Scraping Floor Boards
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From: Council Bluffs, Iowa
IMHO, everyone should be comfortable scraping pipes and/or floor boards. The reason I feel this way is due to a conversation I had with an accident investigator. He told me that he had investigated many motorcycle accidents on curves and in only a very small fraction of the accidents - fatalities - there was any sign of scraping. The folks may have made the curve if they would had enough faith to lean their bike more in the turn. The gyroscopic force will do a pretty good job of keeping the bike from falling over.
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From: WPB, FL
Man Up!
Slow speed manuvering WILL cause floor board scraping in the bigger cruisers! THIS IS A NORMAL BYPRODUCT OF SLOW SPEED MANUVERS! If you aren't leaning in the bike for the tighter, more confined turns, you aren't riding the bike properly.
I would recommend the Ride Like A Pro DVD to anyone who rides ANY bike. It really will open your eyes to how you should be riding your bike and will expand your abilities to handle your bike properly. It is mind bogeling to watch a 120 Lb. woman manuver a full cruiser with such agility and ease! It really opened my eyes to how much new technique I wanted to learn.
I would recommend the Ride Like A Pro DVD to anyone who rides ANY bike. It really will open your eyes to how you should be riding your bike and will expand your abilities to handle your bike properly. It is mind bogeling to watch a 120 Lb. woman manuver a full cruiser with such agility and ease! It really opened my eyes to how much new technique I wanted to learn.
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From: Bellevue, NE
Slow speed manuvering WILL cause floor board scraping in the bigger cruisers! THIS IS A NORMAL BYPRODUCT OF SLOW SPEED MANUVERS! If you aren't leaning in the bike for the tighter, more confined turns, you aren't riding the bike properly.
I would recommend the Ride Like A Pro DVD to anyone who rides ANY bike. It really will open your eyes to how you should be riding your bike and will expand your abilities to handle your bike properly. It is mind bogeling to watch a 120 Lb. woman manuver a full cruiser with such agility and ease! It really opened my eyes to how much new technique I wanted to learn.
I would recommend the Ride Like A Pro DVD to anyone who rides ANY bike. It really will open your eyes to how you should be riding your bike and will expand your abilities to handle your bike properly. It is mind bogeling to watch a 120 Lb. woman manuver a full cruiser with such agility and ease! It really opened my eyes to how much new technique I wanted to learn.