He ran wide and lowsided into the guardrail, forks totally bent, and smashed up fairings but rider was wearing his grear thank god. If you on here man I hope you get back to riding asap and I'm sure everyone on here will do there best to get your bike up and running again.
Oooooh yeh, he really ate it. Good to see he got up though. Was that similar to your dirt excursion Slips? :flipoff:
ha ha ha funny fuc........ oh wait, yeah pretty similar except with alot more bouncing lol. :flipoff: :flipoff: :flipoff:
Love how the bike is totally munted but fires right back up :thumb:
GO THE MIGHTY GS!!!!!!!!! (slightly bent)
I think I see a part-out thread coming...
Damn, he went really wide on that one. Kind of a strange spot to lay down a bike but glad he's alright (as far as we know)
Really cool that :
1. The guy got up.
2. People immediately helped him out.
3. Somebody swept the road!
Quote from: m_melen on February 25, 2013, 08:19:44 PM
Damn, he went really wide on that one. Kind of a strange spot to lay down a bike but glad he's alright (as far as we know)
A lot of bikes go down there. That is why this guy has his camera set up there. :thumb:
He looked like a noob. Hope hes ok :thumb:
He looked where he didn't want to go, happens :dunno_black:
I can understand eye fixation, uphill, decreasing radius turn. all that probably overload the brain and he mentally blanked out.
If it was his first time on that road, that would really cause confusion. We have roads around here that can be tricky the first time. I led a group on one of my West Seattle streets. Some said those turns threw them. Up hill 10mph, decreasing radius right turn followed by immediate left turn then the pavement levels out.
Wow, uphill even. Glad he was OK. I have done that twice but did not go down, both times street racing like a fool. Once on Skyline blvd above Pacifica, I crossed over the double yellow and went way wide on the outside of the oncoming lanes and another time on that road between the Mission in Daly City and Brisbane, CA, and that time the other guy was on a Harley (grrr). Both times were on my Interceptor, that is why I like my GS, not inclined to do stupid things as much :)
Agh, after driving (not riding!) Mulholland in my car, I can see that it would be way beyond what a new rider is capable of.
1. Take the MSF course.
2. Consider taking other MSF courses as well!
3. Find a track and practice there, but if you must carve a canyon, there are other canyons in the So. Cal. area that are way less technical than Mulholland -- Soledad Canyon comes to mind.
Quote from: Foxtrot Tango on February 25, 2013, 11:51:45 PM
Agh, after driving (not riding!) Mulholland in my car, I can see that it would be way beyond what a new rider is capable of.
1. Take the MSF course.
2. Consider taking other MSF courses as well!
3. Find a track and practice there, but if you must carve a canyon, there are other canyons in the So. Cal. area that are way less technical than Mulholland -- Soledad Canyon comes to mind.
When I got my first sport bike my older brother gave me this book..
http://www.amazon.com/Twist-Wrist-Motorcycle-Racers-Handbook/dp/0918226082#_
I learned a lot! Never saw the DVD, maybe I will pick it up. Another "easier" but nice SoCal canyon run is the Ortega highway (74) between Lake Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano.
Quote from: Calpantera on February 26, 2013, 08:28:35 AM
Quote from: Foxtrot Tango on February 25, 2013, 11:51:45 PM
Agh, after driving (not riding!) Mulholland in my car, I can see that it would be way beyond what a new rider is capable of.
1. Take the MSF course.
2. Consider taking other MSF courses as well!
3. Find a track and practice there, but if you must carve a canyon, there are other canyons in the So. Cal. area that are way less technical than Mulholland -- Soledad Canyon comes to mind.
When I got my first sport bike my older brother gave me this book..
http://www.amazon.com/Twist-Wrist-Motorcycle-Racers-Handbook/dp/0918226082#_
I learned a lot! Never saw the DVD, maybe I will pick it up. Another "easier" but nice SoCal canyon run is the Ortega highway (74) between Lake Elsinore and San Juan Capistrano.
I do have the book; however it's very esoteric and track-oriented. I don't doubt Keith Code's wisdom, and I think it will help a lot, but it's definitely oriented towards more experienced riders. At 3 weeks, you're still learning how not to be dangerous to yourself and others on the road. I'm going to take some more practical lessons before I go into the more theoretical realm of serious performance riding.
Also, it's difficult to establish Keith's "Reference Points" on your virgin run of a new canyon...
I've watched a lot of videos on rnickeymouse's YouTube channel, and most of them seem to be shot at this place.
Where exactly is this?
It's like the last major corner on mulholland drive. Just after the bikes leave frame they do a u - turn and go back.
I still learn stuff about riding every day, today even going round a roundabout I made the conscious effort to grip my tank, ease up my hand grip and I managed to scrape my boot all the way round, bike leant much further than before was quite proud of myself.
So you were listening when I was schooling Aussiechic? Good boy!
Usually when riding the twistes I'm ore co concerned with other very important things than tank gripping. Next proper twistie ride I do I'll consciously do this more, I think I moved my strip 'closer to the edge' ha ha
This afternoon I went out for a ride, and I discovered this perfect bit of road, not far from where I live.
The large road on the upper left is a dual carriageway. I take it every now and then to get from A to B.
It has a few traffic lights, but there's one big roundabout.
A bit too busy to have a lot of fun on (at least during the day), but then I discovered that - by taking the first right - the road leads into a big industrial site:
- three more roundabouts 8)
- perfect line of sight through every turn (You can see the shadow of three large windmills on the left: the whole terrain is flat and wide open).
- very different turns in between (short, tight right / left / left / long right <> other way round on the way back)
- almost no traffic.
I went round at least 10 times. A guy was waiting for his carpool ride home somewhere in the middle:
he saw me coming by every 2 minutes or so... Big grin on his face, gave me :thumb: in the end.
I'm definitely going back there. If it turns out they leave the streetlights on at night, I'm going to have a field day. :D
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Quote from: W79 on February 27, 2013, 07:23:30 AM
This afternoon I went out for a ride, and I discovered this perfect bit of road, not far from where I live.
The large road on the upper left is a dual carriageway. I take it every now and then to get from A to B.
It has a few traffic lights, but there's one big roundabout.
A bit too busy to have a lot of fun on (at least during the day), but then I discovered that - by taking the first right - the road leads into a big industrial site:
- three more roundabouts 8)
- perfect line of sight through every turn (You can see the shadow of three large windmills on the left: the whole terrain is flat and wide open).
- very different turns in between (short, tight right / left / left / long right <> other way round on the way back)
- almost no traffic.
I went round at least 10 times. A guy was waiting for his carpool ride home somewhere in the middle:
he saw me coming by every 2 minutes or so... Big grin on his face, gave me :thumb: in the end.
I'm definitely going back there. If it turns out they leave the streetlights on at night, I'm going to have a field day. :D
Looks like a nice little course there. :thumb:
I'll be definitely looking around the suburbs in my area when it warms up a bit more. Looking for nice little quiet county roads with plenty of scenery and turns. Got a few in mind. Woooo
ran out of talent. Cameras and spectators will drain it pretty quick
That spot at the beginning of the clip looks like it was shot at Deal's Gap. Best twisty road in the country, North Carolina/Tennessee border
Target fixation (guard-rail)
Didn't trust the bike. It had lots of lean to give, with a rider unwilling or unable to take.
Hope he gets his bike fixed, learns, and rides on.
The two main riders in the Twist of the Wrist video need to switch bikes or switch outfits... they match eachothers rides :icon_lol:
- Bboy
Quote from: BockinBboy on March 01, 2013, 10:38:16 PM
The two main riders in the Twist of the Wrist video need to switch bikes or switch outfits... they match eachothers rides :icon_lol:
- Bboy
I will admit that bugged the crap out of me as well, thought i was the only one :thumb: