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Originally Posted by OreoGitorio  There's nothing wrong w/ practing in an empty parking lot or putting 100k miles on your bike, but minute for minute, mile for mile, nothing beats learning from a qualified instructor.
And Randy - Tony, Ken, Paul etc have all said it many times & i think most of us can agree that riding on the track only hones part of your total skill set. It's a big part, but it's not all of it. You can be a master on the track & a crappy street rider or a master on the street & crappy on the track, but if you only do one of the two, getting a taste of the other & applying the new skills you've learned makes you a better rider at both.
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does track skils hone your street skills sure, is it a big part, I say NO, it's more important on the street to see surface conditions and recognize when it wil be problematic, to anticipate what other traffic will do, to anticipate animal crossings, gravel washing and where trucks spill diesel and a zillion other things you will never see on a track or read about in a book
theres such a thing as slowing down for a corner that works even better than hangin yer ass off, which should you do in a blind corner? when you meet the semi in your lane half way around your sure wish you had slowed down instead of hangin your butt out,
is a line you learn at the track anygood on the street with tar snakes in the rain