Sportbikes are not beginner bikes...

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storysunfolding
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#31 Unread post by storysunfolding »

Nalian wrote: I also think its pretty goofy to resort to scare tactics in an article rather than just presenting facts and letting people figure things out on their own. Not that it's happened in this thread, but berating people for buying something dumb is common here and pretty unproductive.
+1... especially when that last part comes from the guys who just started riding 3 weeks ago :frusty:
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#32 Unread post by hi-side »

DivideOverflow wrote:
hi-side wrote:This is a tool that will teach you 1) good body position, 2) good throttle control and its effects on the bike, 3) how far you can lean the bike over, 4) where you should be looking in a turn, 5) how to relax and be loose on the bars, 6) how much it takes to get the back tire to break loose, and 7) what to do when it does break loose.
Care to do a writeup? :) Everyone is different, but I have found that I greatly benefit by reading about techniques first, and then practicing them. When I first got into riding, I read everything I could (from proficient motorcycling to just about the entire internet), and I never had an issue on a motorcycle caused by technique. (first "drop" was 2 years into riding, and it was caused by me going too fast into a corner that wasn't sandy the last time I was on it!!)



I would love to hear about those things you mentioned. I've read twist of the wrist 1 and 2, but the more sources of information, the better!
Go to www.superbikeschool.com and you can see what I was talking about. Its the bike with the moveable outriggers. The bike with the fixed outriggers is used for max braking lock-up drills. I already kind of went thru what they use the tool for, I'd prefer not to steal the school's thunder by going into the details of how its done. If you want the inside scoop, go to the school and try them out. If you've read twist l & ll, then the only thing left is Soft Science and a real school. You'll never get out of the books what you will at the school.

Here it is used as the slide bike, the lean bike, and then the brake bike.

http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/slide-bike.php

http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/lean-bike.php

http://www.superbikeschool.com/machiner ... g-bike.php
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