Roadhawg
Grey Hound
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2013
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- Husqvarna (all models)
Went to Redstar yesterday for Andy Biram/Clint Pienaar's track training day. Really cool day. Only 15 riders so you can have plenty track space when you want it. Great instruction. I've done a couple track training days a while ago but still learn something new everytime
They also take photos each session and will give you feedback based on the pics which is awesome. I didn't realise I was basically running out of tyre even riding what I thought was fairly slowly. It seems you do tend to run out of tyre/lean angle fairly quickly on a 150 rear. Got some advice for getting off the bike more in the corners and it helped a lot.
Other thing I realised, my 1290 is limited to around 200. I thought I was hitting the rev limiter in 5th on the long straight at 200km/h, so the next lap I decided to short shift to 6th to make sure I could get a bit more out of her.....But nope same thing, at 200 she dies and no more. Apparently this is a removable map put on by KTM because the bike is sold with the knobblies on.
Anyone else found that?
They also take photos each session and will give you feedback based on the pics which is awesome. I didn't realise I was basically running out of tyre even riding what I thought was fairly slowly. It seems you do tend to run out of tyre/lean angle fairly quickly on a 150 rear. Got some advice for getting off the bike more in the corners and it helped a lot.
Other thing I realised, my 1290 is limited to around 200. I thought I was hitting the rev limiter in 5th on the long straight at 200km/h, so the next lap I decided to short shift to 6th to make sure I could get a bit more out of her.....But nope same thing, at 200 she dies and no more. Apparently this is a removable map put on by KTM because the bike is sold with the knobblies on.
Anyone else found that?
