LOLcra-z1000 said:Stem bearing too tight ? :rotflmao:
Tour1 said:I think it was this one (it's long, 29 minutes before the slide):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6olw5NXGns
Flat-spot said:I think this goes beyond target fixation. It reminds me of something that happened to me before I had a lot of riding experience. I did not go down or hit anything (luckily) because the road was just barely wide enough to soak up my mistake. Keep in mind this happened after I fully understood counter steering and used it with confidence. I entered a right hand curve too hot (visually wide open with no oncoming traffic, thank goodness) and my mind went into partial panic mode. I say "partial" because I knew not to grab brakes. I knew to not chop the throttle but let off gently. For some odd reason my brain would not allow me to press harder on the right grip. It went back into "steering mode" instead of staying in "counter steering mode". I went clear across the oncoming lane but engine braking barely kept me on pavement. Later, after my pulse calmed, and after mentally re-living the incident, I realized I had plenty of lean angle left and could have easily stayed in my lane with additional inside grip pressure. I also remembered, with extreme clarity, that feeling of "partial panic", and still remember it to this day. The problem was, and is, I could not understand why that "partial panic" only affected my brain's "counter steering mode". But somehow I did know this, that I would never again forget to PUSH HARDER ON THE INSIDE GRIP. And I haven't.
I wonder how many other riders have experienced the same phenomenon and crashed, or died. This happened to me in the late '70's and this is the first time I've shared it at all, because I didn't understand it and didn't know how to describe it. Maybe I still don't. Does any of this sound familiar to anyone else?
Every time I see a video of a bike going wide for no apparent reason, I wonder if the same thing is happening to them.
ConcoursKZ said:What really went wrong is the guy on the bike did not trust the bikes ability to hold. Then he looked at the bed of the truck and he found it.
mnofpeace said:hey, before you get on the slopes to ski they make you take a class...sheesh.
Landon said:Tour1 said:I think it was this one (it's long, 29 minutes before the slide):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6olw5NXGns
Wow. That guy looks like he grabbed a hand full of throttle as his right foot fell of the bike and he took off like a rocket.