Siris
Rookie
So I was working on my body positioning in a large empty parking lot yesterday. Making turns and putting most of my weight on my inside leg, knees out, chest facing into the center of the turn. Was doing relatively well and getting more comfortable as I pushed the lean tighter (to almost touching my knee down but that wasn't the objective), while keeping speeds around 25-35 mph.
Then on a right turn, my rear wheel slipped out (that's how it felt), and I low-sided when the bike and I began sliding. Never even touched the brakes the whole time. The bike must have slid 50-60 ft. I slid maybe 30-40 ft. Good thing I had my full leathers on. Knee sliders took brunt of the hit, followed by my forearms and back of my gloves. The bike had minimal damage too, with frame sliders, bar ends, brake pedal, passenger peg, and rear right spool slider taking bulk of the hit. Aside from straightening out the brake pedal, nothing else needed to be done. Minor rash on the sliders.
Post examination seemed to reveal that since I never had ridden on the edge of my tires, they were relatively brand new. Combine that with the bumps from the tar snake they used to seal cracks in the parking lot that may have destabilized
the bike, the relatively high rear tire pressure (34-35 psi) on stock Ninja 650 tires, and the result was the low slide.
I guess I should've known not to lean as much on a parking lot with so many raised tar snakes. I was feeling them earlier while riding but due to high temperature yesterday, I figured they would not be an issue. There were sprinkling of small rocks as well, and while they didn't contribute to this slide, they could've. Now I am going to be apprehensive every time I work on my body positioning in a parking lot and may take a while to get to the same level of comfort. I would never need to lean that much on the streets anyway (unless in an emergency), but wanted to see what was possible in a controlled environment.
The black stuff ain't coming out out of my leathers on my right forearm. Perhaps a good reminder to modulate limits based on environment.
Just wanted to share...not sure if this is the right category.
Then on a right turn, my rear wheel slipped out (that's how it felt), and I low-sided when the bike and I began sliding. Never even touched the brakes the whole time. The bike must have slid 50-60 ft. I slid maybe 30-40 ft. Good thing I had my full leathers on. Knee sliders took brunt of the hit, followed by my forearms and back of my gloves. The bike had minimal damage too, with frame sliders, bar ends, brake pedal, passenger peg, and rear right spool slider taking bulk of the hit. Aside from straightening out the brake pedal, nothing else needed to be done. Minor rash on the sliders.
Post examination seemed to reveal that since I never had ridden on the edge of my tires, they were relatively brand new. Combine that with the bumps from the tar snake they used to seal cracks in the parking lot that may have destabilized
the bike, the relatively high rear tire pressure (34-35 psi) on stock Ninja 650 tires, and the result was the low slide.
I guess I should've known not to lean as much on a parking lot with so many raised tar snakes. I was feeling them earlier while riding but due to high temperature yesterday, I figured they would not be an issue. There were sprinkling of small rocks as well, and while they didn't contribute to this slide, they could've. Now I am going to be apprehensive every time I work on my body positioning in a parking lot and may take a while to get to the same level of comfort. I would never need to lean that much on the streets anyway (unless in an emergency), but wanted to see what was possible in a controlled environment.
The black stuff ain't coming out out of my leathers on my right forearm. Perhaps a good reminder to modulate limits based on environment.
Just wanted to share...not sure if this is the right category.