YOUNGTHRILL
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thiers time when to push it......if you dont feel like your going to lose it in every turn your not riding hard enough!!!.
If you feel like you're going to lose it in every turn, you're going to crash. Soon.thiers time when to push it......if you dont feel like your going to lose it in every turn your not riding hard enough!!!.
thiers time when to push it......if you dont feel like your going to lose it in every turn your not riding hard enough!!!.
thiers time when to push it......if you dont feel like your going to lose it in every turn your not riding hard enough!!!.
I'm a fan of being a big chicken. :teeth
Doc, I think you're the guy that taught me to flap my arms like a chicken to remind myself to stay loose... yes?
thiers time when to push it......if you dont feel like your going to lose it in every turn your not riding hard enough!!!.
Yes, guilty as charged. :rofl
thiers time when to push it......if you dont feel like your going to lose it in every turn your not riding hard enough!!!.
He clearly meant others, hence the term "Theirs time to push it" ....:laughing now I am off to remind myself to never ride with that "there" guy.... ever.:coolI'm just not even going to say anything. Except to remind myself to post a :rose for you in the near future.
Well said!:applauseI've had a couple "limit" lessons recently, one of which I shared with Dan and will reiterate here.
I've returned to my my first love, Supermoto, and over the past couple of months have come to learn that "limits" may be under-perceived in some cases.
The learning curve may plateau, but it never ends.
I've had a couple "limit" lessons recently, one of which I shared with Dan and will reiterate here.
I've returned to my my first love, Supermoto, and over the past couple of months have come to learn that "limits" may be under-perceived in some cases. My example is a turn I took on a particularly twisty road in our county (San Luis Obispo). I had just come out of a right and was entering a tighter left; fully extended leg, bars down, head up, with my arms in what I call "the shovel" (photoshop a shovel where the bars are and it would look like I'm digging a hole). I was in third gear and in the very quick transition from right-to-left failed to downshift into the tighter left, so I was carrying more speed than I thought was do-able in this turn. I was past my limits... or so I thought.
Years of riding with and listening to more experienced riders- such as DataDan and DocWong paid off. In the split second I had to make the decision on how to scrub off some speed- my options being front, rear, or both brakes- I made the conscious decision to do nothing; to ride it out. I held my lean angle and body position and kept my head turned looking through the turn.I made the turn and transitioned into the next, no one but me knew the moment of sheer-terror-turned-exhilaration that I had felt. And it wasn't until later that I realized that it was experience and my willingness to keep learning that got me through that moment. Like muscle memory, the instinct to do nothing- hold my line- came to me, and I realized new limits and a new comfort.
The learning curve may plateau, but it never ends.
I've had a couple "limit" lessons recently, one of which I shared with Dan and will reiterate here.
I've returned to my my first love, Supermoto, and over the past couple of months have come to learn that "limits" may be under-perceived in some cases. My example is a turn I took on a particularly twisty road in our county (San Luis Obispo). I had just come out of a right and was entering a tighter left; fully extended leg, bars down, head up, with my arms in what I call "the shovel" (photoshop a shovel where the bars are and it would look like I'm digging a hole). I was in third gear and in the very quick transition from right-to-left failed to downshift into the tighter left, so I was carrying more speed than I thought was do-able in this turn. I was past my limits... or so I thought.
Years of riding with and listening to more experienced riders- such as DataDan and DocWong paid off. In the split second I had to make the decision on how to scrub off some speed- my options being front, rear, or both brakes- I made the conscious decision to do nothing; to ride it out. I held my lean angle and body position and kept my head turned looking through the turn.I made the turn and transitioned into the next, no one but me knew the moment of sheer-terror-turned-exhilaration that I had felt. And it wasn't until later that I realized that it was experience and my willingness to keep learning that got me through that moment. Like muscle memory, the instinct to do nothing- hold my line- came to me, and I realized new limits and a new comfort.
The learning curve may plateau, but it never ends.
Other than looking through the turn and riding it out, did you learn anything else?
i think limits based on a rider's skill can be a bit misleading. I think it should be based on the road more. no matter how good you are, you'll still crash if there's a fallen tree around a blind corner. a professional racer can ride at 50% of his limit (lets assume that translate to 60mph in a 30mph turn).i'm sure he'll crash if there's a huge log across the middle of the road.
Yes.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
But seriously, I think you missed my point, "looking through the turn" is already something I've always done. I think I pretty much cover what I learned in the second paragraph with the phrase "ride it out."
Would using the brake to set your speed have made any difference is this instance? (Instead of planning on using the transmission to slow you down)