What one area of riding is your achilles heel?

[Sixxxxer]

Slipper FTMFW...I use that shit all the time.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by Sixxxxer

Slipper FTMFW...I use that shit all the time.

I abuse mine... and it's not the most slippery slipper in 1st.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

I abuse mine... and it's not the most slippery slipper in 1st.

I HATED the slipper clutch at first! It took me FOREVER to get used to engine braking when I started riding four strokes and THEN they take it away!

[Dave]

i was thinking about this thread when riding the other day and something really stood out. when im in a corner i tend to watch the guy in front of me instead of looking through the corner like i should.

[pickle.of.doom]

I suck at wheelies

[JoJoYZF]

Originally Posted by racedoll

You need to come down here and go ride with Erik and I to the river. Some nice roads in southern OH, believe it or not.

Thats what I keep hearing. I may have to take you up on that since Im sure both of you can teach me a lot about riding faster.

Originally Posted by pickle.of.doom

I suck at wheelies

Ok ebbs.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Dave

i was thinking about this thread when riding the other day and something really stood out. when im in a corner i tend to watch the guy in front of me instead of looking through the corner like i should.

I do that, but I'm also following his lines. I learn from doing that when I'm behind a good rider.

[Berserker]

Launching at the track...

There is one turn on Missouri HWY 125 that the apex is also at the peak of a hill...just really unsettling.

[Archren]

Originally Posted by rogue

I do that, but I'm also following his lines. I learn from doing that when I'm behind a good rider.

I have a tendency to do that sometimes, but I've learned that it's a really good way to get sucked into a corner going way faster than what you're comfortable doing (which could potentially mean setting yourself up for a wreck in that you may panic mid-corner, or whatever). Especially people like Chris Fox here in Austin... all you see before he dives in is *tap tap* on the brake, and then swoosh, he's gone. I scraped pegs on Lime Creek Rd. following him (this is when I still had my F2)... Scared the everloving crap out of me.

[rogue]

Originally Posted by Archren

I have a tendency to do that sometimes, but I've learned that it's a really good way to get sucked into a corner going way faster than what you're comfortable doing (which could potentially mean setting yourself up for a wreck in that you may panic mid-corner, or whatever). Especially people like Chris Fox here in Austin... all you see before he dives in is *tap tap* on the brake, and then swoosh, he's gone. I scraped pegs on Lime Creek Rd. following him (this is when I still had my F2)... Scared the everloving crap out of me.

So far, knock on wood, I haven't done that...yet. I stay far enough back to where I can see what's in front of them. This helps me understand why the position themselves like they do, as well as keeps me from being sucked in. Plus I'm slow in corners.