mikegalbicka
Back in the saddle again
My philosophy has always been to expect everything you can imagine, and don't rule out things you could never have imagined.
Amen to that!
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My philosophy has always been to expect everything you can imagine, and don't rule out things you could never have imagined.
To poke a little here, that sounds logical for eastern Canada where the two-lane speed limits are 90 kph and 10 clicks over gets you up to 62 or so miles per hour. Here in west Texas and much of the rest of the western US we find curvy two lane roads with a speed limit of 75 mph. If I then ride 10 clicks (6 mph) over that I am running right along at about 80, not 60. Thus, quasi legal spirited riding out here may be 20 mph faster than quasi legal spirited riding in eastern Canada. Of course that is just considering the speed limits. I know lots of roads where all but the very best riders won't maintain the speed limit.
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This year I rode a lot of the Appalachian mountain chain (mostly in June), starting in Nova Scotia and exiting in Helen, GA. Also rode the Selkirk Mountains and the Cascades through WA this year and finished it off with leading a group of about 2-dozen riders around a couple of routes on the Cabot Trail back home in NS.
This is a picture I always like to share of the Cabot Trail. It is definitely not the twistiest portion of the Trail, but it gives riders a good idea of what phenominal riding we'e got here.
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That's it.That looks like the view south towards Cheticamp from the Skyline Trail area (where the young musician was killed by coyotes.)
Gorgeous country, and the Cabot Trail is spectacular.
I found this recently posted on another forum. Confirms your approach #3.
https://youtu.be/rDJZjdKai24
Apparently the experts seem to be teaching the wrong cornering technique. The other disturbing thing about that rider was the skinny tires he is riding on. It just all wrong!
And yet he was able to beat the sport bike riders doing everything right!
Anybody notice his handlebars?
Wrong, he's got a bike to do everything left.And yet he was able to beat the sport bike riders doing everything right!
Anybody notice his handlebars?
And yet he was able to beat the sport bike riders doing everything right!
Anybody notice his handlebars?
The rider, John Kocinski, was no slouch on any bike but excelled on the 250.
Thanks for that link. I like this one even better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD2n80Dtxrk
Voni
sMiling
Thanks for that link. I like this one even better:
Voni
sMiling
I agree.... A lot of good info here. Thanks for both videos
What I have come away with, trying to digest the rational of hang butt off to get more traction is real for racers and extreme riders. But if you are an brisk street rider and you still have chicken strips (not yet fully using your tires traction) the is no reason to hang you butt off the bike.
Note: if you ride a Harley or Harley clone with small lean angle clearance hanging your butt may give you a bit of help....but why push a cruiser bike to do something it was not meant for??