Hanging 5!
Cruiser
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 196
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From: Murfreesboro, TN
Dumb ***?
I like the post about the acid vs. testosterone gens. tho'. I must be a tweener 'cause I grew up during the acid generation, but man, did I love speed too. My 4th bike was an '83 VF750F Interceptor. I love my Harley but that bike, at that time in my life, still gives me the sweetest memories......until that effing truck pulled out in front of me. Barber Motorsports Museum has a blue one. I got a woodie just looking at it last year.
PS. The guy in the video....coolest dismount ever!!
Road Master
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 785
Likes: 2
From: SE TN
I may have missed it, but I have not seen anyone tell the OP to change his body position. Once the bike is leaned over as far as it will go, to increase the speed through a turn, get off the seat. Move your body toward the inside of the corner and lower the center of gravity of the bike. This is what racers do when they drag a knee in a corner. Read a book by Keith Code like twist of the wrist. The other option, slow down, ride safe, enjoy.
Road Captain
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 577
Likes: 6
From: Ravenna Ohio
Cheap Fix fun fix
Cheap fun fix
Get 2 pieces of titanium ž inch thick by 1inch wide and 3inches long epoxy one to the bottom outside edge of each floorboard they willstay on longer if you taper the leading edge. This is cheaper than replacing floorboards and as a bonus it puts on a hell of a spark show when they hit the ground.
If you want to really put on a spark show use Ferrocerium. It is the material ona stiker bar that is use to light magnesium Very Very Expensive floor boards are cheaper.
Get 2 pieces of titanium ž inch thick by 1inch wide and 3inches long epoxy one to the bottom outside edge of each floorboard they willstay on longer if you taper the leading edge. This is cheaper than replacing floorboards and as a bonus it puts on a hell of a spark show when they hit the ground.
If you want to really put on a spark show use Ferrocerium. It is the material ona stiker bar that is use to light magnesium Very Very Expensive floor boards are cheaper.
Banned
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,341
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From: Dover, Oh
This. Get your butt off the seat, head over the grip, relax the shoulders and push thru the turn. If I start scraping, I roll off the throttle a little and try to move more weight into the turn. Look how high that guy is sitting in that turn in the wreck video. Sadly, how he handles that turn is how I see a lot of other cruiser riders handle similar turns.
Last edited by vegashd; Jan 18, 2013 at 12:02 AM.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 338
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From: Chicago burbs
Here's my 2 cents for what it's worth. I remember hearing and old boss friend of mine telling me to counter steer just a hair to really bite in the turns. Kinda like drifting sort of. If your curving right, kinda shift your *** (kicking out the rear tire in a sense) to the left and turn your bars by a hair to the left as well. Like your pulling your left wrist towards your left part of your waist. I also found myself leaning away from the curve too. Kinda putting your chin to the left wrist. It'll hook up better. It's very unnatural to do this at first. But you get used to it. I'm not an aggressive rider at all. But I remembered his sort of lesson and applied it a few times. It worked great. Found myself hookin up better in curves and turns going a little faster than usual if needs be. Especially when I did the trip to TN and ran the Dragon. Every one in my group was more aggressive than me. So I had to keep up. That little counter steering worked good for me. Hope that kinda made sense LOL!! Just my 2 cents.
But aggressive, or not, old or young, ride how you want but learn how to ride the way you want. That's what I say. To each his own. Enjoy the ride however.
But aggressive, or not, old or young, ride how you want but learn how to ride the way you want. That's what I say. To each his own. Enjoy the ride however.
Last edited by Smokengun; Jan 18, 2013 at 02:45 AM.
Cruiser
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 233
Likes: 5
From: Northern KY
That made me laugh
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Banned
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 4,341
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From: Dover, Oh
I don't think many here understand te physics of a bike. No amount of English is correcting that bike or helpin it turn more. It's DRAGGING! Pushing on the inside bar, looking through the corner, weighting I side is going to do nothing!
The bike is dragging doing all those things will enable you to fall faster. Doing those thugs is not going to award you 3" of clearance points.
Pushing an Inside bar, looking trough a corner will all help you corner Better. Leaning on the bike is doing hardl anything if at all on a bagger. You are not able to gift your weight enough to matter. Once it grinds, you cannot make I turn quicker.
The bike is dragging doing all those things will enable you to fall faster. Doing those thugs is not going to award you 3" of clearance points.
Pushing an Inside bar, looking trough a corner will all help you corner Better. Leaning on the bike is doing hardl anything if at all on a bagger. You are not able to gift your weight enough to matter. Once it grinds, you cannot make I turn quicker.
