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#1 Post by ninja79 » Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:27 pm

Hey LA people -- where can I find a large open parking lot that is mostly empty on weekends? Ideally close to Burbank.
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#2 Post by bok » Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:04 am

not knowing your area, i would suggest an industrial park. shopping malls and things of that nature are usually stupidly busy on weekends, but places like a manufacturing shop that doesn't do weekend shifts would be the place to look for since noone goes there unless they have to work
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#3 Post by Kim » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:12 am

I'm not in LA, but how about a high school?
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#4 Post by VermilionX » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:14 am

i go to the rose bowl... it's large but the best i've used is the verizon amphi parking lot in irvine. irvine is far though.

do you wanna go to the rose bowl? i'll join you. the pic on my sig is from the rose bowl.
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#5 Post by Sev » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:50 am

We can ride in REALLY big circles at 30mph for 20 minutes.

It's practise, for when you get stuck in a traffic circle.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#6 Post by VermilionX » Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:54 am

Sevulturus wrote:We can ride in REALLY big circles at 30mph for 20 minutes.

It's practise, for when you get stuck in a traffic circle.
that's not all i practice though.

i practice hard braking and swerving too on that parking lot.

the turning practice is just the most fun of the drills i practice. w/ it, i practice throttle control, looking, body positioning, etc.

i do feel though that i need to have turning markers so that my turns become more consistent.
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#7 Post by ninja79 » Fri Jun 23, 2006 6:15 am

I might go on sunday aft.
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#8 Post by MontyCarlo » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:38 am

VermilionX wrote:
Sevulturus wrote:We can ride in REALLY big circles at 30mph for 20 minutes.

It's practise, for when you get stuck in a traffic circle.
that's not all i practice though.

i practice hard braking and swerving too on that parking lot.

the turning practice is just the most fun of the drills i practice. w/ it, i practice throttle control, looking, body positioning, etc.

i do feel though that i need to have turning markers so that my turns become more consistent.
Don't forget to add lock to lock figure 8's, S-turns, and the like to your practice regime.

Improving your low-speed skills are just as important as the high speed stuff. It's kind of like T'ai Chi: by performing the exercises as slowly as possible, the proper form becomes ingrained and you perform better when the pace is stepped up.

That, and you'll clip fewer mirrors :lol:
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#9 Post by grymlocke » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:31 am

waht about the old long beach navel ship yard?

I use the McClellan Mather fields here in Sac, on week ends its a ghost town there.
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#10 Post by Sev » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:57 pm

MontyCarlo wrote:
VermilionX wrote:
Sevulturus wrote:We can ride in REALLY big circles at 30mph for 20 minutes.

It's practise, for when you get stuck in a traffic circle.
that's not all i practice though.

i practice hard braking and swerving too on that parking lot.

the turning practice is just the most fun of the drills i practice. w/ it, i practice throttle control, looking, body positioning, etc.

i do feel though that i need to have turning markers so that my turns become more consistent.
Don't forget to add lock to lock figure 8's, S-turns, and the like to your practice regime.

Improving your low-speed skills are just as important as the high speed stuff. It's kind of like T'ai Chi: by performing the exercises as slowly as possible, the proper form becomes ingrained and you perform better when the pace is stepped up.

That, and you'll clip fewer mirrors :lol:
But that doesn't look REALLY cool!
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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