In this video I will show you three little secrets that have turned my motorcycle riding
upside down
Ok! The three things that I will tell you in this video are three things I learned this month
so totally fresh, that allowed me to take giant steps forward
and improve in no time
it's 3 tricks related to track racing, but they also have their own logic in street racing
before starting with the video, I'd like to make a short note
Many keep telling me
"Naska, you're always on the track!"
"Naska, you live on the bike"
"Naska, you spend all your days riding"
I wish!!
I spend my days sitting at the PC, editing videos
Really, I spend on the track way less time
than what you might think
Now, I understand that from outside the perception may be different
because the moment one opens my facebook page,
my Instagram page, the youtube channel, sees only the track
motorcycles, cars, so one thinks
he only publishes pictures of bikes on the track so he
lives on the bike on the track
truth is, if during one day
they take 20 pictures of me
I will publish those 20 pictures in 20 days
so one motorcycle day looks like 20 motorcycle days
and to give you an idea of how much time I really spend on the track, I'll give you a brief recap
of all my track experience
2012. I ride a bike for the first time ever
and I take it on the track at Lombardore
Yeah, that didn't go well.
2013. I do three days on the track with my GSX R1000
and again...
2014, 2015, 2016, never hit the track
2017, 13 times on the track with big bikes
and 10 times on small bikes
2018. Up to April 27,
5 times on the track on big bikes, and 4 times on small bikes
the whole point is that, when things look good
I hit the track
5-6 times per month (small and big bikes)
when its bad times, zero.
moreover, don't forget I've always ridden with borrowed bikes
so with the constant fear of
not lay them down
and it's not exactly easy learning to go fast while driving a motorcycle to a press presentation
where you know very well that if you lay it down you are done working
All this to say what?
1. I'm probably on the track a bit more than an amateur
but much more less
than a pro racer
2. these little secrets I got to learn them now
because it's only been a month since I went on the track with a bike
whose goal is to push and go strong
so it's only by really pushing that I've got to learn these three things
that I will explain to you today
The first concerns the use of the accelerator when changing direction
one thing I really did not know was using the accelerator when changing direction
they told me: do like this
and it will all be easier
and it really has been life changing
the concept is very simple, let's take a change of direction, for example
the concept is that if we are bent
and we have to change direction like this
if we do a simple change of direction with the gas closed
the bike will be heavier
woodier, harder to turn direction
if instead we are leaning, the moment we
rise the bike to turn it
if right then and there we give some gas
the bike will be much more agile
and lighter to change direction
watch this change of direction by Lorenzo Perotti during the
record session at Varano and hear the engine
see that? let's watch it again
I'll write "gas" when he's accelerating and "no gas" when he's not accelerating
see? when he has to change direction he gives a little gas
and it all comes easier, lighter,
and faster. And I was told this
for the first time on April 18th, at Franciacorta during my first official test
and it really changed my life
and this works also for street bikes
because it's the same concept
the second trick is to aim the gas when you are leaning
this trick has allowed me to improve
of three tenth in just one turn at Franciacorta
up until a month ago, especially in big turns,
I tended to brake,
enter, lean, keep the gas closed,
do the whole turn with the gas closed,
and once outside the turn, I got back straight, gave gas
the problem is that I was so slow, it took me
hours to get out of the turns,
so Luca Salvadori analysed my races,
and noted my slowness in the turns,
he suggested me: from the center of the turn onwards, when you are going towards the exit, tip slightly the gas
like this you won't stop at the turn
but you keep the speed, the bike will not slow down
but it keeps speed
the bike will then be smoother, faster
and especially when you go to increase the acceleration
the bike is ready
you already had the gas opened
So the bike is already ready to undergo the acceleration that you will give it out of turn
I've applied this so much
especially at turn #10 in Franciacorta
Let's compare two turns
wrong | right
starting point | white crosses
0.25 faster in the turn
and this is valid also on the road
a key thing to address is that when I talk about betting and gas I intend to aim
if in this phase
we are too abrupt, give too much gas
or we move the bike wrong
what happens is that by giving gas the rear releases
so it lightens, risking the rear to close and we fall
this is a phase where we must be delicate
and develop sensibility
The third thing I learned is about reducing dead times
This is probably the biggest secret of driving on the track
to go fast
we have to reduce almost to zero
dead times, meaning those moments when we're not accelerating nor slowing down
for example: braking
we're driving straight, full gas,
we have to brake, so we let go of the accelerator and we hit the brake,
the time that passes from the moment we let go of the accelerator
and we hit the brake must be as short as possible
I myself until the week of my first race
when I came in braking, I let go of the gas
and then I hit the brake
DEAD TIMES, 0.5 SECONDS
while instead it should instantaneous: let go, hit the brake
boom, instantaneous.
if you don't do it instantaneous, you get two problems
1. you waste time, there's a moment when you're not accelerating nor slowing down
and the seconds keep ticking
2. if you let of the gas, you transfer the load to the front
and the bike resets
if you brake, you transfer again the load to the front
so you'll have a bike that keeps transferring the load back and forth
and it's unstable when braking
if you let go of the gas and hit the brake right away, the transfer load
will just be one
wrong
So often one goes to work on the chassis to solve problems
of the bike that is not stable under braking
while maybe it's just a matter of closing the gas
and then braking
Same things goes for the turns, so back to what I was going before
I used to brake, let go of the brakes, enter the turn,
lean, lean, lean,
get the gas and accelerate,
that whole time from braking to acceleration
is a dead time, time in which we are going slow
we have to reduce that time as much as possible
so bring the brake up until the turn
and as soon as we let go of the brakes
we take the gas
and to reduce that time as much as possible
we tend to brake later and accelerate earlier
and we save seconds
this is connected to what I was saying before
to aim the gas while at the turn
so we bring the brake up until the turn, and then instead of leaning for 6 hrs
hit the gas
and as soon as possible we straighten and give gas
These were the 3 tricks I've learnt this months
that have allowed me to improve my performance
allowing me to get better times
which I considered impossible to score
my advice is to try and put into practice these suggestions
record yourself while doing racing with onboard cameras
and then analyse your performance
showing it to one of your rider friends go is good
or attend a course
where you can show your videos and
get some feedback
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