06-27-2006, 10:50 AM
Evan Wrote:stevegula Wrote:Makes a big difference when someone blows turn 4 and ends up with a parade of bikes behind them at North course."big difference" = pass him after 6? :?
See, when I said "parade" I meant more than one.
And it isn't that easy when you're at the ass end of the parade. I'm sporting a completely stock 600, I can't out throttle any other 600s or liter bikes, let alone 4 or 5 of them. And (sticking to this situation), sometimes you don't have the choice to roll off the throttle coming out of 4 so you can let some distance to grow and then go full speed through 5-6 so by the time you come out of the esses you're at full speed while they're still trying to ham fist the throttle because you may have a bike or two behind you that's going to make a pass on you and put you even farther back and quite possibly ruin your line. Typically, when I go into 4 stuck behind multiple bikes I won't get around the last one until T12 or T14.
Then again I'm a courteous passer because I'm not in the mood to cause anyone to panic and go run off course. I know others feel different about that because I've been stuffed going into a turn and subsequently returned that stuffing.