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Originally Posted by Porsche

This is very often true; at the very least, try the higher gear and see what effect it has on your laptime.

In the wet, it is a good idea to choose a higher gear than one would use in the dry; you'll probably be both quicker and safer.

I don't think he had safety as a first priority when he said this. He does this to force himself to push harder. Dude has since retired from AMA but now races in amateur marathons and mountain-biking races still use the same approach "pooosh poooosh" lol

Originally Posted by Porsche

Maybe...

How old are you?


Nuuuu, you'll need it.

We're just trying to help you see that there are other more useful ways of measuring progress in the beginning. Focusing on speed and the stopwatch results can actually IMPEDE your progress as a beginner.

First get it done RIGHT.

THEN try to do it right, progressively faster.

I think you'll make better progress that way, and it is certainly much SAFER that way.

You gotta live to tell about it, right?

If you're hungry, why not?

Sometimes you must slow down to go faster.

Describe the largest radius that's practical. It's mathematically faster.

If it's not a decreasing radius corner REQUIRING additional steering lock after turning in, then once having turned in, one should never need to apply additional lock. If you need more lock, you've done it wrong. Note that here's an instance where you don't need your stopwatch to tell you this, although the mistake will probably show up in your laptime.

From the apex onwards you want to be unwinding your steering while simultaneously feeding in more throttle.

Remember: Your throttle is not a switch, not ON/OFF.

When I want to go faster, I say to myself, "Smooooth it."

I'm young at heart. (To put it nicely)

"Smooove~ it" got it! That's similar to what I say in my head (if not saying out loud under my helmet. Probably with some sort of contorted facial expression) whenever I'm riding at a faster pace. "Smooove smoove."

There is this gentleman I know. A multi time WERA racing champ. The only advice he ever gives when anyone asks him how to go faster "open throttle facking pooosie" with a thick Romanian accent. He's not much of a coach..... Lol