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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 22:08
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| having a rear end slide is no big deal if you are upright. Basically your front should continue to point in the direction of travel and pull the rear back in before it comes too far round. Essentially because motorcycles are articulated, the rear is kind of like a trailer.. providing it remains pas... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:08
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| I've never quite understood the whole highside thing. I've had quite a few rear slides in the past, sometimes quite pronounced, where the tyre has regripped and the bike has continued on its merry way without jerking me out of the seat. It's happened enough times for me to basically not worry about ... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 17:44
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| Just to chip in with some summary advice. Thanks. Generally I will aim to slow on the approach and do all the braking before starting the turn. I assume you weren't still braking or settling when it washed out? I wouldn't expect leaves or a small patch of bad road to cause both front and rear to wa... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 23:56
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| Maybe you need to try something bigger and non race-rep orientated(ie more torque) like a ZRX,a 1200 Bandit or similar.I find the bigger stuff far easier (and lazier) to ride on the torque rather than the revs. Yeah...I would really like an FZS1000. They're really expensive though, and insurance gr... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 02:34
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| Sorry for the long post... No i think you have got it all wrong. Like a lot of new bikers do. They assume the ability to go fast, the ability to get your knee down on a corner means you are a good driver and experienced. In part i think its a macho thing. To be fair my self-evaluation was never base... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 00:14
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| Not a bridge you go under , but a bridge you go over , eg a bridge over a railway line. With air circulating under it dropping temperatures cause it to freeze long before the roads all around it. Oh, right. I take it flyovers are affected in the exact same way? This is one of the many, many phenome... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 23:12
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| The problem here is that the question you are asking doesn't have the "yes or no" answer you are seeking. On a warm day, with a dry and clean road, with warm tyres then I would agree that most decent tyres will continue to hang on long after your super-dooper sports bike is grounding it's... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 18:11
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| Realistically if you can't see the road surface is clear then you should be proceeding accordingly. Note that I don't mean ride like your granny,just that I mean you need to be able to take avoiding action when you see something. Yup. And if you can see all the way around the corner, the surface an... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 14:18
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| Hmm I'm not usually a knee-down merchant (except on deserted roundabouts at night, anyway), but you know how it is, attack of the temporary stupid and all that. The thing is whether I should be worried about the possibility of the front washing out under normal riding. Logic says no, but my fear say... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Cornering |
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 00:35
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| I had a rather nasty accident back in October presumably involving leaves, so I've had to re-examine some of my thoughts about safe cornering and would welcome any thoughts on the matter. Basically it was a nice right hander, on my favourite local bit of road, which I have ridden at knee-down speeds... |
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Forum: Paul Smith, RIP Topic: Condolences |
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 15:07
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Shit, it's all so sudden. Makes you realise that you can never take life for granted, even if you don't engage in dangerous activities...hard to believe that he could be here normally one hour and then gone the next.
RIP.  |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Call to ban powerful bikes |
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Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:38
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| Why the aggressive tone? Since you asked, try speed limiters, the new EU licensing directive, daytime running lights, no bikes in bus lanes, the old fiasco over leg protectors, to name but a few... DRL in particular - my bike is an '02 so I can turn the lights off if I wish, and I find doing so in g... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Call to ban powerful bikes |
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:48
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| I just want to know why we keep getting shafted with these moronic proposals that aren't based on a shred of real evidence. It should be a human rights issue to ban something for no good reason. |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Thanks, bikers! 20 miles of double white lines |
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:41
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| How about training bikers how to overtake safely instead? When even the IAM/RoSPA officially tell you that you must not break the speed limit to overtake, thus leaving any proper training on overtaking out of reach to most riders, it's little wonder that so many kill themselves through a poorly judg... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: Motorbike crash rates... |
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 16:31
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| I recall reading that 73% of motorcycle crashes are right of way violations on behalf of the other party, the majority of all accidents being the other party's fault, but that the vast majority of fatal accidents are caused by the rider losing control on a bend or misjudging an overtake. Sounds reas... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: R2 Jeremy Vine: Middle Lane Morons |
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 09:16
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| If there's no traffic around, I use whatever lane is most appropriate to the structure of the road (usually more applicable to dual carriageways than motorways mind). Inside lane to turn right, outside lane to turn left etc. Being on a bike, it's very rare that anyone wants to go faster than me...bu... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: R2 Jeremy Vine: Middle Lane Morons |
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 13:14
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| Then the bunching is probably the cause of the KSI stat used to "justify" the forest! :roll: No doubt. They're a bastard aswell, because the cameras are often hidden around bends or just after little tunnels. I had to emergency brake a few times because you just appear on top of the camer... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: R2 Jeremy Vine: Middle Lane Morons |
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:51
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| I remember bunching like that from my time in London as quite a popular pastime. I don't miss it. I just don't understand it. Did nobody teach these idiots how to drive? There's something very, very wrong with people when congestion regularly occurs on nearly empty dual carriageways/motorways. Havi... |
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Forum: Road Safety, Speed Camera and Policy News Topic: R2 Jeremy Vine: Middle Lane Morons |
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:30
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| Quite possibly the most frustrating and annoying thing on the roads. Lastnight I was on the North Circular at about midnight...practically empty except for the one car in the inside lane, two in the middle lane, and two in the outside lane who you could be forgiven for thinking were travelling in co... |
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Forum: Motorcycling Topic: suspect bikers |
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 23:53
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| I think that you'll find that the insurance premiums will make that Fazer about the same, if not more, than the R6. Also, as it is race-tuned, the engine will need to be very carefully looked after or it will go pop. Well, I didn't buy it in the end. Instead, I found the bargain of the century - an... |
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