Forum: Face plant
05-12-2013, 04:11 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,089
Tires help but if your going down your going...
Tires help but if your going down your going down. You need to be standing up with your weight way forward as far as you can go while the bike is still straight. Elbows bent and out on your toes and...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
05-12-2013, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,342
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
05-10-2013, 07:15 PM
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Replies: 1,382
Views: 258,109
Not really - you can get the bike to do...
Not really - you can get the bike to do everything under 50 km/hr or slower and the landing can be a lot softer. Ironically it's best not to have aggressive dirt tires. While it is never fun to...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
05-10-2013, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 1,382
Views: 258,109
Motorcycles are dangerous because ...
Motorcycles are dangerous because you can be in control but then you are not and getting back to being in control again requires a whole set of skills that have nothing to do with riding the...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
05-10-2013, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 4,090
There are two types of braking
1. Stopping ...
There are two types of braking
1. Stopping
2. Slowing down
If you decide you are stopping grab with 4.
If you are slowing down grab with 4 or less, or whatever you have on the lever.
If...
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Forum: Canada
05-10-2013, 11:33 AM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
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Forum: Canada
05-09-2013, 07:22 PM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
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Forum: Canada
05-08-2013, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
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<a href="http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/mfgc2310/media/DSCF5498.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k499/mfgc2310/DSCF5498.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
05-04-2013, 01:06 PM
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Replies: 130
Views: 4,353
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Forum: Canada
09-14-2012, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
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Forum: Canada
09-14-2012, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
Had to look that up
I looked this up, and the best I can come up with is "He demurred." Meaning he objected. Demure means shy. It is actually two different words demur vs demure
He was demure while he demurred. Maybe...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-09-2012, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,276
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-09-2012, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,276
I disagree and agree.
Yes the front tire has...
I disagree and agree.
Yes the front tire has way more grip than most riders will ever have the courage to use on a dry clean warn road with no bumps. Especially if the corner has a positive bank...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-08-2012, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 2,276
Uphill vs Downhill Corning
I love these threads !
Most normal riding means slowing for corners and speeding up outside of corners. You also have constant speed driving which is slightly different.
Difference between...
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Forum: Canada
09-07-2012, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,557
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Forum: Canada
09-07-2012, 07:35 AM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-05-2012, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,714
Wrong - You hang on with your legs and knees....
Wrong - You hang on with your legs and knees. Mostly you don't hang on that much because you should be perfectly in synch with the bike.
It's not handle bars versus pegs, versus head, etc, etc....
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-05-2012, 06:29 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,714
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-04-2012, 04:36 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,714
Actually that is my main point. I think it is...
Actually that is my main point. I think it is helpful to understand and even practice the full spectrum of what is actually going on (possibly can go on) when you ride a bike. It will help you be...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-04-2012, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,714
Outside Peg
The reason for weighting the outside peg is to lean the bike to the maximum allowing a greater steering input at the maximum of the front tires ability to grip - actually the front tire is sliding...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
09-04-2012, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,714
Excuse Me!
A motorcycle can not turn without somehow balancing the inertia forces that want to make it fall over to the outside of the curve. (Look at your drink cup as you drive in your car around a corner -...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-28-2012, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 2,714
Weighting the pegs is the most...
Weighting the pegs is the most important/significant way you can control the motorcycle. I think stomping the grapes is just a way to express the most extreme version of this used to balance the bike...
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Forum: Face plant
08-28-2012, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 6,718
Did you use your horn?
You didn't mention if you used your horn. On the brakes and on the horn at the same time - practice it! It spooks the animal and gets it moving ASAP - if it runs across the road chances are it would...
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Forum: Equipment
08-27-2012, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 3,622
Views: 1,600,543
Everything but the kitchen sink on a KLR
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k499/mfgc2310/DSCF5242.jpg
All the way from Ottawa to Inuvik and back 27 days, 16,000 kms
Full set of tools, chain, sprockets, tubes,tents,etc,etc
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Forum: Canada
08-27-2012, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
20W50 - Bad!! - IMHO and experience
Exploding crankcases aside my experience is that 20W50 is to heavy - maybe 20W40 would be better choice, 10W40 is probably ideal.
I put that real expensive AMSOIL 20W50 and the KLR would blow it...
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Forum: Canada
08-24-2012, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
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Forum: Canada
08-21-2012, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
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Forum: Canada
08-21-2012, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 6,603
Views: 383,973
2012 CIS Rally
Had a blast. Never rode in Limerick forest before - thanks for the introduction to this awesome place to ride. You guys who have that in your back yard are blessed.
I hit a stump that I didn't...
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Forum: Face plant
08-17-2012, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,867
Maybe a stroke
Have you ruled out the possibility of a stroke. You can have one of these at any age and they can leave very little evidence.
I am not an expert but in the age of google what's the point - search...
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Forum: Road warriors
08-13-2012, 06:32 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,138
North 20-30 minutes. Check google maps -...
North 20-30 minutes. Check google maps - everything east of #105, if it is not a 3 digit highway like #309 it is gravel, even some sections of these are gravel. Even the paved stuff can be...
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Forum: Road warriors
08-12-2012, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,138
GL1800 2 Up off Road
We have lots of gravel roads where we are. In fact you can't really do any major loops north of our place without doing at least 50 km on gravel no matter which way you try to go.
So we were...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-08-2012, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
The communist thought they could control...
The communist thought they could control everything and plan the out come. In the free market you try things out and those that work persist, stuff that doesn't work gets eliminated.
I think being...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-07-2012, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-07-2012, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-07-2012, 07:11 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
Not me. Just another rider shooting the breeze...
Not me. Just another rider shooting the breeze with other riders.
Just looking at the skilled riders, with lots of experience, who do multiple day cross continent type trips. It is just my opinion...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-07-2012, 06:35 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-07-2012, 06:19 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
You are absolutely correct but that is not the...
You are absolutely correct but that is not the point. Let's imagine you move to a country where everybody is an idiot. And some of those idiots get motorcycles. All those idiots crash and die within...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-07-2012, 06:12 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-06-2012, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
You really should avoid making accusations....
You really should avoid making accusations. Sometimes I think we are saying the same thing other times I am not so sure.
Let's take the situation of your fall from the ice on the road. What might...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-06-2012, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 217
Views: 16,251
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