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Feb 28, 2016 | 04:12 PM

#31

95ci springer

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Make sure your tires are properly inflated and that your rear suspension has the proper amount of air pressure in it. It will ride like that if they are low. And don't worry, the front won't slide out.

Feb 28, 2016 | 06:53 PM

#32

Wildon883R

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As a Sportster rider with many years of riding with a skinny front tire i sometimes have the fear that the tire will slide out vs something with a fat tire with more road surface. It's never happened yet. My riding position does not let me put the majority of my body weight on the front tire where it needs to be for aggressive cornering. That is why crotch rockets tear up corners far better than cruisers do. My best advice is drive within the limits you feel safe driving at. I can't remember ever hitting my pegs in a corner of any bike i've ever owned and i never intend to do that intentionally. I've never needed to lean that far over to negotiate ANY curve. I'm too old to care about how fast I'm going through the sweepers. I'd rather go slow and enjoy the scenery.

Feb 29, 2016 | 02:25 AM

#33

Chinashop bull

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From: Australia

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdrambler

If you use counter steering as suggested in other posts and trust you bike you will go a long way to improving your skills and confidence. You will never push you bike to its limits. So do not worry about the bike slipping out from under you. Here is a video of a person pushing their bike to the limits. watch the rider very carefully to see the movements in riding position etc. to get and idea of how to handle a bike in turns.
https://www.facebook.com/Legendarymo...0501618294757/

Hate to burst your bubble, but the video is computer generated. Have a closer look at the crowd, they are always looking in the same direction, and not at the bikes.

Mar 1, 2016 | 03:50 PM

#34

mdrambler

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You right it is a morphed video; probably for a game. But you can learn a lot by watching the rider. Motorcycles can and have been ridden like this.

Mar 1, 2016 | 08:35 PM

#35

Steamfighter

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Joined: Mar 2015

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From: Southern Maryland

Quote:

Originally Posted by OldPhat

One trick I learned don't look at the road in front of you, look farther down the road to
see where you want to go. The Bike will scrape stuff before you run out of tire on most
Harley Davidson Motorcycles.

Mar 1, 2016 | 08:36 PM

#36

Steamfighter

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From: Southern Maryland

I drag my floorboards quite a bit. You need more time to get comfortable with the bigger bike.

Mar 1, 2016 | 08:55 PM

#37

muddmann

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From: Left Coast

Very interesting thread to say the least. Best advice as far as I am concerned is put the miles in and as time goes by you will get more confindence. Nothing and I mean nothing takes the place of time in the saddle.

Mar 1, 2016 | 09:16 PM

#38

JMC22

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Try and find a section of road that has some good turns to it, ride it, turn around, ride it again and again - try to pick up a little more speed as you go.....