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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 17:43 - 19 Dec 2016 Post subject: |
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Keep your head up and look where you want to go, not at what you want to avoid. You almost certainly ran off the corner because you looked at the ditch/kerb rather than the exit of the corner. *
Corner under power.
Any more and you're overthinking.
* I like to visualise a line on the road running ahead of me that I'm reeling in, a bit like a lighcycle off the film Tron but in reverse. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Posted: 17:46 - 19 Dec 2016 Post subject: |
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Bike in good shape i.e tyres..pressures..etc
Brake before the corner and be in a responsive gear.
Position for safety first and if it allows position for best view.
You can't always take the best line.
Keep your head up and keep relaxed...scan ahead. You're allowed to move your head Give the bike just enough throttle to pull you through the bend.
If you understand countersteering: If you(we) have misjudged the corner an extra push on the bar and a drop of the shoulder will help you tighten the line through it. I've had success using a little rear brake but finds it worked better at slower speeds and very tight corners.
Check out this chap's videos.
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Posted: 21:16 - 19 Dec 2016 Post subject: Re: Tips on how to corner a motorbike |
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Blankety blank, posting as JamHam5293 wrote: | I recently just got my first bike a Yamaha YBR 125 after riding for 2 weeks i went around a corner at 40mph in a 50 zone and came off into a ditch braking a few bones and making the bike a write off. The police and whitenesses said the road conditions were bad and I wasn't to blame, that I did everything correctly but I feel when I go around corners I differ to one side more. When I'm able to ride my new bike a Honda CBF 125 how should I corner? What's a good way to make sure I do this all correctly especially with a 125 as the wheels are thinner |
The stock tyres on various vintages of YBR are notoriously ropey, but did you actually lowside the bike?
At a wild guess, you lost confidence, looked at the landscape, and ended up in it.
Look where you want to go, lean more. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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Posted: 23:44 - 19 Dec 2016 Post subject: |
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That's weird why did they edit their original post?
The differing cornering from one side to the other can be because you're gripping the throttle too hard, which makes right-handers more difficult. If you loosen your grip on the bars you corner a lot better.
Also the YBR has skinny tyres which doesn't help (with ditch finding ). |
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andyscooter World Chat Champion
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Posted: 09:26 - 20 Dec 2016 Post subject: |
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tips can be found in thread about four below titled
tips on cornering
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=317115
I will even post a link ____________________ gilera runner vxr200 (chavped)
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It's about the same bike too ____________________ Yamaha YBR 125 |
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Posted: 00:57 - 22 Dec 2016 Post subject: |
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Probably you have panicked look at the ditch and gone there. Or panicked hit the front brake and gone in the dicth.
You do not need tips. You need training.
I suggest you learn countersteering. If you have learned and trained how to corner does not matter where you will be looking.
You can look at the sky and still will be able to corner fine.
Try this: https://www.i2imca.com/MachineControl.asp
Until you learn steering try to slow down before the corners. In corner you may use gentle rear brake until you learn trail braking. ____________________ Adrian Monk: Unless I'm wrong, which, you know, I'm not...
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Posted: 23:33 - 30 Dec 2016 Post subject: |
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Firstly, you need to acknowledge you were going too fast for your ability and conditions. You've only been riding a short period of time and haven't yet developed a naturalness to your riding. Things you do on a bike don't just happen, you have to think about it. Learn from this and in future, take it easy.
It might be a good idea to have proper lessons - assuming you are riding on L plates at the moment? The lessons will no doubt make you a safer rider with the added benefit of you being able to ditch those L plates and buy a proper bike when you've passed.
Finally, read up on target fixation and counter steering.
Good luck and I hope you recover quickly ____________________ 2004 SV650S >>> 2009 Street Triple R |
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OP seems to have left the building... ____________________ 2004 SV650S >>> 2009 Street Triple R |
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mas101 Borekit Bruiser
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Thanks for that link - interesting and York isnt far from me. I'll give them a ring at some point. |
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First rule....
Don't corner at the speed the road suggests as max speed.
Don't corner at the speed you think your bike is capable of either
The only thing you can do, is corner at the speed YOU can
Just because Marc Marquez could probably corner my bike at 150mph doesn't mean I should try it, What makes him look cool will kill me.
as others have said 125cc tyres are infamous for slipping out sideways when you least expect it.... I know only too well mine did it several times before I learned to roll off the throttle a bit more before bends.
Slow into a corner, then keep the throttle steady as you lean through the bend. Put throttle back on as the bike stands up exiting the bend.
Experience is best and the only way to get that is by getting miles under your belt, things will become more natural and corners will feel smoother as time goes on.... this will all improve your confidence too.
Good luck ____________________ You know you are old when you're told to slow down by your doctor and not the police. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 106 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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