Motorcycles
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@goosehd funny how I just mentioned the triumph on a rainy day and the rear went loose in 5th while accelerating and what you say is true. happens to me on a dry day too let alone a wet one.
sometimes, when you're pushing hard on the road and just overestimate your braking. being agile and having quick reactions is good but it's understandable we lose it as we get older. that's why having experience is important.
@Jett129 I'm get what you're on but the whole point to me about trail braking is to load the front hard, and turn into the corner so the front tyres get grip while it's loaded. by the exit of the apex, the brakes should be almost, if not fully released.
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@goosehd said in Motorcycles:
I couldn't keep it up.happens to the best of us..
@WhiskeySandwich said in Motorcycles:
@louisbosco no it looked great, not bashing your editing or the video at all! I just mean that it tricks my sympathetic equilibrium into a weird balancing quandary. lol
tbh I still feel very unnatural doing my edits compared to others I've seen out there. the guy from The Shop Vancouver does brilliant insta360 video edits. I've picked up a few tricks from him but my wifi to phone isn't working atm therefore I had to rely on manual gyro though the laptop
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@louisbosco If I thought that I had come into a corner a little bit too hot I would feather the front brake lean and then roll out of the corner,with zero braking.
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@Jett129 I've definitely felt that on certain laps where I try to push the braking point a little further down. I've had experience with mushy brake on a car track day before and I thought that was the case after a few push laps. guess I need a little more confidence in braking for a bike..
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@louisbosco Another question I have for you is… Do you or have you ever used delayed apex cornering? Some people swear by it others, not so much. It sometimes came in handy on a Harley.
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@Jett129 on a track, it really depends on the layout and corners. depending on how you want to set up yourself for the exit or the following corner.
With Sepang track layout, some corners require late apex and with 1 corner, missing the first apex to set yourself up for the second.
for this track, from rough knowledge:
-turn 1 is double apex followed by late for 2.
-turn 4 is late for me (currently) to set up for 5 as you have to position yourself to the right for 5's apex
-turn 7 is a missed apex for 8
-turn 9 is a late apex
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@Jett129 I think it was oil from cars stopped at the stoplight. It had been dry for a long time and the first hard rain in a while. The combination of the two is what I think got me.
I’ve had experience with the lines too and had a few what the hell
moments. Kept the bike up and glad that in my riders course the warning about them. Slippery lil bastards… -
@louisbosco Very cool. Thank you!
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As suggested by @louisbosco this is my motorcycle. It's my first one to learn and get used to riding and even if it's small and slow I love it.
Royal Enfield Classic 350
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very nice @FlavourFade I rented one for two weeks when I was in India late 90s, drove all around Goa, wonderful memories
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@louisbosco You aren't trying until I see you doing this....
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@FlavourFade damn that's beautiful! I love that British racing green!!
@Giles
I'll find a spot where I can lie on the track so the photographers can shoot this... -
the farthest my bike leans over is when its on its kickstand lol
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my brother does alright tho...
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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Many years ago I rode on a road called The Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee. It has 318 corners in 11 miles up an down 2 mountains. We were on cruisers barely getting out of second gear,and the kids behind us on sport bikes were getting antsy,reving their engines etc. First chance they got the tipped out and blew by us,and they were all dragging their knees in the corner when they passed us. I ran into one of them at the end of the road where there’s a rest area,and I said to him you guys are nuts. He looked at me with complete disdain and said. Dude I was doing 70 when I passed you.
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@Jett129 I’ve been thinking about your buddies predicament with the trailing brake/pot hole quite a bit and logging it into my brain. Something that I hadn’t thought of, but definitely adding it to the list of things to watch out for.
I love these conversations as I’m always adding bits of information here and there.
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@goosehd I wasn’t on that ride as that particular group rides pretty aggressively. They were going downhill on a twisty road on a sunny day,tree lined,and lots of shadows so the pothole was hard to see. If you see a pothole you would either point or kick your foot out to alert the person behind you. He sees the rider in front of him applying brakes and he figures if he’s doing that and he’s a really good rider,then I should be doing it as well. So he’s trail braking,hits the hole which on the way out sends his foot into the brake pedal,which startled him and he immediately gets off the pedal,restoring power to the rear wheel,causing him to high side. He was riding a Road Glide at the time. He wasn’t terribly hurt,the bike was repaired. Just a flukey,very quick, turn of events. I consider him to be one of the best riders I’ve ridden with. File under shit happens.
