Have you ever had a current learner bike that the power made you crash?

**fuknKIWI** · 23rd October 2010, 00:11

The bloke that worked on our farm asked me to help him teach his son to ride one Satdee arvo, I said yeah set up a little course & off we went...
Poor little bugger couldn't handle the course or the.... wait for it YZ80...
I said ...
LET ME SHOW YOU HOW

well it didn't throw me but (& it is a big but) it took several laps before we got acquainted could't keeep the fron t wheel down in the first 3 gears

He traded it for an RM80 then we got the little bugger riding

**The Everlasting** · 23rd October 2010, 10:13

I remember when I first got my 250 Bandit,I gave it too much throttle in first gear,and almost fell off...

**MarkH** · 23rd October 2010, 10:15

Originally Posted by The Everlasting

I remember when I first got my 250 Bandit,I gave it too much throttle in first gear,and almost fell off...

Probably wouldn't have happened with a GN. Though you'd have to be careful going from a GN to something with . . . well, you know . . . power.

**Sidewinder** · 12th November 2010, 11:30

Originally Posted by renegade master

Simple poll. Keep this about the power, and not the skill required to ride a bike.

hahaha scotty boi, its not the power but the lack of handling that the bikes have

**Banditbandit** · 12th November 2010, 11:35

Originally Posted by ducatilover

No, don't be silly.
Only a two smoker would manage that....

Naa .. not even .. way back in the day my learner bike was a BSA Bantam (125 two-stroker for the uninitiated) ... no way would that have so much power I'd crash ...

Piss poor brakes might lead to a crash ...

**avgas** · 12th November 2010, 11:52

Originally Posted by renegade master

care to share?

1) Riding a severe 2smoker, hit powerband (unexpectedly) mid-way through 40km corner. Experience from that was to never overbake the corner until you can see around it.

2) Pulled a wheelie on my old TS185 only to find there was a slight delay from throttle change to power download.........bike then rode me. Lesson : don't keep adding throttle to a situation

3) Gave same TS185 the berries one day to roost a corner. Bike got traction mid-roost, and wheelie straight into tree.

I have also had instances on many smaller capacity bikes. Including launching a KTM250 into a tree as I couldn't see the top of the hill.

But I wouldn't trade my scars and the lessons I learnt for anything.

**ducatilover** · 12th November 2010, 12:01

Originally Posted by Sidewinder

hahaha scotty boi, its not the power but the lack of handling that the bikes have

A decent 250 will handle as well as anything....if not better. Then again, I think the majority of the "learner" crashes are from inexperience, not the power of the bike. Restricting the power of the bike will help though.
My own large crash was inexperience, wouldn't call it a learners bike though

**shrub** · 12th November 2010, 12:27

It had a narrow and savage little power band that combined with appalling brakes meant it was a handful. It would be crawling, then suddenly it would shreik with anger and leap forwards. If you hit the brakes they either did nothing or locked the front wheel.

Spat me off a few times. Fuck I loved that bike.

**The Pastor** · 12th November 2010, 13:04

Originally Posted by Sidewinder

hahaha scotty boi, its not the power but the lack of handling that the bikes have

yea i know this poll was made when they were talking about the powerful 250's causing all the accidents....

**EJK** · 12th November 2010, 13:19

Originally Posted by avgas

2) Pulled a wheelie on my old TS185 only to find there was a slight delay from throttle change to power download.........bike then rode me. Lesson : don't keep adding throttle to a situation

Whe he hey! Join the club.

**Sidewinder** · 13th November 2010, 07:09

Originally Posted by avgas

1) Riding a severe 2smoker, hit powerband (unexpectedly) mid-way through 40km corner. Experience from that was to never overbake the corner until you can see around it.

2) Pulled a wheelie on my old TS185 only to find there was a slight delay from throttle change to power download.........bike then rode me. Lesson : don't keep adding throttle to a situation

3) Gave same TS185 the berries one day to roost a corner. Bike got traction mid-roost, and wheelie straight into tree.

I have also had instances on many smaller capacity bikes. Including launching a KTM250 into a tree as I couldn't see the top of the hill.

But I wouldn't trade my scars and the lessons I learnt for anything.

bro avy i think you just need to stay the fuck away from trees!

**Sidewinder** · 13th November 2010, 07:11

Originally Posted by ducatilover

A decent 250 will handle as well as anything....if not better. Then again, I think the majority of the "learner" crashes are from inexperience, not the power of the bike. Restricting the power of the bike will help though.
My own large crash was inexperience, wouldn't call it a learners bike though

ya reckon? i crashedmy 600 way less than my 250! and didnt even crash the 800