U turn, on a slope?

[sinfull]

Move to CHCH ...

[Owl]

Move to CHCH ...

Palmy is flatter...........but then it is Palmy.

As you all were

[sinned]

OK. Got my new bike just one week, and dropped it twice already!! Both on a uphill and I was trying to make a U turn. Are bikes not supposed to make U turns on slops? Or just me lacking some skills? Damn it, my leg still hurts.........

You have had some expert advice by the time I posted this, moving to ChCh is not one of them - even though the author has a bit of street cred.
I did what you did when I came back into riding and also on a new bike and I feel your pain. I knew what I did wrong and shouldn't have tried the turn, it was a $120 new brake lever lesson.
Plenty of advice given on slow practice etc but practice on the flat will not fully prepare you for a turn on a hill. My advice is don't make a u turn from take off if you are facing uphill and will be turning downhill as you can't easily hold enough speed to balance the bike and the ground is a long way down (downhill) if you need to stop and get the foot on ground. Options are; maneuver the bike so you can start off downhill with little turning, get your speed up then turn or find somewhere else to make the turn.
If none of those options work for you ChCh may be the only option left.

[scracha]

I remember as a learner the bastard tester made me do a hill start followed by a U turn on a hill...I had to put a foot down and failed...git.

It's all about back brake and clutch control. Once you can do dozens of U turns on the flat (find quiet road or car park and mark out narrower U turn area with chalk) then you'll find it a breeze.

[Katman]

That's so racist.

[spacemonkey]

Move to CHCH ...

Yup I can see the post's now..... "Halp!!! I cant seem to do a u turn in an aftershock.... And I've dropped the bike on a slope twice now but he just swears at me in Chinese or sommat??"

[Sentox]

I do this task around 200 times a day. Once you get the hand of it, it's quite easy. Get up a reasonable speed and then counter steer to make the bike lean the way you wnat to go.

Doing a u-turn on a slope at such a speed that counter-steering becomes dominant would probably be pretty scary for a beginner... hell, I don't do my u-turns that fast on the flat.

[NordieBoy]

Took me a couple of mins to do a u-turn on a slope yesterday.
Just your basic 100 point turn. None of this 3-point turn nonsense here.

[BMWST?]

Took me a couple of mins to do a u-turn on a slope yesterday.
Just your basic 100 point turn. None of this 3-point turn nonsense here.

a 100 point point turn still requires delicate clutch control

[HenryDorsetCase]

All I do is coast to a stop facing up the hill, then allow the bike to roll backwards, turn the bars and the bike will start to turn, still going backwards. When it comes round past 90 degrees to the slope you can then whip the bars round and ride off. Feet up through the whole manoeuver is the key here, for maximum style points.

[Pascal]

WTF is a slop?

The crap that comes out of a stock truck?

[NordieBoy]

a 100 point point turn still requires delicate clutch control

Very, very delicate...

[BMWST?]

All I do is coast to a stop facing up the hill, then allow the bike to roll backwards, turn the bars and the bike will start to turn, still going backwards. When it comes round past 90 degrees to the slope you can then whip the bars round and ride off. Feet up through the whole manoeuver is the key here, for maximum style points.

i want to see that

[SMOKEU]

OK. Got my new bike just one week, and dropped it twice already!!

That's why I recommend a cheap naked bike till you know what you're doing.

[rocketman1]

I have fallen off many times doing U turns, mainly on moto-x bikes however.
Doing a U turn on a slope depends on several things
1. The degree of the slope
2. The width of the road
3 The speed U are going
4 The height of your seat
5 The length of your legs

On a wide road no problem, just build up speed in first gear, feet on the pegs, look where you want go , NOT down the slope, You go where you look. Turn and it should be no problem .... Remember Dont Stop. carry out the move in one confident maneuver.

On a narrow road different story, you may or may not get around in one go. Then dont try it will most likely end in disaster.
I suggest in this case, let the bike roll back slowly turning to 90 degree across the slope keeping your weight on the uphill side, dont do this fast as the bike will stop and your weight can be enough to keep the bikes momentum going downhill pulling the bike upright enough to overbalance, then the ground is a long way down, there is no way you have legs long enough to stop the bike going downhill. Now Keeping your weight uphill and the bike leaned slightly uphill take off as you normally would down hill.
If you find that your are however going over down hill, dont try to put your foot out to save the bike, its too late you will not, you need to jump clear asap as the bikes going over, at this stage you need to do barrell roll down the hill, letting the bike go all together. Don't end up under the bike with a hot exhaust on your leg or petrol or battery acid dripping on you.
Now you only have to try and pick the bike up dust yourself and your pride off , learn from what you have done wrong, call yourself a dickhead, go home tell the wife you've done a couple of thousand dollars damage to your pride and joy.
Best of all practice this so it never happens to you.
I wish I had.