I have a turning dilemma!

[chemicalpoet]

woot

[Sev]

I'm trying to think of a reason to pull in the clutch through the corner in a car? I always thought that it would be better to keep power to the wheels and just drop a gear or two while keeping the revs high, then as you exit you quick shift back up two gears, let the clutch out smooth and hard on the gass.

[Kal]

Relating it to my experience.

I look as far though the turn as possible and rely on my peripheral vision to pick up what is happening next to me.

When I am running wide it is because I am taking corners at too higher speed for what my subconscious is comfortable with at that moment in time.

That can be either I am not in the correct frame of mind for pushing CeeGee or my subconscious isnt happy with the road conditions. Either way the solution is to back off the throttle.

I've come off twice, the first was atttempting a corner at a speed that I didn't have the skillset for at the time. The second time was because I ignored what my subconsciousness was telling me about the road conditions and I attempted the corner carrying too much speed for the road conditions.

For corners I normally roll off of the throttle a little before entering, wait until I am at the apex of the turn and then smoothly roll the power back on. I believe that the power through the back wheel provides the bike with stability in the corners so I wouldn't coast through them.

Of course I have been off twice in the last two years so I can be wrong.

Edited to say what I meant!

[NCRonB]

For corners I normally roll off of the throttle a little until I am at the apex of the turn and then smoothly roll the power back on. I believe that the power through the back wheel provides the bike with stability in the corners so I wouldn't coast through them.

Yup, rolling on the throttle provides stability. Conversely, rolling off the throttle while leaned over provides instability, so it isn't advised.

You should lose all of your speed before entering the curve and then roll on gradually throughout the entire curve. If you've entered a curve too fast, the best option is often to just lean more. If you have the traction to roll off the throttle in a turn, then you have the traction to lean over more to make the turn at your current speed (or so "they" say). I'm sure that's not always the best option, but in general, you can lean a lot further than you think.

chemicalpoet, as you'll see recommended all over the place, David Hough's "Proficient Motorcycling" is a good read and goes into a lot of detail on stuff like this. You might want to punch holes in it and put it in a three-ring binder as soon as you get it, though.