How much faster are you on roads you know vs unknown roads?
 

Something I was thinking about during my ride today. How much faster are you on the roads you know versus those you don't? Do you leave yourself a large margin for error on roads you don't know and do you continue to push it?

quite a bit. though if i find a particularly nice looking stretch ill come back and hit it at a few more tenths after ive checked it for cops debris cops imperfections and cops

same here.

and cops too.

Cold molasses on an unknown road.
Room temperature molasses on a known road.

Most of the roads around me suck.. they desperately need to be repaved. So even on roads I'm familiar with I tend to take it easy.

I take it easy everywhere, unless I can see all the way through the corner.

I definatly go easier on unknown roads. A little faster if someone that knows the road is leading so I can watch their line etc, but still not all out.

Ha that's what I was thinking too! It also depends on how much I trust the person leading.

Yep gotta be careful, when I follow my friend Travis I have to constantly remind myself not to allow him to suck me into a curve because he's so fast, I can't judge a curve based on his speed cause he is not "human" on two wheels, dude is a machine.

def faster with a line/angle/body position to follow.

All the guys I ride with are my level or lower, so no worries about that, unless they are riding way over their heads.

Yea and the word "trust" encompasses knowledge of their skill, riding style, maturity level, etc.

Ditto.

Slow on unknown, moderate when I know them. Almost never more than 6/10's even when I know them well.

I can go balls out and drop a knee every time on a few roads that I know well by my house, but out of this environment I slow down alot

Yeah, but I'd be wiling to bet your 6/10s is faster than most people's 8-9/10ths

I actually rode the fastest I've ever ridden today. It was on very familiar roads.

I hit 160 in a stretch where I've never even reached 100 in before. Dropped my front strips down to 1/8 of an inch hard on the gas all the way.

I had one of those days today as well "guess my angel was with me today"

Ehh I'm slow as shit anyways... I ride about the same... but then again I don't have any really familiar road... as Mississippi's roads aren't any better than Florida's.

the only road I pushed a little harder was 2-3 runs in at the Gap... but even then with so many idiots I can't do it for spurts of two or three corners... too worried about fuckers coming into my lane... (happened 10 times in 8 total runs before Indy.)

Didn't think your bike would hit 160

160=100 in Canuckia

Forgot you talk in that damn metric scale

It actually took me longer to get to my route on the highway than it did to come back through the backroads.

It did ignite my passion for corner carving all over again. Which is a shame since our season is drawing to a close.

Yeah. I get 2 more days here in 2 weeks. Sadly the buell is all winterized already. Luckily, the SV isn't :D

I ride as fast and loose as I feel that day BUT I do not judge my pace or corner speed by ayone I ride with, just me and the road. I leave a margin for error, Usually at my 80pct mark. I also do not race the straights. 80-85 is about tops for straights and gives the corners a nice rythm where you dont have to 10/10ths brake.

I'm slow either way *shrug*

Def depends on how many times I've driven the road.

I'll pick up the pace a bit on some of the local roads. Unknown, I dial it back.

depends on what kind of riding condition i am in, but as with most of the ppl on this board i typically am slower on unknown roads then known

Same here. :yes: