Braking

[fazersharp]

I didnt mean it like that, I think that over time stuff just comes to you as a natural progression from riding 

[nick crisp]

once get to a certain level of experience your bike almost feels like an extra limb, part of your body and your inputs are translated into motion.

This guy ^^ has clearly never ridden a Superdream  :lol

[joebloggs]

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once get to a certain level of experience your bike almost feels like an extra limb, part of your body and your inputs are translated into motion.

This guy ^^ has clearly never ridden a Superdream  :lol
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Unfortunately I have, had bloody arowmax tyres on it, focin thing would drop into corners like you'd just pushed it off its stand. Awful bike , I guess my theory has exceptions lol

Oh and pushing one off its stand would be the only way to get one to accelerate

[joebloggs]

You can tell a superdream rider by the flies stuck on the rear of their crash helmet

[joebloggs]

Talking of developing as a rider, I remember wondering what would happen if you got off the gas mid turn, as you do, flew into one of my favorite corners, a very quick set of s bends and just as I got to the apex I closed the throttle............... Foc knows how I didn't lose the front, didn't try that one again lol

[darrsi]

For the newbies I guess you go with what you were taught and gradually modify your style to suit, not only in braking but in the way you control your bike.

:agree

I dont ever remember being taught anything back in the 80s but What I have found after years of riding is that I will read something about say- counter steering and then go out on my bike thinking about what I have read and then think - shit that's what I always do and I never knew it was a "thing" and had a name. Same with positioning I never knew that what I was doing all the time without thinking was a technique in some book, same go's for all the braking technique, I didnt know that trailing the back brake in certain situations was a "thing" I thought everyone did it

Come back when you've ridden in the rain, 'cos dry braking is sooooo very different.  un :pokefun
Even more so in autumn actually, i take a short cut in the mornings on the way to work and go past a park with the overhanging trees littering the road with leaves.
That ain't fun, especially when they're hiding a manhole cover and it's shoving it down with rain.  :look

[fazersharp]

Come back when you've ridden in the rain, 'cos dry braking is sooooo very different.  [img alt=un]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/sun.gif[/img]

Im sure it is but im never going to need to find out, been there done that when I had to. I do ride all year though and have even been out plenty of times when its a bit damp  :eek
Which-- is- it- not more greasy than that of a good wash of rain

[darrsi]

Come back when you've ridden in the rain, 'cos dry braking is sooooo very different.  [img alt=un]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/sun.gif[/img]

Im sure it is but im never going to need to find out, been there done that when I had to. I do ride all year though and have even been out plenty of times when its a bit damp  :eek
Which-- is- it- not more greasy than that of a good wash of rain

Yeah, in fairness, I love a good downpour to clean the roads, it makes a big difference!

[Val]

Yeah, in fairness, I love a good downpour to clean the roads, it makes a big difference!

I agree, in fact I prefer proper downpour than few rain drops after long hot summer period when it makes the mud and dirt on the road in a killer coat of thin mud film which sometimes is behaving like ice  :eek

[darrsi]

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Yeah, in fairness, I love a good downpour to clean the roads, it makes a big difference!

I agree, in fact I prefer proper downpour than few rain drops after long hot summer period when it makes the mud and dirt on the road in a killer coat of thin mud film which sometimes is behaving like ice  :eek
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Worst one for me on my route to work is the diesel spillages that suddenly appear.

[Val]

Ive got another one to add -------------Air Brakes, going from a smaller hunker down forward posture to an upright taller one

I have to say I am too old for this one, hanging for your dear life acting as a parachute air brake not my cup of tea  :lol

[darrsi]

[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=18540.msg213855#msg213855 date=1445520203]
Ive got another one to add -------------Air Brakes, going from a smaller hunker down forward posture to an upright taller one

I have to say I am too old for this one, hanging for your dear life acting as a parachute air brake not my cup of tea  :lol
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That's one for passengers who keep whining about being cold (my ex missus).
A quick duck down at ''shit,that's quick'' mph soon makes them change their opinion.
If they wanna swap the constant buffering up front for an easy life behind me, just say the word.
Just don't expect me to honestly sit behind them and watch the results, 'cos i will be 10 times more uncomfortable than they ever would be with me not in control!  :look

[joebloggs]

A quick duck down at ''shit,that's quick'' mph soon makes them change their opinion.



If done in conjunction with a quick on off throttle it has amazing results, just be ready to catch the unsuspecting passenger by the ankles....... :eek