VIPER Dirt Track 30/11/08

[VMX247]

I have just watched the video again ,thanks yzhilly.

So is it slide,glide and guide ?  or

glide,slide and guide 

and fang it 

or all of the above   

Looks like a hoot anyway  Thanks
and the writing was on the wall already Thanks Freaky
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Without stating the obvious can i make some suggestions ( assuming your new to FT) without sounding like an arse, just im guessing your asking for ideas ?

If you intend to place get the outside line and block it, if its got sweeping turns the fastst line seems always to be wide in , wait till you see the apex open up then come in on full gas, you'll sling shot out the corner and pick up all the guys who came in tight and as always drift wide, specially if you have a corner near the finish line, its better than a hole shot to rip over the line as you pass some dude on the inside exit move.

Just Keep it smooth and gassed,  unless the track has a tight end bend then you can square it off and bounce off the tyre walls MX style.   IF its a nice track and not a trotting track think like your driving your car keep that width at least off the insides or wider, sticking to the inside will just slow your progress, you want to get to the point where your never off the gas and littleraly sliding into the corner, leave you brakes at home, you can keep a constant pace up if you pick a line that you can stay on the gas all the way around at a speed your happy with then as you get confident with your drift you can tune your throttle up as you confidence grows, you need room to work the bike so getting that line right early in you move to FT will really speed up your progress, dont be worried about much faster riders if you have left the right space on the inside, they can pick a line either side to come in on and will be clean, they will appriecitate that more than you bubbling around on the inside and blocking or baulking them on the apex.  Hilly if you work your line right you will have complete control and the angle will come, too tight you can only be upright and you ill never enjoy it or progress.  Look  again at the photos above , notice there track and bike position, even the left foot ( pegged) you can learn alot from those pics.

[yzhilly]

Ha i purposely didnt post any vids of me last time out as i was so slow,The faster you go the wider the line gets as you can see on the vids the fast guys are all out in the middle of the corner . If anyone can get hold of Dennis OZYktm and find out what happened to the video of the Dirt track nats . . That would be worth watching . Anyway next season i want to do some flattrack races and set my YZ400E up a bit better but it is good fun and definetily a bit easier on the body than MX and thats why young or old anyone can have a go at it .