Front wheel going out from under you

[Spuds1234]

There was a classic video clip from MotoGP where someone (can't remember - it was either Stoner or Edwards) lost the front end and recovered using his elbow and knee.

Its not Soner or Edwards but here is how its done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7fJVj0dDg

Heres Niky Hayden doing it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLArU...eature=related

Its not saving the front end but its a cool video none the less

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGKhk...eature=related

[henry]

Here's the Edwards save

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHnyPKLORsE

[rocketman1]

Seems to be a common thread here, most have been at night or in the rain, same with me wet visor making it hard to see.

Thanks I have learnt something from this.....
Be much more careful when you cannot see properly

[racefactory]

If you're going slow enough, stamping a foot down can help

hey mate- so is that what they are doing in motogp when they stick their leg out braking really hard? are they doing that incase they lose the front they can stay up?

[Gremlin]

hey mate- so is that what they are doing in motogp when they stick their leg out braking really hard? are they doing that incase they lose the front they can stay up?

no, just an oddity some of them do, can upset the concentration of the following bikes I guess...

My save was in the dry. Went around an uphill very tight left hand corner, quite low. Tar on the exit was rippled from traffic, and the quite low turned into too low, when the front tyre washed out on the ripples.

Knee hit the deck hard, at the same time I counter steered on the bars hard, and got her back up again.

[no-coast-punk]

It actually kinda works as an airbrake to slow/set the bike up for the corner.

Try setting your knee out like that going 200+kph sometime. Pretty surprising.

[mctshirt]

My experience on dirt taught me a big fuck off handful of throttle applied as delicately as possible will cure most ills HOWEVER it is difficult to do when your brain is screaming "BRAKES!!! LOTS OF BRAKES!!! ALL THE BRAKES NOW!!!" in the half second you need to react. It's a head thing that isn't easy to practice unfortunately so it's best to just avoid getting in the situation as much as possible. There's always that sudden revelation that no matter how good your tyres stick in a wide variety of conditions they are NOT magic and it is possible to exceed their limitations

hey mate- so is that what they are doing in motogp when they stick their leg out braking really hard? are they doing that incase they lose the front they can stay up?

I always see it as instinctive for a rider at 9.5/10ths on an evil beast taking the bike to the edge of it's handling limitations i.e. a good old fashioned training wheel just prior to exceeding the traction circle.

[mowgli]

My experience on dirt taught me a big fuck off handful of throttle applied as delicately as possible will cure most ills...

... and you quickly learn that you've gotta look where you want to go.