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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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If you wobble but you dont fall down, maybe it's the weeble in you.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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A stopping technique is demonstrated in one of the Ride Like a Pro DVDs. Basically, you keep the bike running straight until the last foot or so and then you make an intentional slight turn to the right or left, called a dip. This helps you keep the bike under control to a complete stop.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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You must keep your head up, do not look down. if you practice this it will work. Head up when approaching a stop.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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As you get close to stopping completely, transition from front brakes / rear brakes to rear brakes only. I'm talking the last 10 feet or so. Seems to work for me. And keep your heap up.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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+1 on the heads up. Don't be timid stopping. Go ahead and hit the brake smoothly. You may want to use the front brake some more to load up the front shocks a bit...not too much!
If you do the dip, don't dip too far and don't let your passenger (if you have one) dip too far without you!
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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Feathering the clutch and applying the rear brake simultaneously will keep the bike upright for better control. Keeping your head up and not looking down also goes a long way to keeping you stable.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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+2 on the heads up and don't be timid stopping. Use both brakes and brake smoothly right up to the white line, stopping a few feet in front of it. If you drag out your stop for twenty or thirty feet riding at a crawl as you come to the line it will be hard to keep the bike steady.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by hockey8787
maybe i used the wrong words, i have to saw the handle bars back and forth. its more of a balance issue am i stopping to slowly?


I would say yes to that question.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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Find you a parking lot and practice, that Ultra is a beast and you need to understand its ins and outs or you will be picking it up off the ground. For God's sake when you are just about to stop keep your hand off the front break. That is a fall waiting to happen, I almost did it twice myself once with the Mrs on the back she was not to happy with me.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by EasternSP
A stopping technique is demonstrated in one of the Ride Like a Pro DVDs. Basically, you keep the bike running straight until the last foot or so and then you make an intentional slight turn to the right or left, called a dip. This helps you keep the bike under control to a complete stop.
Ok i have the RLAP V and i did not see that in the dvd is it in one of the older ones?
 
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