How pics can make you a better rider

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sapaul · #1 Post by **sapaul** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:35 am

http://s449.photobucket.com/albums/qq21 ... 1/?start=0

Nearly pooped when I spotted a mistake I was making.

see if you can spot it.

ps, You can play "Spot The Goose" too.

#2 Post by **dr_bar** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:53 am

Were you looking at the white line with the Goose tucked in behind you on pillion?

RhadamYgg · #3 Post by **RhadamYgg** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:47 am

Are those all you - or just the Yellow GS?

In either case I don't really see the problem. Proving my noobishness yet again.

RhadamYgg

#4 Post by **Wrider** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:49 pm

You're leaning out of the corners instead of trying to "kiss your inside mirror". Unless I'm just a n00b too...

Dragon on Wheels · #5 Post by **Dragon on Wheels** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:19 pm

Another noob here: which photo are we looking at? Is it the one where someone forgot to put down the face shield?

redwing · #6 Post by **redwing** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:39 pm

Sapaul... The guy in the slide show appeared not to be looking at the end of the turn... I think he was looking at the road in front of the bike... I catch myself doing that and other stuff like looking where I want to put my foot on a stop instead looking straight ahead or adjusting a mirror while riding...I'm way to lax - not cool

Robert

sapaul · #7 Post by **sapaul** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:27 am

The guy on the slide show is me, but with different girls on the back each time.

The real problem I picked up was in the picture of the GS on the right hander extreme lean (really hard to kiss a mirror on a GS).

My right foot is covering the brake, this is something we teach on the road but is a no-no on the track. Foot should have been on the peg(ball of foot). If I had clipped that foot on the tar, I could have seen my "gat" (African for hole). 90% front brake on the track.

That corner is a 140kmh sweep

Ha Ha had big fun on that 800 GS. Loves the tight twisties, I was creaming the Motards on it.

The chick in the red leathers is The Goose, on the VFR and the GS.

I only ever put my knee down on short 600's. Otherwise I just look like a plonker.

TorontoBoy · #8 Post by **TorontoBoy** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:24 am

Photo 0979 there is a guy in a white shirt and white helmet, with a yellow and black BMW, doing a left hand turn. His bike is leaning more than he is. In fact, he's counter-leaning. This reduces cornering clearance.

Or is this a camera angle issue?

sapaul · #9 Post by **sapaul** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:17 pm

That's me. the great thing about GS's is that you can whack on the throttle much earlier than a superbike. In that shot I am coming out of the corner and am on the throttle and the bike is coming back up to my right. So I see what you mean.

Whole point of posting the pics so you can comment and help me to learn and hopefully others too.

thanks.