drifting question

[enigma51]

My uncle use to do the sliding thing on the beach with the xr 500 but when ever tried it I ended up digging sand out the ears for about a month or so. You get it just nicely and you will hit a hard piece of sand and then you play superman for a while.

[TwoSeven]

I stand by my original post.

I still say. If you can regularly drift a 600 you should take up racing because you are going to hurt yourself on the road.

I could also explain to you how you could build a pipe bomb, but I wouldn't for the same reasons, it's a bloody stupid thing to do and you will hurt yourself.

Oh well, I think riding a dirt bike on gravel roads where there is no-one around to help you should you end up injured is a stupid thing to do. Each to their own aye.

[Blakamin]

Paul in NZ how old are you? (All respect though)

He's 15 at heart!

[Paul in NZ]

Born in 1956. Still get up and go WHOA who is that old C**t in the mirror!

I was having some fun with the last photo! I saved a big stack of original pictures like that from the dump! But!

My uncles used to do all that stuff, Ronnie Moore used to come to our flat a few times (hats off to solo speedway dudes everywhere) and I was lucky enough to hang out with all these sorts of guys (in the picture) when they were in their 50's and 60's and I was 15 and owned a AJS 500. They were all bloody decent to us kids and we were in awe of them!

I LOVED that Norton thing on the beach! 80mph flat out, layin' on the tank giving it death when you hit the soft sand! 80mph to 8mph in 3 feet. Amazin how we survived but shit we had some FUN!

[Blakamin]

Born in 1956. Still get up and go WHOA who is that old C**t in the mirror!

I was having some fun with the last photo! I saved a big stack of original pictures like that from the dump! But!

My uncles used to do all that stuff, Ronnie Moore used to come to our flat a few times (hats off to solo speedway dudes everywhere) and I was lucky enough to hang out with all these sorts of guys (in the picture) when they were in their 50's and 60's and I was 15 and owned a AJS 500. They were all bloody decent to us kids and we were in awe of them!

I LOVED that Norton thing on the beach! 80mph flat out, layin' on the tank giving it death when you hit the soft sand! 80mph to 8mph in 3 feet. Amazin how we survived but shit we had some FUN!

see!!! 15 at heart!!!

[enigma51]

Born in 1956. Still get up and go WHOA who is that old C**t in the mirror!

I was having some fun with the last photo! I saved a big stack of original pictures like that from the dump! But!

My uncles used to do all that stuff, Ronnie Moore used to come to our flat a few times (hats off to solo speedway dudes everywhere) and I was lucky enough to hang out with all these sorts of guys (in the picture) when they were in their 50's and 60's and I was 15 and owned a AJS 500. They were all bloody decent to us kids and we were in awe of them!

I LOVED that Norton thing on the beach! 80mph flat out, layin' on the tank giving it death when you hit the soft sand! 80mph to 8mph in 3 feet. Amazin how we survived but shit we had some FUN!

Riding and fallen on the beach always seems to not hurt as much as when you bin it on the tarmac.

[Blakamin]

Born in 1956. Still get up and go WHOA who is that old C**t in the mirror!

I was having some fun with the last photo! I saved a big stack of original pictures like that from the dump! But!

My uncles used to do all that stuff, Ronnie Moore used to come to our flat a few times (hats off to solo speedway dudes everywhere) and I was lucky enough to hang out with all these sorts of guys (in the picture) when they were in their 50's and 60's and I was 15 and owned a AJS 500. They were all bloody decent to us kids and we were in awe of them!

I LOVED that Norton thing on the beach! 80mph flat out, layin' on the tank giving it death when you hit the soft sand! 80mph to 8mph in 3 feet. Amazin how we survived but shit we had some FUN!

Wish my childhood was like that :confused2

[merv]

Paul's just a young fellah compared to those of us in our second half of a century.

[spudchucka]

I didnt read the earlier posts the way some people intended them to be read. I asked a simple question and expected a simple answer. I wouldnt have minded the odd comment that I may bin it - or do it somewhere safe or along those lines. That would go along with the par when someone asks how to do something that is technically difficult.

Some of the earlier posts were just plane retarded and I wasnt sure if it was done by 8 year olds or someone with a self image problem. Which is what pissed me off. I do expect people to use netiquette as they would good manners in real life. There is a difference between sarcasm and humour and without the use of emoticons its hard to define which is being used.

I asked a serious question and I expected a serious answer - if you dont know then say so. If you are being funny then say so - thats what emoticons are for.

I happen to enjoy stunting on bikes and going fast has no interest for me - I find it rather boring. I do enjoy riding in wet,snow,ice/grass/gravel and I'm not fussed with falling off. I already know how to break a tire loose and move the bike around - what I dont know how to do is make the bike move in a manner closer to what I want it too. Drifting is one of those techniques i'd like to learn in order to get closer to that mark.

For those who say - dont do it because we pay taxes for injury and all that codswollop - I suspect all the people that jump mx bikes, throw rally cars around gravel roads on the sides of cliffs, race bikes, throw themselves off of cliffs and all those other 'dangerous' sports would probably tell you to shove it in the appropriate place lacking sunlight

Why don't you go out and buy yourself a Jawa and do some speedway riding? Look at the long-track riders, they are doing around 200 kph before they slide it into the next corner.

Just keep it of public roads.

[JohnBoy]

the best way i have seen people drift on bikes was on a track, the guy had a down geared 2004 CBR1000. that dude was coming out of corners counter steering!
i started to respect this bike when i thought i was riding quick down one of the straights and was passed by him on the back wheel.... not my kettle of fish but maybe yours?
i quite like the idea of rear wheel traction, unless you have the front brakes hard on!

[spudchucka]

I would - but its fookin expensive and a car park and quiet road are free.

See how expensive it gets when you get locked up for dangerous driving or you wipe out and end up in a wheel chair...........but I guess you are so good that you could never screw up.

[Blakamin]

See how expensive it gets when you get locked up for dangerous driving or you wipe out and end up in a wheel chair...........but I guess you are so good that you could never screw up.

Like this???

[TwoSeven]

You know - I had to take a kid to hospital last year because his skateboard hit a small stone and he fell off and busted his arm in two places - he was wearing all the kit.

Some of you guys must be sniffing glue or something - because some of your statements bear no resemblance to reality.

So far I have heard that.

Sand/grass/race track is softer than road
You will not get injured riding a dirt bike on gravel roads (even if you go fast)
You will always get run over by a car if you dont drive perfectly
You will always go 100kph on a road bike but only 40kph on a dirt bike -even if they are the same capacity.
Everyone will get injured if they try something different.
People who have been riding in the 60s are always better than those who were riding in the 70s 80s or 90s - even if the machinery is totally different and they have never been on a modern machine.
People who go fast on the race track are also fast on the road
People who can ride on the road well will be experts on the race track.
You must be going extremely fast to perform any form of trick on a motorcycle.

I mean - please actually just take a look at what you are saying and think about reality. Some of you are just parroting old wives tales at best.

[Blakamin]

Sand/grass/race track is softer than road
You will not get injured riding a dirt bike on gravel roads (even if you go fast)
You will always get run over by a car if you dont drive perfectly
You will always go 100kph on a road bike but only 40kph on a dirt bike -even if they are the same capacity.
Everyone will get injured if they try something different.
People who have been riding in the 60s are always better than those who were riding in the 70s 80s or 90s - even if the machinery is totally different and they have never been on a modern machine.
People who go fast on the race track are also fast on the road
People who can ride on the road well will be experts on the race track.
You must be going extremely fast to perform any form of trick on a motorcycle.

wow...i never saw any of those statements
:disapint:
must be reading with my eyes shut again

[Posh Tourer :P]

wow...i never saw any of those statements
:disapint:
must be reading with my eyes shut again

Nor here....

What colour are your glasses Tiggerz? They certainly aint anything I can imagine...