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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: sportbike riding tips Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:10 am | |
| if you know of certain riding tips or racing tips list um here!
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: riding tip#1...calm down! Sat Jan 17, 2009 10:43 am | |
| we all get excited when we ride motorcycles , however some may get a little to excited when riding, moving violently on the bike,speeding,mabey not being as aware of your sorroundings as you should be, so having a clear vision of what your doing is very nessesary to have fun and being safe. riding bikes is a great way for stress relief for someone ...( at least me )...and i will come out and say that yeah mabey we all get a little carried away sometimes ..it happens to the best of us, but when it does... make sure your not totally endangering yourself and others.... meaning for the first tip on sportbiketalk we would love to bring you the first tip of SELF CONTROL. theres many days when mabey for an instance.... a civic hatch back pulls up to you revving his weak little engine like his car is extra ordinary , or he thinks hes a tough guy for what ever reason?.... and you are currently thinking wow, mabey i should show this fool some real power or what ever.....in this case without a doubt i would be up for a challenge! unless theres a supercharged v12 in the civic..but god knows thats not the case....... you go for it......by the time you let the clutch off into second the civics engine broke down!.....you start laughing as anyone should, as you look back at the speedo you see your doing 130mph and theres not much road left. you slow down and rethink what just happened,you come to a complete stop now! you look back, when you were racing him there were four pot holes and oil spots from constrution the town had finished a week ago! you slowly think about what could have went wrong in those moments of excitement, but luckly nothing did mabey you won't be so lucky next time? when all facts arise, one conclusion is that things can, and will happen everyday when your riding, just be ready for them! | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: riding tip#2 knee sliding and body position! Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:27 am | |
| ok one thing to know when riding a sport bike is body position and stance! ruling out the key number one factor, body position, correct body weight on a sport bike! it can save your life! here we go !!! most new riders often are over confident in there riding capabilities, so they will tend to copy things they see more exp. riders do like drop knee aka knee sliding. doing it corrrectly is much better than not.. because when most riders try to drop knee, they will try ....well pretty much just dropping there knee this is were its wrong and body stance comes in to play! when droping your knee on a sport bike remember your center of gravity, if you ever try to just tap your knee on the ground DON'T! theres much more involved when doing this, your body should allways remain parallel to the bike! if not your twisted which is bad! try to lean your body about half way off the bike and remember to keep your head up were your turning! the more you lean your bike the easier it will be to get your knee down, however theres a point when its unsafe.....so lets not go there! focus on keeping your body half way over the bike, your lowered knee should be about 45 degrees to to the bike, make sure if your bike has mirrors to keep your body just past them! and before you know it your knee will be bloody before dinner! unless of coarse your wearing sliders | |
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:15 am | |
| Man I just say that dragging your knee on public roads is a stupid idea in general. For one thing, you don't need to be taking corners that fast unless it's on a race track, and another thing, public roads are too unsafe to be hanging off your bike on anyways. However, I tend to do it occasionally very lightly anyways. The whole point of hanging off the bike is to try and keep the weight on the inside of the corner as much as possible, while keeping your bike as straight up and down as possible. This gives your bike more traction due to a bigger contact patch between the tires and the road. | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: yup Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:33 am | |
| couldn't say it any better man, but it was a given i wasn't talking about doing drop knee on public roads, but yes i do it as well aparently people think it is impressive...so be it | |
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:14 pm | |
| Hah don't think that comment was directed at you or anything I was just speaking in generalities. Actually on my ride yesterday I was hangin off a bit whoop | |
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Z Magic 97
Posts : 7 Points : 0 Join date : 2009-02-14 Age : 33 Location : Goodyear, Arizona
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:55 pm | |
| I think a good one is don't ride with a camera in your helmet. Those can be distracting. | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:01 pm | |
| haha yeah...i mean who would even think just kiddin..nice picture by the way you have a nice looking ninja...see i prefer old school bikes | |
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:24 pm | |
| Hah weren't we just discussing cameras in helmets Alex? Yeah it may be bad to try and vlog while riding. Don't know if you should divide your attention in that way lol | |
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Z Magic 97
Posts : 7 Points : 0 Join date : 2009-02-14 Age : 33 Location : Goodyear, Arizona
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:58 pm | |
| - Jetstream01 wrote:
- Hah weren't we just discussing cameras in helmets Alex? Yeah it may be bad to try and vlog while riding. Don't know if you should divide your attention in that way lol
It's been working good for me so far | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:49 pm | |
| yeah if i did start up..i probably wouldn't be a avid talker? and hit up the country type or farm roads, but i just have to get a proper working camcorder right now.....and possibly wait for a month when the snows all gone | |
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:05 pm | |
| Hah well hey man whatever floats your boat. I'm just down with any type of video recording of rides, if you can't tell from my Youtube profile. Man it's been raining here for like 2 weeks straight! And any of you who live in Cali know what I'm talking about! | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:27 am | |
| yeah well its been snowing here anyways im shopping for cameras right now i guess it wouldn't matter if i had it in my helmet or not, but it would be cool to get a high speed run on film | |
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:01 am | |
| Yeah I think all of us on this forum should film (onboard or external like my video) ourselves getting up to our top speed, and compare numbers and the feeling of going that fast and all that stuff! Obviously the people with 600's will have higher speeds but hey it will still be cool to see and talk about. I'm not endorsing you guys killing yourselves at top speed so keep it as safe as possible! ps hey at least snow looks cool! The rain is just depressing! Although it stopped today and all the wildflowers and trees are blooming so it's beautiful lol. | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Thu Feb 19, 2009 5:50 pm | |
| Haha hey man I tell it like it is. Wildflowers and cloudless skies | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:39 am | |
| ive never seen that smiley? perfect for your post though | |
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:36 pm | |
| Hah yeah I know. I was informed that the flowers in the median of the freeway that I see blooming are mustard flowers, purple lilacs, and California golden poppies. I get distracted while driving cause I'm looking at them so much hah. | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:50 pm | |
| thats nice..i like flowers, but not in a gay way, my favorites are grown all over here, TIGER LILIES are my very favorite, they have so much orange color they look awesome, they grow in really hot and dry weather but it seems that they die fast without any hydration, | |
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Jetstream01 moderator
Posts : 118 Points : 60 Join date : 2009-01-02 Age : 37 Location : Madera, CA
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Mon Feb 23, 2009 2:34 pm | |
| NOPE you said you like flowers that makes you homo. Lol jk. I actually like flowers myself so whatever don't hate on the straight flower guys. Never seen tiger lilies in the wild must be nice. Lol yeah it makes sense that they die without water...you know plants need water... hah | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:57 am | |
| yeah jetsream.....theres something you need to know, im a little homo...no just kidding yeah i could never say it with a straight face. anyways yeah its clear plants need water to survive but the tiger liles only take a few days before they start to shrivel up. | |
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bottlecape30 moderator
Posts : 171 Points : 122 Join date : 2009-02-16 Age : 41 Location : Rochester, NY
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:57 am | |
| what the hell happened? Your talking about flowers and homos not riding tips | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Wed Feb 25, 2009 12:37 am | |
| haha good time to get back on the page. yeah well we were talking about how cal has nice flowers and it got off topic. | |
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bottlecape30 moderator
Posts : 171 Points : 122 Join date : 2009-02-16 Age : 41 Location : Rochester, NY
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Wed Feb 25, 2009 11:24 am | |
| how about starting a thread on how and why to put your body weight on the bike, thus allowing us to gain more control over the bike and ultimantely be better safer riders. | |
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cbr-rider administrator
Posts : 311 Points : 291 Join date : 2008-12-25 Age : 32
| Subject: Re: sportbike riding tips Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:08 pm | |
| try reading the prevoius topic in tis thred. | |
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