**** out moment

Whats the difference between a fueller and a tuber? Buell virgin here!

Originally Posted by neil_xb12ss

No presence of mind as per the post

I guess I mean to actually think about what you did in the de-brief ... if it was pure instinct, it would have happened so quickly, you would have had no idea what you did

To know you counter steered and put weight on peg and kept it pinned ... your concious mind must have been working to log all that!!

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Originally Posted by svdemon

Whats the difference between a fueller and a tuber? Buell virgin here!

Tuber style Buells are have a tubed frame and a normal fuel tank where as the Fueller style Buells have the Fuel in the frame.

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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

I guess I mean to actually think about what you did in the de-brief ... if it was pure instinct, it would have happened so quickly, you would have had no idea what you did

To know you counter steered and put weight on peg and kept it pinned ... your concious mind must have been working to log all that!!

Yeah i suppose..Dont know really....Just thinking about it afterwards and that's what seemed to happen.

Originally Posted by neil_xb12ss

Yeah i suppose..Dont know really....Just thinking about it afterwards and that's what seemed to happen.

Its all good, but you asked for the official line and that is to knock the throttle off a bit (but not to close it fully) and ride it out

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Originally Posted by Blue_SV650S

Its all good, but you asked for the official line and that is to knock the throttle off a bit (but not to close it fully) and ride it out

But as you say, having the presence of mind to do that is a little more tricky than talking about it. I seemed to do the rightish thing though which i am pleased about....Need new pants though

Seeing as you stayed on the bike I'd say you did the right thing instictively.

But what's the difference between a highside and a lowside? I was under the impression that a lowside was slower whilst the highside was a lot faster and usually resulted in the rider being thrown from the bike, anything like that?

Alex

Originally Posted by neil_xb12ss

But as you say, having the presence of mind to do that is a little more tricky than talking about it. I seemed to do the rightish thing though which i am pleased about....Need new pants though

I think instinct in this situation is to slam the throttle shut ... now most of us might do that instinctively, but then when the brain kicks in that fraction of a second later, we realise we should have kept a bit on ... we can then apply a bit of throttle ... having this knowledge might not stop the instinct/initial input, but if the brain kicks in quick enough after, it could still be in time to save the day!! For this reason, i think there is still value in knowing what you 'should' do ...

Its the same for skidding in a car ... (before the advent of ABS) ... if you start to skid, yo tend to naturally just push the peddle harder as you are not slowing enough and it just keeps skidding .. we all know you need to do kaden-braking .. so I have done this before ... started to skid ... the realised what I am doing and pump the brakes ... its saved the day on a few occasions now I am sure

Originally Posted by Rhiwbina_Squirrel

Seeing as you stayed on the bike I'd say you did the right thing instictively.

But what's the difference between a highside and a lowside? I was under the impression that a lowside was slower whilst the highside was a lot faster and usually resulted in the rider being thrown from the bike, anything like that?

Alex

Lowside is when the rear just keeps sliding out and the bike falls that way - you are already near the ground, hence lowside. A highside starts as a lowslide, but the rear tyre gains grip too quickly, compresses the shock rapidly ... the shock then unloads and shoots you out of the saddle ...

Highsides tend to end in injury, as long as you don't hit anything before coming to a hault, lowsides you can normally get away without any proper injury

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You must drive like a loon then