What is it about motards?

[TOTO]

oooo I so wanna be a nutter now ....

[avgas]

Motoretards are awesome.
I waiting for the KTM 990 single so i can get some good vibrations.

[The Pastor]

thats why

[FilthyLuka]

I think i have a good analogy here.

Image a twisty back country road, smooth asphalt on a hot summers day.

Someone Riding an R1 begins to elegantly weave his bike in and out of corners, smooth on the throttle. Wanna define it with music? Something by Vivaldi

Imagine the same road.

Motard rider comes up to a corner, tears down 2 gears and slides the bike through the first corner, then stands it up on the exit. The background music? Fuel by Metallica

Get what i mean?

[TOTO]

I think i have a good analogy here.

Image a twisty back country road, smooth asphalt on a hot summers day.

Someone Riding an R1 begins to elegantly weave his bike in and out of corners, smooth on the throttle. Wanna define it with music? Something by Vivaldi

Imagine the same road.

Motard rider comes up to a corner, tears down 2 gears and slides the bike through the first corner, then stands it up on the exit. The background music? Fuel by Metallica

Get what i mean?

Yepeeee , I can see myself on a motard. Great visual . I got it.

[deanohit]

I just can't figure why the inside leg goes out on a track.
On the dirt, sure, but with slicks fitted, on a dry track, why?

Some guys find it helps with their balance.
Spose it depends if you started riding on dirt or seal.

Motards are just freakin awesome! This is the smilie of a motard rider
Lets see ya ride a sprotbike slideways through a corner, then the next, and the next on as well.

[carver]

Lets see ya ride a sprotbike slideways through a corner, then the next, and the next on as well.

sure, when do you want to see this?

[erik]

Some guys find it helps with their balance.
Spose it depends if you started riding on dirt or seal.

Motards are just freakin awesome! This is the smilie of a motard rider
Lets see ya ride a sprotbike slideways through a corner, then the next, and the next on as well.

How many people can actually ride a motard sideways through corners consistently like that? At taupo, I only saw them doing it at the corner at the end of pit straight (mind you, you can't see turns 5-7 well which I guess might be suitable), and then it was only one or two guys, the others were going round it without sliding. Even on a motard, it must still be fairly difficult to slide around corners like that.

[deanohit]

How many people can actually ride a motard sideways through corners consistently like that? At taupo, I only saw them doing it at the corner at the end of pit straight (mind you, you can't see turns 5-7 well which I guess might be suitable), and then it was only one or two guys, the others were going round it without sliding. Even on a motard, it must still be fairly difficult to slide around corners like that.

It seems Taupo isn't a slide friendly track, the motards I saw there weren't sliding much.
The motards at Paeroa and Nelson Port on the other hand, most were sliding a wee bit, while the front runners were really hanging it out.
Just look at all the lines leading into the corner!
Not my pics:

[TOTO]

That just looks against the lays of phisics to me. Its amazing. I Wanna go see with my own eyes. Where can I see motards racing next ? Anyone know ?

[clint640]

That just looks against the lays of phisics to me. Its amazing. I Wanna go see with my own eyes. Where can I see motards racing next ? Anyone know ?

Check out the event calendar in the Kiwi Rider.

What makes motards fun has a bit to do with what many motorcyclists consider a fun road - it's often quite tight twistys that give us wood. On a motard you sacrifice the aerodynamics & high speed capability of a sprotsbike (which you don't need in the tight stuff) for lighter weight & a riding position that gives you a lot more control over the bike, you've got a lot more leverage to punt less weight of bike through the turns.

The other main thing that makes a motard good on NZ roads is the extra suspension travel to deal with the rugged surface of many twisty roads.

Cheers Deano, #223 in those pics is me young mate Scotty, I'll be seeing him this arvo so I've printed them off.

Clint

[deanohit]

Cheers Deano, #223 in those pics is me young mate Scotty, I'll be seeing him this arvo so I've printed them off.

Clint

Goodo mate, he's a damn good rider that fella, was hanging the back out very nicely time after time.

[Badjelly]

So what is it about a motard (versus, say, a sports bike) that encourages sliding through corners? The steering geometry, I guess, but what specifically?

[Hellraiser]

That just looks against the lays of phisics to me. Its amazing. I Wanna go see with my own eyes. Where can I see motards racing next ? Anyone know ?

I'm sure there will be a few of them at the ANZAC Trackday.

So what is it about a motard (versus, say, a sports bike) that encourages sliding through corners? The steering geometry, I guess, but what specifically?

Wank Factor

[deanohit]

So what is it about a motard (versus, say, a sports bike) that encourages sliding through corners? The steering geometry, I guess, but what specifically?

Everything, but mainly the uprightness and wide bars make it easier.