Lowering Laptimes?

[Super Dave]

I disagree with lots of seat time.

And I'm the one with the problem.

My brain shut off my right eye at an early age.  At best, my right eye adds a bit of periferal (sp) vision.  I don't have the depth perception that you guys have, period.  I never will.

So, a certain amount of redundancy is good for me...

But I'm the one saying that a lot of seat time isn't the answer?

Again, if it were the answer, all those track day guys that ride all the time would be way faster than me.  

If it were the answer, then Hayden would just put in more laps than Rossi to be that much faster...

Set up is key.  Learning to communicate with the bike.

Yeah, doing things correctly helps too.  I've done this for a virtual eternity, and I find that I have to reinvent what I do every few years or so.  Suspensions used to be set up a particular way several years ago...now we do it differently.  I used to brake one way, now I do it another.  I won races in 1990, I won them in 1993, I won some later, I won one last weekend.  

Focus will help.

Fun is important.

I won't let much more out of the bag than that.  The regular freqency at which students, new street guys to expert road racers, completely over look one thing because of what they think is the answer...even when I've told them what they should look at...

 ;D

[smoke]

I have done a lot of the things you siad. I still need to do one more thing.

My body position has changed, Kim said she could see mu outside foot hooked in, I carry  more speed though the corners be cause of the (set before and press u said do) I now can thow it with a lil more confidance.) I still need to workon the stay tall thing.
I still think I'm braking to soon for certin turns but it'l  click soon.
My bike is telling me I need to get a sterring damner or i'll dump you on your but. :o

[ecumike]

....Again, if it were the answer, all those track day guys that ride all the time would be way faster than me.  

If it were the answer, then Hayden would just put in more laps than Rossi to be that much faster...

Set up is key.  Learning to communicate with the bike.
... ;D

Well.. 'technically' yea.. if someone's just not good at learning or adapting and improving.. then yea no matter how much time they have, they won't get faster.

I think it was just a generic advise, meaning, you need to put in the time and practice to learn what you're doing wrong, or learn how to improve things, whether it something on the bike, or with yourself.

I think we can all agree that simply riding around the track for hundreds of laps won't magically make you faster. It's the fact of riding around the track, AND trying new things, observing, learning, adapting, etc.. that makes you better. If you don't try you'll never get there.

For instance, on my 250, I thought my stock suspension was setup fine, I was placing top 3. Then I got fork work and new shock from Traxxion... WAAAYYYY better, dropped about 1 second off my times. I would have never known unless someone told me to get it done.