Highslide/lowslide

[Jaloopa]

I read these two words quite a lot on here, but I'm sorry to say I don't know what they mean. Obviously it's to do with the bike sliding along the ground, but what makes it a high or low slide? And are there any other kinds of slide?
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[UnknownStuntm...]

That's highSIDE....

Highside is where you get bucked off cos the back spins up and eventually catches traction, standing the bike up quickly.

Lowside is simply when the front washes out, normally under heavy brakes and a fair bit of turn...

[2t-Screamer]

not brilliant examples, but

Highside

Lowside
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[Barker-CBR 600]

Lowside is when the bike loses all grip while going round a corner and slides out and you fall inwards (like leaning too much /shoulder down gone mad)

Highside is when you start to low side but the bike suddenly regains grip (due to various complicated frictiony thingies, probably magic ) and then the bike 'flips' over to the other side. Its so quick and violent that you go flying over the bike.

As per those examples.
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[Jaloopa]

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[Itchy]

theres obviously a bit of cross over here, since I went round a left corner and landed in the bushes on the right hand side , yet the left side was badly damaged , the right side fine , cept the zorst..
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[Pete.]

Lowside = bad

Highside = very bad

HTH
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Silver]

Here's my first hand highside experience

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[MattHirst]

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[Noxious89123]

There's nothing th other riders could do anyways, they aren't paramedics... it's why they have marshalls and medical people on site the site for such an event.
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[deanoet]

handy the way your bike camera was pointing at you as well.

What was the injuries? Just shaken up and bruised?
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[Walloper]

Lowside= Reaction to not having a bike for a wee while.

Highside=Reasonable chance of replacing dropped scrapheap for something newer/better.
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