My bike is drifting!

[El Santos]

has any1 drifted in a corner ?? the other day this happend 2 me i kept the trottle on lucky i came out of it alive lol but i wanna know wat shud i do if this happens again and harder, shud i give it more throttle? or brake? any sugestions?

jashmiesh

[jrandom]

Snap the throttle shut as soon as you feel the back end step out.

[Hitcher]

Give it death.

[howdamnhard]

Don't give it so much gas so early in the corner,wait until you are straighteneing out.Don't chop the throttle as it may grip suddenly and high side you.Better to go in slow and fast out.Probably not a good idea to grab the brakes whilst leaned over mid corner.

[wbks]

Snap the throttle shut as soon as you feel the back end step out.

Ok you have more experience on the road then me but snapping the throttle closed after loosing grip just sounds like a catastrophic highside waiting to happen, to me Unless you don't like jaffas and want him to die And no brakes either, I've only ever used it to stand the bike up a little in the corner but not anything like controlling a slide...

[Hitcher]

I suggest a proper scientific double-blind trial.

[jrandom]

Unless you... want him to die

Clever boy.

[jrandom]

I suggest a proper scientific double-blind trial.

That's where he takes the corner wearing two blindfolds, aye.

[wbks]

Clever boy.

Cheers!
Such a bleak bastard you seem to be

[Gremlin]

It depends.

Mate had his bike step out on him leaving an intersection, kept the gas on, it went further sideways, and eventually highsided him.

Plenty have had the bike step sideways, shut the throttle, and been highsided. Therefore, it completely depends, and normally best not to try drifting it, unless a, you want to try, or b, you like writing bikes off, and normally injuring yourself in spectacular ways.

I've had one of my bikes go sideways on me at 140 around a corner, and while I consider it one of the best feelings I've experienced, it could have gone very wrong when you think about it

[Subike]

sliding in a crn, stepping out at the rear, oh yeah! fun,
ride with it, use the momentum of the bike to keep it going, lean into it if nessessary, treat it as if you are on shingle and be ready for that snap when grip suddenly arrives again.
Dont back off the throttle if anything give it a bit more power till you have got around the corner and are headding in a straight line.Weeeeeeee
As much fun as taking a road bike across a wet grass paddock at speed.

In acual fact
I wouldnt have a clue what to do, I just rely on my instinct to survive.
It has happened to me, but cant remember what I did other than I did survive.

[TOTO]

Always make sure you have been riding for a while (10 - 15 min) before trying to push it on a corner - cold tyres have a tendancy to slip. Also, harden your back suspension if possible. Third, next time you buy tyres, get a quality tyre (dual compound) rather than the cheapest thing they have (Guys at Cycletreads give good advice on tyres and good prices too).

[BiK3RChiK]

Have you checked your tyre pressures lately? Also, at this time of year the tar is melting something chronic, so if you can smell it, you should be slowing down a bit - a hint I received from Mr JR recently (thanks, btw ) This is the time of year a lot of bikers die so be careful out there...

[wbks]

Hey ElSantos! Why don't you try backing it in a few times?

[vtec]

Haha, JRandom I love you, trying to kill noobs haha. If you are getting it drifting and you aren't riding very hard, you need some better tyres, or you can learn to play with a bit of slide. If you feel it moving out from under you a bit, control it by backing off the throttle, if your not fast enough you might have the back end overtake the front (a bad thing), and if you snap it off completely on a 250 you might highside, but you have to be stepped out quite far for that to happen. I've been lucky enough to never highside a 250 or lowside it from powersliding. All my crashes have been from losing the front end on the brakes or in a corner, or being taken out by muppets.