Riding Techniques - Safety Skills - a great article from Sound Rider
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gregory
Great things are afoot
Thanks John, Nice read.
FJR-RemingtonRider
Their Sunset / My Sunrise
Nice,
Thanks.
Thanks.
Cav47
Adventure Seeker
Physics for all! Good find. Well explained.
Physics for all! Good find. Well explained.
Physics for all! Good find. Well explained.
Uncle Hud
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Nice article, and something I "fart around with" every now and then. By that, I mean farting around at low speed on local streets turning in different ways:
(1) sitting rigidly, and leaning at the same angle as the FJR, like a rod's running from my ******* to the top of my helmet,
(2) pushing the FJR over while trying to keep my upper body as vertical as possible, and
(3) coming 'unglued' from the seat in my best attempt to look like a pro racer: sticking my butt out into the air, throwing out the downhill knee, and moving my chin close to the handlebar grip. Like the photo below, but not nearly as committed ...... because Iride like a grandma don't have badass riding leathers like he has.
Technique #2 is about as incorrect a riding style as you can imagine. Technique #1 is fine for Interstates or other big highways. Technique #3 is for curves or when the pavement's wet or sandy: it will to keep the bike a few degrees closer to vertical, which I think reduces the risk of tires sliding out from under me.
Farting around also makes me realize how much I can push around my lovely motorcycle and still stay well within its acceptable operating range. So, yeah, get yourself unglued from a rigid riding position and fart around a little.
(1) sitting rigidly, and leaning at the same angle as the FJR, like a rod's running from my ******* to the top of my helmet,
(2) pushing the FJR over while trying to keep my upper body as vertical as possible, and
(3) coming 'unglued' from the seat in my best attempt to look like a pro racer: sticking my butt out into the air, throwing out the downhill knee, and moving my chin close to the handlebar grip. Like the photo below, but not nearly as committed ...... because I
Technique #2 is about as incorrect a riding style as you can imagine. Technique #1 is fine for Interstates or other big highways. Technique #3 is for curves or when the pavement's wet or sandy: it will to keep the bike a few degrees closer to vertical, which I think reduces the risk of tires sliding out from under me.
Farting around also makes me realize how much I can push around my lovely motorcycle and still stay well within its acceptable operating range. So, yeah, get yourself unglued from a rigid riding position and fart around a little.
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