Me in a carpark getting some practise in pics...

**skidMark** · 7th August 2006, 18:59

a couple of weeks ago me and swanny went to a carpark...thus was the result....crappy quality pics cus at night and had to crop em in but ya get the idea...not bad for the first time i was ever really leaning the bike over....so me in all the pics...

sorry no vid or pics of swanny binning my zxr LOL

and yes i know i'm probably doing a million things wrong...and look like the noobie i am. cheers swanny

**MattRSK** · 7th August 2006, 19:02

Looks like fun! What sort of speeds you getting up to in the carpark?

**MattRSK** · 7th August 2006, 19:02

Oh and ya got gear on too. Well Done

**Toast** · 7th August 2006, 19:03

You aren't looking too bad there Mark. Hangin off but not a silly amount, looking in to the corner, you seem to be pretty solid in the seat, but maybe could relax the arms a bit more.

The pics make it look like you're goin backwards though...weird...

**skidMark** · 7th August 2006, 19:03

Originally Posted by MattRSK

Looks like fun! What sort of speeds you getting up to in the carpark?

wasn't really looking at speedo lol....maybe 45-50kph? only just starting off eh

**James Deuce** · 7th August 2006, 19:03

Can't see anything wrong except for a bit of upper body tension, and maybe from the colour of your face (blue) you forgot to breathe

Pity you didn't leave the red-eye fix function off. That would have looked cool.

**skidMark** · 7th August 2006, 19:04

Originally Posted by Toast

You aren't looking too bad there Mark. Hangin off but not a silly amount, looking in to the corner, you seem to be pretty solid in the seat, but maybe could relax the arms a bit more.

The pics make it look like you're goin backwards though...weird...

yeri have an arm injury with my left arm from a previous bike accident....elbow can't fully straighten and yeah i was holding on for dear life lol

**kiwifruit** · 7th August 2006, 19:05

Dude, thats some hardcore gangster shit!
At least you are wearin yer gear this time

**Toast** · 7th August 2006, 19:13

Originally Posted by markauckland

yeri have an arm injury with my left arm from a previous bike accident....elbow can't fully straighten and yeah i was holding on for dear life lol

Funny how we hang on for dear life even though doing so will kill us.

It's natural to tense up, but try lying on the tank a bit more, gripping the pegs and being very loose on the bars is good, 'cos the suspension and front wheel can do what they need to do without interference. Helps big time when you tackle some bumps outside the carpark

**SwanTiger** · 7th August 2006, 19:13

Yep you've certainly improved Mark.

But I think my training method is brilliant "Do it RIGHT or you get the BASH".

I'll try find the photo of my slide and that nasty, nasty clay that stole the back wheel

**skidMark** · 7th August 2006, 19:14

Originally Posted by swanny

Yep you've certainly improved Mark.

But I think my training method is brilliant "Do it RIGHT or you get the BASH".

I'll try find the photo of my slide and that nasty, nasty clay that stole the back wheel

mumble mumble you lowsided my baby mumble mumble

**Sketchy_Racer** · 7th August 2006, 19:15

This is what happens when you add me and carparks together

**SwanTiger** · 7th August 2006, 19:20

For anybody wondering, marks cornering method was this:

Nail it into the corner, slam the brakes on way to soon, drop the bike into the corner too sharp and then brake again fucking up his line, nana the bike around the rest of the corner and then nail it again once in a straight line.

Which developed into:

Now he will come up to a corner at a nice speed, brake once, drop into the corner wider than usual, and right on apex smooth on the power like a sling shot out of the corner.

Nice clean lines too.

He is still slow, but that's because he rides a ZXR and not a Hyosung. One day he'll learn and buy a real bike.

**Macktheknife** · 7th August 2006, 19:28

Showing some improvement Mark, keep it up.

**The Pastor** · 7th August 2006, 19:35

When I weld up some crash bungs I'll have a go - looks like fun.

When I got the bike I was playing around a round abouts and dead ends... I got low ish....