Lost it? Saved it?

**texmo** · 19th August 2006, 09:51

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

who cares if your bike is gutless it dont matter if your on half or full throttle the rear is still going to grip again, and the grinding the peg was probally not helping the rear loosing traction in the first place

Thats how I lost traction... I was grinding my peg and then the rear started to slide big time along with the front. I think I may have gone off the edge of the tyre I keep doing that but more on the hair pin and stuff and it was sweet.

**Warr** · 21st August 2006, 00:26

Yea guess right. And in conclusion.......

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Was the rear spinning or did it grip?! I am guessing that your 250? would not of been powerful enough to maintain the loss of traction and regripped throwing you

ONLY way to slide that rear is by power sliding or on the rear brake.
Rossi knows how to do the former and yea lets guess he saves it BUT would have been better for Mr Red Leathers to get on the rear brake and do some quick praying. That would be my aim

**sAsLEX** · 21st August 2006, 10:26

Originally Posted by Warr

Yea guess right. And in conclusion.......

ONLY way to slide that rear is by power sliding or on the rear brake.
Rossi knows how to do the former and yea lets guess he saves it BUT would have been better for Mr Red Leathers to get on the rear brake and do some quick praying. That would be my aim

or maybe stop grinding his peg and change his style/bike/stup so he aint dragging shit through the bends would be safer easier.

**texmo** · 21st August 2006, 16:47

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

or maybe stop grinding his peg and change his style/bike/stup so he aint dragging shit through the bends would be safer easier.

There aint any way I can get off the bike more, Vtec said my arse was a couple of mm off the ground. It just means I have to go slower...

But warr I never touched the back brake and my 250cc powersliding at 140 I cant see that being the case.

**sAsLEX** · 21st August 2006, 16:50

Originally Posted by texmo

There aint any way I can get off the bike more, Vtec said my arse was a couple of mm off the ground. It just means I have to go slower...

Note I said setup as well, some new rearsets if your decking out the pegs

**texmo** · 22nd August 2006, 00:27

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Note I said setup as well, some new rearsets if your decking out the pegs

How do rear sets help?

**sAsLEX** · 22nd August 2006, 09:43

Originally Posted by texmo

How do rear sets help?

Increase your clearance by moving the pegs up and back allowing the bike to lean further without touching down...........

**texmo** · 22nd August 2006, 13:15

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Increase your clearance by moving the pegs up and back allowing the bike to lean further without touching down...........

How would that hepl if im already using all of the front tyre and going off the edge of the rear tyre ?

**XP@** · 22nd August 2006, 13:33

Originally Posted by Korea

Yes, this rider LOST IT.

Are you sure, maybe he could just sort of rock it on to the wheels, and they catch and they pull the bike up and he carries on...

... well maybee not this time, but I have seen it happen!

**McJim** · 22nd August 2006, 15:07

Don't want to gloat but I got this right and I've bugger all experience....okay maybe I do want to gloat,

**Zed** · 22nd August 2006, 15:15

Originally Posted by Big McJim

Don't want to gloat but I got this right and I've bugger all experience....okay maybe I do want to gloat,

Sheesh, gloat all you like fella, all of us had a 50/50 chance of getting it right or wrong. Some would say you were lucky considering you're a noob and all. Do you play lotto, bet at the T.A.B, or enjoy the pokeys by any chance too??

**TygerTung** · 22nd August 2006, 15:24

Originally Posted by texmo

There aint any way I can get off the bike more, Vtec said my arse was a couple of mm off the ground. It just means I have to go slower...

But warr I never touched the back brake and my 250cc powersliding at 140 I cant see that being the case.

That seems pretty unlikely.

I think you need to hang off the bike more, if you are using up the whole tire, it would likely result in a lowside if you went off the edge of it.

I doubt you'd be able to get your bum a couple of mm off the ground.

**McJim** · 22nd August 2006, 15:24

Originally Posted by Zed

Sheesh, gloat all you like fella, all of us had a 50/50 chance of getting it right or wrong. Some would say you were lucky considering you're a noob and all. Do you play lotto, bet at the T.A.B, or enjoy the pokeys by any chance too??

Nah, don't gamble, costs money - I'm Scottish - don't spend. I know it was a lucky guess - just surprising how optimistic the general opinion was eh?

**vtec** · 23rd August 2006, 21:30

Originally Posted by TygerTung

That seems pretty unlikely.

I think you need to hang off the bike more, if you are using up the whole tire, it would likely result in a lowside if you went off the edge of it.

I doubt you'd be able to get your bum a couple of mm off the ground.

Umm, yeah, he was the "hangiest" of all the riders that I've seen so far. He is cornering that ZXR at it's limits.

Also, you can powerslide a 250 at 140 if you are leant right over, and using all the traction for cornering, and then put 35Hp through the rear wheel, I'm pretty sure I've done it at Puke over the hill with my pegs on the ground at 150k/hr. And Texmo was definitely cornering harder than me during those races that we had at VMCC round 3.

His butt was very close to the ground. It's possible that his shoulders could be moved further over, but he might lose some control on the bike, and he's already cornering fast enough, just needs to work on lines and braking points, and maybe leave a little more room for error, as that track has quite a few holes and bumps and things that will throw you if you are right on the limit. I definitely admire his confidence though.

Have you seen the pics of him leaning?