Rear Power Slide

[madmike2]

Repeat after me, "This is not a sportbike! This is not a sportbike!"

In that situation, being unfamiliar with the bike (any bike), dumping the clutch after down shifting 2 or more gears is a big no-no. IMO, stand it up, get on the brakes hard to scrub off speed, then lean it over. It sounds like you survived with only the stains in your shorts to remind you.

The FJR has a big engine, thus lots of "back" torque, so when you let out the clutch, it was the same as jamming on the rear brakes. Even your FZ-1 would have slid in that situation, albeit needing more speed vs. handling/road conditions.

The FJR is a siren! She keeps calling out that she can do it all, but she is a 600+ lb. motorcycle, that ridden within certain limits, acquits herself quite nicely, thank you very much. However, because the platform is soooo smooth and accelerates so quickly, it is very easy to come into corners (and other situations) at a much higher speed than it "feels" like. It is an easy bike to "over-drive".

I don't think it would have made any difference whether or not the FJR has a shaft or chain. Drop many gears, pop clutch, big engine= slide rear tire.

 

[Bounce]

Unless you are traveling at a reasonable speed, have braked/slowed before entry into the corner, are a "late entry" or "delayed apex" rider who has left himself enough space to get out of trouble, and are rolling on the throttle rather than "snapping" it open.  OTH, if you are riding at 8-9/10ths, are trying to clip the apex and have not left yourself a safety margin, then.......

Since we are all here and safe, no scratched bikes or bent people, let's consider it a warning for all who ride in the inclement Winter weather:  It's not always what you see, but what you cannot see that will bite you.

+1

Riding "the pace" today was fun!

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=4746&hl=

(the 6:56pm 1/14/06 post)

In that situation, being unfamiliar with the bike (any bike), dumping the clutch after down shifting 2 or more gears is a big no-no. IMO, stand it up, get on the brakes hard to scrub off speed, then lean it over. It sounds like you survived with only the stains in your shorts to remind you.

brake THEN swerve

or

swerve THEN brake

 

[Ronman]

In your case of the left hand corner, once the front end starts starts sliding, you'd have to Push the Left handlebar and Pull on the Right to 'steer into the slide' and away from the corner. This'll pull the front wheel upright in the direction of your travel (and not the curve).

Of course, by now on a public road--you have run out of road, browned your shorts and are either going off-roading or hit the guardrail.

Been there a few times, so I agree wholeheartedly.

But isn't 'counter steering', i.e., pushing the left handlebar, how you initiated the turn to begin with? In this situation, once the front tire starts to slide, you need to try and stand the bike up by steering the opposite of what initiated the turn. When I'm flat tracking the dirt bike and the front tries to slide out from under me, I move the bars in the opposite direction. It works. Of course if traction is no longer available in any measure, the front is going to slide out regardless.

 

[FJRocha]

Here is a nice video of power sliding a GSXR... >>> VIDEO HERE <<<