Counter-steering, an unhelpful term

[Tazz]

Motorcycle dynamics would make a great masters degree topic. It's that complex.

That's why we stick to the basics on courses. Until someone has a deep understanding of motorcycle dynamics ( I don't) the advanced stuff is like black magic.

We dont talk about counter steering on Ride Forever courses. It opens too many cans of worms.

That's quite a surprising comment. Cheers for the input.

[old slider]

Do our south island lakes freeze up enough for this?

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[T.W.R]

Do our south island lakes freeze up enough for this?

https://www.facebook.com/artur.czaja...1346166560342/

Used to they used to put cars on Lake Lyndon & Ida quite regularly during the winter and have seen bikes playing around at Siberia the bottom south corner of Lake Tekapo but that's all some bloody skating winter playground nowadays.

[Moi]

Used to they used to put cars on Lake Lyndon & Ida quite regularly during the winter and have seen bikes playing around at Siberia the bottom south corner of Lake Tekapo but that's all some bloody skating winter playground nowadays.

The skaters could play "dodge the bike"... Darwin might well approve.

[old slider]

Used to they used to put cars on Lake Lyndon & Ida quite regularly during the winter and have seen bikes playing around at Siberia the bottom south corner of Lake Tekapo but that's all some bloody skating winter playground nowadays.

Awesome, I can just imagine the fun to be had on a speedway ice rink.

[Moi]

Awesome, I can just imagine the fun to be had on a speedway ice rink.

[T.W.R]

The skaters could play "dodge the bike"... Darwin might well approve.

The bikes at tekapo used to entertaining enough as it was by themselves an old XR500 is a fucking handful on that shit

Awesome, I can just imagine the fun to be had on a speedway ice rink.

I'm sure there's one or two cars at the bottom of Lyndon, they used to tow around people old sofas etc
Ice speedway is crazy shit those spikes do some serious damage....have an old mag some where with articles on it with pics of racers boots ripped to shreds etc

[old slider]

Thanks Moi and T.W.R those clips on ice racing are great, I agree those tyre spikes would leave a bit of a rash, made me remember the time a young fella was keen to get in the dark house with a dozen extremely excited fallow deer, he finally came out when we opened the door for him after a lot of squeals and yelps looking fairly disheveled and his cloths torn to shreds. lol

[george formby]

Just to chuck some more petrol onto the fire...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Just to chuck some more petrol onto the fire...


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That is so fucking gay.

[Graystone]

It's not rocket science mate.

Roundy bit on right makes roundy bits on bottom go round more fasterer!

Motorcycle dynamics would make a great masters degree topic. It's that complex.

Just precession, physics 101. Applying it to the off road guys doing whips may be final year shit though

[Crasherfromwayback]

Roundy bit on right makes roundy bits on bottom go round more fasterer!

You know it. 101

[AllanB]

That is so fucking gay.

It's weird for sure. There are little scooters with similar set-up running about.

I'm interested in how this is picked up by the MC masses - a conservative bunch under the leather and abnormal front ends have not been well received over the years. Having said that there is no doubt shit loads of potential riders put off after crashing on their first experience who this may appeal to.

Are they able to be raced against two wheeled bikes?

[george formby]

It's weird for sure. There are little scooters with similar set-up running about.

I'm interested in how this is picked up by the MC masses - a conservative bunch under the leather and abnormal front ends have not been well received over the years. Having said that there is no doubt shit loads of potential riders put off after crashing on their first experience who this may appeal to.

Are they able to be raced against two wheeled bikes?

The wee scooters, Piaggios, Yammie Tricity etc are very cool commute scoots. No idea how they "handle". The Niken may well be push me pull me. It is a behemoth.

[Moi]

The wee scooters, Piaggios, Yammie Tricity etc are very cool commute scoots. No idea how they "handle". The Niken may well be push me pull me. It is a behemoth.

I ride both a MP3 and a conventional bike, once underway there is very little that I notice to be different from one to the other - apart from the fact that the MP3 is more surefooted in its front than the bike, especially when the road is wet...

And what's this "wee scooters" bit?