That's SLOW!
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Disrepectful Trackday Riders- Don't Bother Coming Anymore!
- Thread starter omnivore
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That's SLOW!
It's an extremely valuble tool not just to measure you reproductive organs but to see if any adjustments have made going fast easier.
If you don't adjust anything and/or just like going in circles at what feels like a fast pace than save your money for more track time.
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Dresden
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SweetOnion
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Adjusted Speed is 82. You guys are all garbage.
I am doing this on a clapped out Lenovo T420 laptop keyboard. Bone stock. Office Keys, not slick or DOT keys with finger warmers like I know you well to do "fast" guys have.
I am doing this on a clapped out Lenovo T420 laptop keyboard. Bone stock. Office Keys, not slick or DOT keys with finger warmers like I know you well to do "fast" guys have.
Well, N3WMAN saves his money for race entry fees, and judges his pace by how many of the other racers he beats. Typically about all of them. Whatever he is doing seems to be working.
Personally, I love having and using a laptimer. I actually enjoy competing against myself (trying to lower my lap times) more than I enjoy trying to compete against other riders. I find the technical challenges (make the bike go faster) more interesting than the strategic ones (outsmart the other riders). For me, track days and practice laps are more entertaining than the races. I guess I should have known it would be this way. Even when I play F1 on the Xbox I enjoy qualifying more than the race....
To each their own.
You are still a young guy, and have some talent....(I'll take a double double please)
so a lap timer makes sense. Old fart like me is only going to go so fast, doesn't matter what I do to the bike so a lap timer is kinda pointless, unless it's for threads like this on gtam lol.
Are you wearing a helmet?
OnAnySunday
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120 WPM, I had a screen shot but my computer deleted it. Just believe me.
Being a new racer it's an even more valuable tool but I guess it all depends on what you want out of it.
You are still a young guy, and have some talent....(I'll take a double double please)
Old fart like me is only going to go so fast, doesn't matter what I do to the bike so a lap timer is kinda pointless, unless it's for threads like this on gtam lol.
Aww shucks, thanks jay
I get it and again it all depends on where you are and what you want out of racing. I guess I use to know how much faster I need to be and if any changes or new lines are making a positive or negative affect on my lap times. Lap times don't win races but if your 10s off the front pack you either need to fix somthing or wake the hell up.
BTW I can't type for **** but I can change my wheels in less than 5min.
Eventually, to continue to get better, a rider needs to figure out making the bike faster as well as outsmarting the other riders. Kyle is riding well but he's approaching the limits of what a rider can do before it becomes serious work. Many times our fastest laps are also our easiest laps, motorcycle racing is unlike many other sports in that trying harder does not guarantee better results. Often times more effort results in slower lap times.
When you start chasing bike set up you'll make changes that affect how the bike feels. The bike may feel easier or harder to turn in, or it doesn't seem to finish corners as well, but did you go faster? The bike feels easier to ride, so you're not trying as hard, so it feels slower, but you're faster. How do you KNOW without a lap timer? Do you really want to wait until Sunday afternoon to see how your set up changes affected your pace? Or would you prefer to know in practice?
You don't need to actually answer, I was just making a point for those folks out there who don't think a lap timer is a useful tool.
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