I'd suggest you also start practicing the idea of "late apexing", Darren. This practice will usually assure that you will need less braking mid-turn and thus a far less chance of you going wide into the turn and less need for mid-turn braking.
If you're not sure of what "late apexing" means, then I'll explain:
Every corner or turn in the road has a point at which it's the most pronounced outward point...that's it's apex. And so always try to arrive closest to the curb or the edge of the road on the most distant part of that point from you in your turn and not before that mid-point. This is accomplished by "staying wide" or on the outside part of the lane opposite the corner as late as possible and then making a sharper and more pronounced initial turn from there. This will also let you get on the throttle earlier in that turn with more confidence in your tire's traction.
In other words, you'll already be more upright earlier into the turn, because you have done your initial banking much earlier and you will not need to make mid-turn speed corrections with your brakes as often, if ever, which is something you should try to avoid a much as possible because braking mid-turn will always straighten you more upright and change the weight-distribution of both you and your bike, both sideways and also forward and aft. And this will happen no matter if you apply the front, or the rear, or both at mid-turn, which will de-stabilize your smooth inertia and lessen or change your tire's contact patch going through that turn. Not good.
Last edited by Dwight; 02/14/2008 5:50 PM.
