07-20-2006, 09:37 AM
Evan Wrote:the most important time to know what is going on behind you is under braking (also when engines are the quietest) so that you dont turn in on someone, block a faster class, know how to defend etc.
At a track day, you don't defend your line. At a track day you don't block a faster class because they're not out on the track at the same time as you. At a track day you won't turn in on someone because they're not allowed to be on your inside, they're only allowed to come up on your outside.
At a race, if you're in mixed classes, the faster guy will pass you either way most likely. If you hold him up too long, you'll get flagged so you know to get out of the way. You'll know to defend because you'll hear them.
Quote:Seems to be a disconnect between your two statements. So you're saying she could hear you but chose to move into your line purposely? Seems to me this should be the best time to look into your mirror. Not knowing what's coming up on your before altering your line is a recipie for disaster.
No, what I was saying is she was a bit too nub to do the right thing and shit happens. Y'all seem to think, or have atleast been posting like it, that those on the track are only really great riders. In the Intermediate groups there's always a mix of those who just made it in, those who have been there awhile, and those working their way into Advance. Or you'll have people that are fast enough to be there but are still working on comfort levels with certain things like close passing. So I've been trying to explain that sometimes shit simply happens.
Evan Wrote:If you cant look in a mirror and brake at the same time, its time to take up golf. Same goes for those "distracting" brake lights.
Tell you what Rossi, you get a motorcycle and go out on the track and then tell me when you had time to look in your mirrors.
The one time I saw people with mirrors on their bikes at a track, their names ended with Schwantz, Acree, Caylor, and James. And they were instructing, they weren't racing.