drifiting

[Affschnozel]

Watch MotoGp and you'll notice that all top riders occasionaly drift big time,
but those kind of riding techniques(including wheelies and stopies) best learned on
dirt bike or supermotard bike since they're built to take some damage and are
cheap to repair,drop some faired sport bike and see how much bits get damaged
(assuming you're in one piece yourself)
http://video.bikepics.com/wmv-416-96/Corserfan-SuperMotard-EsOrmSeason2000-78sec.wmv
(be patient...)

[Dwn4whadever]

That vid was sweet.

[fodder650]

I've seen plenty of them drifting in the dirt and ice racing. But I would think on asphalt you wouldn't want to give up the traction on purpose. Thats just begging for a nice lowside and roadrash

[groff22]

You all remember Gary McCoy? Nuff said

[pantablo]

yeah they do it in Nascar.

you mean drAfting in nascar, dont you.


drifting? how about gary mccoy:
http://www.uponone.com/videos.php?id=2129

or a local 600rr stunter 'drifting': http://www.teamxmx.com/video/teach.wmv

[rangerbrown]

wear your gear,


i do it some times on my dirt road, lean jsut a little and gas it in 2,or 3rd and it will gently swing around. but that dirt.

the road is a lot diffrent. see here as killboy shows you

[Yankee Punker]

 I must be old school, I consider drifting something snow does in windy blizzard.
But I've FISH-TAILED a few corners in my days.

[ajgs500]

Yeah what he said.

[nick_villan]

aight will do

[Dr. Love]

Er... : go into a corner at a good pace (try 4th gear), hard on the front break (move your body forward helps... ) so that all the weight is on the front, drop two gears quickly and feather the clutch out as you start cornering - the back should step out...

Skid it around with back brake lock is even dumber....

Never tried it myself, that would just be stupid.   

[melloGS]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8462378466997568582&q=supermoto

[Old Mr. Wilson]

TadMC, you'd better watchout for AJ...............she will sneak up behind you................ use her "jackhammer technique" with that strap-on..............and the echoes of your screams will not have yet subsided and she'll be gone in the twinkling of an eye...............I've started wearing a 1/4 inch thick steel plate back "there". Hahahahahahahhahha

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha.... classic Wilson! 

[Old Mr. Wilson]

Thanks for the plug NiceGuy!!

[sledge]

Is 40hp enough to break and control traction on tarmac. I doubt it, yeah its easy with motard/crossers/speedway but they all run on loose surfaces. If you start to loose the backend on a slippy bend you can bring it back in with a quick burst on the throttle if you dont panic and are quick enough but I dont the think the GS has enough power to sustain the drifts the GP riders can manage.

[Yankee Punker]

   About the only time I've ever lost traction with the GS is when the road is slightly moist, wet, or cover with sand or debrie.
  Every now and then I like to take the GS out after it rains, and I approach corners (city streets) very slow in fist gear and just open up the throttle once your half way through it, if the rear starts coming out to far just ease off the gas a little, never hit your breaks.

[rangerbrown]

Is 40hp enough to break and control traction on tarmac. I doubt it..

well it can be done. but not very easly.

if i were to even try it. i would get up to about 40-50, and get into a somewhat hard lean.

then drop into a gear that brings it the rpm up to 7-8k

as i enter the turn, apply rear brake to get it to start skiding, and as it comes around hold the throttle at wide open (or whats needed) and dump the clutch, if the contact patch is small enough it will brake loose and with the tire spining again it will keep it up.

this is just my theory. this can and will induse a high side. in whitch case can destroy the bike and posably kill you.
do at your own risk.

[sledge]

Drifting, or powersliding  has nothing to do with braking or dumping the clutch. Speedway riders depend on the technique and the bikes have no brakes, no gears and only use the clutch for starting the race. Its all done at the limit of traction and with careful throttle control. The further into a bend you lean, the less weight there is over the rear wheel and the faster you travel the more centrifugal force increases. This leads to a loss in grip the point of which is dependant on tyre and surface condition. Alternatively you can wind the power on while in a bend until the wheel overcomes traction and brakes free. This is how and why the GP riders get into slides, When it does start to brake free you quickly wind on more power (if there is any left), the wheel spins at a higher speed and gains a small amount of traction. By careful throttle control you can regulate the amount of traction and develop it into a drift. Easy on dirtbike on a loose surface because you break free well before you run out of power but on a road/track or other hard surface which offers plenty of grip it takes lots of power to overcome the grip between the tyre and the road surface and spin the wheel. It also takes huge boll***s between the riders legs.
http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/whatis/a9

[rangerbrown]

put oil on tire, and have a drip system?

[CirclesCenter]

Meh.

Have you gone down yet? If you haven't then I can see why you'd want to drift.

I've been down. No drifting for me thanx.