Friday I ride.
- Thread starter craberta
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desertrat
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I am riding tomorrow. I miss it too much. Don't care what happens.
I either will take a spin today or tomorrow.
Dutch6
"Fluffy world destroyer"
desertrat
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It'll be pretty warm, but always be vigilant. I'm more concerned about salty meltoff running across the road. lol.
glhs837
Power with Control
Larry Gude
Strung Out
Long time riders chime in here; what's proper technique when you hit some slippery gunk?
Dutch6
"Fluffy world destroyer"
Tuck and role!
desertrat
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Hopefully you see it coming and either avoid it or keep it straight and steady, if you are in a turn I think you fall down. The worst, I think would be coming out of it before you had gone all the way down, catching traction and high siding it.
aps45819
24/7 Single Dad
If it's in a straight stretch you just "maintain" (speed, attitude, direction), no abrupt changes.
If it's in a corner, appeal to your preferred deity
Toxick
Splat
Quickly turn your handlebars from side-to-side until you find the sweet-spot to regain traction. If you cannot find the sweetspot allow yourself to fall off the bike, so if it hits something you won't hit it as well.
Safety first!
Practice your drifting techniques?
hvp05
Methodically disorganized
Find out real fast if your ideal profession should have been Hollywood stuntman.
And I don't even ride!
struggler44
A Salute to all on Watch
Guess I am a fair weather rider, Clarks Landing Rd will have snow melt on it for at least another week. I think would rather get kicked in the nutz than ride my bike through a salty stream of runoff, it would take me forever to get it off the bike
Larry Gude
Strung Out
As a dirt bike guy, I've learned to resist the reaction to chop throttle and/or grab brakes and, if anything, I add some juice and go with it. On the street, I am good with that vague feeling as the front drifts a bit and the rear wanders about and then it all catches. I just don't wanna speak authoritatively on the subject due to my lack of experience. I've got 10,000 miles on the street but all of it is this year. Gravel, gunchy spots, a little oil slick, but, no ice as of yet.
Better for folks with long term experience to be offering up tips here.
Now, as to dirt, I told myself yesterday PM that it was frozen under that inch of mud, snot on ice, as I ripped through the fields for my afternoon mind clearing session. I was really enjoying it, getting lost in it, jumping, spinning, sliding sideways and just throwing some earth. And then...
...a little off camber and I am looking up, covered in mud, eye glasses askew, bike pathetically laying on it's side, rear wheel spinning, like a dog that was hit by a truck, rear leg uselessly trying to find traction, shoulder hurts, knee and hip kinda numb, laughing at myself; "This is why we wear a helmet, ass hat!" No amount of throttle was gonna keep the rear from catching up to the front and stop the front from washing.
Mild concussion.
:shrug:
Is your helmet purple with wings?
I've been riding street and dirt both since '73. Current ride is bike #15. Is that long term enough?
Didn't like my drifting idea, I guess....
desertrat
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I've been riding street and dirt both since '73. Current ride is bike #15. Is that long term enough?
Didn't like my drifting idea, I guess....
I gave up dirt a long time ago, but I've got two years on you.
I did have about an eight year hiatus though, when I was bikeless.
Just took a short ride today. I think I avoided all the salty runoff. There was still a small patch of ice still on my driveway that I launched from. Whee!
desertrat
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Cool. I got salt on mine today. When it cools off I will rinse it. Maybe.