at least you are alright which is the main thing, the ego will heal and the bike is easily repaired........no worries
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at least you are alright which is the main thing, the ego will heal and the bike is easily repaired........no worries
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Forum whore
Originally Posted by Speedie
shit my g string?
Forum whore
I've done that several times - it's really starting to piss me off. I don't know why I do it. Worse, I'm gradually increasing the revs I tend to ride at, so it gets more dramatic each time. Last time the back end broke loose significantly; I'm glad I was just cruising along in a straight line.
Overtaking is the worst time - I'm holding the revs up to get power, and I'm alongside another vehicle ...
I'm hoping experience will fix it, but the interval between incidents doesn't seem to be increasing
I've done the reverse too, but that doesn't cause so much drama.
Richard
Kiwi gone Walkabout
Perhaps try thinking of it in terms of general acceleration or speed..... Up (on the gearshift) for up,down for down..(Changing down a gear to overtake etc would be the catch 22)...The upper gears would be a little more forgiving but first and second could be a wheel lock up.I've done that several times - it's really starting to piss me off. I don't know why I do it. Worse, I'm gradually increasing the revs I tend to ride at, so it gets more dramatic each time. Last time the back end broke loose significantly; I'm glad I was just cruising along in a straight line.
Overtaking is the worst time - I'm holding the revs up to get power, and I'm alongside another vehicle ...
I'm hoping experience will fix it, but the interval between incidents doesn't seem to be increasing
I've done the reverse too, but that doesn't cause so much drama.
Richard
Forum whore
how can i learn if nobody tells me what i'm meant to do...
and at the time i did think to pull the clutch in but before i could i was on the ground with my leg under a sliding bike....
Forum whore
Nearly got caught about a year ago on the change thing. Meant to change up but went down a cog instead. Still have no idea how it happened. Head somewhere else no doubt. Gave me one hell of a fright. Bit like stepping of the last stair when in fact you still have one stair to go.
Glad you are ok.
Skyryder
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Forum whore
im guessing you would have worked out pretty quick what youd done wrong. clutch in.....settle jumping bike and find the right gear....if needed, easy on the brakes and off to the side of the road to sort your undies and get your heart rate back in order.
when ever the bike acts up [like the time the chain came off on a corner] im on the clutch, changing down to slow my speed and then on the brakes once im upright. off and stop on the side to sort out wtf happened and how to remedy.
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Forum whore
problem was i was already going into the corner as it was juddering give or take about a metre and at 50 k's bike don't like being put into first lol by the time i even thought clutch in i was on my asrse literally asking myself...wtf just happened
Geriatric hoon
That's what I was wondering, what happened to the clutch and the brakes???
Was also wondering if the younger 'uns on here ever work on their braking technique?
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Kiwi gone Walkabout
You would not pull the clutch in any more than cracking it and modulating the throttle just enough to bring the rear wheel under control...... Simply pulling the clutch in and trying to turn will induce understeer...... In the past i have seen people in front make a simple mistake entering a corner slightly to fast and things get a little ragged,then when things come right (by chance maybe) they get caught in the moment then try and blaze through the corner nearly crashing.
How many folk have come up to a corner a little to hot and not wanted to get off the brakes? simply because your brain goes in to self preservation mode..If you do not release them to get some stability back for the turn in,you end up going straight ahead and offroad...Once you start mashing the throttle/clutch off and on,banging on the brakes your next accident is not far a way....... I think most of the offs i have seen over the years were locked up brakes and going straight ahead even when the speed was not that high in some cases.
Geriatric hoon
Try reading for a start.
Check amazon.com then ride (carefully) to your local library to see if they have the books. If they don't they can probably get them.
Don't worry about the racing technique books, start with road riding books and work your way up.
That way you can (hopefully) learn by other peoples mistakes.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Hardcore Biker
Good to hear your`e OK mate , yeah the clutch thingy as a few peeps have said was probably the right answer, oh the fun of two wheels (in your case none) learn from your experience.
Weekend cruiser
Sounds like you downshifted far too late.
If you really didn't have time to clutch in before the corner you could have downshifted in a better place.
Blipping the throttle on downchanges might help... only problem then is thinking you're in second when you're in first... made love to the tank a couple of times with that one.
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is Waldo
You shouldn't have been downshifting midcorner mate.
But eh, live and learn. Could've been much worse.
Before you learn anything though, you need to actually want to, not just say you want to.
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