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I'm sure almost every one of you has your 1 favorite road or road that you ride the most. For me it is MO-125. When I read about new riding shit on here I think about it in terms of on 125 and how I am going to try to change things. |
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02-05-2010, 02:45 PM | #32 | |
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You can, in my opinion, ride for your entire life, on any road in the world, without trail braking. How? Simple. Slow the fuck down. The world is not a racetrack. Treating it like one, exponentially increases your odds of becoming a leather clad graffiti stain on some unforgiving canyon wall. I ride at **ahem** a fairly "spirited pace", but I'm usually off the brakes, way before the apex. Maybe it's because I got the whole racing thing out of my system years ago, (almost, anyway...) or maybe it's because I've seen too many dead guys laying under sheets. Probably both. So, trail braking? Good thing to know how to do. It will make you faster. Will it make you safer? I don't think so. JC
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02-05-2010, 02:54 PM | #33 | |
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02-05-2010, 04:47 PM | #34 | |
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If you're going to go after NW... perhaps you need a reality check. |
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02-05-2010, 08:00 PM | #35 | |
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I don't mind some ribbing and I certainly don't think this should be a 'strictly motorcycle content' sort of site but if someone wants to talk bikes, riding, or something related to the core purpose of this site let them. If you disagree then disagree but don't click on every thread with the intent on taking a shit all over it. Its really fucking annoying and pathetic. |
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02-06-2010, 12:09 AM | #36 | |
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If we were sitting around a table at a bar, my reaction to the thread title, and the overall tone of the post would have been the same. A ribbing would ensue. I've been riding for 33 years. Funny thing is, I started riding in Colorado, and I've probably been on Lookout Mountain. I can't say for sure, because they all look the same to me, and it was 33 fucking years ago. I don't even remember the names of all the streets I've lived on, let alone all the goddamn mountains I went up and down. But you're right, I don't talk much about riding on the site. I don't feel the need to. Ask me a question, and I'll give you my opinion, but that's as far as it goes. You're reading way to much into this, take a pill. Hell, take two, they're small. JC
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02-06-2010, 12:34 AM | #37 | |
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Example, you enter the turn at your non-braking speed, but out of no where car, animal, or debris is in the road causes you to have to get that sucker stopped under control whole redirecting the bike. If you don't learn to do this under normal riding conditions you are most likely going to crash when you actually need to trail brake and redirect the bike at the same time. Trail braking is all about hard entry into a turn while under hard braking. You either can or cannot do this. So flame me if you want, but i will continue to trail brake into almost every turn. |
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02-06-2010, 01:05 AM | #39 | |
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You miss the point i was trying to get across, some riders never learn to trail brake at all and when they need to lean and brake hard in the middle of a turn unexpectedly they do not have the skill or experience to do so and typically they crash. That is all i was trying to say. I was taught to also use the rear brake out of a turn to correct the bikes attitude if drifting to wide. Dragging a little rear brake while on the throttle will bring the bike down more into the turn of course so will pinning throttle, but that takes skill i still have not developed after 35 years of riding Just my $0.02 worth as we all ride different. Last edited by Thumper996; 02-06-2010 at 01:08 AM.. |
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02-06-2010, 01:13 AM | #40 | |
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