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Being light on the bars allows the steering head to swing into the corner.
3x world champion Freddie Spencer knows a thing or two about motorcycles, so when he talks, we listen.
Especially when it's something that sounds counterintuitive.
Freddie is stressing the importance of being light on the bars, not just for feedback, but also to let the steering head track back into the corner.
If we resist (by maintaining pressure on the bars mid corner), we may add more lean angle, but to get our motorcycles to truly change direction efficiently, we need to let the front wheel track back into the corner toward the new direction of travel. Every motorcycle is designed for this. We regularly host and train the engineers responsible for these designs, so we ask.
So how do we reduce load on our hands? Easiest way is to drive our outside leg into the fuel tank. This removes weight from our hands. Need a little extra? Try exhaling on corner entry as well: this fires our core and really allows us to lighten those hands.
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3x world champion Freddie Spencer knows a thing or two about motorcycles, so when he talks, we listen.
Especially when it's something that sounds counterintuitive.
Freddie is stressing the importance of being light on the bars, not just for feedback, but also to let the steering head track back into the corner.
If we resist (by maintaining pressure on the bars mid corner), we may add more lean angle, but to get our motorcycles to truly change direction efficiently, we need to let the front wheel track back into the corner toward the new direction of travel. Every motorcycle is designed for this. We regularly host and train the engineers responsible for these designs, so we ask.
So how do we reduce load on our hands? Easiest way is to drive our outside leg into the fuel tank. This removes weight from our hands. Need a little extra? Try exhaling on corner entry as well: this fires our core and really allows us to lighten those hands.
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Common issues with the 2005 kawasaki zx10r?
i’m upgrading from a 2003 zx6r. i drag race a 2001 zx12r currently. going to look at a 2005 zx10r and im curious on what things i should be looking out for. seller has upgraded the front brake master to a brembo and has a steering damper. im just not aware of any issues with these bikes. thanks in advance
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i’m upgrading from a 2003 zx6r. i drag race a 2001 zx12r currently. going to look at a 2005 zx10r and im curious on what things i should be looking out for. seller has upgraded the front brake master to a brembo and has a steering damper. im just not aware of any issues with these bikes. thanks in advance
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First track day - damn near sold my bike
I’ve been riding for about five months, so not very long at all. I started on a 390 and traded for a tuono 660 factory about two months ago. I love my bike…
So, I thought “I’m pretty okay at street riding—let’s test the track out.” Really I wanted to learn the skills of safe riding early on. I went to the track two days, both days nonstop raining. Track had a fair amount of puddles.
Even in the slowest group, I was the slowest rider. I didn’t crash, so that’s a plus. But the track weekend was absolutely defeating. I had maybe 3 relatively fun/comfortable sessions out of 13. I’m pretty sure I was the newest rider on the track that weekend. But it’s still tough to be the last guy.
Half of me thought I should sell the bike, the other half thought I should seek training opportunities immediately and try to improve.
Anyway, I’m wondering whether anyone else here has had this experience, and how they trained or worked to get better. I’ve become obsessed with riding and would much prefer to improve.
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I’ve been riding for about five months, so not very long at all. I started on a 390 and traded for a tuono 660 factory about two months ago. I love my bike…
So, I thought “I’m pretty okay at street riding—let’s test the track out.” Really I wanted to learn the skills of safe riding early on. I went to the track two days, both days nonstop raining. Track had a fair amount of puddles.
Even in the slowest group, I was the slowest rider. I didn’t crash, so that’s a plus. But the track weekend was absolutely defeating. I had maybe 3 relatively fun/comfortable sessions out of 13. I’m pretty sure I was the newest rider on the track that weekend. But it’s still tough to be the last guy.
Half of me thought I should sell the bike, the other half thought I should seek training opportunities immediately and try to improve.
Anyway, I’m wondering whether anyone else here has had this experience, and how they trained or worked to get better. I’ve become obsessed with riding and would much prefer to improve.
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