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Originally Posted by Honclfibr  You'd be surprised, with the adrenaline going and everything happening so fast it is possible to make stupid moves out there without even recognizing that they're stupid, especially as a novice. |
I pulled that last week at practice. I was behind a ZX10 (street bike) on my little EX. He was a new guy, good lines, but hey, hes on a ZX10. Id catch him every corner, he'd take off on every straight. I could never get close enough to make a clean pass. Finally i thought I had a shot in 3, went to the inside, didnt have as much room as I thought, he turned in, I was basically still straight, I cut the rumble strip but it was VERY close. The only thing I could think was I gotta get around this guy to get some clean practice laps in. Of course, I could've ridden through the hot pit to get away, but all I could think of was getting by him. It was a real dumb move on m y part, especially first session during practice. Afterward I went to apologize to him for trying the move, he seemed cool about it, no blood no foul there. But it is quite easy when you're at race pace to let some rational thought go out the window.