TweetThat's right. You gotta get that ass off the seat. Hang off the bike to keep it planted as well as possible, and use your body weight from side to side. The more you get your butt off the seat and lean hard into the turn, the faster you can go. Hence the knee-dragging in turns. Of course, you don't want to do that without track pants. I almost strawberried my right knee getting alittle too low in regular jeans. Gotta tear in the crease at the side of the knee of those jeans. Your stock foot-pegs will let you know before you get too low.
And you do not want to be braking at all once you engage the turn. You wanna do your braking before the turn, but as late as possible. He who brakes latest wins. But you wanna slow-to-turn-speed prior to actually dropping a knee. Then you wanna throttle through the turn to plant the rear tire. This takes practice. practice practice practice...and more practice. You wanna get the tires up to temp before really getting into turns. I'm sure you guys are making sure the track, or "track", is clean of debris in the turns and such. (I have a push broom that I throw in the woodline where I play.)
Just listen to the guys that are fast, and that have some real track time, and any track schooling is the best info. Nobody wants to see a bike sliding across the ground, or fellow rider, of course. But ultimately, you gotta learn to trust the bike's ability, and the fact that those tires will hold. Before ya know it, you'll feel the rear tire slip out just before you turn. You're cookin then. That's called "backing it into the turn". Just as you've probably heard watching GT auto racing.(road racing)
Awesome though jipped! Glad to hear you're digging in. That's what those bikes love, and are made for. That's when the riding position is no longer an issue, as you're probably noticing.
02 will have solid input. I believe he's had some good track time.