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Old 11-12-2008, 06:12 PM
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I took the Corkscrew on my bike. It scared the crap out of me the first few times but after that it was pure fun. Would love to take it on in my 993.
Old 11-12-2008, 07:56 PM
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Great shots guys! I've got to put this event on my list of "must do's" next year......
Old 11-13-2008, 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by pstraub
Ahhh, there are several lines through the corkscrew, you actually have a straighter line through the exit and down the hill. I have a few hundred laps on sportbikes at Laguna and I prefer squaring off the entry (left turn), then a very late apex of the exit (right turn) which gives me a straight line down to turn 9. It's a trade-off, you can carry more entry speed into the initial left hander, which puts you over on the curbing of the right hander, leaving you a longer right turn on the exit. Or carry a little less speed at the top, square off the left hander and straighten out the exit, so you can be on the gas earlier. You can see I am much closer to the center of the track and will clip the apex of the right turn very late, on pretty much a straight line down the hill. I just feel that is my quickest way through there. Bottom line, lots of different lines through there, I have been through the dirt a few times when I got it wrong
That's what all the guys that miss the apex say

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Old 11-13-2008, 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by FisterD
That's what all the guys that mix the apex say
Actually, I don't even know what an apex is.......but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night
Old 11-13-2008, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by FisterD
That's what all the guys that mix the apex say
well, there's your problem.. mixing apexes is a bad news.



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