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Got another video qued up, a little bit of parking lot practice, emergency stops and such.
@Motofool I wasnt sure if you wanted emergency stops or smooth stops from 15, most of my stops were emergency and later some smoothish ones because I didn't know what you wanted. In regards to the slowing down then cracking open the throttle I wasnt quite sure what you mean? I sped up to 25 then down to 10 then cracked it back open up to 20 again? Dunno. I can do it again. Also I recorded myself generally riding back twards my house in normal traffic. Thats a tad long and I need to somehow edit it on this crap laptop so itll be in another video. |
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edit: actual advice. when it comes to group rides you can always ride with the cruiser crowd, I live next door to a guy who manages at a harley dealership so they're around me and they welcomed me on their rides any time I want to go. It's a nice pace for a beginner and the harley riders tend to not have an ego so long as they don't hold the attitude "if it's not a harley it's not a real bike" then you're good to go. though you can expect jokes to fly around xD and once you get better it becomes painfully slow at times, but my group is understanding and they let me pass when I signal to them that I want to try a faster pace (one guy likes to follow behind and critique me too former motocross racer and he did several track days "back in the day") |
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Take a look at these before our first emergency stops' practices (and don't let the numbers scare you ): http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=267&Set= http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=213&Set= And read these in your spare time: http://www.msgroup.org/Articles.aspx?Cat=1
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July 31st, 2013, 08:30 PM | #84 |
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LOL I like the fist pump.
See? Nice when things flow smoothly. Speed comes with experience, right now you are working on control. When you can control the bike, when you know how she leans, turns, moves, then you can work on speed. I'll let the more experienced eyes do any critiquing since they can spot smoothness of lines better than me. The only comment I have, and it is strictly a comment as this varies depending on rider mentality and traffic attitude, is keep your eyes forward. So there's construction workers on the side street, stare at them when parked. So the car was passing you on the right, no need to track it as it does. So there's a biker coming up on your left, no need to look back at him (same with the bike at the intersection). I can see you are doing good head checks (well, your head is moving properly, hopefully your eyes are following) but the important stuff is in front of you. Yes, keep your head on a swivel, be aware of what's around and behind you, just don't fixate on it. Again, that all varies based on conditions and mentality. It is not advice as I am sure I have done the same thing depending on what caught my eye. But do keep an eye out in front.
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In my humble personal opinion, I'd suggest you get out of the parking lot and practice on the streets with another experienced rider. They can asses your riding techniques properly and fill you in on the areas where you could improve. Parking lots won't prepare you enough for what's out there. On a bike its just a whole different ball game as you probably would have already figured out yourself. I'd never recommend parking lots unless the person has no idea on how to get the bike moving or stopping at all. As soon as you can get your feet up in a straight line, its time to stick to the streets.
As I always say to new riders, Fear makes you vigilant and fearlessness makes you an idiot. Confidence is the key and it can only be achieved by overcoming each fear. Safe riding!
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For eg : you're on a wet, sandy or lose gravel road. You are required to stop all of a sudden. Your brain would be like - Searching memory bank for proper braking procedure - Displaying available results : 1 of 1 - Apply full front and rear brakes ( Success rate 100% in a parking lot ) - Execute Yes/No? - Yes - ... Just sayin Thanks btw for liking my sig
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August 1st, 2013, 05:39 AM | #92 | |
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I equate your advice and reasoning to giving a 16yr old a gun and saying, hey, here is the trigger, point and shoot, now get into battle, you'll learn along the way. Sure nothing can prepare you for battle but hell at least get them comfortable with what you can to try and limit variables and teach them skills that could potentially save their life if a certain situation arises. An empty parking lot is about as close to a controlled environment you are going to find, but still always give it a good look over for loose gravel, road snakes ect...
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Your body position is wrong when you make the curve. You need to lean more. In the video, the camera was on your helmet and we could see that you stayed straight up in the curve. If you keep doing that, you'll start dragging a peg and may end up low siding.
Also, for safety reasons, you should never practice next to traffic like that. It looked like some sort of traffic jam on the other side. Traffic jams make people crazy and they do crazy things - like make U-turns in front of motorcycles. If you low side in an inside curve and there are cars on the other side like that, it means that you are going to low side right under their tires. So watch your body position.
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Saw your second video: EMPTY parking lots are usually a great place to practice, but again, you should stay away from any cars there. They have a tendency to back out in front of you unexpectedly.
You were cutting corners again in the lot. You need more practice. If there were cars in those spots, you would have hit them. I noticed that you were also practicing braking. Proper braking will save your life some day. But you need to practice hard braking at faster speeds. The goal is to stop as quickly as possible without skidding or doing a stoppie. I suggest you start at slower speeds and then progressively practice to the higher speeds.
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This is the kind of of traffic that where I learnt how to ride. Its actually a lot worse than this.
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Its best not to exceed the posted limit when you are learning. There is usually a reason why a speed limit is what it is. Wait until your skills are honed before you start venturing beyond the limit. At least then you will have a better idea of when its safe go faster and when it isn't. Watch out for crap in the road like gravel, leaves and sand. They'll make you kiss the asphalt really quick. I also noticed in your later videos that you are still cutting corners. You need to learn to stop doing that. You can expect a nasty surprise in your future if you don't.
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The third video shows a much more calmed and controlled ride. Please don't feel that any comment of mine are the ultimate advice or too negative; I am just trying a long-distance-couching, which is less than ideal. I only wish the best and fastest improvement of your skills. Judging by the number of miles you put under that machine yesterday, you are passionate about this, and I would love helping riders like you. Here are my comments: -Lid up: Unless you are wearing glasses or shades, keep it low (just cracked open for ventilation). Flying objects and insects can do real damage to your eyes, inducing a brief but dangerous lost of control. During a fall, a close lid is an important part of the protection. -Coming to stop signs: It seems that you are pulling the clutch too soon to benefit from engine braking effect. I am not sure about the timing of your downshift (sorry, I had no audio where I was watching the vid from). Try to do a full stop, one foot down, look left, right, left again (LEOs' in Florida can ticket you for not doing that). -Intersections: Those are the more dangerous spot for us. Riders roll stop signs, run red lights and make left turns just in front of us very frequently. You need to develop the habit of being extra situational alert when approaching these traps, checking what is following you (in case you have to hard-brake or swerve), slowing down a bit and covering all the controls. Wave the bike side to side for each time a left turner is waiting and get really ready to perform an evasive maneuver (they love surprising you at the last second). Read all these when you have a chance: http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124408 http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=127127 http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120133 http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124041 http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=121203 http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=134072 http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124754 Now, I have to watch the video of the parking lot practice, more comments will follow soon after.
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Yes bugs can be brutal, I took a large beetle to the visor yesterday at ~ 60mph and it was like being hit with a marble out of a sling shot, super glad I had my visor down And for the stops obviously motofool had it spot on but I would like to add, get into the habit of always being in the correct gear at a stop before you completely stop and put your left foot down while the right foot stays on the peg and rear brake. This way if you do let off on the front brake the rear is still applied and your brake light is still visible to cars approaching from the rear, Plus it will help with steep hill starts.
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Wow great point and picture, I never even thought about the fact that HE could get rear ended! Holy crap. A lot of the time I dont actually sit where I can be effected because I'm in cali I can just split between for safety.
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Which is one of the arguments for splitting - avoids situations like that.
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According to this statistics, you should fear what waits for you at intersections three times more: Slowing down, covering the controls while approaching, scanning widely and practicing evasive maneuvers frequently is all we can do about intersections and blind alleys. I have been trying to watch your forth video for a while to not available. Have you removed or something?
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Here are my comments: -Were you starting in second gear? I don't recommend developing that habit (you need torque to move quickly out of a situation from standing still). However, if you like doing so, let the engine rev some more (and the clutch slip longer) while picking up speed. -A populated parking lot is more dangerous than the street. Try finding one that is completely empty and traffic-free, so you can fully concentrate in the exercises. -You were doing the emergency braking correctly, looking forward and keeping balance all the way until full stop. Next, we need to start measuring your performance, braking harder (on straight line) and stopping shorter. For that, you need to find or create some marks on the pavement that allows you to compare the distances that full stops take. Tennis balls cut in half make great pavement markers. You need a solid mark (meaning reaction point), which you will pass consistently at 15 mph, and a way to measure distance traveled from there. The pavement for that trajectory should be clean and free of sand and white marks. Wait stopping on turns until you have mastered straight lines. This article explains it better than I can: http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=194&Set= -Pointing the camera a couple of degrees lower will help us see the hand movements better. -The accelerations after slow-downs were flawless.
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As I stated earlier, these parking lots were occupied by teachers at work's cars. I asked security guards at both schools if it would be safe/okay if I did what I was doing and got the okay. And Ill see what I can do about markings or something.... The camera angle is a real pain to set right, Ill try going down just a tad farther. And good! I was hoping I shot something along the lines of what you wanted for slow/speed up. |
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I'll be honest I didn't read the whole thread. Hernan is going t give you some great advice and tips but it seems like if you went to a class like somebody else suggested you'd get a lot out of it. Plus you can write a report after so we can hear if it was good or not.
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Mitch, Please see these links: http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=213&Set= http://www.msgroup.org/Tip.aspx?Num=194&Set= You can skip the first part, although is good practice. I want you to focus on efficient braking. That is a way to stop that is faster and safer than what you have done so far. The reason I insist on this braking thing is the following: Anybody can brake more or less decently in normal conditions. The problem is that normal conditions will become emergency conditions sooner or later, when you less expect it. A look at the crash forum proves that. When that happen, inexperienced riders consistently grab too much brake too soon, inducing a fall, much more is the bike is turning or leaning some. The reason is a panic reaction, which is very different to the smooth and controlled way in which you are doing it now. Don't try anything radical during the first practice sessions, rather work on clamping your legs on the tank, keeping your butt aft on the seat, your arms relaxed and your vision at front and far ahead, while trying to keep the balance all the way up to a full stop, ..........then foot down. Now the fine print: You need to educate your hand (and foot if you want to use both brakes) to modulate the pressure with maximum finesse. First you apply only enough pressure to induce a transfer of weight toward the front tire. Once the nose of the bike is pitching down, you can apply more force to the front lever until the bike stops. The rear pedal works the opposite: more pressure first and lees after the pitch down. The purpose of repetitive practice is to replace a gross panic reaction by those fine inputs, even when you are scared. That is the reason of practicing this at least once a week. An unloaded front patch (like before the weight transfer happens) has limited braking capability, so it is easy to lock the wheel up with too much lever pressure too soon. A loaded front patch can brake a lot; hence, the reason to wait one second for the weight transfer to happen. Keep doing what you are doing with the clutch and downshifting, that is not too important now. Producing a smooth weight transfer and keeping the bike perfectly balanced is. Don't overdo that, we are not talking about reducing stopping distance yet, we are going over each step of the process first. Get familiar with those steps and associated feelings. I don't think that it will happen yet, but if the bike goes out of balance or if the front tire skid, immediately remove the pressure form the front brake lever. If the rear tire locks up and skid, try keeping it locked as far as the balance allows you to. Sorry for over-whelming you, please, let us know the pace that is comfortable to you.
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Improper braking
Here is a video of what can happen when the rear skids. He locked the rears when the car in front of him tapped his brakes and then let go of the rears only to get flung off the bike.
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He locked the front in that video. You can tell by the way the bike dives, and the front wheel jerks to the right when it starts skidding, before the bike slams down on the left.
If he had locked the rear, the front wouldn't have changed direction, and the rear would have swung around before the bike slams down. That said, your advice on what to do if the rear ends up locked is on point.
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After I looked at it again, it does kinda look like it could have been the front and not the rear. I didn't see anything that looked like a front dive though. The front did swing right, but that was after he high-sided. At the same time, a rear lockup should have produced more rear fishtailing which wasn't present.
A front lock can be corrected simply by letting go (unlike the rear). So if it was the front, he didn't let go or there was some mechanical failure that was causing the lockup. It could also be that there was some slippery substance (wet grease, leaves, etc.) on the road that the camera didn't pick up. Another thing I noticed is that he had a good bit of space between him and the guy in front. That kindof argues against a panic stop and leans more toward mechanical failure. On the Ninja 250, I have never heard of a front lockup due to a mechanical failure. The closest I've seen is when people put too big of tires on the front that hit the fender causing it to jam. But that really isn't the bike's fault. The rear is a different story because the master links (the clip kind) sometimes come undone resulting in the chain jamming the rear tire (which is why you should always use rivet master links, but that's another story). I wanted to post a link to jiggle's video of his February crash. That was a good clear example of a rear lockup. But I couldn't find it. In that video, he locked the rear and fishtailed into the back of a camry.
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I think you're right about the mechanical failure. Watch his arms/hands; they dive as if the handlebars are going down at the beginning of the incident. It's as if it was an instant full lock on the front brake / front tire. But the brake light hasn't come on yet. The brake light only comes on after that event, when he's trying to slow down, and the bike is already out of shape.
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