Throttle control

[sil3nt]

Strikes me as another example of American stupidity when anyone can by any sized bike and become a 'rider'.

I does show how useful the correct riding gear is though as if he had a open face or no helmet it would have been an ambulance trip.

Rider visiting from Taiwan gets to fully experience the famous turn that eats bikes most weekends. Fortunately just minor road rash and damage to a borrowed relatives R1. Also note, Alpine Stars textile suite he wore was worthless, ripped at seems, maybe a knock off, what textile suite comes with knee sliders?

[Mike.Gayner]

I does show how useful the correct riding gear is though as if he had a open face or no helmet it would have been an ambulance trip.

"Correct gear" being a knock-off Alpine suit that fell apart, and tennis shoes?

[caspernz]

Cool bike and gear...riding ability not so much

[pzkpfw]

I don't understand the thread title. He was doing lots of throttle control.

[skippa1]

"Correct gear" being a knock-off Alpine suit that fell apart

I didn't see it fall apart and how can you tell it's a knock off?

[sil3nt]

I didn't see it fall apart and how can you tell it's a knock off?

Read the comments on the youtube page.

[pritch]

Read the comments on the youtube page.

Interesting. And it was unfair to blame the Yanks, 'cause he was from Taiwan. His being from there would lead me to believe the odds are very strong that his suit was a knock off.

[TheDemonLord]

I always trust Arpine Star gear.

Much protect, Such price, Very legitimate

[DamianW]

Yep, the video shows a rider doing completely the opposite of what the coaches at CSS teach on day 1, being the job of the rider is to keep the bike stable. Loading/unloading the suspension through a corner indicates the rider has no basic knowledge. Pity really as most instructor-led handling skills courses and books from the likes of Hough, Lenatsch, Parks and the UK police riders handbook help build basic skill. It's laughable that many people will shell $$$ out for bikes and gear and begrudge investing in their ability to ride more competently.

[imdying]

Didn't appear to be doing anybody else any harm. Seen ten times more dangerous behaviour from reputedly good riders known to these forums. Few of them have even died as a result. But yes, let us all point and laugh and this guys poor throttle control, haw haw, he so bad derrrrrrrrrrrrrp.

[Mike.Gayner]

You're absolutely right DamianW, but I really don't know exactly what this rider was trying to achieve. To me it's intuitively obvious that jumping on and off the throttle is going to be a bad idea, and he was doing it in an almost comical way. Some people just shouldn't be allowed near a bike, but I would have much confidence in this individual in a car either - he seems to lack an understanding of basic physics that most of us infer just by existing on this planet.

[ckai]

But the bike sounds so cool going through the corner barpp barpping!

I like the slow-mo where you can see his head and chest going up and down through the corner. Fantastic viewing right their. Whoever said smooth is good was full of shit

PS. Get ya fucken head over!!! No, sorry, my fault. He is actually trying to get his head to the mirror. Clearly someone just forgot to tell him which one.

[Metastable]

There is a lot of fail in that video. However, that corner is diabolical..... there must be low levels of grip, because the vast majority of folks that either lose the front or the rear seem to do it almost at the same spot every time. I know they are showing off for the cameras.... and maybe don't have the best skills, but some of the crashes on that corner exit make me scratch my head, while others are obvious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qSPP95zdCQ

That one comes to mind.... a bit too much throttle and he loses the front.... I think.

A bunch of almost crashes on this one... note how many on that same spot at corner exit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNcZyDSM6GI

[discotex]

848 looks/sounds like he adds throttle and lean at the same time. Unloaded and pushed the front.

In the second vid a lot of the slides are on a surface change.

[Metastable]

848 looks/sounds like he adds throttle and lean at the same time. Unloaded and pushed the front.

In the second vid a lot of the slides are on a surface change.

That's what I was thinking with the 848 too. I know these guys are showing off for the cameras and getting into trouble. However that corner is very unforgiving.... especially around that exit point. Lots of guys either losing the front or rear.