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Aufzynder

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  1. Ok, this big difference is very unusual... I would not have worried about slight differences (I had 1cm front and about 1,5-2cm rear), but 4 cm? Maybe you really should check the bike/tyres...
  2. Yeah, as I read your post I rembered a Situation that happend to me some years ago. A Buddy had a new bike an we made a tour. Right after the tour I rode his bike. It was a Kawasake GPZ 600, power reduced to 34 horsepower (due to local law) by a reduction in the carb. At 6-7k rpm there was a great performance-hole... Awful riding... and dangerous. In mid corner at full lean I ran right into this performance hole, the engine stuttered (I know no better word in english) like as I ran into the limiter and I lost both the front and rear tyre. Only god knows how I managed to stay on that sliding bike...
  3. For years I thought too, that I was already doing this. In fact in didn't. As you can see on my picture, my upper body was leaned to the inside of the corner, but... I was not going for the mirrors. That was, what the coach recently tought me. Funny... The same for me, when the Firestorm was new for me. Before the Firestorm I only had touring-bikes with an upright body-position. I think that happened, because I was not used in riding sport-bikes. I think this will change when you get used to your bike. Maybe you should also spend some attention to your throttle control... ? BTW, a really improvement for the suspension are linear fork springs (I have Oehlins) and maybe a better rear shock... But a stable body position with good throttle control is surely the most important thing. ... Hope it helps! :-)
  4. Hi there! I'm riding a Firestorm as well and I encountered similar Problems, especially in the Twisties and on the Track. I could Not find a comfortable riding Position that was stable and felt Good for me. It felt, like the Bike was to small for me ... ( i'm 1,83 m of height). I also had Problems with steering Inputs in lean angle (i think, because i pushed the Bike away under me, so i had a Bad Lever). What did the Trick for me was 1. Put the Front of your Feet on the pegs. Providing a stable Body and Good grip on the Tank. On the Track i only slightly Hang Off (Almost Not). ... Most Important: 2. Move the Upper half of your Body in the Corners, like your Head was trying to reach for the mirrors... My outter Ellbows resting in the Tank. I got. This Tipp on my Last Training - and it solved all my Problems! :-) the Trainer Said, i Should Imagin, there was a Snickers in my mirror that i Should try to eat :-) ... Search for "Chin to towards the mirrors" for further Explantations... Sry for Bad writing errors... Using phone with Auto-correction in another Language...
  5. When you have your weight on the inside bar I see 2 dangers: - When the bike slides, you'll push it away (If you'd be standing on the outside bar, and locked with your knees on the tank - the bike would slide with you and not away from you) - dragging a peg with your whole weight on it... bad...
  6. I practice my lean on an empty parking lot on sundays... Except trainings - I see no other place you can safley do this... The Road is a dangerous place for experiments!
  7. I just wanted to add (just concerning street riding): In the past - i was riding... without the right idea.... pushing quiet hard... adding lean and throttle... making steering/lean/throttle corrections in turns... increasing lean towards the end just for the fun... that way... i had - depending on the used tyre - usually no chickens strips on the rear (a little on the front) and the tyres where worn out more at the flanks. But... that was bad and dangerous riding! Now, since - I follow throttle control Rule #1 - I look for Turn-In Points, entry speed an flick rate... I changed my riding. Now, I again have chicken strips and the tyres are worn out first in the middle. But - I'm a much better, smoother an safer rider. With the new technique I just have less lean, and I'm not leaned over as long as I was before. You can see this on the tyres. This is another evidence to me, that you can't assess how "good" or say "fast" somebody can ride by the size of his chicken strips.
  8. Sometimes I ride over bad pavement on purpose... trying to be stable on the bike with the body, but relaxed on the bars. The goal is to keep my throttle-hand calm - the rpms must not change when i hit a bump. Or sometimes I try to hit a mark or a specific point on the road... ... or I try to change through all gears without changing speed...
  9. Yepp, using no brakes made it easier for me to - get turn entry speed right - hit a constant turn-in point, and - then follow throttle control rule #1. Although the ability to brake is very important - I recommend it to all new riders until they have a sense for the entry speed and necessary (steering) flick-rate.
  10. Hi there! I found this interesting forum while i was looking for a possibility for me to visit a track day at the CSS (nothing equal in Germany)! I hope to manage it sometime in the future... I know the CSS from Keith's bibles... i've first read them a time ago - but i've just begun to understand them - since i experienced track riding 2 years ago (unfortunately i crashed last year by disregarding Throttle Control Rule #1... although knowing about... (150KM/H + high lean + front brake = bad) ) Well, understanding and practicing the techniques from Twist I + II took my riding to a new level! I'm 26 years old and riding motorcycles, practicing, trying new techniques or just enjoying a trip - is my greatest joy in life. I could not imagine a life without riding ;-) When not riding, I like to talk about, think about and discuss techniques... And I think here's the right place. In other forums discussions about riding techniques are usually limited to counter-steering ;-) So, I own a VTR 1000 Firestorm (In the US it's called Superhawk) and a Suzuki GS-500... well, both are not considered to be race-bikes, but if you know how to ride... :-D great fun - at the track and the street! (Incredible what you can learn on a 45 horsepower-bike (still, after 7 years of riding much stronger bikes) Recently I made a step in a direction I always wanted to... I was always afraid of slipping and sliding... and I admired drifting, jumping... So, finally I bought a motocross-bike and joined an offroad-club! Damn that's tough riding! A hole new challenge - although I was riding since I'm 16... I'm a total greenhorn now and I'm beeing passed by 12 year old girls on the outside ;-) (At least I hope they are not even younger ;-) )
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