On The Pegs June 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 6 | Page 73

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 6 - June 2019
73
It’s about carrying your speed. I can just shift it up into third gear and just
carry my speed and got the power to blast out of any corner I want.
You have to ride a big bike a little different from a smaller bike. In the past
I’d always ridden in the higher RPM’s, lower gears. I would say roughly in
National Enduros I would be second and third gear. Last year and this year
I’ve been really working on it and I’ve slimmed down on my weight a little
bit. I started riding in third and fourth and trying to just focus on carry-
ing my speed a little bit better. It’s definitely paying off to switch over that
little bit. It’s not much, but I can brake a little earlier and set up the corner a
little earlier. I think I’ve learned all that stuff from going over to Six Days and
watching those guys ride. There’s a reason those guys are as fast as they are.
They’re doing it the right way. n