Bubba68CS Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 So, as I said in my introduction months back (edit: wow a year back)...I wouldn't be posting here much, but I'd be reading often. Reason being I am usually in no position to offer advice and don't push hard enough on the street (only place I ride at the moment) to get into the finer points of cornering. However, I have recently had a bit of breakthrough with the whole rolling on the throttle through a corner bit. For the longest time after reading Twist II, I was just kinda doing it because the book said to. Bike didn't feel any better or worse doing it. But a few days ago I had my "ah ha!" moment when I powered through a corner perfectly, and felt how the bike wanted to go through it. Since then I've been playing around with it and figured out how to use it. I dip the bike into a corner, and whereas I used to get to the point where the bike wanted to fall and thought "steer it back up" I now think "give it throttle". The bike immediately plants itself and holds the line. I can feel I now have more lean angle to play with as I've figured out what the engineer side of my brain always knew: the cornering forces will counteract gravity. Just thought I'd share my revelation...FEELING it is different from knowing it in your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Suzuki Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 good stuff mate. once you've got rule under one in place, everything else seems to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bond_yzf Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 theres no better feeling than a bike carving through a turn correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktk_ace Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 I got that moment too soon after getting my countersteering and turn rates up ^^ you'll get another EUREKA moment if you learn to purposly go wide and replant the bike in the middle of a corner when overtaking in turns , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash106 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Well done, Bubba. Feals great doesn't it? More comforting surprises ahead. I "got it" when I trusted the fact that if I got the bike leaned INTO the corner without falling over, rolling on a little throtle would only raise the suspension (front and back) and make it safer. Turns out it really does MAKE the bike handle batter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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