Just finished watching this DVD, - http://www.dukevideo.com/Bikes/DVD/TT-Isle-of-Man/Events-2000-onwards/TT-2010-Review-DVD.aspx - and I'm left in my habitual awe of the abilities displayed by road racers. This season's initiative of "High Motion", (very slow motion to you & me), is able to capture the extremes of machine movement so that you and I can begin to appreciate just what these riders achieve each time they race.
A couple of old maxims are obvious,
i/ - riders allow their bikes to move around underneath them, trusting in the gyroscopic effects of their wheels to pull them through, and do not try to "fight" their machines - see particularly Keith Amor & Guy Martin at the bottom of Barrgarrow in the Supersport Junior TT Race 2, and Ian Hutchinson's mastery approaching the bottom of Bray Hill
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ii/ - how often a rider drops a gear just before entering a bend in order to maintain drive through the corner. Put me in mind of David Jefferies' commentary lap, and his cool description of his practice lap on Wednesday of practice week in 2002, also on Duke DVD. - http://www.dukevideo.com/Bikes/DVD/TT-Isle-of-Man/On-Bike-TT/On-Bike-TT-Experience-6-DVD.aspx
N.B. - I have no connection to Duke and their products.
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