Hardest riding skill to learn

[CRF119]

The target fixation is probobly the most important. Along with looking along way ahead to sport hazards but at the same time avoiding any close up hazards. It takes a lot of training.

Try riding along looking at what is far a head but also what is only 10 meters ahead. Also noting what is coming from drive ways etc on both sides of the road.

So you need to look at everything but concentrate on nothing i guess.

[marty]

yes.

(not trying to brag or anything) but I got the basic idea of it on day 2 of riding and use it whenever I'm going fast.

Just find a straight road, get up to speed and nudge the handlebars in the opposite direction. bike leans over and way you go.

omg not a c/s lesson!!. i prefer the pull to the push, but each to their own.

[nathanwhite]

Are you related to DB? That's the most criminally insane description of counter steering I've ever seen written down.

it's not a description, its a brief overview of the operational procedures involved.

...and covering the rear break.

yes and that. I meant that.

No matter how much (or little) practice you get, burying fellow riders does not get easier...

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wow. Thats sobering

[barno]

how to crash in such a way to get yourself away from the bike. Seriously, trail riders do it as a matter of course, us road riders tho have to learn the hard way. And seldom get it right. Riffer touched on this topic.
Katman has a LOT to say about it

I remember 20+ years ago my riding instructor said: 'when the crash time comes, you might have 1/2 a second. Stand up on the pegs, get ready to fly, and say goodbye to your bike'.

And I did, clearing the car of the dickstain who right-turned in front of me, totalling only the pair of pants I was wearing. And my bike. Only time I ever felt like throttling someone.

[Jantar]

omg not a c/s lesson!!. i prefer the pull to the push, but each to their own.

Personally I push for right hand turns, and pull for left. But that's because I have absolutely no strength in my left shoulder so effectively ride one armed with the advantage of still having a left hand for clutch, indicators and lights.

[James Deuce]

it's not a description, its a brief overview of the operational procedures involved.

Not quite.

The correct operational description is much briefer.

To turn left, push on the left bar. To turn right push on the right.

You can make it a lot more complex with practice by simultaneously pushing and pulling on the correct bar obviously, but this requires practice and finesse.

A good way of practicing the principles of counter steering is to ride one handed along your favourite quiet backroad. This will teach you the exact push and pull pressure required to initiate a turn.

[Camshaft]

lane splitting is something i see done terribly alot too, especialy learners, going up the left hand side of cars BIG NO NO. and when splitting there are generaly 2 cases, nervous and slow = dangerous
overconfident and fast = dangerous
ya gota find the balance, confident and a good speed differential between you and the cars around you.

[The Singing Chef]

lane splitting is something i see done terribly alot too, especialy learners, going up the left hand side of cars BIG NO NO. and when splitting there are generaly 2 cases, nervous and slow = dangerous
overconfident and fast = dangerous
ya gota find the balance, confident and a good speed differential between you and the cars around you.

Mmm alot can happen through slow moving traffic, i'm waiting for the day some dick head decides he doesn't like bikers/lanesplitting and pulls a hard right. it's most definitely an art.

[Bald Eagle]

Mmm alot can happen through slow moving traffic, i'm waiting for the day some dick head decides he doesn't like bikers/lanesplitting and pulls a hard right. it's most definitely an art.

some of our welly comunters do that even though they don't what a motorbike is.

[The Singing Chef]

some of our welly comunters do that even though they don't what a motorbike is.

There must be a little voice in their head that yells at them and screams "pull right, pull hard right!!"

[george formby]

Mmm alot can happen through slow moving traffic, i'm waiting for the day some dick head decides he doesn't like bikers/lanesplitting and pulls a hard right. it's most definitely an art.

Precisely why I'm a lane creeper not a splitter, stationary or slow moving traffic only. Had doors opened on me, had people deliberately try to squish me, been spat at. All in the UK mind you.
Bastards sitting their warm & dry cars listening to radio 1 & I'm trying to make headway before I piss myself from the cold. Ignorant $%^&ers

[avgas]

How to go and pick motorbike, cool and calmly after you have just arsed off.

Whenever I do I the first thing I think of is "Did someone see me? Fuck someone did! I'm gonna look like such a nob".

[oneofsix]

Precisely why I'm a lane creeper not a splitter, stationary or slow moving traffic only. Had doors opened on me, had people deliberately try to squish me, been spat at. All in the UK mind you.
Bastards sitting their warm & dry cars listening to radio 1 & I'm trying to make headway before I piss myself from the cold. Ignorant $%^&ers

one of the problems with splitting in stationary traffic is people can get out of their cars. You need the cagers to be moving enough to avoid people hopping out but slow enough that they can't try the sudden lane change and you need to be moving only 5-15 k faster so that if they do try to change lanes with out indicating you have time to react.

[bogan]

How to go and pick motorbike, cool and calmly after you have just arsed off.

Whenever I do I the first thing I think of is "Did someone see me? Fuck someone did! I'm gonna look like such a nob".

Just 'kick-flip' it onto it's wheels, that'd look cool as

[avgas]

Just 'kick-flip' it onto it's wheels, that'd look cool as

Oh I do.
Which is why I don't have fairing anymore lol