If you're riding the Dragon....

itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
That bike couldn't corner if you wanted it to, hard too believe he made it to the dragon.. What, about a 10° lean and he looked like he was dragging pipes and frame?

If he could have got about 5 -10° he may have been able to stick it in the corner and make it around..

You think he bought copies of his pictures?
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
aps45819 said:
We tell the student riders "you go where you look" and this guy demonstrated it
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And #10 and #11 demonstrate how fast it happens. He went from being a rider to being along for the ride THAT quick. He quit riding and froze. Target fixated.

Aps, do you suppose we all experience that instant the same way? I don't have a good name for it but, it is that INSTANT where you sense you're behind the bike and MUST, RIGHT NOW, look at where you want to go and keep riding the bike, not panic. I mean, man, it's GONE as fast as it comes; either you kept riding or...

It seems to me that THAT is the thing that is most critical in riding, surviving that instant enough times, reacting properly and learning to trust that, no matter what, you WILL keep riding and so when it does happen, and it will, if you're gonna go down, it's gonna be because physics won, not because you quit riding.

I assume that we all experience THAT, what, decision point, make or break point, the same way? A cold flash where you either look where you wanna go or at what you are now going to hit.

LOVE to talk to this guy to see how many times he'd passed that little test. I mean, you can't ####ing do that, fail it. Ever. Because if you do...
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
Larry Gude said:
And #10 and #11 demonstrate how fast it happens. He went from being a rider to being along for the ride THAT quick. He quit riding and froze. Target fixated.

Aps, do you suppose we all experience that instant the same way? I don't have a good name for it but, it is that INSTANT where you sense you're behind the bike and MUST, RIGHT NOW, look at where you want to go and keep riding the bike, not panic. I mean, man, it's GONE as fast as it comes; either you kept riding or...

It seems to me that THAT is the thing that is most critical in riding, surviving that instant enough times, reacting properly and learning to trust that, no matter what, you WILL keep riding and so when it does happen, and it will, if you're gonna go down, it's gonna be because physics won, not because you quit riding.

I assume that we all experience THAT, what, decision point, make or break point, the same way? A cold flash where you either look where you wanna go or at what you are now going to hit.

LOVE to talk to this guy to see how many times he'd passed that little test. I mean, you can't ####ing do that, fail it. Ever. Because if you do...
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Part of it is he ran out of bike...

He couldn't lean out of trouble, he couldn't turn any harder, he was going to crossover no matter what.

I don't think he realized how much trouble he was in , as his brakes don't come on until fame 15 (and back off through the collision), no rubber on the road, no Locked brakes.

So yeah, he froze, but it started when he ran out of lean....
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
itsbob said:
Part of it is he ran out of bike...

He couldn't lean out of trouble, he couldn't turn any harder, he was going to crossover no matter what.

I don't think he realized how much trouble he was in , as his brakes don't come on until fame 15 (and back off through the collision), no rubber on the road, no Locked brakes.

So yeah, he froze, but it started when he ran out of lean....
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If he had run out of bike, he would have lo sided, yes? He may have felt we was running out which may have induced him to panic, but he wasn't out.
 
aps45819

aps45819

24/7 Single Dad
Larry Gude said:
Target fixated.

Aps, do you suppose we all experience that instant the same way? I don't have a good name for it but, it is that INSTANT where you sense you're behind the bike and MUST, RIGHT NOW, look at where you want to go and keep riding the bike, not panic. I mean, man, it's GONE as fast as it comes; either you kept riding or......
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That always remindes me of scuba diving at night. Moray eels are out of their holes and swimming around. If you shined your light on one they would swim up the beam so you had to look away and turn you light somewhere else.
Knowing there is a five foot long, 6 inch thick snake looking critter with a mouth full of teeth a few feet away invisible in the dark but you can't look :yikes:

Larry Gude said:
If he had run out of bike, he would have lo sided, yes? He may have felt we was running out which may have induced him to panic, but he wasn't out.
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He did follow the proper procedure of straightening the bike before he hit the brakes.
 
desertrat

desertrat

0_0
Larry Gude said:
If he had run out of bike, he would have lo sided, yes? He may have felt we was running out which may have induced him to panic, but he wasn't out.
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I think he had no plan for the corner coming up, probably faster than he thought since he wasn't looking for a bit. Maybe had no idea how sharp the curve was.
 
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