How sideways can you get?

[RiderInBlack]

Ye Gads"Drifting" on bikes. Total Awesome Dudes.

[bugjuice]

huh, only just found this thread..

I've always admired those who can purposely loose the rear, and keep it pinned. I remember my early days of riding, the instinct was to back off. Didn't learn the real hard way, but dropped a nut or two when the bike bit my ass bout it. I'm better now, in that I keep it pinned and just roll off a touch.

I'd purposely drop a nut to learn how to ride a motard right tho, and lead on to sliding around. In the back of my head, I've been wanting to learn how to powerslide my bike out of corners etc too, but it's a bit too nice to smash up, so I've been really restrictive on myself!

If you did come to NZ, I'd have my name on the list for sure

oh, and might as well chuck in another welcome

[Olof Eriksson]

huh, only just found this thread..

I've always admired those who can purposely loose the rear, and keep it pinned. I remember my early days of riding, the instinct was to back off. Didn't learn the real hard way, but dropped a nut or two when the bike bit my ass bout it. I'm better now, in that I keep it pinned and just roll off a touch.

I'd purposely drop a nut to learn how to ride a motard right tho, and lead on to sliding around. In the back of my head, I've been wanting to learn how to powerslide my bike out of corners etc too, but it's a bit too nice to smash up, so I've been really restrictive on myself!

If you did come to NZ, I'd have my name on the list for sure

oh, and might as well chuck in another welcome

Thank you!

I'll sure visit NZ some time, as a vacation if nothing else

Are you doing the entry slide already? Because it is technically harder than doing a powerslide. The powerslide is just control with the throttle, have enough speed and just open the throttle a little more than usually and it will start spinning. The trick is to open it up much but very very smooth and when it starts to drift just keep it open at the same amount. Baby steps and you'll learn in no time without crashing!

Powersliding has no gain in the exit of the corner, its in the middle of the corner where you gain from sliding since it either makes it possible to open up more in the exit or allows you to enter with a little more speed, the second one much more scary

PS, heres a couple of shots from the ice season:
http://static.apberget.se/images/p/g...de_640_373.jpg
http://static.apberget.se/images/p/g...05_640_251.jpg
http://static.apberget.se/images/p/g...9d_640_401.jpg
http://static.apberget.se/images/p/g...ff_640_356.jpg
http://static.apberget.se/images/p/g...14_640_355.jpg
http://static.apberget.se/images/p/g...a7_491_640.jpg
http://static.apberget.se/images/p/g...a1_427_640.jpg
(none of them crasches!)

[Olof Eriksson]

About putting the supermoto to the ground...

I got this pic only for use in this advertisment so thats why I'm not sending the original...

However, can you spot all white plastic bobbins on this pic? I dont think I've hurt anything on the bike during this season and I put it to the ground lots of times

[bugjuice]

I gave up backing it into corners a while ago, saw too many people high side, and nearly did myself. I kept 'playing' with wheelspins on exit, but they're tiny by comparison. I just need a bike with a cage that I'm not afraid to drop, then I'd have some fun. Working on that bit.
I've seen youtube clips of people drifting around on their bikes, into and exiting corners. I'd love to get that good. They're all on rat bikes too.
And yes, I know 90% of it is showing off, I don't care, I just want to know that control

Those ice pics are impressive too. The bike looks like it's pretty much completely on the ground! and you were still moving?!?!?

[MVnut]

Old G.C. motto I also try n live by......"Gas it up, get it sideways"

[Olof Eriksson]

I gave up backing it into corners a while ago, saw too many people high side, and nearly did myself. I kept 'playing' with wheelspins on exit, but they're tiny by comparison. I just need a bike with a cage that I'm not afraid to drop, then I'd have some fun. Working on that bit.
I've seen youtube clips of people drifting around on their bikes, into and exiting corners. I'd love to get that good. They're all on rat bikes too.
And yes, I know 90% of it is showing off, I don't care, I just want to know that control

Those ice pics are impressive too. The bike looks like it's pretty much completely on the ground! and you were still moving?!?!?

Its the fear and the natural reactions following it that is the hardest part

Yeah those shots are from cornering

[Gremlin]

Well, the bike you're using definitely makes a difference...

I certainly wouldn't count myself as capable when it came to stunts, but I had an sxv550 overnight to try (complete with full race pipe), and by the time I returned it 24 hours later, I had pulled plenty of stoppies (and almost gone over the front once ), a few wheelies, and backed it into a couple of corners.

Bloody fun bikes indeed, just get a large tank, if you're coming into it with a sportsbike mentality, and want to ride it into the country... I lost count on the times I filled it up, and it got 80km before the eager R light came on.

Incredibly fun, but the sxv in particular is completely incapable of behaving normally, when I wanted to on the rare occasion.