dont like the way the rear tire gets destroyed at that track. This session in the vid is after over one full day without a flip on the rear. The SportMax R7 held up pretty decent, but was certainly far from fresh at this point in the day.

@@palerider6611 yep, which is why I am taking a break from it. It is costing more than premium tracks for me if I count the cost of the tire at this point. However, still a great track for beginners on road tires that last forever.

The brakes and steering are both super twitchy. The donut on hot pit was not intentional :D but looked good

Not sure if they offer it anymore, but this computer has the Quik add-on that was offered by GoPro that has the speed and gps data. I just turned those on, dumped out those files and then did the final editing in another tool to piece it all together and highlight that action toward the end.

Yes. After the lightening delay, a lot of people cleared out. But it was generally less attended than in the past. Probably because there were six Road Atl moto track day offerings in 9 days

@@palerider6611 Sat was bad tho. Full on both novice and int, and even ~25 people in Adv. However, overall pace was slower than usual.

If you get the line right past start-finish, it's not bad as long as you are not braking over the rumble on the left. However getting the line right is a bit of a challenge with all that black stuff down on the track. Going into T5/4 is more intimidating. Every time I'd let off the gas early only to realize I could have taken more speed going in there. The bump in T1 is far worse in this direction.

It was an open track day in A for sure

I'm tryin!

I thought that was at least 1 Dreher behind me. I'm sure he was just spinning laps and could have stuffed me in a few turns. A bunch of those Junior cup kids were tough to stay in front of

Awesome. You're welcome. A lot of blind turns here but such a beautiful track. If your tire pressures are correct, the wear is fantastic. Also worth taking an afternoon to visit the museum there if you've never been.

@@palerider6611 oh I’m doing it all if we can make it next week. Thanks again!

Thank you sir. It was good seeing you back at the track. If you have a lap timer, it is worth looking at that information also. It is surprising how a little things can either add or reduce your times.

Thanks ✌️

Hi Carter, thanks for the reply. Hope all is going well on your end. Yeah after that last time you were out, I can certainly understand the need for some time.

I appreciate that. I should be doing 1:05's or better, but just didnt have it. My corner entry was terrible. Oh well, there's always more races coming up

Thanks Josh, Great job by you. You picked up right where you left off last year.

Great riding. Passing two in one shot.

Yeah some days I really like the reverse. This particular day I was luke warm about it but did have some good laps with friends

It's funny because I thought reverse would be a much slower pace. But my pace within 1 sec of the normal direct. mid 105 vs low 106. The only issue I have is if you hard trail braking into turn 5, your front jumps due to how shit the ground is and it is super easy to run wide.

@@HangOnHangOff I'm definitely slower in the opposite direction but chipping away at improvement. I've also found that it coming from T5/4 onto that short straight, it's easy (or terrifying) to run right up to the edge of the grass. I also find that the bump in T1 is much more pronounced in the reverse direction. That's another line I'm still trying to figure out.

@@palerider6611 Oh yea turn 1 is harder in reverse. I just try to turn in as late as possible and hang off as far as possible and let the bike shake. I found the turn in is harder than dealing with the shaking, due to how far you can push it. as for the T5/4, I throttle myself out to the edge of the grass (in theory) as I come out of the turn, I think that is the right way of doing it.

Hope your healing is coming along and you set your own schedule (not someone else's) when/if you get back on the track.

I’ve ridden with several orgs now over the years. Very very smooth track operations.

I thought they did a decent job. Since they are new, they are still working out some small things here and there. One of the owners (Fahad) certainly is trying his best to improve things and have a decent event. Can't really comment much on the coaching since there really were not any in the Expert group aside from the ones in this video.

Maybe it is an optical illusion but it sure seems at some point on that turn toward that last apron on the right that it falls away toward the cornfield. Thanks for that input tho!

Hope you are healing up quickly and looking for a tow from you when you get back. ;)

wow that's crazy. 'center-punched' hahahahaha

This was just a track day, not a race.

That's terrible about your friend and indeed I did get lucky.

Yeah that's terrible. I mentioned in a previous comment that a friend hit a deer on his bicycle and ended up in the hospital.

Hahaha no. I was pretty much resigned that I was either going to hit it or miss it. Thankfully it was the latter.

hahahahaha, I never heard that one.

Holy cow that's funny.

Same thing could happen on the road honestly. I've seen ladders, furniture, Christmas trees, road kill etc. all on public roads

I checked the bike afterwards because I was sure I was going to see a fur tuft or a leg, but no sign of impact. I think the grounds crew found it within the hour after they shut the track down and got the deer out of the area. My understanding was that it was unharmed by the bike. Don't know how but that's what I heard.