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<blockquote data-quote="greg brillus" data-source="post: 109836" data-attributes="member: 597"><p>Interesting thing....."Lap times"...... I've found you definitely seem to get better times when you are in close competition with someone rather than out front and on your own. Just as an example.........the small track we race at Stanthorpe, which is only a 1000 meter circuit, we race at about twice a year. The lap record for the older period 3 bikes from 1946 to 1962 is a 37.6 second lap. This was done by one of our now retired members on his 500 twin Triumph, both the bike and he were very competitive. Back in 2016 when I still had the Vincent racer, I managed a 37.7 second lap..........This was against others on 650 pre-unit Triumph twins. On my current bike which is a slimline Norton with a 500 ESO/Jawa speedway engine, the best lap I have done is a 38.1 and this proves that having the extra power definitely helps to get better lap times, even though the Vincent was much heavier. I have been trying to learn better body position, that is getting my butt off to one side and my knee down somewhat, but at the last race meeting a couple of weeks back, my lap times did not improve at all, and in fact my fastest lap was a 38.4..... It is obvious that to make up extra 10ths of seconds in corners is going to the next level of confidence that i am still struggling to get to.......It is very impressive to watch others who are very confident at fast cornering, and to see how much confidence they have in their tires, as you can see by the sides of the tire very shredded up.............Reg Bolton told me many times that it is all psychological, and I'm convinced he is correct 100%............</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greg brillus, post: 109836, member: 597"] Interesting thing....."Lap times"...... I've found you definitely seem to get better times when you are in close competition with someone rather than out front and on your own. Just as an example.........the small track we race at Stanthorpe, which is only a 1000 meter circuit, we race at about twice a year. The lap record for the older period 3 bikes from 1946 to 1962 is a 37.6 second lap. This was done by one of our now retired members on his 500 twin Triumph, both the bike and he were very competitive. Back in 2016 when I still had the Vincent racer, I managed a 37.7 second lap..........This was against others on 650 pre-unit Triumph twins. On my current bike which is a slimline Norton with a 500 ESO/Jawa speedway engine, the best lap I have done is a 38.1 and this proves that having the extra power definitely helps to get better lap times, even though the Vincent was much heavier. I have been trying to learn better body position, that is getting my butt off to one side and my knee down somewhat, but at the last race meeting a couple of weeks back, my lap times did not improve at all, and in fact my fastest lap was a 38.4..... It is obvious that to make up extra 10ths of seconds in corners is going to the next level of confidence that i am still struggling to get to.......It is very impressive to watch others who are very confident at fast cornering, and to see how much confidence they have in their tires, as you can see by the sides of the tire very shredded up.............Reg Bolton told me many times that it is all psychological, and I'm convinced he is correct 100%............ [/QUOTE]
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