Damm.. Office Net..!! NOt able to see,Will check it out at home Tonite..

@Killer : What was the result of this race whose pics we're drooling on..?

I won it....this is intermediate and expert combined, i was an intermediate last year and i won my class

Result sheet

Anya racing's Sudhakar was beaten by over 5 seconds..!!
Awesome stuff Killer

The pics you post are a real help to complete newbies like me. I can't wait to tail you around MMSC sometime

Thanks and i'm happy to help, but as far as racing goes i'm still a newbie myself and last year was my first full year of racing. I was a novice but there was no novice category for the 'stock 160cc 4st class', only intermediate (winners of previous years novice category races) and expert, so i took part in intermediate. I'm still learning the ropes myself, racecraft is a tricky thing and experience is so important...theres a long way to go....

Im sure 2009 will yield better results sir
All our wishes are with you and that white Yamaha..!!

Yamaha Gladiator RS : scraping footpegs

Hey guys,
This Sunday , I had gone biking to Lavasa,Pune and I was scraping both my footpegs on the turns that exist between the main lavasa gates and the end of the final ascent to the peak of the mountain . What I want to know is whether the lean angle is safe to continue scraping ?

I used to attack each turn by shifting the weight of the top of my upper body (inc;uding the head) towards the sides,aided by weighing the inner footpegs ; offcourse,the turn was initiated by countersteering . I know I have loads to improve on my vision through the corner and the smoothness of weight shifts ... BUT ... i never shifted half a buttock cheek off the seat ; neither did I stick my knee out . So,how should I change my turning technique ? Lean less with the knee out ? The bottom screw of my right footpeg seems to have worn out by a quarter of it's width...bummer. The left not so much . I have problems countersteering heavy enough for left turns.

Oh,the joy I felt when i scraped the peg for the first time ! Woohoo ! And,i am a biking newbie with only 3000 kms on my odometer ..

PS : I do have safety gear including elbow,knee,wrist pads and DSG gloves.. and a helmet with ear plugs. I have done my knowledge gathering from reading Nick's Sport Riding techniques book.
I plan to have my default rear Zapper (3" x 18") replaced with a Zapper Q 90/90. A wise choice ?

Help me , oh biking wisemen.

Topic Merged.

I suppose it is going to be difficult for bike leaning wisemen here to reply unless they see you leaning with photographs or in flesh.

A few shots of me cornering on my discover 125 during our group ride to Kudremukh. I'm hoping Joel and Killer will tell me where i'm going on wrong and where i can improve on my cornering! I'm still learning and improving. Appreciate any feedback here!

I'm the one in black shirt overtaking the p180. It was a wide corner and i had a full view of the road ahead at the apex.














I'm comfortable leaning both sides but didnt have enough corner speeds in a couple of these pics!

Apologies for some of the blurred pics!

The disco handled well during the ride! composed and would change directions mid corner with some effort! And will let u correct ur lines should u run wide. Good bike and had a great time!

I am no expert but your lean looks good(although I believe the hands srtill need to be ina better position) while the Red T shirt guy is going compltely wrong with moving his upper body in opposite direction.

For More lets wait for the experts

U need to work on your body positioning. It looks fine otherwise. Since there are no pront view pics, its hard to comment.
Knee looks fine.

Some pics of mine from the chennai trackday.
Rode an asssorment of bikes for a change.
Pics courtesy, sksy and a few others.
Me on samyaza's brand new p220.

RTR 160 Fi

Karizma

Karizma again

thanks a lot for the inputs will work on improving my body positioning better!

nice pics joel!

Meghan, nice pics. I think I remember those curves. You should've headed off to the Aldoor area where you'd have got more pic and knee friendly curves