Gad to hear you made it out ok... Hell a broken shoulder blade is nothing compared to what could have happened

 

GLAD YOUR OK



we need to take it to the track mang

lots of nasty crashes in the last few days

 

Glad you're ok, bro, nothing too major for you or the bike.....Good to hear you'll be back on your feet in no time.

All these crashes of varying severity have had some kind of mental impact on me, too.....my Sunday morning solo blast over the mountain was much more subdued and mellow.

 

Glad you're OK and realized your mistake, so it won't happen again. The worst kind of rider just keeps on riding harder until...

 

. . . . . The front went from under me and I slid across.

If the front tucks in a corner, it's because you let off the throttle and off the gas too much.

 

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it's because you let off the throttle and off the gas too much.

Since when are those 2 different things ? :2bitchsla

Couldn't help myself :beer :beer :beer

 

Hell, i still get startled from oncomming cars or bikes if they're flying around a blind curve, and i've been riding 20+ years. I wasn't at 100% tho Glad your ok mang.

 

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Since when are those 2 different things ? :2bitchsla

Couldn't help myself :beer :beer :beer

You can let off the throttle a little bit and still have input or you can let off way too much and have no input whatsoever. Throttle control is very important.

 

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If the front tucks in a corner, it's because you let off the throttle and off the gas too much.

Tapping the front brake at full lean will also tuck the front end.

 

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Tapping the front brake at full lean will also tuck the front end.

That's true but since he doesn't remember if he tapped the front brake or turned the bars, I would surmise he let off the throttle, which is the normal response. Unless BlueBird knows how to trailbrake and does it with regularity, and with only 6 years riding experience (he would remember tapping the front brake), I would say he didn't get anywhere near the front brake. Many riders find it hard to tap the front brakes while in the middle of a corner because they have taken their fingers off the brake lever to gain more leverage on the bars. Even racers take their fingers off the levers in the turns, most of the time, to gain more leverage while leaned over. If BlueBird countersteered the bike too much, the rear wheel would have stepped out on him at that lean angle. Since he stated the front washed out, the highest possibility is he cut the gas a little too much. Many riders do this in a panic situation when an object suddenly appears ahead (and his sounds like a panic situation), startling them, thus in fear of hitting the object. Many riders do this not knowing or not realizing that they have.

 

sounds like it could have been nasty (guard rails *shudder*) glad you came out of it ok.

dunno maybe you did make a bad input that caused the front to wash out, and i dunno what machine you are on but anyways my 04 used with stock suspension settings used to drift the front out first everytime, a trait that i hate in a bike

i ended up taking some damping out of the front and adding a click of preload in the rear which i think helped even out the traction balance

edit: ps if you do start testing traction limits and suspension settings do it away from guardrails mang!

 

glad to hear that ur crash wasn't worse.
i had a crash last yr and the doc told me the same thing. no ridin 4 about 4-5 weeks. i was out ridin in 3 weeks. i had 3 fractures in my right arm. i drank alot of milk. lol

 

Well I may have touched the front brake because from all my track day pictures I always ride with one finger on the brake. But, I think it is more likely I let off the gas before touching the brake as that seems like a normal panic response. But thanks guys, It didn't really hit me about how bad it could've been until I was waking up again this morning to see another day.