newbie to riding - looking for info - tia

In article <B_3xe.101282$9A2.59403@edtnps89>,
peter_moss.RemoveThis@telme.net says...

>
> Oh for frigs sakes Cam, pls just take your bike out and try it out and
> report back.

I can't. It's not back from the top end rebuild yet..

But my wife's bike works just fine.

Adding speed to a corner does NOT tighten the line. I've
tried it. It may make the bike feel more stable, but it
doesn't get you around a corner any sharper.

To get around a corner you need to have enough traction to
match the cornering forces. The faster you go, the more
traction any particular corner requires to complete it on
the same line. This is very basic physics.

I've gone in too hot on many corners in my life. I've
tried a variety of techniques with them, and the most
effective BY FAR is to get on the binders in a progressive
fashion, bleeding speed, and increasing the lean angle
through countersteering.

The slower you go the sharper you can turn. You can use
the throttle to catch the bike and stand it back up on exit
of the corner, but on a decreasing radius turn, you want to
be VERY VERY VERY careful with adding throttle.

--
Cam

On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:31:42 GMT, "pete" <peter_moss DeleteThis @telme.net> wrote:

>I understand your question, I am suggesting that....
>If you do enter a corner too hot, what are your options?
>Back off the gas............bad
>
Actually you can scrub some speed while hard over in a corner by using
the rear brake. Just push harder on the inside bar to compensate.

>Touch the brakes...........bad
>Countersteer........not the best but it's an out. You have to fight with the
>bike.
>More throttle.....the bike will become more stable, fall over to an
>appropriate angle and negotiate the corner better.

Adding more throttle will not induce lean without added counter
steering. I do not need to try it to know that.

Very, very few of us ever push our bikes to the maximum lean angle. I
have been told by more experienced riders (and I believe them) that
the bike is capable of leaning over far more than we realize and if
circumstances dictate we need to push it farther than we ever have
before, have confidence the bike will do it.

In an emergency such as entering a corner too hot, forsaking all other
techniques intended to scrub speed or force a more dramatic lean angle
and simply add more throttle is bad advice.
--


Don Binns
RCOS# 7
Party-Planner Official Reeky Nominee (PORN)

2000 - Yamaha Venture Millennium Edition

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