Killboy failure Dragon Fest

[LittleRedToyota]

Originally Posted by PSYCHO II

"Best Practice" requires a definition of what you require for the benchmark.... On the public road perhaps I might be so bold to suggest that "Arrive Alive" might be a reasonable starting point. This then might lead me to the conclusion that ALL braking be done in a straight line, that ALL gear changing be done in a straight line and finally set your entry speed as constant through the whole corner... start out wide for vision, buffer from the "head on zone" and aim to finish tight. At all times buffer from any oncoming vehicles even if this means reducing your entry speed.

all absolutely true.

but best practice on the street also requires being prepared to deal with the unexpected and that which is beyond your control. you might have no choice but to brake in a corner at some point. imho, that means doing it regularly, so it is "nothing" when you have to do it, is a good idea.

it's not about being faster or racing or anything. it's about being best prepared to survive in a world where the unexpected and things outside of your control do happen.

[100mpg]

Originally Posted by hooliken

2. Visor Fail!

3. Wrong side of the road FAIL! Unless of course this is the New Dragon with British driving Rules!

I see faint yellow way out in front of the bike and he is to the right of it. I also see white to the right of his bike, so that makes this a non fail event. NFE.

[daveinva]

Originally Posted by shelion

Now then, why is this woman holding a baby Ewok?

To crush underneath her ungloved palms if they lay 'er down?

[dmaxmike]

Originally Posted by daveinva

To crush underneath her ungloved palms if they lay 'er down?

na there good they got the jebus fish on there bags.

[ParaMud]

Am I the only one that brakes with the right 3 fingers? (pinky, ring, middle). It allows an easier transition from braking to accelerating.

[Valker]

Originally Posted by shelion

Jeebus, I don't use 2 or 4 fingers on my levers, I use 2 toes!

Who the fuck cares if other people use both hands on one lever or just their pinky when THEY ride. The whole 'ride your own ride' also applies to however you choose to work your controls for crap's sake.

Now then, why is this woman holding a baby Ewok?

Because an adult Ewok wouldn't fit between them?? Do I win?

[Griffin44]

Originally Posted by cliffy109

This crash had nothing to do with over-braking. See the trolley tracks? His front tire wedged in it at the moment he hit the brakes. Flipping over the bars of an S1000RR is flat out impossible without something external grabbing the tire. It has proportional braking linked to the rear plus race ABS.

My S1000RR doesn't have linked brakes. ABS yes.

Originally Posted by thetable

Yeah, because it's impossible to disable the ABS, and the ABS was never an option on the s1000rr...

I'm not sure what you're saying here, but, you can easily disable the ABS and it has always been an option on the S1000RR. The Canadian model wasn't available without ABS.


My old Honda CBR1000F required four fingers hauling on the brake to stop fast. My S1000RR is one or maybe two fingers to emergency brake with the ABS just fluttering on the edge of kicking in in Race mode. I can use four fingers but why bother?

I got around the only potential problem I saw (trapping the extra fingers on the clutch side) by replacing the stock levers with Pazzo shorties. The brake lever never gets close enough to the grip to worry about trapping fingers.

I find that much of what is taught at MSF needs to be taken with a grain of experience and common sense, such as lane position.


And... I have no pics of the Dragon.

[daveinva]

Wheelies:





Over the line:



You can't park that here:

[JimVonBaden]

Originally Posted by daveinva

Wheelies:

Yikes!

Jim

[sleazy rider]

Originally Posted by JimVonBaden

Yikes!

Jim

What am I missing? The bicyclist is way over to the shoulder on the other side of the road. There's nothing in front of the rider that I can see.

[eddie bolted]

Looking at his tire mark on the wet road,it looks like the rear end slid out. YES-NO?

[RidingDonkeys]

Introducing the new La-Z-Boy on wheels!



Sent from the voices in my head, and transcribed by their drinking buddy.

[Skyclad]

Originally Posted by daveinva

Originally Posted by eddie bolted

Looking at his tire mark on the wet road,it looks like the rear end slid out. YES-NO?

I don't think so. It looks more to me like the rider has absolutely no confidence in his tires on a wet surface. I would hate to see him on knobbies in the wet.

[wdeTA]

Originally Posted by cliffy109

This crash had nothing to do with over-braking. See the trolley tracks? His front tire wedged in it at the moment he hit the brakes. Flipping over the bars of an S1000RR is flat out impossible without something external grabbing the tire. It has proportional braking linked to the rear plus race ABS.

Look harder, it wasn't trolley tracks, it was an unintentional stoppie to avoid slamming in to the idiot running across traffic. If you watch it a couple times you can clearly see someone run directly in front of him from the right and keep on going out the left side. Kudos to the rider (and the brakes) for reacting that quickly even if did mean going all the way over the bars. Unfortunately the person that actually caused the accident probably just kept on going.

[2fast4u]

Originally Posted by wdeTA

Look harder, it wasn't trolley tracks, it was an unintentional stoppie to avoid slamming in to the idiot running across traffic. If you watch it a couple times you can clearly see someone run directly in front of him from the right and keep on going out the left side. Kudos to the rider (and the brakes) for reacting that quickly even if did mean going all the way over the bars. Unfortunately the person that actually caused the accident probably just kept on going.

He was going to fast in that much traffic.