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Old August 22nd, 2016, 04:23 PM   #24
Alex
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Originally Posted by nickjpass View Post
IThe way his rear tire skips out so suddenly leads me to believe the tire locked up. The white smoke further leads me to that conclusion. I don't see a 300 spinning up the tire enough to make it smoke that bad.
That's what leads me as well to believe it's the brake rather than spinning under power. The bike wouldn't step out like that even if he rolled the throttle on full.

I don't think the rear locked for some other mechanical problem, it's just too unlikely (and it worked afterwards, right?). I think the new rider is riding with his foot resting on the rear brake, and he doesn't realize how much pressure he added when the sunlight & turn spooked him. The bike was already leaning enough that after lockup, it stepped out quickly.
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