[xBhp Universal Thread]: Bending and LeaningThread

[winzeee]

OMG the old thread had so many knee down pics


@EL LOCO DIABLO ill try to put some.



Cheers

W

[ken cool]

Originally Posted by winzeee

OMG the old thread had so many knee down pics


@EL LOCO DIABLO ill try to put some.


Cheers

W

Whoa! Man, your stuff is good. Where is this place? Nice place to practice, not a soul around to say "Sir are you gonna do stunts, race, walk on your head... etc"

Originally Posted by L.P.

You Talking about these pics...:-

Oh yes, Bingo! Aryan and I used to frequent this place. Aryan is good, but this bikecrazy is totally crazy as you can see.

[inder.cool]

Dude EL LOCO DIABLO...!! Everyone would have appreciated your effort a lot if you would been wearing some other protective stuff as well....except just the helmet...!!

Anyways, pretty good effort...!!

[kirosh_03]

@Ken: This is Chennai's Sholavaram track - an abondened air strip. It is the usual place where our drag G2Gs happen.

@Nazreen: I don't see any right cornering pics. I'd want to have a look at how good you would lean on a right curve. For people like me, right is far more tough than left.

[winzeee]

Wow WOw Guys, i just put pics from EL LOCO DIABLO album here Picasa Web Albums - El Loco Bromista - Cornering......., as he was Not able to post it by himself here.


I aint that pro not even half of that LOL

Cheers

W

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Originally Posted by ken cool

Whoa! Man, your stuff is good. Where is this place? Nice place to practice, not a soul around to say "Sir are you gonna do stunts, race, walk on your head... etc"

That's the beauty of that place, there's rarely anyone there, but you need to look out for some scale-model RC planes now and then

Here are some pics

@kirosh- i managed to only one right corner, but i don't think it was that good

[Harmeet]

Originally Posted by Aryan

I have (had!!) been riding a Classic since the past 6+ years. So, yes, I am more confident on the Classic than on the 'newer' motorbikes. But then, taking corners at 103 km/hr. is not something that a Classic can do.

If I try to 'attack' a corner at that speeds on a Classic, it'll just throw me off the bike. I need to FIGHT with it, even while cornering at 80+km/hr.!! It's like it just doesn't want to corner, and I make the Classic do it, forcefully!

True that bro,,,attack any corner at 3 digit speed and ur in trouble,,speed wobble,,rear wheel sliding,,,and that scary feeling scares the sh*t out of me..but still v1 is a really flickable bike,,if you get a chance try a lap of Rajpur road,mall road near D.U. on ur 180,,im damn sure It'll put a huge grin on ur face

[EL LOCO DIABLO]

Originally Posted by inder.cool

Dude EL LOCO DIABLO...!! Everyone would have appreciated your effort a lot if you would been wearing some other protective stuff as well....except just the helmet...!!

Anyways, pretty good effort...!!

^^ Point taken and duly noted

[Vivek]

Originally Posted by MG_Biker1806

leaning just for the sake of it is pointless except maybe to look cool, you will still be passed by the other guy whos using correct body position to keep the Bike upright and is on the gas harder through the corner than you are coz he has more contact patch on his tires as a result of keeping the Bike as upright as possible.

Hey MG,
I agree with pretty much all of your post except for the above portion. (Maybe it's just the wording)
One definitely wants to preserve lean angle for any unforeseen steering changes. But at any reasonable speed a motorcycle will NOT turn unless it is leaned. It's the physics of the thing.

Keeping it straight upright while turning at any kind of "non-parking lot" speed is just begging for a high side. Essentially because the centrifugal force of a high-speed turn is countered by gravity by leaning the bike into the turn.

A good rider will be able to make the same corner at a lesser lean angle making use of good body positioning and footpeg work. (Keith Code recommends putting weight on the outside peg when leaning into a turn.)

However, some lean is definitely required to turn a two wheeled vehicle. That's why countersteering works so well because you use it to Lean the bike into the turn quicker.

I agree with the essence of your post and the fact that scraping pegs and other parts of a motorcycle is by no means desirable. It just slows down the bike.

To add to the discussion, the bike physically slows down when turning as a side-effect of 'Coning' (Look it up. Essentially, the contact ring becomes smaller and has the same effect as a change in gear ratio). So one has to roll on the throttle and accelerate while leaning just to maintain speed.

[inder.cool]

Originally Posted by EL LOCO DIABLO

^^ Point taken and duly noted

Really appreciate that...!!