Fast SV650

[No Worries]

I was riding up Lookout Mountain when a fast bike came up behind me. I got behind some cars and pulled into the turn out for Windy Saddle. The bike pulled next to me. A young man on a Suzuki SV650. We shot the breeze and he said he learned to ride in the dirt. I said I have a video camera and pulled it out of my tankbag. I mounted it quickly on the handlebar and he said the cars must be far enough ahead now and pulled out. I followed behind him.

He was very fast and got way ahead of me. Luckily, he got behind another biker that slowed him down until I caught up. He was going up to Evergreen and I was going to the Nature Center. I turned off at the end and he went on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s6SrHEHmI4

[pauldun170]

Nice.
Side note: I hate it when bicyclist are out.

[Particle Man]

Looks like he is throttling out of the corners faster - that is where he appears to gain his lead quite a few times.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Nice.
Side note: I hate it when bicyclist are out.

Stay off the north shore of LI on the weekends if you havent found them all already.

[Trip]

You can hold a lot of corner speed with a SV, plus their on/off switch throttles let em get out of the corners quick too.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Nice.
Side note: I hate it when bicyclist are out.

So does this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFaAqS2f18

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by shmike

So does this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFaAqS2f18

Fucking target fixation...

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Fucking target fixation...

Indeed. You could see his head track toward the bicyclist and the motorcycle follow.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by shmike

So does this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFaAqS2f18

At least hes doing soemthing about it

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Nice.
Side note: I hate it when bicyclist are out.

As you can see, I like taking up the whole lane. So I hate being confined to just one tire track. But this video was going uphill. Going downhill, it's rare to pass some of the faster bicyclists.

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Looks like he is throttling out of the corners faster - that is where he appears to gain his lead quite a few times.

I learned to ride mountains on a three-cylinder two-stroke. No not a Kawi, but a Suzuki. There's no engine braking. I rode my old GS1000 in this video. I use my rear brake around the tight corners and keep the throttle open. There's no pitching, just even transition. After some corners I go Wide Full Open. That's when the camera shakes. The SV rider was just very good.

Originally Posted by Trip

You can hold a lot of corner speed with a SV, plus their on/off switch throttles let em get out of the corners quick too.

I slowed down a lot more for the corners than he did. But I did everything right. I leaned off the bike just before the curve, looked around the corner, didn't fixate on the bicyclists (I didn't realize how many there were until I watched the video), and I didn't fixate on the SV rider. He was just a lot better than me. I don't know if it shows, But I rode my tail off to keep up with him.