For all the motorcycle riders
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glhs837
Power with Control
Larry Gude
Strung Out
850lbs
If I had to ride to that song, I'd have hit every last cone. Twice.
That clip is legend if you ride and are a forum type person. It is absolutely impressive riding. Being able to go lock to lock, effortlessly, is my goal and something I work on, a little, all the time.
Now, that said, anyone can ride that bike that well if you work at it. Not at that pace and that full course but, the basic skills are attainable and reasonably so. You don't have to go off and be a monk to learn to ride properly and well.
slotpuppy
Ass-hole
Damn thats a heavy bike. That speed and that weight and he never touches a single cone. Pretty bad ass if you ask me.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Damn thats a heavy bike. That speed and that weight and he never touches a single cone. Pretty bad ass if you ask me.
No doubt he is highly skilled and practices his ass off.
However, it boils down to learning technique, practice and balance and hand/eye coordination, not brute strength or physical size.
That first turn?
Almost.
blacklabman
Well-Known Member
Who puts all those cones out and who is going to pick them up?
Hijinx
Well-Known Member
I wish someone would train me, pay me while being trained, and provide a bike to me so I could learn to ride so well.
Putting in new clutches and repairing the dents while learning is a little hard on the pocketbook when being paid for by an individual.
I take nothing away from his skill ,he has it, and I am sure he is now an instructor, but how many here wish they had the advantages of instruction and a free bike to learn on? Raise your hands.
Putting in new clutches and repairing the dents while learning is a little hard on the pocketbook when being paid for by an individual.
I take nothing away from his skill ,he has it, and I am sure he is now an instructor, but how many here wish they had the advantages of instruction and a free bike to learn on? Raise your hands.
glhs837
Power with Control
Police department recruits, I'm sure.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Free lesson #1; motorcycle clutches are designed to be 'ridden', a lot. Basic skill is learning the 'friction zone'. if you've driven a stick car, think of starting from a stop on hills. Only on a bike, the goal isn't to transition as soon and smoothly as possible to fully releasing the clutch but, to 'ride' it all you like and all that is needed to maintain smooth control.
If you bought a used street bike, any used street bike, it is highly unlikely there is anything wrong with the clutch.
In that video, I doubt the officer ever fully released the clutch other than those brief sprints from one box to the next and even then, only very briefly. The rest of the time, the clutch was 'drawn in' to varying degrees as needed. Another way to think of it is an additional throttle; you modulate it. A lot.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
The MSF basic courses available in the area, on base and at the community colleges, provide bikes.
FYI - Most motorcycle clutches are wet, i.e. they run in oil, so they don't burn out from slipping like a car's clutch.
We do replace a lot of levers and pegs.
.... and the cones are handled by range monkeys
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Racist. Cone-ist.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
On the Navy bases we use Korean 250cc Hyosung Comets and 200cc Chinese Q links
The Air Force sprung for Suzuki CSR 250s and a couple of Kawasaki 250 Ninjas
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
bulldog
New Member
I took the ride like a pro class and am convinced it helped me today when a St. Mary's County public schools bus pulled out in front of me this afternoon. Was able to avoid a full on crash and ended up with a glancing blow that damaged my saddle bag and nothing more. Thankfully I had an escape lane and was able to use it.