Haha I always thought the same thing until I realized how nice it was on straights to just press down. I grew up racing motocross so it must have crept in for a split second, all it took!

My first scooter had GP shifting, along with the front brake and throttle on the left side, with a turn signal on each side. The throttle and front brake lever were linked to each other (ie the brake lever goes up and down along with the throttle). Then when I got my first street bike everything was traditional, and of course my bicycles have front brake/left side. Then I had to relearn driving on the right side of the road (I started left side). I've had a lot of "oops" moments.

Thanks a lot!

Yep, decades of motocross! I was regularly cramping though without gp on the road bike. Guess I can keep trying better bike settings to get more comfortable.

That's awesome!! My father road raced back in the day here as well and has similar stories and came up racing with Josh Hayes and company. Great times!

I miss the old turn 12 and the section before the chicane. They're putting in chicanes everywhere...

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lol yeah I felt bad once I saw it, they had cleaned it up and put it all back by the next day.

Fresh grass but no marshals, good job he'd not hurt himself

Thanks man I appreciate it. Yeah it's a blessing anytime we get to ride, such a fun sport. Stay safe out there!

@@cchief249 next track days two weeks away:) Gotta get the frame sliders installed on my new Gixxer 750. In the meantime will get the adrenaline flowing with people shooting hard rubber things at me at 100 mph tonight...Goalies like track riders a weird (wired?) lot. Cheers have a good weekend.

Thank you. Come back to racing and get back into it!

Thanks!

@@cchief249 I myself didn’t get so lucky this time. I run a 19 Honda liter bike myself and missed my corner at 140. 11 busted bones but I’m on the mend👍 I had 99 positive choices and one bad. Guess which one I took 🫣 Why?? 😂

@@kickingagainstthepricks4059 Oh no! I've broken that many bones but not in one instance! lol sorry to hear that man, rest up and speedy recovery and back at it! I'm down right now, too from a mountain bike accident (on my channel). Part of the game.

@@cchief249 Will do. You too!

Thanks! Somehow i didn't break anything, just straightened a couple things up and was able to finish my races that weekend 🤘

Right?! Takes some adjustment for sure. It's just more comfortable in racing when you're tucked to upshift. With where I like my pegs it was a pain to grab std shifts with no QS.

@@cchief249 No idea what you are talking about, do you mean clutchless gearchanges or what? Why did you change the wrong way?

@@billb7876 not clutchless shifts on this bike. GP shift just means you click up to downshift and down to upshift. It's typically preferred in racing where upshifting on straightaways is easier to accomplish pushing down instead of up since your ankle is already compressed in a tucked position. In the case of my accident, as I was learning the track still I hadn't upshifted there previously, so on this lap I realized I needed to as I was picking up pace and reverted back to standard shift mentality accidentally which made the bike downshift when I meant to upshift, locking the rear wheel (too high RPM) and sending me off track.

F4i es una gran moto, ¡disfruta rodando por esas fabulosas pistas en España!

Thanks man, yeah I looked back and was like oh no.. hope they don't bill me for that lmao.

Yeah I think if I had more practice time at this track I'd have been fine. It was learning shift points in the middle of a race I think is what got me lol.

Thanks! Started looking much better in my later races that weekend as I learned the track better and flowed nicer. Hope to see you out sometime, too!

Racing has nothing to do with courtesy..be the first to the checkered flag is what Racing is about

Yeah I agree, such a small mistake but with big consequences, not only for you the rider but many times it can lock up a motor requiring a rebuild. I got lucky all things considered!

Yeah it was a silly mistake but you're right, not common there. I sat in the esses this year for MA and there were some pretty spectacular offs, thankfully all were okay. But thanks, hopefully they will! Out in CA now continuing to ride and better the craft.

@@cchief249 my hats off to all the riders that race no matter what level. It is very impressive

Thanks!

Heck yeah, love my Hondas. Sadly don't have her anymore!

Absolutely! She was an old girl and stock, have a '19 ZX-6R now which is much more competitive (and fun lol).

Hadn't heard that before that's great! Years of racing motocross on std shift probably crept in lol. Appreciate the advice.

Thanks! Yeah it was a weird moment and I think I just had too many things going on in my head at that time and I made the simple mistake.

I think it's pure luck whether a bike decides to get scratched or total itself in a wreck lol. Sorry to hear about yours, part of the game!

Definitely was! But thank you.

haha right?! It's required for workers if they pick your bike up. Trust me, wish I could go back and fix that silly mistake.

Yeah luckily went through the grass and nothing injured! Bikes will come naturally to you if you're experienced in the car on track since you know what traction feels like, line selection, etc. Go for it! I've raced cars before and bikes are a different monster. Best of luck to you, so much fun.

Haha yeah I was telling myself "it's GP shift you stupid **" but same same. I raced motocross growing up with std shift so I think that crept in. I definitely realize the benefit of GP though! I prefer it for sure for the reasons you express. This was my first time at this track and my first race, so I'd only had a 10 minute practice to learn the track and was still figuring out my lines. Admittedly should have done more KZfaq track review, etc to prepare but I eventually got the hang of it and it's now one of my favorite tracks. Cheers!

@@cchief249 lol yea when I first switched to GP shift I made that mistake one time, fortunately I didn’t crash but that nearly blowing up my engine part made me remember to never do that again lmao. For a first time at the track with very little laps turned that’s not bad. You definitely have a solid launch!

Fair point Bob, it was definitely my mistake. However, the bike isn't labelled for me, it's a rule for WERA for corner workers if they need to retrieve your bike in event of a wreck, etc. I've also raced motocross since I was 4, so std shift was pretty engrained. At the time of this video it was my first season racing, hence 'novice'. We all make mistakes, just learning from mine.

Awesome! I never upgraded the suspension on this bike, but knowing what I do now, I would have. It’s a great investment. Your plan sounds great, get the forks refreshed/valved and an upgraded adjustable shock. Then have someone set it up for your weight and you should be golden, you’ll feel a huge difference and have much more confidence riding hard on track. Enjoy the bike, they’re great!

@@cchief249 Holy crap bro, that’s mind blowing you were riding that hard on factory suspension. Your a freaking savage and definitely a huge confidence booster. I can only imagine the bike will feel even more planted with some suspension mods. Thanks for the reply!

L'ho sentito prima, so che puzzo, ma grazie comunque!

Yeah it's definitely difficult to go back and forth or make the switch after such a long time as you say. My issue with this bike was discomfort and cramps std shifting in the tuck. In hindsight I should have adjusted my rearsets further and stuck to std shift. But I had several races after this one on this bike and never had issue with GP shift, this was a one-off mistake, just unfortunately resulted in a crash haha.

@@cchief249 live and learn … I lost my rear coming out of 7, followed by a head shake / tank slapper and my Moto cartwheeling down the track. My tires weren’t sufficiently warmed up. Never made that mistake again 😊

Not a bad idea!

@@cchief249 excellent video footage by the way . Man I wish I could be racing at your level . Keep it up and ride safe

@@modoodle1851 never know, you always could! And thank you I appreciate that 🤘

@@cchief249 very expensive at the moment with cost of tyres at event prices in the UK . However I may start racing supermoto pitbike 140cc races . Cheap and cheerful . But yeh thanks for the positive motivation . Lol .

@@modoodle1851 it's definitely not a cheap sport. Supermoto is a great idea though, those bikes are tons of fun. Hope you're able to get out there!

What's DCS? May just be the exposure of the GoPro at that instance.

@@cchief249 it was a joke. DSC=digital combat simulator. I t wasrefereing to the sod sections

@@raynic1173 I get it now, and feel stupid haha.

@@cchief249 It's all good bro, thanks for uploading the MC video. Years ago I got to Be on track of many of the east coast tracks. Unfortunately, Road Atlanta wasn't one of them.

Thanks, always frustrating when you make simple mistakes!

Not bad advice, my bike now is std shift but I'm looking to get rearsets required to run GP shift. Running between both on different bikes a bit of a risk, but I'm normally able to just fine. This was a one-time lapse in focus that caught me out, we're all human!

They’re the best!

I'm sorry you can't even count to 10 haha. JK, I'm slow, thanks man!

@@cchief249 lol. It happened so fast. Ya I am sure I am slow to compare to that guy. But I've never been passed by that many riders

@@jesuschrist-alphaomega yeah competition on the east coast is fierce, lot of fast guys!

@@cchief249 come down to TX an the CMRA. more successful riders have come out of our group then almost any where else

@@jesuschrist-alphaomega will have to try and make it out sometime, I'm from Texas but military keeps me elsewhere. I'm sure I'll make it out to a race down there over a holiday at some point 🤙

Lol yeah I'm not very good, thanks bro.

@@cchief249 no problem. well good news is you can only improve. you have great starts. there is always drag racing if this doesnt pan out

Definitely see your point! Unfortunately this race was red flagged prior to me going down (had I made one more corner or so I would have gotten the red). A good friend had a bad off a few turns ahead and medical and all attention was dispatched to him, understandably so. I got up from my wreck immediately and threw the nearest corner worker a thumbs up, so they were not worried about me, all good!!

Switching the shift lever to shift up when you press down and down when you pull up.

No but I was willing to! Haha the track crew there is pretty awesome, they had it patched up quickly.

@@cchief249 lol

Tidak akan pernah!

Great racing down there!

Yep I definitely did. Grid is based on season points standings. This was my fourth ever race, so lots to still work on for myself, and I was on a 16 year-old bike, and I was credited 9th out of 25 racers this race. But yeah, I'm slow, thanks for the assessment.

@@cchief249 Well I guess that shows that you shouldn't be bringing a knife to a gun fight.

Smooth and reliable but yeah definitely not fast!

Right? Crazy honestly lol. Yeah they were able to patch it up the next day pretty nicely.

20k?! lol

Thanks!

只是掩饰我的愤怒！

@@cchief249 为何要愤怒？应该内慧💕的笑！就是真正人生！😆😆

@@liws5204 只是因为这是一个简单的错误，我希望我没有犯。但是，是的，我没有受伤，所以一切都很好！

@@cchief249 😳😆😆