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Bozzie08 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 23 Aug 2013 Karma :

Had another lesson today and I'm starting to make u turns and slalom
With little problem

I posted on here a week or so ago saying I was having a nightmare and got loads of advice from you all which I used today and it worked.

Weight on the outside pegs and counter balance made a massive difference as did keeping the bike around 2.5 on the rev counter.

Mad such an impression the instructer told me to book my mod 1 for around 3 weeks time.

Cheers people.

Andy_Pagin · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Nov 2010 Karma :

Great feeling when it all starts to come together isn't it?
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Bozzie08 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 23 Aug 2013 Karma :

Yeh! Was climbing the walls after my last few lessons however just starting to all come together now!

All down to this forum!

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dolly3900 · Traffic Copper Joined: 12 Jul 2011 Karma :

Keep on at it, I had major difficulty on the slow speed stuff until I realised where I was going wrong.

My trottle control was not the best, so ended up being very jerky, breaking on the fron and losing the balance hence foot taps and all.

I was used to the 125, which had much less power and throttle response in 1st and much easier to control.

With the 600 I was on to do the DAS, obviously the accelleration was much harsher than Iwas used to, leading to my issues.

The way I found around it (not saying that this'll work for everyone), is to do the slow speed stuff in SECOND gear.
The torque of the bike is good enough to pull away, but at a much smoother rate, giving me better control.
Rather than relying on front brake, I used the method of slightly dragging the rear to control the speed.

With these two bits of simple alteration to my riding style, it was a breeze, slalom, fig 8, U turn, slow ride, all went great.

Like I said, not the best way for everyone, but these worked for me and gave me confidence at slow speed and that was enough to give me the balance i needed.

Hope this helps and you fly through

Mike

Bozzie08 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 23 Aug 2013 Karma :

Yeah I've heard the second gear trick however worried that I will stall the bike!? I should imagine that you have to give it some throttle to start moving?

unluckyluke · Nova Slayer Joined: 01 Jul 2013 Karma :

"Some" people have been known to tweak the idle up a bit on the bike or leave a bit of choke on to raise the revs a bit on tick over leaving you to do everything on the clutch only.... I'm sure it's all just rumours though.... Wink

dolly3900 · Traffic Copper Joined: 12 Jul 2011 Karma :

Tbh, as long as you are cool with the clutch, it should be fine.
Like I said, enough torque to pull through the low speed stuff, just don't do it on mod 2 as it is not the speediest take off, hence the easy slow speed control
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