Son of Pappy.
I walked in asking for input to help me ride smoother and to make less corrections mid corner, going faster wasn't my goal, but like other things in life if you slow down eventually you go fast. (Same rule applies to my ski racing)
The advice was mostly around body position. While I had good movement on the bike, he wanted me to lead the bike more and be ahead of the bike versus the other way around. So leading more with my chin, dropping my sholder more and initiating the transition with my outside knee sooner before the corner.
The other input on some of the corners was tip in sooner. Infact most of the feed came back to the apex. The line I was taking didnn't allow me to get on the gas quick enough by standing the bike up, I have a bad habit of hanging on to the corner for too long. I also didn't set myself up for the next corner very well. So we focused on line and I had to break a few bad habits. I had to turn in quicker and make the turn before or at the apex, and then bringing the bike upright aiming for the next.
We also spent time with trail braking with the front brake. The objective was to trail into the corner to keep the front end set and the geometry shorter, so help with quicker more stable turn in. I always thought trail braking was rear only for speed control, but this also helped a lot.
Other feedback was generally positive, he had a lot of good things to say about hauling the big arse connie around the track. One area we also worked on was passing. His advice was I had better riding skills than some of the other riders on smaller bikes. But I'd catch up in the corners and then have to adjust my speed mid corner and this would mess me up coming out. So his advice was to hang back leave more of a buffer, let my speed mid corner to catch up and set myself up for the exit so I can get the 1400 power on and pass them on corner exit. You may not see examples of this in the vid, but the last few sessions on my own this made a huge difference.
Its pretty cool when a couple of riders walked up, one on a GSX, and they say they struggled to stay on my tail and were impressed how well the Connie handled herself. I'm certianly not the best rider, but hey it made me smile.
I'm welcome to all input and critique.
