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They are incredible! I don't think I could ride the bike I paid for that aggressively, even if I had the skills (I don't pretend to). Here's another similar clip:
They are incredible! I don't think I could ride the bike I paid for that aggressively, even if I had the skills (I don't pretend to). Here's another similar clip:
madmike2
Shtirrenuppenmeister
Sure you can, birthday boy!
Like the old joke about the guy visiting New York who asks, "How do I get to Radio City Music Hall?"
The answer, "Practice. Practice. Practice."
If you really want to be able to handle your FJR better, take the MSF rider course (advanced?), take other rider courses, read books and go to parking lots and practice the maneuvers, attend a Lee Parks Clinic. However you increase your knowledge, apply it in small steps and make it part of your riding regimen.
There are avenues of learning and application.
Would you ever be as skilled as the professional riders in these videos without spending the hours upon hours of practice they do? :nea:
Like the old joke about the guy visiting New York who asks, "How do I get to Radio City Music Hall?"
The answer, "Practice. Practice. Practice."
If you really want to be able to handle your FJR better, take the MSF rider course (advanced?), take other rider courses, read books and go to parking lots and practice the maneuvers, attend a Lee Parks Clinic. However you increase your knowledge, apply it in small steps and make it part of your riding regimen.
There are avenues of learning and application.
Would you ever be as skilled as the professional riders in these videos without spending the hours upon hours of practice they do? :nea:
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SacramentoMike
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I'm with him. Do everything he said. And it would probably help if you did it the way these cops did it. Do your practicing on somebody else's bike! 
James Burleigh
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I asked a moto-cop about this stuff once upon a time, and he said you have to be real good just to apply for moto cop school. So he said what you have to do is get a beater bike and just practice practice practice. Beater 'cause you be droppin' it a lot.
When I took the MSF Experience Rider Course the first time I was working hard to do the figure 8s within the narrow box and was real proud of myself when I did it. Later I talked to one of the guys who didn't keep it in the box, and he said there's no way he was going to drop his bike just to keep it in the box.
Interesting how the cops in the vid drop a leg out for those start-from-stop U-turns.
When I took the MSF Experience Rider Course the first time I was working hard to do the figure 8s within the narrow box and was real proud of myself when I did it. Later I talked to one of the guys who didn't keep it in the box, and he said there's no way he was going to drop his bike just to keep it in the box.
Interesting how the cops in the vid drop a leg out for those start-from-stop U-turns.
madmike2
Shtirrenuppenmeister
IIRC, it's a requirement in their rules. They must come to a complete stop and put their foot down, just like we're supposed to do.
bob-st
Well-known member
Make sure to watch the last minute of this clip. It shows the guys that didn't make it all the way through.
FJR DaveH
Well-known member
I'm impressed. I second a previous post. You'd have to have a beater and practice. I did do the advance MSC with a Sporty, but I'm not sure I'd chance it on my FJR. Anybody gone through the advance class with their FJR?
James Burleigh
Well-known member
:bye:
Once on my Sporty, and the second time on the FJR right after I got it, 'cause I wanted to develop some basic skills on the new bike.
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