Having hands, feet and arse at a good position goes a long way to make it easy for low speed manouvering. Front tire type/size and tire pressure as well.
Having hands, feet and arse at a good position goes a long way to make it easy for low speed manouvering. Front tire type/size and tire pressure as well.
Not using the clutch was an accident. It dawned on me one day that I wasn't using it, just covering it.
I still do full lock figure 8's when I find a quiet car park. Nothing flash, the bike basically idles around in circles quite happily.
Accelerating from one turn into the next can get interesting. Both brakes, holding a few revs, release front brake, start turn, release back brake, stand up.... Cutch if too fast or too much back brake but the bike drops like a sack of spuds with no drive and it's top heavy with a lead frame. Got to have throttle for 360's.
Be interested to hear how the BMW goes at motogymkhana, should be excellent. Dunno if my not using the clutch is a help or hindrance TBH. I would hate to hear you stalled it and cursed Mr Formby from under the bike.
Manopausal.
If memory serves correctly, your MV Rivale is a wet multiplate clutch, and those clutches will stand up to lots of slipping at lowish revs whilst riding rear brake. Once you get pretty good at it, you'll only be running engine at fast idle anyway, thus some degree of mechanical sympathy is restored.
There is one serious downside to being an instructor, the "improvement opportunities" one sees in other road users is a near endless monologue
The boxers have very good weight distribution, and I'm guessing the RT would have a very similar lock to the GSA (excellent, best I've come across). The main difference would be the final drive ratio, with the RT one of the highest.
I do plenty of footpaths, close quarters with runners and tight turns in run courses, complete with a camera man on the back. I try to warn them to sit still as a tight turn comes up, but most of the time I can still get the bike over in full lock whatever they're doing.
To me, confidence is key, which comes through practise. Knowing how the bike will respond, how much clutch/throttle/brake to use. I actually tend not to focus on it much, and thinking time (especially in events) is on the environment around me.
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
Same, actually. Mrs Cat came on the Gold course with me, and we cracked out some wicked U-turns.
Learned to ride hard with a pillion after a few years of doing the Cycle Tour of Southland, 2 up.
I'm aware the the RT LC has a wet clutch, so it's better than my previous few.
Yep, my favourite word to describe event support, especially stage tours is "dynamic"
Ah, you have an LC (I'm starting to wonder if I seriously consider adding an LC GSA to the fleet). Clutch is improved and also access to it (common complaint of course from police forces). Instead the alternator was attached to the engine, and at one point there was a bad batch. Its easier to replace the alternator on the older model... of course
Originally Posted by Jane Omorogbe from UK MSN on the KTM990SM
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