Highside recovery

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And I thought Rossi was pretty good !!

Anybody know who it is ??

and now we know what kind of sites you visit :P

look at the links down the right

Looks like 250cc bike.

Those girls don't live near me, who are they kidding...

Talking of which, I saved a highside at the weekend (on an IAM observed ride of all places ). V. twisty, wet, lots of leaves on the ground, I'm still maintaining the NSL maximum, I'm leaving my examiner for dust. We pull in for a debrief and he warns me about the leaves; "I didn't see you skid or anything [I hadn't], but don't go so fast in those conditions. They won't think any less of you for doing 40 through there..."

I take the comment on board and carry on. Going considerably slower (slowing to 25-30 for a tightish bend), I see that there is gravel dragged onto the road from a side turning. I move out to the centre of the road to avoid it, but what I don't see until it is too late to brake/bring the bike upright/alter my line, is a load of gravel that collected in a gouge in the road surface (looking from a distance like any other bit of the road). I feel the back wheel loose grip, but maintain a constant throttle and try to relax. The back wheel re-grips violently, chucking me out of the saddle, but still hanging onto the bars Ruben Xaus style . I stamp my foot onto the floor (as it's been flung off the pegs) and sort of 'bounce' back into the seat. Bike settles itself and on I go. I notice that the instructor has dropped back several metres (probably expected me to bin it and didn't want to run over me!).

As he said at the next debrief, "Well that woke you up, didn't it?"
He explained he'd not been down that road before (neither had I), but that he'd use it in future as a good NSL where 30 is plenty in a lot of places, to see if people have suitable restraint.

Ceri JC: My IAM observer yesterday advised me to ride in right or left tyre tracks on the motorway to avoid crap in the centre lane, like nails, etc. Today, I used the same stretch of motorway and practised what he preached - I picked up two nails in my rear tyre and waited 70 minutes for the truck to arrive in the rain... Doh!

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

Talking of which, I saved a highside at the weekend (on an IAM observed ride of all places ). V. twisty, wet, lots of leaves on the ground, I'm still maintaining the NSL maximum, I'm leaving my examiner for dust. We pull in for a debrief and he warns me about the leaves; "I didn't see you skid or anything [I hadn't], but don't go so fast in those conditions. They won't think any less of you for doing 40 through there..."

I take the comment on board and carry on. Going considerably slower (slowing to 25-30 for a tightish bend), I see that there is gravel dragged onto the road from a side turning. I move out to the centre of the road to avoid it, but what I don't see until it is too late to brake/bring the bike upright/alter my line, is a load of gravel that collected in a gouge in the road surface (looking from a distance like any other bit of the road). I feel the back wheel loose grip, but maintain a constant throttle and try to relax. The back wheel re-grips violently, chucking me out of the saddle, but still hanging onto the bars Ruben Xaus style . I stamp my foot onto the floor (as it's been flung off the pegs) and sort of 'bounce' back into the seat. Bike settles itself and on I go. I notice that the instructor has dropped back several metres (probably expected me to bin it and didn't want to run over me!).

similar thing happened to me on an observed ride too - on my Bandit - right hand bend in the wet - there was gravel right over on the left and tar repair banding on the line I wanted to take so tried to go on the clean bit in between but strayed onto tar repair banding and lost the back end and then the next thing I know bike flicked upright and I shot up in the air (all my observer could see was my big bum 6 foot up in the air ! ) came back down recovered and carried on! the force of it sheared my mirror bolt tho

Originally Posted by chazzyb

Ceri JC: My IAM observer yesterday advised me to ride in right or left tyre tracks on the motorway to avoid crap in the centre lane, like nails, etc. Today, I used the same stretch of motorway and practised what he preached - I picked up two nails in my rear tyre and waited 70 minutes for the truck to arrive in the rain... Doh!

Now you know what that's called don't you Two words not necessarily in this order. Law Sod's.

Originally Posted by mumstoy

...and then the next thing I know bike flicked upright and I shot up in the air (all my observer could see was my big bum 6 foot up in the air ! ) came back down recovered and carried on! the force of it sheared my mirror bolt tho

Your bum landed on your mirror?


(Good to see you around Lorna )


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Originally Posted by jonboy

Your bum landed on your mirror?


(Good to see you around Lorna )


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It did read like that didnt it - then I would have sitting back to front no - the force of the highside sheared the bolt

hope you are well too Greg - hoping to be out and about later this year - getting very excited now

I'm paying for my highside action today though; didn't feel it on Saturday and it was only slight on the Sunday, but this morning, my right shoulder blade and neck are killing from the force of the jolt from it.