Old Apr 13, 2014 | 07:39 PM
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Default Re: 8th Annual Fall 2014-Tail of the Dragon GTG-October 3,4,5

Originally Posted by carl graham
Nick: What I trying to say is that when you go into the turn and downshift, the RPMs remain up as opposed to breaking that looses the RPMs.. hence when coming out of the turn, the revs are up giving you a sort of "uninterrupted power"... does that make sense??
Using the RPM's to save your brakes. Downshift so that you use engine braking instead of the middle/left pedal. To go faster, learn to use both.

I keep my RPM's around 3-4k and shift up at redline. On the Dragon I'm constantly between 2nd through 4th. On the roads you followed me on it was 2nd through 5th. I say upgrade those brakes and do both!!!