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Riding Skills Series: Blind Turns on the Street

Replace anxiety with confidenceMost sportbike riders will list blind corners as their least favorite part of a twisty road, and with good reason. Quite often danger lurks where it can't be seen until it's too late to react, with gravel or an oncoming car in your lane. Just the surprise of that danger suddenly coming into your sight can sometimes be enough to cause you to make a mistake, when you would normally be able to deal with the situation easily. This can cause anxiety in many riders, making a bad situation worse. Navigate a blind turn ready to deal with whatever may be ahead, however, and you'll be able to minimize that anxiety and be more confident. Roads end up twisty mostly because they were built to go around things like hillsides and trees, and those objects usually end up making it impossible to see around the corner. Less often, turns are placed at the crest of a hill, again making it impossible to see. The two types of blind corners each require a different approach to minimize the chance of trouble.


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