July 8th, 2015, 05:13 PM | #1 |
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July 8th, 2015, 05:30 PM | #2 |
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Poor guy !!!
Not ready to ride........... yet.
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July 8th, 2015, 06:27 PM | #3 |
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could have been easily avoided, hopefully he keeps a more level head and avoids target fixating in the future (or just slows down to a speed that he is more comfortable with)
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July 8th, 2015, 06:28 PM | #4 |
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ouch!
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July 8th, 2015, 06:56 PM | #5 |
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Bet that felt GREAT in a t-shirt, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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July 8th, 2015, 07:55 PM | #6 |
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I was just thinking that as a fellow new rider. Made that mistake many times, got lucky so far or corrected before impact. Never have I been in just a t-shirt, that's just ****ing stupid
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July 8th, 2015, 08:05 PM | #7 | |
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It's been a while since I was a new rider so I can't truly give advice and remember the beginner's perspective well enough to guarantee that it will apply but as a general rule of thumb if you're target fixating then you are riding faster than you are comfortable with to begin with and should slow down to a more comfortable pace. Obviously in the moment that doesn't apply but the hope is that you manage to break the visual lock and continue on a clear path to then slow down and ride more cautiously. Crashing hurts gear or no gear, it just hurts more without gear.
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July 8th, 2015, 08:19 PM | #8 | |
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July 8th, 2015, 08:24 PM | #9 |
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Ah, I see and I think I know what that may be
On track I am much faster than street even when I try to be quick on the street, why is this? less stress on me visually at the track. On the streets you need to widen your perception to account for a massive amount of variables such as animals, other vehicles, potentially hazardous surfaces, etc and you don't always have clear lines of sight. At the track you are able to focus your vision much more easily due to there being far fewer distractions. So in summary what the issue would seem to be from that statement is that you are not as accustomed to the added distractions from street riding when compared to track riding
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July 8th, 2015, 08:29 PM | #10 | |
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July 8th, 2015, 08:40 PM | #11 |
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Damn, that dude just ran out of........talent.
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July 8th, 2015, 08:41 PM | #12 |
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July 8th, 2015, 10:58 PM | #13 |
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July 9th, 2015, 03:07 AM | #14 |
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Reminds me a video's i've seen of riders around here using on and off ramps to "scrub off chicken strips"... I always fear this is what will happen. The guy in the truck probably didn't know what hit him.
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July 9th, 2015, 05:56 AM | #16 |
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Disagree with target fixation comments or at least it wasn't the root of the problem.
He simply didn't have the confidence, know how and or skill to take the turn on that line at that speed. He picked a poor line that required either a slower speed or a more aggressive flick, he was ****ed on speed and didn't have the experience to give the bike the input he needed to make it out clean. He did what he could got scared and just locked up and decided to ride it out and hope for the best. JMO
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July 9th, 2015, 06:39 AM | #17 |
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I have never believed in target fixation, maybe because it never happened to me when I was learning to ride.
This is one reaction that I have witnessed several times: once the brain jumps onto panic mode, the rider tries steering away from the danger, which means counter-steering on the wrong direction and directing the bike towards the danger. The rider of the video had a lot of luck, a powerful bike and pressure from the other rider to accelerate a lot, but unfortunately he had no street strategy, no riding skills and no second skin. That seems to be the result of minimum training and knowledge required to obtain a license and lack of restriction in engine displacement for beginner riders.
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July 9th, 2015, 11:56 AM | #18 | |
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July 9th, 2015, 12:04 PM | #19 |
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^ I've already stated I disagree and pointed out where I believe he went wrong.
The truck that he hit is at best beside him and more likely behind him after he is already in trouble and on his fixed line. He is not looking at the truck at that point, he is already on a collision course with it and most likely doesn't even know it's there yet. besides speed for a corner is relative, he was clearly carrying to much speed for his ability, no debating that.
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July 9th, 2015, 12:08 PM | #20 | |
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July 9th, 2015, 12:29 PM | #21 |
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All I can say is, HEAD IN ASS!
He might think he is OK but wait until tomorrow when he starts to feel the burn. That was very polite of the other drivers not to run him over!
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July 9th, 2015, 12:37 PM | #22 |
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maybe he misinterpreted the meaning of merging into traffic?
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July 9th, 2015, 01:20 PM | #23 |
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He thought he was supposed become one with the truck.
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July 9th, 2015, 01:31 PM | #24 |
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like staying in the parking lot till he can negotiate a corner.
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Forget that for a minute and you'll find that target fixation happens. It definitely happens, even for a experienced rider. Panic, surprise, distraction, inattention, all cause target fixation. |
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July 9th, 2015, 04:23 PM | #27 | |
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July 9th, 2015, 04:25 PM | #28 |
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I bet he target fixates on a hot girl
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July 9th, 2015, 04:56 PM | #29 |
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Yeah, this doesn't look like the typical target fixation to me either. Just a bad choice of line going into that turn at a rate of speed that was greater than his skill level. I saw him doing inside - inside - drift outside. If he would've entered that turn a tad slower on the outside and flick the bike over to the inside while maintaining (and slowly rolling on throttle), he would've been fine. But poor judgment in entry speed and poor judgment in lane position for that corner.
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July 10th, 2015, 08:23 AM | #30 |
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I think this rider needs to stay in the garage with the bike on a rear stand and make motorcycle noises until he's old and smart enough to buy gear. then he needs to take some courses and learn that when he starts drifting to the outside of a corner like that point your head, lean the bike, and give it throttle to turn it.
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July 10th, 2015, 09:00 AM | #31 |
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At first I thought this was simply target fixation, but when I watch the video, I think it's more going a little hotter into a curve than he thought, panicking, and not counter steering into the right turn.
Of course, once he got into trouble, he still could have saved himself by simply steering into the right, but I think he then fixates on the truck, just says "Oh ****", and rides straight into it. Either way, too much bike, not enough rider.
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July 10th, 2015, 04:25 PM | #32 | |
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My problem is that the names commonly given to that something is dangerously misleading for new riders, IMHO. For example: You go where you look. In actuality, you go where you steer your bike to go. It is your brain what commands your arms and hands to steer (the output). Are your eyes what look and bring information to your brain to process (the input). You steer the bike to hit that point simply because your brain is unable of processing the input and providing a suitable and safe output. If my statement is correct, the solution of the problem is not in the eyes but in the brain's process. The brain is unable of delivering a good output for two reasons only: 1) It does not know better (lack of education and training). 2) It is paralyzed by fear (survival situation / panic state / reactive subconscious activity has taken over conscious intelligent process). Mind and vision should always be pulling the bike, several steps ahead. As soon as the rider perceives that the bike is pushing mind and vision, that the understanding of what is happening has fallen several steps behind, the survival mode begins, cancelling all useful outputs; hence, the typical freezing up at the controls. Advices like "do not target fix on the guard rail" or "look for a escape gap" cannot help because they are supposed to be remembered and used at the moment of panic, when it is too late, when reason #2 is in full swing. Only your conscious mind and your learned skills can save you, but both are unavailable at the worst moment. A better advice could be "ride within your comfortable envelope and foresee bad/dangerous situations that can trigger your mind into survival reaction/panic mode." An irrational fear to fall due to more lean and steer stopped the poor rider of the video from smoothly pushing the right hand grip forward and normally merge. I believe that a similar fear is the reason for which many more riders than drivers run wide in curves and experience target fixation.
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July 10th, 2015, 06:36 PM | #33 |
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Anyone got some spare "skill points" for this person to allow him to progress to the next "how to turn a motorcycle at speed technique".
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Guys were now really leaned and it was obvious they were carrying a lot more speed through the turn and on exit. My braking points became closer and closer in but my mind was still saying from experience you need to slow down before these corners. I noticed I'd get on the brakes and this huge gap between me and the one in front would happen, he'd be a rocket through the corner and I'd have to be WOT after the corner to catch back up - felt super slow so I threw on one of the red jackets for noobs to get extra help the next time out. After talking to the instructors, I should never have been on the brakes that session anywhere except 1A (right turn off the long front straight). That baffled me. As the day went on, I got braver with the lean so I was able to carry more speed in but still scared as hell to put the bike down. Had a couple close calls twice when I target fixated and started floating to the outside of the corner, literally had to will myself to look back where I wanted to go, more lean more throttle - good thing I was going so slow. I know the bike has a lot more in it, I just dont want to find that limit by lowsiding the bike. |
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July 12th, 2015, 09:47 AM | #35 | |
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July 21st, 2015, 11:06 PM | #36 |
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wow stupid cager, why was that truck there in the middle of the middle lane on the highway going the speed of traffic
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