Cornering at speed

[smutchin]

I said left but mainly because I think I prefer keeping the right pedal down, with my weight on the right foot, when cornering.

Of course, this is a moot point when on fixed. Then I just hate cornering at speed in either direction (unless on a banked track).

d.

 

[Linford]

The wheel fell off our campervan coming down that hill

Hopefully not the steering wheel Smeggers, it looks like a twisty one....

 

[YahudaMoon]

Ghostrider. I know its totaly irresponsible though hes got big balls


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XGtNkVnI5GI

 

[Linford]

'twas when I were a kid. before the bypass (A55)... the back wheel fell off and overtook us... was a proper Scooby Doo moment. Had to wait at the little police station at the bottom of the hill for hours for the old man to rescue us.

If any of our family now refer to "Death Hill" - tis that one.

Sounds like a knicker filling moment !

 

[Linford]

Ghostrider. I know its totaly irresponsible though hes got big balls


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XGtNkVnI5GI

I think a couple of the ghostriders are dead now. I had a GSXR 1000 on loan for a summer season a couple of years ago (I still put 5k miles on it though), it was far too much performance for the roads as you had to ride it fast to have fun on it. It was balistic performance, and fairly scary in the wet on the corners.

 

[Ian H]

Comment from one of my predecessors, an experienced roadman, as we swooped round some Welsh hairpins: "It's surprising how far you lean a bike over" ...swoop!..swoop!..."...if you've got the bottle".

 

[col]

I know it isn't off a cycle, but this was cam footage from one of the sessions off my m/bike on another visit to Donington Park (look closely at the top left hand side, and you can see the reflection off the speedo as I went under Dunlop Bridge). I love that track but it is an expensive day out . The trick with m/bike cornering is to to kep the power delivery fairly neutral to avoid the front washing out due to to weight transfer, or highsiding with the power on. I just play at it, but OMG it gets the blood pumping when the bike gets above 10,000rpm

Nice one, thats something I always wanted to do, but never got the chance on a track. When we all started off on the mopeds in the late seventies, we used to go to croft autodrome near Darlington. When the racing had stopped we tried to get a lap but always got waved off just after kicking off from the start/finish line, it sounded like a swarm of bees

 

[atbman]

It's probably a mix of factors.
LH corners are sharper than RH ones so we get more practice are turning more sharply to the left than the right.
Possibly camber comes into it. If the road surface is "falling away" from us as we lean on a RH bend (as opposed to corner), perhaps that makes it feel a bit more precarious

 

[Linford]

Nice one, thats something I always wanted to do, but never got the chance on a track. When we all started off on the mopeds in the late seventies, we used to go to croft autodrome near Darlington. When the racing had stopped we tried to get a lap but always got waved off just after kicking off from the start/finish line, it sounded like a swarm of bees

If it is something on the bucket list, go for it, it doesn't have to be a litre class super bike to get on the track,I've seen people do track days on cruisers (I kid you not), and you can go and do the race school which will take you from first principles. Amongst other Chris (the stalker) Walker and Ron Haslam do race schools out of Silverstone and Mallory on 600 supersports bikes which include the bike hire and tuition from the very basics for people who can ride a bike (need full license) and want to learn the fundamentals of track riding and get the experience - in a very controlled/disciplined way for not a ridiculous sum of money.

 

[col]

If it is something on the bucket list, go for it, it doesn't have to be a litre class super bike to get on the track,I've seen people do track days on cruisers (I kid you not), and you can go and do the race school which will take you from first principles. Amongst other Chris (the stalker) Walker and Ron Haslam do race schools out of Silverstone and Mallory on 600 supersports bikes which include the bike hire and tuition from the very basics for people who can ride a bike (need full license) and want to learn the fundamentals of track riding and get the experience - in a very controlled/disciplined way for not a ridiculous sum of money.

Time , cash, the usual , but cheers anyway

 

[Linford]

It's probably a mix of factors.
LH corners are sharper than RH ones so we get more practice are turning more sharply to the left than the right.
Possibly camber comes into it. If the road surface is "falling away" from us as we lean on a RH bend (as opposed to corner), perhaps that makes it feel a bit more precarious

I'd say personally that it is mostly down to the amount of practice you get as to your confidence levels.

 

[Linford]

Time , cash, the usual , but cheers anyway

The Chris Walker experience all in is about £300 for the day at Mallory including the use of his track prepped Kawasaki ZX6Rs (track bike hire alone is worth £150 IMO)

http://www.chriswalkerraceschool.com/kawasaki-show-offer.aspx

 

[Tigerbiten]

I find left turns a lot easier at speed than right turns.

It all come down to the fact the artifical arm is a fixed length.
Once I lean far enough to the right out of the seat to keep in inside wheel on the ground, the arm pulls tight and I start to pull the handle bars back straight.
Leaning to the left I don't have this problem.
I even got my new cycling arm built around an inch longer than the old one to help with this problem .....

 

[girovago]

I wonder if Gaz has a preference...