And I thought of a good way to do it. While I'm on the track I will imagine Godzilla chasing me..... or I will imagine that my loved ones are in danger at the end of the straightaway and they need me to go save their lives.

Hmmm.... yes. I use to run track and for the 400 and 800 meter runs I would imagine being chased by killer dogs and for my cross country races I imagined something bad happening to someone I cared about and they needed my help.

It worked.... so I'm thinking about applying this to my riding. I don't think I push myself hard enough on the track for some strange reason. I know for a fact I still have a couple seconds to gain easily on my best lap time. I just don't seem to be riding with a sense of urgency or aggressiveness.

What do you guys think...

lay off the psychadelics

That is a good idea but i dont know how it will work. I think that you are probably being limited right now by your survival instinct. You know you can go faster and you try to, but your body takes over when it feels like it is in danger. See, i dont have that problem, and i cant say that it has served me well, other then dropping my lap times often. It also means crashing often. I know you are fast and seem to be a very talented rider, but perhaps trying to be smoother will make you faster. That is my goal for my next TD, to just smooth it out and take it easy, at least all morning. Seems like when i try to do that i always run faster times, and then when i start pushing after running those times, they drop even more.

Focus on one section per session, or per lap, whatever. When you take a corner and you know that you can go faster, remember that and the next lap around, go a bit faster. If you do this each time you will eventually get to the whole track. That is the only thing that has worked for me, other than finding someone faster and letting them tow me around the track, although that isnt happening as much anymore unless it is a control rider.

Been watching haga?

Being overly agressive has made him make some silly mistakes early in the season. Tamed it down and won a double last week. This week had a shocker in race 1 and had a pretty good finish despite a poor start.

I believe there is a certain pace people are comfortable doing, then add a little bit of agression to that and its all good. Add even more and ambition can exceed ability.

It can and will work. E.g I like my music, but I cant when riding on the road. I start decking out toes and slides dont phase me one bit.

How you get your adrenalin pumping is your call- even if your a weirdo

:-)

be smooth and concentrate on your technique, and then the confidence to go faster will materialize in yer head mang!!!

dont try and make things any more intense than they need be.

heres an idea for going faster...

run a smaller rear sprocket for a few sessions, the slower acceleration will allow you to open the throttle earlier that you would normally. make a note of where youa re opening the throttle and the way in which you had to change you exit line. change back to your correct sprocket and keep the same markers. you will go faster.

heres an idea for going faster...

run a smaller rear sprocket for a few sessions, the slower acceleration will allow you to open the throttle earlier that you would normally. make a note of where youa re opening the throttle and the way in which you had to change you exit line. change back to your correct sprocket and keep the same markers. you will go faster.

Thanks for the advice..... would riding 1 gear too high give me the same effect?

perhaps taking GOOD notes, a lap-timer and maybe a racing school would be safer option..:scratch

the advantage of using a sprocket change is you can shift and brake at the same, the only thing you will be changing is your exit lines and throttle positions