Lessons #1 and #2

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 10:26 pm

Lesson #1:
Don't pass unless you know how to pull back into your lane.

Lesson #2:
Don't pass approaching a curve unless you know how to turn through a curve.

http://www.twistedlimit.com/cbr/Twistedlimit317.WMV

Don

Post by **FZRDude** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:52 pm

You can't go straight through a corner, you can only look through it...

Bonehead...

barneyfzr600 · Post by **barneyfzr600** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:53 pm

Now that is some stupid S**T! Exactly as the people in the vehicle said! I ain't got nothing else to say, cuz they said it already..........

Outlaw · Post by **Outlaw** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:31 am

Those guys are famous! I've seen that posted in at least 4 or 5 different bike forums

Not exactly anything I'd want to be known for...

WickedFZR1K · Post by **WickedFZR1K** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:27 pm

That looks like a sweet road for our rockets, but trying to navigate them at higher than posted limits on a full bagged harley would be like trying to squeeze a pregnant sow through a doggy door (ya know, the one on ur back porch)...

Just goes to show the mentality of weekend bikers that have too much money (you know the type, they got the money to purchase a bike but no riding smarts)...

Of course, you know he probably went back to the office monday and tryied to play it off like some jerk in a car forced him off the road...

Jason_Hiras · Post by **Jason_Hiras** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:26 am

Oh dude..they're gonna beat our asses!

That's a funny video.
What a prick.

ftang · Post by **ftang** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:24 pm

By the skid marks at exactly the point where they pass the car, it looks like they're not the first.

These Harley guys love their rear brakes, don't they?

YZFRob · Post by **YZFRob** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:08 pm

ftang wrote:By the skid marks at exactly the point where they pass the car, it looks like they're not the first.

These Harley guys love their rear brakes, don't they?

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Unfortunately thats the way alot of riders are trained. They think the front brake will flip them over the bars if they try to use it in an emergency.

WickedFZR1K · Post by **WickedFZR1K** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:12 pm

Truth be known (which you all are probably aware of), if they front brake is mashed hard at highway speed, you wont flip, you will stop in a hurry though...

Anyways, drinking, fri night, woman is out doing her own thing (like i care anyways) so here I am, expect a couple more dumbass posts from me tonight...

MadHaqr9 · Post by **MadHaqr9** » Sat Aug 05, 2006 8:09 pm

ftang wrote:These Harley guys love their rear brakes, don't they?

I don't think it really matters much. Up front they have a whoppin' ONE rotor and usually a caliper with one piston.

Every time I look at the front wheel on one of those I just ask myself "what's the point? why did they bother?"

yamaweezle · Post by **yamaweezle** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 12:37 am

clear cut case of panic braking, and rider fixation...i'm still not understanding why the guy just rode straight into the ditch (besides having the rear brake locked up)...it appeared that if he would of just let aff the throttle, he had plenty of room to correct his predicament...but i guess i could be wrong...that kinda looked like Deals Gap...

Nbot · Post by **Nbot** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:47 pm

yah...I hardly use my rear brake on the track, riding dirt, or on the street....I know some people like it dirt riding, but I'm so used to not using it at the track, that I just get by w/ the front only, maybe in an emergency I'll get on the rear on the dirt, but not usually, the front stops us so quick on our bikes...

naeone · Post by **naeone** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:34 am

harleys never had fron brake for the first 30 years of there manufacture so you gotto think why would a harley user need em anyway

as for on the road i go through more rear pads than front as i have a tendance to settle the bike and myself( its a confidence thing) before any corner

that and the incident wit the cold front tyre and the 70 mph dismount infront of the girl friend (served me right it did) but i aint uber front end confident

horses for course but i cant get that on a track you dont use yer rear, your clearly loosing time there int he braking zones, but if its for fun it doesnt really matter but still (my tupence)

naeone · Post by **naeone** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:36 am

just watched the vid

lol fools. its folk like that (inset suitable appropriate slagging of idiots here)

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:45 pm

naeone wrote: i have a tendance to settle the bike

I touch the rear brake, prior to using the front brake, to pull down the suspension and settle the bike. Having the suspension pulled down prior to using the front brake causes less front fork travel when applying the front brake. I notice a difference on level ground and a big difference when braking down-hill. Going uphill I don't need the rear brake to settle the suspension; just rolling off the throttle does the trick.

Don

Post by **FZRDude** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:48 pm

djalbin wrote:
naeone wrote: i have a tendance to settle the bike
I touch the rear brake, prior to using the front brake, to pull down the suspension and settle the bike. Having the suspension pulled down prior to using the front brake causes less front fork travel when applying the front brake. I notice a difference on level ground and a big difference when braking down-hill. Going uphill I don't need the rear brake to settle the suspension; just rolling off the throttle does the trick.

Don

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