My bike is drifting!

[YAMASAKI]

you could always do it like Xaus...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL9pV0TMa2Q

two choices:
1. Stay on the throttle and hold the drift (not advisable on the street).
2. Back off the throttle and let the rear regain grip.

Don't touch the rear brake... chances are you'll end up on your arse.

[slimjim]

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

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[Hitcher]

two choices:
1. Stay on the throttle and hold the drift (not advisable on the street).
2. Back off the throttle and let the rear regain grip.

Don't touch the rear brake... chances are you'll end up on your arse.

Three choices:
3. Pray vociferously to one's chosen deity.

[wbks]

Or get your arse off the seat, the throttle on the stops and call yourself mitchell pierce

[El Santos]

ohh fukin great who do i believe now lol

[sinfull]

Yr bike must be over 250 if your power sliding it !
If yr tyres were warm and they aint cheap plastics it must be too soft in the back suspention !
And i quote,
Within given limits normal thinking is that if you want more grip you go softer springing and/or softer damping rates. This can be very far from the truth !!!
Under acceleration, torque imparted through the top of the chain tries to pull the wheel/tyre off the road . The more torque applied the greater the problem !
the rear suspension unit consisting of a spring and damper tries to counteract the effect of chain torque . the combination must be firm enough to keep the wheel pushed onto the road surface but also compliant enough to absorb surface irregularities !

[WuZards-Eugene]

??How far are you stepping it out by. Is it "I can feel the bike sliding, but its not stepped out too far" or "Hey, everything seems to be going sideways infront of me".

If you are in the first catagory, ease off untill you regain grip, then carry on.

If you are in the second catagory, give it some more balls, keep it there and wait for either the corner to end, or the resounding crunching noise of you falling on your ass, one of the two. Most people that try doing awesome drifts knows what it feels like to be raped by tarmac.

[Rodney007]

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.

i agree... id take vtecs advice,.....

theres a sweet spot before your rear tyres slides..... thats where youl go fastest round a corner,

[Rodney007]

Yr bike must be over 250 if your power sliding it !

when you are at full bank i.e leaned right over....... doesnt take much to spin up the rear......250 or 1000

Yr bike must be over 250 if your power sliding it !
If yr tyres were warm and they aint cheap plastics it must be too soft in the back suspention !
And i quote,
Within given limits normal thinking is that if you want more grip you go softer springing and/or softer damping rates. This can be very far from the truth !!!
Under acceleration, torque imparted through the top of the chain tries to pull the wheel/tyre off the road . The more torque applied the greater the problem !
the rear suspension unit consisting of a spring and damper tries to counteract the effect of chain torque . the combination must be firm enough to keep the wheel pushed onto the road surface but also compliant enough to absorb surface irregularities !

sounds like a bunch of crap to me........

[sinfull]

when you are at full bank i.e leaned right over....... doesnt take much to spin up the rear......250 or 1000

This is very true Rodney !
be interesting to find out if he's at full bank ! If so he may have just reached the bikes limits !
But i'm willing to bet he is riding something somewhat torquey

[TOTO]

What is Kenda ?

[westie]

El santos estas loco.
When the rear slides I steer slightly into it, ie rear slides out right I steer to the right. But you must counteract the rear sliding out in the same manner. If it slides out violently then react violently, or slowly if it is slowly going. But beware of imminent high side or tank slapper(not your girlfriend).
Also getting low on the bike helped me out on a few times and gripping with your knees.
Go hard homes

Eldia el peco!

[El Santos]

El santos estas loco.
When the rear slides I steer slightly into it, ie rear slides out right I steer to the right. But you must counteract the rear sliding out in the same manner. If it slides out violently then react violently, or slowly if it is slowly going. But beware of imminent high side or tank slapper(not your girlfriend).
Also getting low on the bike helped me out on a few times and gripping with your knees.
Go hard homes

Eldia el peco!

best 1 so far makes sense, hey gringo kuliao lol

[racefactory]

yeah I don't know why people say you have to be really trying to highside or lose the rear on a 250... When you are fully cranked over with pegs scraping ground... the back end goes weavy and slippy even without power applied.

[El Santos]

yeah this trade me dude makes sense