storysunfolding wrote:the figure 8 I'm telling you to run is 4 parking stalls just as you're doing yours.
The path of an 18' by 36' figure 8 is 113'. To go 113' in 120 seconds means moving at less than 1 foot per second, 0.942 ft/sec, which is 0.642 mph. I can slow ride in a straight line fairly reliably at 1.2 mph according to my GPS. I cannot navigate an 18' circle at 1.2 mph so it's sure I can't do it at half that speed. Please show a video of someone doing an 18' by 36' figure 8 at 0.642 mph.
(18'x3.14=56.52' x 2 = 113'/120 seconds= 0.942 fps * 3,600=3,391 ft per hour / 5,280 ft in a mile = 0.642 mph)
I live inside the DC beltway and have no trouble finding parking lots. Especially on weekends.
My bike is parked on a farm. There is one small parking lot close by. After that the next nearest lot is 8 miles away, busier, and not much larger than the one close by.
Anyway if you look at the police courses you'll notice that they have lots of cones grouped closely together. You don't need cones that close to setup the same circuit as the video, only 40-45 cones and it takes about 10 minutes to setup. They use so many cones so it's very obvious during competition. If you set it up yourself you should be fine.
Those police courses are impractical for a single person to set up for their short term use.
I've been to that site. That's all very large cone patterns. I was referring to useful drills and exercises, motor police might do, that can be done without the requirement of setting up many cones.
motorman is a term for a motorcycle cop.
I know the common usage of the term motorman. My point is he makes extravagant claims for his course.
If you don't actually want advice then stop asking for it. It seems like you find a problem in every piece of advice someone gives you.
Where have I asked for advice? How about a discussion. Sharing ideas, enjoying the topic. Do you have any practice videos?
you need to learn to counter balance the motorcycle,
The videos record practices from 6 weeks to 26 weeks. Up to 12 weeks I was stiff on the bike, numb hands on the grips, in practice. I finally understood the relationship of upper body mass to the motion and lean of the bike at about 12-13 weeks. The 3 most recent videos were made after that.
put the balls of your feel on your footpegs where you have more control you move them around a lot and it doesn't seem like you are using the rear brake or shifting so I don't understand why you'd do that.
May be in a maneuver that's getting shakey a foot goes out in case I have to catch the bike. Otherwise the balls of my feet are glued to the pegs unless I'm braking or shifting.
video yourself practicing something like quick stops, swerves, cornering or something more interesting. Hell, video tape a slow one!
I do brake practice on the roads where it's not practical to set up the camera. The parking lot is smaller than it looks.
You're not getting anywhere near that motorcycles limits.
Am I supposed to be riding at the limits of the bike that after 6 months? Trying to do that at my level sounds like a way to get hurt.
It can scrape pegs while doing uturns, you just need to learn to get it there.
The pegs are a foot off the ground and mounted on a narrower chassis than most road bikes. If and when I can scrape those pegs I'll make a video.
I still think you'd benefit from professional instruction- Valentino Rossi, Ben Spies, Keith Code, Lee Parks- all great riders and all had professional training
I might be interested in instruction that is a series of lessions spaced over several months and focused entiely on riding skills and technique. I'm not looking for a class focused on traffic hazards. The closest traffic to where my bike is parked is 30 miles away.
