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Originally Posted by adouglas
What's happening with the throttle is something called "maintenance throttle." It's just a little bit, to keep the bike from "falling over" as you tip it in. If you've ever had that feeling of the bike wanting to fall out from under you going around a slow corner, it's because you weren't on the power at all.
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Sometime soon, Imma challenge you to nearly remove almost ALL "maintenance throttle" from your riding. Sure there are corners or sections of road where a slight roll off or pause in throttle is warranted to complete a steering action or set entry speed (call it what you will) but the secret is to know when and why. To not derail this thread and keep things simple, brakes are for scrubbing speed and setting entry speed. To use them for 99.9% any other reason is to address a symptom vs addressing the cause of the problem in the first place.
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Originally Posted by adouglas
When you lean a tire over, its effective circumference is less. It's like you're suddenly riding on 14 inch wheels instead of 17 inch wheels. The bike will slow all by itself simply because of this. Maintenance throttle counteracts this effect and keeps the bike from wanting to fall further.
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There is so much more to this.... True! Your wheel is smaller at the edge of the tire vs the center. What does that do to your rpms? If you suddenly raise 375rpms without throttle, what is the engine doing to the speed of the bike? Is that condition helping the stability of the bike midcorner?
