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01-10-2008, 08:19 AM
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| Grandpa Before My Time   Join Date: Jul 2005
Bike: 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650
Location: Dallas, Texas Directly above the center of the earth.
Posts: 11,240
|  Honing the Skills Well in Feb. race season kicks off again, Feb. 2nd & 3rd to be exact. So when I got the opportunity to get a few practice shots with the camera in this weekend came about I took it. Some of the racers went to one of the cycle parks on Sunday and I was invited along. I found I was a bit rusty, what was scarier though was so where they. I soon learned that shooting from the outside of the turns wasn’t going to be an option, unless I stayed behind one of the large rolls of bailed hay. Things I learned; 1. Practice, practice, practice. I wasn’t very steady, I tracked poorly, and I moved off the shot to soon. 2. Even though the high end camera has the ability to remember the setting for 4 different setups, it can’t make the necessary manual adjustments still needed. 3. Walking on a dirt track requires more skill then I remembered. 4. When falling down on a dirt track try to not land on the high dollar camera you are carrying. 5. Having a camera with a titanium frame and strong case is very useful when you happen to land on said camera. 6. The plastic sun/glare shield on the front of your $1,000 high speed lens works like a crumple zone on a car when you fall on your camera, thus saving you the cost of replacing/repairing the lens or camera. 7. Racers have to reacquire the ability to ignore the guy with the camera. 8. Standing behind a large rolled bail of hay doesn’t mean you can’t be knocked down. 9. Target fixation is alive and well. (see points 7 &  10. Racers are susceptible to delusions of grandeur. 11. Rocketing your bike into the turn on a track that hasn’t been watered down in months may not be the best idea. 12. Locking up the rear brake of your bike in the turn on a dirt track doesn’t help it turn. 13. Where the front wheel is pointed is where the bike is going to go, even if it is pointed at a fence. 14. Trusting a Pro Flat Track racer not to hit you while standing on the outside of a turn is not the same thing as trusting them not to hit you after landing a jump. 15. A day at the track is still priceless. |
