kneedragger26
07-24-2006, 10:28 AM
We all ride the same roads at some time or another and we have our favorites where we can almost picture every turn. This might help for the ones that we know but still feel that we are missing something.
1. Increase speed incrementally.
2. Find and use reference points for braking, turn in and apex.
3. Focus your vision way out front.
4. Find a gear that uses 60 to 80 percent of redline at the exit.
5. Be loose on the bike and bars. Not rigid.
6. Get body position set for corners early.
7. Hang off slightly-and comfortably-in the corners.
8. Use your legs-not your arms-to move around the bike.
9. Go slow at first to learn.
10. In the wet be super smooth with ALL control inputs.
11. Ride with the balls of your feet at all times.
12. Weight the inside peg entering corners.
13. Weight the outside peg on exits.
14. Ignore the rear brake.
15. Apply smooth but forceful throttle exiting a corner.
16. Keep body movements small or smooth while cornering.
17. Braking distances increase with speed. Good to remember!
18. Monitor chassis feedback though hands, feet and butt.
19. Get hard braking done early! Not in the corner.
20. Release the brake more slowly than you intially grabbed it.
21. Control panic by BEING IN CONTROL AT ALL TIMES. Resist the temptation to go beyond your personal comfort level.
22. If you get in too hot, look where you want to go, relax and WILL yourself to make the corner.
23. Resist the temptation to tuck. Sitting higher allows you to see more and helps to find your braking and turn-in points.
24. And of course in the worse case senario, that you crash, get wide. It resists flipping, and slows you down faster.
"Courtesy of Motorcyclist magazine, Aug 2006".
:moped: :angel:
1. Increase speed incrementally.
2. Find and use reference points for braking, turn in and apex.
3. Focus your vision way out front.
4. Find a gear that uses 60 to 80 percent of redline at the exit.
5. Be loose on the bike and bars. Not rigid.
6. Get body position set for corners early.
7. Hang off slightly-and comfortably-in the corners.
8. Use your legs-not your arms-to move around the bike.
9. Go slow at first to learn.
10. In the wet be super smooth with ALL control inputs.
11. Ride with the balls of your feet at all times.
12. Weight the inside peg entering corners.
13. Weight the outside peg on exits.
14. Ignore the rear brake.
15. Apply smooth but forceful throttle exiting a corner.
16. Keep body movements small or smooth while cornering.
17. Braking distances increase with speed. Good to remember!
18. Monitor chassis feedback though hands, feet and butt.
19. Get hard braking done early! Not in the corner.
20. Release the brake more slowly than you intially grabbed it.
21. Control panic by BEING IN CONTROL AT ALL TIMES. Resist the temptation to go beyond your personal comfort level.
22. If you get in too hot, look where you want to go, relax and WILL yourself to make the corner.
23. Resist the temptation to tuck. Sitting higher allows you to see more and helps to find your braking and turn-in points.
24. And of course in the worse case senario, that you crash, get wide. It resists flipping, and slows you down faster.
"Courtesy of Motorcyclist magazine, Aug 2006".
:moped: :angel: