February 19th, 2013, 07:14 PM | #1 |
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How do you U-turn?
Today, a rider on a 600 sport bike was first in the left lane waiting for a traffic light to switch to green (arrow) left.
A car was behind him and I was third in line for a 90 degree left turn. As soon as the light turned to left (arrow), the sport rider launched forward and then braked and hesitated next while he was trying a U-turn. The car behind him started moving and almost clipped the tail of the bike when it was at certain angle already. While I was making my turn, I noticed that he was wide in the turn and too close to a car making a right turn. How do you U-turn, avoiding these dangers? http://www.sportrider.com/ride/146_9...s/viewall.html
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February 19th, 2013, 08:43 PM | #2 |
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February 19th, 2013, 08:52 PM | #3 |
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A few weeks ago I saw a rider with a passenger duck walking the bike when doing a U-turn. Once he finally managed to turn around he was fine doing 100+ mph in a straight line.
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February 19th, 2013, 08:56 PM | #4 |
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I-turn.
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February 19th, 2013, 09:08 PM | #5 |
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HUGE head turn!!!! The Capt. is awesome!
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February 19th, 2013, 09:20 PM | #6 |
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ok so I think what most have trouble with durring a U-Turn is actually balancing the bike at low speeds. One of the reasons people have trouble with this is they don't have a steady throttle hand for 4mph, and I'll be honest I don't ether. So as you trying to turn if you give it to much gas then the bike stands up forcing you wide. If you give it to little gas then the engine braking kicks in and the bike drops into the turn causing you to feel like your falling over. It so much easy to make a you turn on a bicycle then a motorcycle and do you know why? It's because a bicycle has no influence coming from the motor. So if you pull in the clutch and perform a U-Turn you remove the motors influence and allow yourself to focus on balance.
The short coming to this trick is your turn radius is per-determined by you entry speed before pulling in the clutch. As you go through the turn you will be scrubbing speed so you will naturally tighten you radius to maintain balance. There's also one other trade off, you should have a steady clutch hand to re-engage the clutch or else if you drop the clutch with the RMPs to low it will act like you stabbed the rear brake and probably cause you to fall to the inside. I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this technique and there's probably a more detailed explanation of it on the web. |
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February 19th, 2013, 10:07 PM | #7 |
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For slow u turns, steady easy throttle. Stay up right and actually steer the bike, while counterbalaned, opposite of high speed turns, ie counter steering and leaning with the bike. And for the real secret, keep a light pressure on the rear brake while turning. Seriously, it helps
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February 19th, 2013, 10:28 PM | #8 |
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I like Capt's head turn.
My trick is shift weight to the outside, then slip the clutch the whole time, drag some rear brake, and it's always smooth. I'm quick at left u-turns. Rights, not so much. |
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February 20th, 2013, 08:05 AM | #9 |
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Hmm
Pretty much exactly what I said . Except I wouldn't slip the clutch..
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February 20th, 2013, 09:54 AM | #10 |
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February 20th, 2013, 09:59 AM | #11 | |
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February 20th, 2013, 10:01 AM | #12 |
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Set up the turn before you make it. If you are at a light waiting to make the turn, give yourself the best starting angle possible. There may be enough room to smoothly make the turn with minimal inputs during the turn. If necessary I drag the rear brake a bit to tighten the turn.
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February 20th, 2013, 10:03 AM | #13 |
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zero.
you still fail to mention why he needs to be at 10k and won't be ok with 5-6k where the whole argument started from. take your head out of your ass. also don't bring the argument to another thread where someone's trying to gather info. you're far... far down the list of people who i'd take riding advice from. drop your stupid ego and move on. |
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February 20th, 2013, 10:07 AM | #14 |
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did i ever say anything about 10k? or what rpm range you should be in? no.
you said you don't need gas to turn when going slow. i corrected you. i would give you $20 to see you jumping up and down on your r6 while you make a 10 foot radius turn at 5mph.
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February 20th, 2013, 10:11 AM | #15 |
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Ride a bunch of different bikes and you just might change your answers. So many factors to consider with other bikes. I can say after riding all kinds of bikes, throttle/engine rpms, the friction zone and rear brakes are your friends. Use em if you need to but don't take to long, a 5 lane intersection is not a good place to be that "slow guy".
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February 20th, 2013, 10:18 AM | #16 |
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I'm not saying you don't have more control with slipping clutch your grip, vrs your wrist... I just don't. I don't have an issue personally with a steady 4mph throttle hand. My only advice was staying up, looking through and rear brakes... If you slip the clutch or not is up to you.., either one, if done wrong will result in a drop...
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February 20th, 2013, 10:25 AM | #17 |
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No problem Rob, some riders just have more comfort and control at slow speeds. Your lucky, I come from the old school of HD's and those heavy, low rpm torque beasts had me slipping the clutch to turn tight or uturn. I still slip it on the 250 but I think it's out of habit and "feel good".
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February 20th, 2013, 10:39 AM | #18 |
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With the roads and turns being so narrow where I live, u turns as a technical skill become moot as they are no more than a standard tight turn but coming back on yourself, I easily full lock turn now and confortably using throttle and clutch to pop the bike back up or tighten the turn.
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February 20th, 2013, 11:00 AM | #20 |
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We call it a turn in the road, as our road system doesn't allow for u turns that cross lanes of traffic, I had to practise in a box doing circles for hours on my cbt then figure of eights, if I need to do a turn in the road I just do them as I have to do them very often I am well practised, so I suppose it's a "I just easily do it" but mainly because I am well practised by neccesity.
But for technique, the most important part is to look at your exit, turn your head as far as it goes to look around and then keep it locked on your exit, once in full lock use throttle and clutch to control your lean as you won't be able to counter stear back up, that's why you tend to see people shoot their leg out and wobble upwards and crank the gas when they straighten up. Practise makes perfect. |
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February 20th, 2013, 06:12 PM | #22 |
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I LOVE U-turns and sometimes seek them out! It's all about trusting the bike at a full bar-lock position, looking where you want to go (literally behind your shoulder when you're clear of traffic), and pushing the bike up under you so you're weighting the outer peg. It also helps to learn good balance on the bike. I've learned to consistently stop completely at a stop sign without putting my feet down at all. That amount of trust in your balance helps in ALL slow speed maneuvers. Oh, and did I mention how much I LOVE the rear brake at slow speeds? Even sometimes in U-turns?
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February 20th, 2013, 09:09 PM | #23 |
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February 20th, 2013, 10:25 PM | #24 |
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The video in the second post of this thread is "Captain Crash". He has a series of videos that are great for new budding riders. Highly recommended viewing.
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February 20th, 2013, 10:33 PM | #25 |
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This was the closest that I could come up with, and ... it doesn't work so well in this circumstance. Like, he's just BARELY turning his head and sh**!
Ah HA! ... and you're right, that was awesome.
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February 21st, 2013, 05:07 PM | #29 |
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It might help to start the bike moving at a lean with the wheel turned part way. Captain Crash showed that technique in another video, using it for a right turn into the furthest right lane, but it should also work for u-turns.
Sometimes it may be difficult to initiate the lean at the exact spot desired when body weight is on the opposite side of the bike. An old rear tire that is squared off exacerbates the problem. In this situation it my help to put some weight on on the inner peg, causing the bike to lean inward, while using centripetal force and your body weight to control the amount of lean.
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February 21st, 2013, 06:54 PM | #30 |
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Awesome thread. Lots of great info.
I had to make my first "street" u-turn some time ago and I was a bit worried about going in too wide as well. I ended up making the left u-turn a bit sharp and caused me to drop my left foot against the ground to gain some stability. It wasn't too bad but definitely could have been smoother.
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February 21st, 2013, 07:11 PM | #31 |
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February 21st, 2013, 08:04 PM | #32 |
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i lift my bike straight onto its kick stand and spin it around. U turn done in 4 seconds, no throttle or clutch needed
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February 21st, 2013, 08:20 PM | #33 |
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Is this how your dropped your bike, Michael?
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Any special technique to avoid that tailgater clipping our bike while we are slowly initiating the U-turn and he/she expects us to make the wider 90-degree turn to the left?
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Begin the turn earlier. Or present middle finger.
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