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Racing / Re: Supersport International Cup 2020
May 03, 2020, 07:44:56 AM
Hey, due to timezones I won't be able to join (and I would come dead last).
Some of those testing times were phenomenal and I'd love to see the action. Are there any plans to share replays / footage of the races?
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A challenge for all the non-Klax riders out there; I did a 2:01.187 at Victoria with the standard GP1000. I'm sure someone could beat that with a few laps of practice.

The whole 'turning the bars into the corner' to keep the bike from falling into the turn feels pretty strange, and completely unlike I've experienced riding my bike in real life (never been on a track).
Through the powers of google, though, it looks like this is a real thing;
http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=256 (Second half of that page)

Si
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Quote from: rodney007 on June 24, 2014, 08:01:20 AM
I spent 20 minutes trying to simply take off in 1st gear, once I did get going I lasted 30 seconds -
Am I missing something to play this realistic mode? :-)

Hey,
A few tips that weren't obvious to me at first;
- There is a roll forward and a roll backward that you can use to roll out of the pits. Trying to start anywhere but a straight is near impossible. Because you are controlling via torque, the steering will seem 'backwards' when tootling out of your pit box.
- Start on a decent four stroke. Unless you have good manual clutch control, those small displacement 2 strokes don't provide enough torque to get the bike quickly up to a stable speed.
- Using manual control of left-right lean is often more stable than trying to use steering. Most of the time I won't use any steering taking off, but use a bit of rider lean to help the bike start off in the right direction.

It also helps if you subtly hint to Piboso that a low speed balance assist would be very nice.  ;)

Cheers,
Si

EDIT: And ride like your grandmother. That helps a lot.
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Cool, thanks for that Klax.
So basically a lot of practice with throttle and steering control to the point where you can pre-empt it.

I've done some practice, but I think I'm limited by the smoothness of control I can achieve with my el-cheapo imitation playstation controller. I imagine being able to crack the throttle a touch will be very important to maintaining stability of the bike, which I just can't do. Time to fix my steering wheel and pedals.

Cheers,
Si
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Hey Klax,
Well done getting so good with torque steering. Seeing your progress here has inspired me to reinstall GP Bikes and give this a go.

A question to make sure I'm on the right track; you've probably noticed that at high lean angles that the bike starts to want to 'fall in' to the corner. How have you been counteracting this? Reducing the rider lean when the bike is further over? Applying a bit of steering torque to lift the bike up? Any custom setups to minimize the effect?

Cheers,
Si