Wizzard wrote:That stretch of Mulholland is a hell of a road . Don't try to keep up with other people .
My suggestion is on week days when you can go for a ride up that way by your self and really familiarize your self with all the turns and grades .
BOth up to the Rock Shop and down from there as well
It's called practice , practice , practice .
Kind regards, Wizzard
that is a great idea. i can go there every wednesday after school. shouldn't be busy i hope.
i just have to look up the directions since i still don't know it by memory.
problem is, my navigational skills sucks so bad that i get lost even w/ map.
Sevulturus wrote:
I'm not doing a very good job of explaining this, but if you keep a little power on the back wheel and look around the corner and just push your inside arm out you'll go right around the corner.
that's the thing... this mulholland twisty is downhill w/ sharp turns so that's also the reason i don't use the throttle a lot. i think it being downhill has more to do than me entering the corner too fast.
but mark and the others are taking them faster.
i wanna watch them and learn but i can't keep up w/ them so it's like a catch 22.
ARRRGGHH! so i guess more practice then on weekdays, like wizzard suggsted. it'll probably be considerably way less busy.
Last edited by VermilionX on Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
If it's a downhill, all you need to do is pull in the clutch and let it roll. The speed from the downhill will get you around the corner safely. It's all about momentum. I forget where I heard it, that isn't true, the website posted above said that at about 20mph you can scrape the pegs, and I'm inclined to believe it.
Have you tried going UP the hill? You can totally push it up the hill.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
I would just hold the bike in a lower gear to keep your speed down. I find it easier to make smooth and fast turns when I enter a little slower, then I can slowly accelerate through the turn.
found some nice slow downhill twisties at one of the state parks about 30 miles out of town today that would be great for practicing downhill turns, just need to wait a little longer for the gravel that accumulated over the winter to clear out. it was real slow going down this stretch today since it was liberally sprinked with gravel all over.
Sevulturus wrote:If it's a downhill, all you need to do is pull in the clutch and let it roll. The speed from the downhill will get you around the corner safely. It's all about momentum. I forget where I heard it, that isn't true, the website posted above said that at about 20mph you can scrape the pegs, and I'm inclined to believe it.
Have you tried going UP the hill? You can totally push it up the hill.
momentum... yeah i read it too
i need to overcome my fear ...but not so much that i become too daring.
and yep, today... i went there down, up, down. i really dunno which is harder, all i know is im slow either way.
jmillheiser wrote:I would just hold the bike in a lower gear to keep your speed down. I find it easier to make smooth and fast turns when I enter a little slower, then I can slowly accelerate through the turn.
found some nice slow downhill twisties at one of the state parks about 30 miles out of town today that would be great for practicing downhill turns, just need to wait a little longer for the gravel that accumulated over the winter to clear out. it was real slow going down this stretch today since it was liberally sprinked with gravel all over.
i do, im staying at 2nd gear, sometimes i even put in on 1st.
mark and the others said they are staying on 3rd gear but that's too advanced for me at this point.
Next time you go try to go 1mph faster then you did today. That's all you need to do. Then do it again tomorrow 1mph faster, or two or more... you get the idea, just work your way up to it.
That's how I started, vertical through the turns then over time I'd work my way around the corner a little faster... then a little faster... then a little faster... then I scraped the peg. I slowed down a little after that.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.
