My weekend at the track

[paddyfitz]

Raw footage from my friend John's onboard cam:

[vesparep1]

whot the fuck dame my neck is herting just watching that ,shit that was good ,thanks for the sore neck fellers ;D well done you must have big go nads,means bollocks?

[tony]

thats brilliant.. could do with a shorter 4th or maybe bringing at all down a tad. Top riding too. Good recovery after the "oh shit" moment in video too!

[scooteristforever]

very good Paddy, i like the vids a lot...
your bike flies out of the corners
keep the pictures coming mate and keep us posted how your season goes...

the old girl looks to be running a bit rich on 2 stroke oil ;D ;D ;D
BOLLOX TO THE ENVIROMENT- LONG LIVE THE 2 STROKE ENGINE

[tony]

he's at 4% laying down a smoke screen to fool the opposition!

[paddyfitz]

;D ;D

It's true - I broke a jet off in the carb I intended to use the day before at practice. New carb installed on the fly = I wasn't 100% sure of the new setup, so I mixed a lil' rich to be safe.

[tony]

really good stuff mate.. i'm well impressed. you can ride that thing well.. do you use the bars to counter steer the thing?

[paddyfitz]

;)Thanks fellas. Glad you approve.
Counter steering... The smaller bars (& dummy tank) - it's crazy - I wasn't too sure about them at first as I felt as though the larger bars would have given me better stability through the turns...
Meh.
I feel like counter steering doesn't happen as much as a conscious thing. It's more like I'm coaching/holding the bike where I want it to go with my shoulders & torso (& trying not to soil my leathers when the rear end gets loose in the corners).

A couple quick shots from Saturday's practice:

[tony]

ok mate.. reason I ask is because you, like the esc riders on the tight twistys put your knee down and your foot sideways.. I tend to use my inside foot to load the bike and to be able to flick it side to side with the balls ond toes on my feet. On the higher speed corners in uk I counter steer 'consciously' to turn. I felt it might hurt your feet with your foot like that to help turn the bike to you must be turning the bars?

[madmax]

Looking good Paddy!

[paddyfitz]

Good point Tony.
I did notice this time around that - especially in the higher speed longer turns - I've got my inside foot almost perpendicular against the side of the floorboard; and using the heal/ball of my foot to push against/get my weight where I want it/aim the bike(& try not to fall off of it ;D).
But yes - in the small, sharp quick ones, I'm still leaving the foot sideways. I think it's part of still getting comfortable with the whole getting that far off the bike mental thing. Using the foot almost as a curb feeler...
For example:



versus



Or am I interpreting the description incorrectly?
I do greatly appreciate the insight/advice.

[paddyfitz]

;DRight.
Countersteering/knee down/foot sideways...
I guess it was just the way I was shown to do it.
When I had larger bars on the bike I was much more aware of the pressure I was putting on the inside side of the bars when I was cornering (countersteering). With the smaller bars... I haven't even noticed.

[tony]

Might try the old sideways foot thing

[firej]

looked like a sweet time....

[paddyfitz]

We race with a variety of different bikes.
I like the different styles, application of like technical stuff as they pertain to the smaller bikes. The moped scene here is growing at an alarming rate & they decided to join us en masse @ the track this year. Much, much comedy.
I figured you guys might get a kick out of these pics as well.
:oMore from the race day:





















































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;D ;D ;D

[tony]

superb!

[ttscshaggy]

haha peddle'n'pops on a track

[gazspeed]

??

[vesparep1]

almost harry hill ;D

[paddyfitz]

;D ;D ;D
Awesome.