How would you save this.....
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BigBird
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ronhix
New Member
Thanks for the repost, I missed it the first time around!
That much throttle at that much lean angle, nobody saves that cause it happens too fast. The only salvation would be VERY good traction control but even that is questionable. He had zero chance of saving that.
One of things we emphasize over and over in teaching body position is to use your body much like you would use the throttle or brake. The throttle and brake are used in infinitely variable increments to control speed, similarly the body is used to control lean angle. From the apex to the exit of the corner, we encourage riders to learn and practice "THE MOVE".
The move is when you keep you body low while simultaneously pushing the bike up onto the meat of the rear tire and adding increasingly more throttle. If you do "the move" and the backend does start to break loose then you can use your body to control the slide and it will straighten itself out if you maintain that same amount of throttle and don't chop the throttle.
This video shows Gary McCoy "King of Slide" using his body to control the rear wheel spinning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj1GGsxPk9Q&feature=related
This video shows traction control bailing out Hayden.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytq9o8xPEIY
Neither had anywhere near the lean angle of the the guy highsiding himself.
lemondrop
Professional Asphalt Surfer
damn big bird...u are on the ball son!
TripleThreat
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That's my friend Al from California. These pics have really made the rounds. Al used to race a 675 before the SV...
Jeff
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jas0336
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I have no idea how to save a high side (or low side for that matter) but I do know that spinning/sliding doesn't always mean high side.
At Jennings I had a day where I was spinning a lot on Pilot Powers coming out of 10-11. I didn't know it at the time but people now tell me that section is high side city. I just kept saying "dont chop the throttle dont chop the throttle" and my bike never bucked at all. It actually felt cool getting a bit sideways and staying on it as I stood it up.
High siding is my biggest fear in this sport but I do like to hear anyone's input on how to save it in different situations. It seems like we hear a lot about how we all crash but not as much on how we save near crashes :dunno:
At Jennings I had a day where I was spinning a lot on Pilot Powers coming out of 10-11. I didn't know it at the time but people now tell me that section is high side city. I just kept saying "dont chop the throttle dont chop the throttle" and my bike never bucked at all. It actually felt cool getting a bit sideways and staying on it as I stood it up.
High siding is my biggest fear in this sport but I do like to hear anyone's input on how to save it in different situations. It seems like we hear a lot about how we all crash but not as much on how we save near crashes :dunno:
NoBull
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In this video of Hayden he has really good lean angle and I think it is from before most of tracktion control but he still saves it. It looks to me like what he does is he keeps it spinning while he stands the bike up on the meat of the tire and then it comes out of the sping and he carries on his way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNAg_kUvEhs&NR=1
noobinacan
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ok ...ummm
screw that track..
look at all that fine sand waiting to be blown onto the track...
glad that dude walked away from it.
screw that track..
look at all that fine sand waiting to be blown onto the track...
glad that dude walked away from it.