Let's talk lines.... - Page 2

Amber Lamps · 04-17-2009, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by t-rock

If you put it on the back like that. there should be a good place to tie it off under the seat.

Yea I just slip it under the post of the seat lock.

Archren · 04-17-2009, 08:49 AM

As far as riding on the street... I generally watch the vanishing point of the curve. The really conservative riders recommend that if you can't safely stop (within your lane) between the point where you are and the vanishing point of the corner.. you're going too fast (for street purposes).

If you want to work on your lines... take it to a track. Seriously. THEN take what you learn from the track, back the speed down a few notches (performance awards from the local police department are not really something you WANT to get), and have fun. But the BEST place to learn these things is at a track with qualified instructors.. controlled environment, EMS readily available, etc., ad nauseum.

Just my 2 cents...

marko138 · 04-17-2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

I ride outside the curve to the apex and then back to the outside again...
left hand corner, start to the right of the lane come to the left at the apex and drift back to the right of the lane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYhM2k9ZI80

That lense makes the tail look a mile long.

fasternyou929 · 04-17-2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TIGGER

I ride outside the curve to the apex and then back to the outside again...
left hand corner, start to the right of the lane come to the left at the apex and drift back to the right of the lane.

Same here until I see gravel, then I tend to stay in either the inner or outer cage track throughout the next few turns.

Amber Lamps · 04-17-2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by fasternyou929

Same here until I see gravel, then I tend to stay in either the inner or outer cage track throughout the next few turns.

Oh yea, for sure! One good thing about around here, there isn't a lot of gravel on the roads like back in Mi because they don't line the sides of the roads with it.

the chi · 04-17-2009, 04:50 PM

My thought process is outside, inside, outside...but it depends on the circumstances, conditions, etc. Most of mine is instinct, and at the track I look for the dots to ensure proper lines.

At the dragon, I ride hugging the white line staying as far from the yellow as I can without running into the ditch...

04-17-2009, 08:49 AM	#12
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	As far as riding on the street... I generally watch the vanishing point of the curve. The really conservative riders recommend that if you can't safely stop (within your lane) between the point where you are and the vanishing point of the corner.. you're going too fast (for street purposes). If you want to work on your lines... take it to a track. Seriously. THEN take what you learn from the track, back the speed down a few notches (performance awards from the local police department are not really something you WANT to get), and have fun. But the BEST place to learn these things is at a track with qualified instructors.. controlled environment, EMS readily available, etc., ad nauseum. Just my 2 cents... __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss