Steve, just say the word and I will go with you. You can practice with my T100 if you like. My T100 is easier than your Speedy and you can build up your confidence.
Fear of U-Turns
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stevethelondoner
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Shyguy,
Im up in the UCF area mate....right on top of UCF in fact on Tanner Road. I have excellent advise on here and REALLY appreciate. It has been a dream of mine to have a bike and ride, and I have the old Anxiety problem which I have had heck since I was like 5 years old. So I know that is a big part of it. I started just riding around the block a few times when I started then my mate with the Harley said lets go ride....that forced me to get out there and I think I grinned from ear to ear all day long. I was like a kid in a candy store. The bike is also a connection to my Dad God rest his soul, I think of him a lot when I'm out there riding. Even more so when im going through some of the scenic routes like when I go through Chuliota. Thats a trip I make if just going for a little bit of a run. So when i come up against something like these bloody u-turns I get complacent and yep, probably panic a bit.
Cheers :y18:
Shyguy........did you meet up with the guys on the ride to lake Okeechobee?
Ride Safe guys
Steve
Im up in the UCF area mate....right on top of UCF in fact on Tanner Road. I have excellent advise on here and REALLY appreciate. It has been a dream of mine to have a bike and ride, and I have the old Anxiety problem which I have had heck since I was like 5 years old. So I know that is a big part of it. I started just riding around the block a few times when I started then my mate with the Harley said lets go ride....that forced me to get out there and I think I grinned from ear to ear all day long. I was like a kid in a candy store. The bike is also a connection to my Dad God rest his soul, I think of him a lot when I'm out there riding. Even more so when im going through some of the scenic routes like when I go through Chuliota. Thats a trip I make if just going for a little bit of a run. So when i come up against something like these bloody u-turns I get complacent and yep, probably panic a bit.
Cheers :y18:
Shyguy........did you meet up with the guys on the ride to lake Okeechobee?
Ride Safe guys
Steve
I would practice what Dilligaf suggested in a place with loads of room and no one to hurry you.
Your bike has a pretty low seat height, so I would begin with both feet skimming along the ground, almost walking the bike through the U-Turn, and then slowly building up from there.
Your bike has a pretty low seat height, so I would begin with both feet skimming along the ground, almost walking the bike through the U-Turn, and then slowly building up from there.
Do you mean The Seeker instead of Dave?
I don't know if that's a certainty or not. Having been weened on mostly dirt bikes, I find using a foot on occasion increases stability....at least psychologically. I don't use this on the road much at all however. Of course, as a throwback to my dirt bike days, I'll catch myself sometimes beginning to stand up on my pegs too....almost like a "trials" rider does.
But Steve's problem is most mental and having a foot skimming the ground lends itself to "feeling" like he's ready to catch the bike before it topples to one side or another. Plus, I'm only talking about doing this at extremely low speed from a dead stop and only to begin with. Once he feels a bit more comfortable making the U-Turn using his feet like training wheels, he can slowly begin to lift those feet up and onto the pegs.
I don't think there is any definitive right or wrong way, but more "whatever works for you" type of deal.
I don't know if that's a certainty or not. Having been weened on mostly dirt bikes, I find using a foot on occasion increases stability....at least psychologically. I don't use this on the road much at all however. Of course, as a throwback to my dirt bike days, I'll catch myself sometimes beginning to stand up on my pegs too....almost like a "trials" rider does.
But Steve's problem is most mental and having a foot skimming the ground lends itself to "feeling" like he's ready to catch the bike before it topples to one side or another. Plus, I'm only talking about doing this at extremely low speed from a dead stop and only to begin with. Once he feels a bit more comfortable making the U-Turn using his feet like training wheels, he can slowly begin to lift those feet up and onto the pegs.
I don't think there is any definitive right or wrong way, but more "whatever works for you" type of deal.
Link to online written tutorial: Here's are some tutorials that might help:
Learn How to Ride a Motorcycle
Howzit Done? U-Turns
Video: 3 U-Turn Methods
Slow-speed countersteering
Learn How to Ride a Motorcycle
Howzit Done? U-Turns
Video: 3 U-Turn Methods
Slow-speed countersteering
[quote author=Dilligaf link=topic=1492.msg12601#msg12601 date=1221935051]
I'll tell ya Seeker there is no substitute for dirt experience. It has saved my ass a few times. Knowing what to do when the back tire breaks loose is a life saver.
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Hear! Hear! Gary. I definitely agree.
I'll tell ya Seeker there is no substitute for dirt experience. It has saved my ass a few times. Knowing what to do when the back tire breaks loose is a life saver.
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Hear! Hear! Gary. I definitely agree.
If you go to "Crash's" video and then follw the link there to his YouTube Channel, he's got a whole series.
The one about practicing, practicing, practicing is a really good one.
The one about practicing, practicing, practicing is a really good one.
Even riding on the streets around here in the Spring is like riding on the dirt with all the sand, ash, and salt left-over from the Winter raod treatments.
stevethelondoner
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Thanks Guys I REALLY APPReciate having you lot around and all the help and feedback ya give. I just ordered a dvd today from ridesafe.com I think it is. Its a bike cop and a group of others that train this stuff. So i will probably wear the dvd out when I get it.
Carl, I apprecaite ya offering up ya bike mate but if I dump it...well......shoot me on the spot...so I would rather crack this on me speedy.
What a killer bunch of mates I got on here. Cheers guys
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Steve
Carl, I apprecaite ya offering up ya bike mate but if I dump it...well......shoot me on the spot...so I would rather crack this on me speedy.
What a killer bunch of mates I got on here. Cheers guys
:y18: :y18: :y18:
Steve
[quote author=The Seeker link=topic=1492.msg12574#msg12574 date=1221929433]
Of course, as a throwback to my dirt bike days, I'll catch myself sometimes beginning to stand up on my pegs too....almost like a "trials" rider does.
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I cannot do this on the Speedy but yes on most bikes I find that I can do a much tighter turn if I stand up as well. Also from my dirt bike days
Of course, as a throwback to my dirt bike days, I'll catch myself sometimes beginning to stand up on my pegs too....almost like a "trials" rider does.
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I cannot do this on the Speedy but yes on most bikes I find that I can do a much tighter turn if I stand up as well. Also from my dirt bike days
