How do you use your right hand..........

Check your throttle play and adjust tighter (less free play), that helped me a great deal with the 'choppiness'...
Otherwise, just practice (even in a straight line) coming back on the throttle smoothly after releasing brakes... The word I was taught; progressive !

(bear in mind I'm a bit poop on a bike and this all just helped me stink a little less ).

Always full hand on both bars, i don't cover anything unless hard filtering on the motorway etc.

As for the smoothing out... i dunnno... got used to the characteristics of the SD fairly quickly and never find it an issue.

Everything's progressive - Come off the throttle progressively (and totally), then apply the brakes progressively..... let go of the brakes progressively, then apply throttle progressively...

I'm no expert, but I'm thinking that, when you're on the (front) brake, weight transfer is OFF your rear - so it's not going to need a whole lot of power to get it spinning? Obviously we're not talking 'Rossi' braking, but combined with weight transfer, slippery road, and your rear pushing your front.... Then lean it just a tiiiiiiny amount, could go wrong quickly?

The reason for adjusting your throttle to 'tight', is that there's no need to 'hang on to the throttle', because it's immediately there when you need it. Well it works for me that way.

Even I was able to do the throttle cable adjustment , and I'm bloody useless with spanners.

Again, I'm no expert, just thinking out loud...

I go with Joe, 2 fingers on the brake lever pretty much the whole time when on the road - there's loads of spazwits out there and they're all out to get you, covering the brake gives you a nanosecond headstart on them. However, when you apply the brake come off the throttle and start down shifting as you approach a junction. With practice this process will become smooth and controlled. You will come to a halt in 1st ready to pull away again, rather than having to prod about at the box trying to find the right gear.
Just remember to try to avoid using the throttle or the brake like an on/off switch, smoothness (and practice) is everything.

Graham Hill should be my favorite bend on the Indy as I usually like left handers better than right handers. I have been a bit ambitious there a few times in the past and wound up on the paint on the right hand track edge on exit. Bit scary when it is wet. So it takes me a while to build up to it now.

I know a guy that is making a lot of time there by taking a real early entry line. I havent seen it but heard from a mutual friend. So next time we are both on track I am going to try to get behind him through there and see what he does.

I used to feel the same about riding in the wet. My road riding style of easy on/ off with the throttle helped me pass guys that were quicker than me in the dry. And this advantage at the track gave me more confidence in the tyres on the road.

Last year I tried race wets. The grip they give is amazing. You can get on the power as early in the dry, lean over as far as in the dry and if you hit standing water all you get is a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzp then the tyre is gripping again. Even melting snow didnt faze them at Snett last Nov. You end the day thinking you are Chris Vermuelen

It takes a few wet sessions to get full confidence in them but then you start hoping for wet trackdays so that you can use them again. Lucky we live in the UK so that isnt a problem

If I ever get spare wheels for SD I will take a set of wets to every trackday. The trouble is they make road tyres, 2CT's, Rain 2's etc feel like banana skins in the wet. So its goodbye to your extra confidence on the road.

I've been off at clearways, in 97 on a 250. Fast crash but I was OK. I learnt a usefull lesson that day, don't assume the guy you're about to ride around will hold his line.

I'm quite carefull through there, loosing time compared to the rest of the lap.

It is those bumps that do it usually. I have one mate that smashed his ankles there and another that lost his spleen as a result of crashing there.

A guy came passed me on a 999R last year. I was hesitating on throttle he wasnt and had a huge moment right out the seat. Anyway he got away with it, pure luck. He came and found me in the pits and said the same.

Next session he was off at Paddock Hill, he was ok but bike was mullered. Guess, it wasnt his best days riding

[quote="ShadeTheChangingMan"]4 finger braking for me matey. I tried two fingers but as I pulled in the lever it crushed my other two fingers and I couldnt get full braking!

I can however, brake and blip throttle on downshift if i want less engine braking as i re-engage the clutch, very useful if I dont want the rear skipping/locking up into a corner on hard braking.

X1 to the above bit about braking always use the full fingers and i dont cover either my brake or clutch.

bliping the throttle works for me aswell.

You have it easy. You live near Snett. Everything is big throttle then hard brakes for you.

I love Snett whatever the weather. But try to bring you SDR down to Brands this year to see the finesse us shandy drinking, floppy wristed southerners require.