Hope this isn't a repost because it's pretty funny.

[Crazy Assed Goose]

Guy on an SV650, videoing him self crashing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vctLAvlkgo&hl=en_US&fs=1&%22

[woll]

hahhaha wtf he didnt even attempt to corner
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[Frost]

I'm pretty sure that guy posted that on here himself asking why he was having trouble with right hand corners. serious case of target fixation i think.

[deleted111]

Genuinely scared shitless this'll happen to me now.

I can't turn right to save my life.

Granted I ride a road race style pedal bike, at 30+ mph most of the time, so not quite the extreme of this guy here.

BUT, I have to slow right down and physically turn my handlebars to go right (obviously not if its a sweeping bend or anything tho)

whereas left corners, I can lean right over and not have a problem, infact I've had comments regarding how good my cornering is...

... to the left

shitting myself about getting an engine between my legs now.

[Frost]

To go right, you don't turn right. You turn gentle left which makes the bike lean right in order to preserve its forwards momentum. Then when you straighted the bars your leaning right and going right.

Take your hands off going into a left corner and you'll see the bars turn right.

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[loply]

Actually I think the main problem that guy was having was turning in too early.

There was obviously some target fixation and general lack of commitment going on too.

But by turning in too early he was in the middle of the road still pointing in a straight line (more or less) when the corner began!

At that point he should've been on the outside of the road pointed at the exit of the corner.

By being in the wrong place he dramatically shrunk the available space for him to make the turn in, i.e. made it tighter for himself.

Then the tightness is scary to see, and he bailed out. I'd probably do the same.

Wait wait wait, then turn suddenly. T'is the way.
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[loply]

I'm not sure why I did this - I'm really bored - but here's my take on it. It's a problem lots of people have.

https://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5008/86430366.gif

The white/grey box indicates the area each rider took the corner in - ie the area in which they actually turned the bike 90 degrees.

Note the right hand rider therefore turned 90 degrees in a massive area, ie slowly.

The left hand rider compresses the entire turn into one tiny box of panic right next to the kerb, which would require almost hitting the kerb whilst at full lean.
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[Welshd1k]

HAHAHAHAH who the hell let him loose ona 650... some one had the man a 125
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[Inkognito]

Nobody wondering how he ever passed his test when he can't make right hand turns?

Surely he would have had to take a few right handers at some speed on his test?
Funny stuff though. Seen it a few times and makes me smile every time he goes in the bush.

[Frost]

He could probably do right hand corners just fine at one time. He probably learned on a 500 commuter going slowly (counter steering only works once the wheels have enough speed for a gyroscopic effect) and got used to turning the bars right to go right. Since then he has probably had target fixation and whacked a curb or something, and by trying to avoid doing that again, dug himself deeper

[Stevie GooGs]

It is a repost seen it a good while back but still makes me laugh.
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[rac3r]

Huh surely it's fake? I'm not great but I still make it round bends
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[ollieholt]

nah i think its defo real... not a troll.

shite bastard! lol no ill stop that.

just look where you want to go, use all the road and dont be a weedy non commital cornerer.
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[Carl_steveo]

I've had days like this, when I have had stuff on my mind and I'm generally not thinking about the riding. It's like not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not thinking, not thinking ooooo shit. Yeah I meant to end up in the bus stop lol.
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[Alexio]

It's amazing there are people out there riding who still don't understand counter steering.
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[MonkeyKnuckle]

He doesn't even move his head to look round the corner.

If you look at his other videos (which are crap btw) you can see he crashed on......you guessed it, a right hand corner!

There's another video of him taking someone pillion, I bet they wouldn't have agreed if they'd seen his videos first!
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[Acemastr]

i live a mile from that road, that corner he took first is seriously off camber, i don't take that very quick at all, but fuck knows what he was up to. I'd love to know who he is, as he must live fairly damn close lol
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[ollieholt]

[Carl_steveo]

Just had a thought, how the fuck does he do round abouts.
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[Smithy500]

Can't believe there are people on bikes who havent grasped counter steering yet ! I'm only a newbie after recently passing my test, but i was counter steering on a push bike when i was about 10 years old ! Steering a bike is one of the easiest aspects, i hope he gets some training !

[Mord]

It cannot be for real.. I bet the guy was doing it for laughs

[Frost]

[mattgirv]

I feel genuinely sorry for the guy. It seemed like it was someone who was not confident in his abilities, trying to keep up with people who either have more balls or experience.

If I ended up in those situations when I started out, it'd probably have put me off biking for good. I blame whoever taught the guy tbh. Fair play to the bloke for persevering.
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[Bubbs]

Idiot. I've had target fixation while being knackered from a long ride while first passing my test but never like this guy. He didn't even think about cornering, he just bricked it and slammed on.

Funny to watch but not nice to see that these people will be trying to follow behind you, if they are too close then could easily plough right into you.
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