Riding fast at low speeds

[loply]

Hi folks,

After seeing that video (vid forum) of the police guys doing huge lean angles at 5mph, and ridiculously fast U-Turns, and a few other similar videos, Im interested in improving my skills at low speeds.

Is body position etc the same? Anybody on this forum good at doing that kind of riding?

I often go up to the local carpark and blat around at low speed but every now and then nearly drop it when the front end suddenly feels like it moved a few inches. Its also bloody scary (but thrilling) changing direction quickly at low speed, feels like if you could drop it real easy.

Any tips?

I found setting my idle speed higher than normal (2,200rpm instead of 1,500rpm) helped a lot like.
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[Bomberman]

No tips, but you reminded me of a video someone posted of a competition of some kind with a Japanese guy riding round on an unfaired 400 (honda I think) - around a coned off, incredibly tight track. His skills were awesome
If you haven't seen that it's worth finding. And if you have, I'd appreciate a link
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[mchaggis]

I saw a DSA bike examiner do a U-turn in a space not much wider than his bike was long. He was on a big Beamer, and ended up facing out of a corner in the carpark.
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[Bomberman]

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=34887 < this is undoubtedly a repost of the video I'm talking about - sadly the link is dead It's not the original post though, and I can't find that one. Any help?
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[G]

Presume you've got it already, but main thing is if you start to fall, to pull the power on and it'll usually sort it out.

[loply]

Suppose it takes a good and well functioning clutch to do this.

At least its a way of having quite good fun on the bike without any real danger; Of injury or serious damage that is.

And useful!
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[G]

Providing your engine is running smoothly at low revs, you shouldn't really need the clutch.

[loply]

How would you stop the sudden jerk as the transmission slack is taken up/given off then?
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[AcIdBuRnZ]

Just make sure your chain is tensioned correctly
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[Zoffo]

You can actually do a slow riders course with the IAM

https://ixxra.co.uk/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4952&highlight=roxie
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[mrchips]

That video was mad, who'd of thought bikes could autotest!
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[Delvard]

So admire skills like that. Was practising U-turns in the Plymouth Argyle car park this morning and I was starting to get it tight enough to do a u-turn, with lifesaver, within the length (not the width!) of a parking space. It was loads of fun, felt like I was playing out
Does anyone know of any rider skills dvds?



Andy
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