It's kind of amazing the amount of stuff that you have to carry with you to the track. Food, tools, clothes, parts, etc. At least this time I knew what to expect. I wasn't as much of a noob anymore. So I was much more relaxed.

This was a private track day event, and so there were less riders per group (~15), and there were many activities and other goodies going on as well. This was going to be the 1st of three consecutive days of riding (Sat, Sun, and Mon). That's a lot of riding. I would be riding in the Novice group again.

I was immediately much better this time than the last time here. However, a very curious problem arose from me conditioning the leathers the day before. They were so slippery I was falling off the bike when I hung off.

My body position was much, much better.

After getting some stomp grips for the tank I was able to resume riding without fear of falling off the tank too much. I even got my knee down and still didn’t scrape the pegs.

My ability to gauge a pass was now much better as I held my own line when coming up on a slower rider and waited until I could calculate a overtake route before changing my line setting up and making the pass.

However, there were times, when if the rider was close in skill/speed to my own I would still get fixated on the pass itself and totally forget about my line and the track. This really needs to stop. This happened on the last session of the day and I ran right into the lake.

The good
I was comfortable leaning the bike over on the track. My body position was awesome. Calculation of passing has greatly improved.

The bad
When battling with another rider of the same skill level/speed I fixated on just the pass and forgot about my line and the track.

Work on
The key here is to NOT BATTLE. I should pass and ride within my own pace and line, concentrating on GETTING BACK ON MY LINE. Not fixating on the pass. The rider I am overtaking is just an obstacle I am getting around so I can get back on my line. THAT’S IT!