I've just gone from "those who will" to "those who have"

Egaeus · March 29, 2006, 07:34:23 PM

Low speed U-turn. I went in a bit hot, got worried about hitting the edge of the road, target fixated on the edge

, hit the edge, went down as soon as my rear tire hit the pine needles.

Severe damage to my pride and my clutch lever.

RVertigo · March 29, 2006, 07:35:37 PM

D'OH!!! Spring appears to be the time to practice... I ran a few tight U-Turns in a parking lot and realised that I really need to practice them more.

I think we should all go practice some.

scratch · March 29, 2006, 07:48:18 PM

Glad you're allright. What did you learn?

Hint: I want to hear you say, "Look in the direction I want to go".

Egaeus · March 29, 2006, 08:10:19 PM

The problem is that I already knew to look the direction I want to go. I just didn't do it

.

The ironic part is that I was practicing tight toe-sliding U-turns in a parking lot the night before.

scratch · March 29, 2006, 08:43:41 PM

The hardest thing to do is to turn your head in the direction you want to go. We are programmed to look at where the danger is, it's an animal instinct; stop, look, listen...we must unlearn, what we have learned (I just love Yoda).

annguyen1981 · March 29, 2006, 09:51:05 PM

I was actually praticing some u-turns today, and suprisingly, I did much better than at the MSF course.

Dwn4whadever · March 29, 2006, 09:53:28 PM

Quote from: Egaeus on March 29, 2006, 08:10:19 PM
The problem is that I already knew to look the direction I want to go. I just didn't do it .

The ironic part is that I was practicing tight toe-sliding U-turns in a parking lot the night before.

Whats tight toe sliding?

TonyKZ1 · March 30, 2006, 07:39:28 AM

I know the feeling, I laid mine down last thurs evening. Just leaving a client's house, they've got a sharp turn after getting on the street, at the edge of the street there isn't any roadside as it drops off right into a 5 foot culvert. Needless to say after getting too close to the edge of the new asphalt, I'm sliding backwards down the dirt embankment. What a surprise!
Didn't do too much damage to the bike (broken turn signals, tore up exhaust system & tail bag) or me (tore up insulated overalls, bumped & bruised).
Tony

pantablo · March 30, 2006, 10:47:59 AM

Quote from: scratch on March 29, 2006, 07:48:18 PM
Glad you're allright. What did you learn?

Hint: I want to hear you say, "Look in the direction I want to go".[/size]

speak up Scratch!

scratch · March 30, 2006, 11:38:53 AM

I didn't know size 1 was so small!

Yankee Punker · March 30, 2006, 03:38:42 PM

There's always two drop's ! One is when your barley moving, and the the other one

? Well good luck and always wear your safety gear.

Egaeus · March 30, 2006, 04:48:26 PM

Quote from: dwn4whadever on March 29, 2006, 09:53:28 PM
Whats tight toe sliding?

It should have been tight, toe-sliding. I had was doing U-turns and had the bike leaned over so far that it was scraping the toe-sliders (plastic protective pieces) on my riding boots. I was trying to get comfortable with leaning it further, as well as practicing my U-turns.

I was wearing full gear.

scratch · March 30, 2006, 05:07:23 PM

Sweet! What do your chicken strips look like, now?

Egaeus · March 30, 2006, 05:29:38 PM

Quote from: scratch on March 30, 2006, 05:07:23 PM
Sweet! What do your chicken strips look like, now?

Well, I wore the nubs off of my new tires, and cleaned the oil off of them from my oil leak (after spraying it down at the car wash first). That's about it. You don't get much wear at 15mph.

News:

I've just gone from "those who will" to "those who have"