I Joined Florida CCS in 1995. I thought that I could fit right in after spending many weekends riding the twisties in North Ga. Wrong. Public roads and racetracks totally different. My tracks then were Homestead, Moroso, Daytona and Roebling Road. I ended up with a fifth and a third at Daytona and a state championship in 1998 at the young age of 58. I'm now 84 and ride in the North Ga. mountains almost every day.
Funny in a safe environment. Target fixation gets most bikers, even experienced bikers. I still find myself hitting stones in the road because I look at them. I do however practice positive target fixation by choosing a spot in the road and trying to hit it as precisely as I can. Hopefully the more you practice the more you will make it muscle memory if you find yourself trying to adjust course in an emergency. By the way, I have a thruxton too and love that low end grunt.
One thing I've noticed about how my '22 Speed Twin handles at above say 110mph. Is that with the sticky factory tires, the bike tries extremely hard to "stand up" when your on the brakes only slightly committed to the corner. You absolutely need to commit to the corner before you get on the brakes at all. If your entering a corner at a reasonable speed, you shouldn't have to unload the balance at any point through the corner. It should be committed all the way. At approx. 465lbs mines definitely heavy enough to get away from you fast. If your not used to that fairly wicked gyroscoping effect at speed. It can be a real handfull. It's not some puny little rice grinder. Those are some big pistons thumping in that bitch! When those babies are hammering at 8000rpms. It's actually quite terrifying.
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I Joined Florida CCS in 1995. I thought that I could fit right in after spending many weekends riding the twisties in North Ga. Wrong. Public roads and racetracks totally different. My tracks then were Homestead, Moroso, Daytona and Roebling Road. I ended up with a fifth and a third at Daytona and a state championship in 1998 at the young age of 58. I'm now 84 and ride in the North Ga. mountains almost every day.
Great video. Good save!!
Funny in a safe environment. Target fixation gets most bikers, even experienced bikers. I still find myself hitting stones in the road because I look at them. I do however practice positive target fixation by choosing a spot in the road and trying to hit it as precisely as I can. Hopefully the more you practice the more you will make it muscle memory if you find yourself trying to adjust course in an emergency. By the way, I have a thruxton too and love that low end grunt.
One thing I've noticed about how my '22 Speed Twin handles at above say 110mph. Is that with the sticky factory tires, the bike tries extremely hard to "stand up" when your on the brakes only slightly committed to the corner. You absolutely need to commit to the corner before you get on the brakes at all.
If your entering a corner at a reasonable speed, you shouldn't have to unload the balance at any point through the corner. It should be committed all the way.
At approx. 465lbs mines definitely heavy enough to get away from you fast. If your not used to that fairly wicked gyroscoping effect at speed. It can be a real handfull. It's not some puny little rice grinder. Those are some big pistons thumping in that bitch! When those babies are hammering at 8000rpms. It's actually quite terrifying.