This Dude Can Ride

[Klavdy]

Usually see these blokes on Cop bikes.
Be nice to learn how to do this,,,

2010 10 24 ダンロップ ジムカーナ 第5戦 Ｓ賀選手 第2ヒート

[Lotsokids]

1. Throttle control
2. Super sticky tires / good pavement
3. Skid bars protecting the plastic and engine makes a rider a LOT more brave.

I've seen a test bike that was built with outrigger wheels to teach a person how far a bike can lean and the conditions it takes to lose traction. It's pretty cool. Something like this:

[andyb]

Gymkhana, fun stuff, and impressive as hell.  Similar stuff from a guy on a much smaller bike:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2126785378186555755#

The outrigger bike is part of Keith Code's school tools.

[Flyover Country Joe]

  And, I didn't hear anything touch down once. Nice.........
       






1990 FJ 1200 Bruise

[junkyardroad]

That is cool.  The first thing I thought was thank God for my Renntec bars.
Huge rear sprocket on that bike.

[1tinindian]

Man has Skilz!

I noticed how he kept his knees tucked in at all times.
Are knees out really needed?

Leon

[Travis398]

Are knees out really needed?
Leon

If you want a cool spark show it is

Touch Down

[Lotsokids]

...Are knees out really needed?

I taught an Air Force sport bike course from 2007 - 2009. We taught the students to KEEP THE KNEES IN. The only reson to have them out is to be a "radar" for racers to know their lean angle. The other instructor I taught with actually raced and said he sometimes used his knee to "push" himself over if he's going from one corner into an opposite turn. We did, however teach how to GET OFF YOUR SEAT and get your CG down and inside the turn. That seemed to be the hardest to teach as everyone tends to just stay verticle with the bike.

[Dan Filetti]

I noticed how he kept his knees tucked in at all times.
Are knees out really needed?

Leon

Uhh,, sometimes the knee AND the elbows are all that prevent you from an 'off':

I give you: Collin Edwards: Jerez '08

colin edwars codo jerez08

Dan

[Dan Filetti]

No knee save, but one HELL of a save:

Save of the Century - Motorbike Crash

Dan

[Dan Filetti]

One more, this one made me laugh out loud:

AMAZING Motorbike Save MUST SEE

[AustinFJ]

One more, this one made me laugh out loud:

AMAZING Motorbike Save MUST SEE

Watched it, and damn if I didn't laugh too!   

[Klavdy]

I taught an Air Force sport bike course from 2007 - 2009. We taught the students to KEEP THE KNEES IN. The only reson to have them out is to be a "radar" for racers to know their lean angle. The other instructor I taught with actually raced and said he sometimes used his knee to "push" himself over if he's going from one corner into an opposite turn. We did, however teach how to GET OFF YOUR SEAT and get your CG down and inside the turn. That seemed to be the hardest to teach as everyone tends to just stay verticle with the bike.

Interesting.
Who taught the Instructors for the initial cadre, did the Instructors then set the syllabus and curriculum?

[AustinFJ]

No knee save, but one HELL of a save:

Save of the Century - Motorbike Crash

Dan

An awesome move.  I don't know when this one took place, but I do remember an almost identical one back in '85 with Randy Mamola on a Honda...

Randy "COJONES" Mamola ;-)

[Lotsokids]

Interesting.
Who taught the Instructors for the initial cadre, did the Instructors then set the syllabus and curriculum?

Our lead instructor was a Master Sergeant who was stationed in Germany who raced professionally in Europe (strange mix). He was GOOD. He wrote the curriculum, then was reviewed and approved by headquarters, Air Mobility Command. Then I was chosen as part of 12 riders in the U.S. to go to California and be taught this course. 12-hour days for a week baking in the sun. That was pretty rough. I passed with a super heavy ZX-11. The concern was that guys are being taught by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, but not able to properly handle a sportbike. Guys were still losing it in corners and getting hurt or killed. After initiating the sportbike course, we saw a 40% decrease in fatalities in my command.

Unfortuately, on the last day, one of our instructors who just completed the course was hit on his way home. An unlicensed driver in a Chevy Suburban ran a red light and hit my buddy on his right side sending him into a coma for 30 days and a medical discharge from the Air Force. It's very sad. We all signed a photo of him going through the course. He won't be able to ride again. Sometimes your world can change in a second.