Madboy bins it

**sels1** · 16th January 2006, 11:44

Originally Posted by madboy

just how observant people were,

Well I observed one of your bins (and I didnt laugh....honest)

Originally Posted by madboy

But also binned it not once, but four times.

Slow learner??

**madboy** · 16th January 2006, 12:05

Very slow learner. And yes I could push it up most of the time Deano, but when the pegs caught and lifted the back wheel off the deck...

The full story, grab a cuppa...

The practice session was the first time I'd seriously ridden the bike in leathers, so it was the first real knee down action I'd had on it. I was experimenting with lean angles and footpeg placement, mainly finding a good compromise between ergonomics (cramped/really f***ing cramped/way too f***ing cramped) and lean angles. While figuring out the lean angles I binned it twice, once on a left hander, once on a right hander a few laps later. So with that knowledge now implanted in my head I needed to work on leaning off it otherwise I wasn't going to get the cornering speeds I wanted.

But as I noticed during the first race, the steering geometry was factory preset as completely bloody crooked, so everytime I took the weight off the seat to shift my butt the front end wiggled. Those who have ridden minimotos will know just how unstable these things are. So exiting a right hander I got a wiggle and didn't lean off into the left hander, just lent the bike. So I ended up on my ass again. As Sels can attest.

Straightened up the front end, got some more stability and had quite a good session, no bins at all. Getting more confidence in footpeg placement while also getting the hang of leaning off the side of a chainsaw.

Last crash was just caused by too much playing. Was doing a lot of sliding. Most corners you could take flat out on the bike, but this corner I shouldn't have, slid it too far, footpeg dug in and I wasn't quick enough to pick it up before the back end lifted.

**Deano** · 16th January 2006, 14:25

Sounds like you're learning it pretty quickly, and most of all having a great time.

Mikey was grounding both footpegs at Manfeild and his gear lever (WTF ?) so he obviously needs to start hanging off.

I scraped my right footpeg a few times but the hero blobs are way too long - will have to shorten them.

**Dreamer** · 16th January 2006, 14:56

Do you use the same leathers/gear on both bikes?

**madboy** · 16th January 2006, 15:01

Yep. The cordura I use primarily for commuting and when the weather is not good, the leathers come out for the more "spirited" riding. But you don't want to try your fancy new cordura on a minimoto, one decent bin and it's a throwaway.