what's the best way to remove the fear of fast cornering?

[VermilionX]

i see, thanks.

i'll just keep my knees on the side of the tank.

[Mintbread]

oh yeah, before i get more aggressive... i'll buy some knee sliders 1st. just in case.

i saw some knee sliders but they are all attached by velcro for pants that have velcro... is there one that can be wrapped around your knee for pants that doesn't originally have knee sliders?

You have absolutely no need for knee sliders whilst riding on the road. I lean my bike right over to the point of dragging my toes around corners, which is right on the edge of the tyres and I have miles between my knee and the ground.

If you ride a LOT of track days they might be worth it.

[Kal]

Practise. Practise more. And practise again.

The only way to shoot corners is to do corners. Something I want you to do is take the corner as smoothly as you can, practise getting the bike round the corner on a line.

I don't want you thinking about the speed, I want you thinking about how well you take the corners. It's not the same thing by a long way. The better you take corners, the quicker (and safer) you will be through them though.

i see, thanks.

i'll just keep my knees on the side of the tank.

Good idea. Anopthe good idea if you are concerned about your knees and want to protect them is to get the armour inserts for the Joe Rocket Jeans you've got.

I shelled out the extra few pounds for the 'race' ones, no one but my knows so I don't look like a dork (well anymore than I usually do) and I have every confidence in them protecting my knees should I have another *ahem* unfortunate incident.

[VermilionX]

You have absolutely no need for knee sliders whilst riding on the road. I lean my bike right over to the point of dragging my toes around corners, which is right on the edge of the tyres and I have miles between my knee and the ground.

If you ride a LOT of track days they might be worth it.

good then, bec im planning on getting this for the tracks anyway...

Practise. Practise more. And practise again.

The only way to shoot corners is to do corners. Something I want you to do is take the corner as smoothly as you can, practise getting the bike round the corner on a line.

I don't want you thinking about the speed, I want you thinking about how well you take the corners. It's not the same thing by a long way. The better you take corners, the quicker (and safer) you will be through them though.

Good idea. Anopthe good idea if you are concerned about your knees and want to protect them is to get the armour inserts for the Joe Rocket Jeans you've got.

I shelled out the extra few pounds for the 'race' ones, no one but my knows so I don't look like a dork (well anymore than I usually do) and I have every confidence in them protecting my knees should I have another *ahem* unfortunate incident.

i have draggin jeans not joe jocket jeans. when i looked at their CE armor, it has velcro on it... my jeans doesn't have velcro on the knees, it only has kevlar.

and i can take corners fine at speed limit speeds. but when on speed limit speeds, i don't lean much.

[ZooTech]

hmmm... 45º is a lot, im not sure if my tires are up to it.

at 45º, won't pegs almost scrape at this angle?

Nuf said...

[VermilionX]

Nuf said...

is that you on the ninja sport bike?

anyway, those are great but are those leans on stock tires?

[ZooTech]

is that you on the ninja sport bike?

No. I got that pic from Killboy.com, the same place that took my pics.

anyway, those are great but are those leans on stock tires?

Mine are stock, and the front had about 11k miles on it at the time (the rear was relatively new). Your tires are perfectly capable of those lean angles if warmed-up.

[VermilionX]

how do i warm it up?

thanks by the way for trying to make me see things correctly. your pic looks good and considering you're using a cruiser, i should be able to lean far more than that.

[Chris8187]

To warm up the sides of your tires, just swerve back and forth.

[Sev]

Friction will warm up your tires.

As in riding with them.