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02-26-2008, 03:42 PM
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| Handlebar Consultant   Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 616
|  Well first I would say that the left hand turn is not THAT much worse than the right hander. Either of the turns looks great in the pictures for a non-pro rider...hell I'm not sure how much better a PRO rider could do. Is it possible you are nitpicking a yourself a bit much?...Were all of your left hand turns this way, or did you just happen to get a pic of yourself in a bad left hander? Either way, make it your wallpaper, it looks great! |
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02-26-2008, 08:29 PM
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| Clunked into first gear   Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: '07 C90T
Location: Gravois Mills MO
Posts: 200
| Wookie, now you're really trying to hurt our feelings! I would love to have it 50 degrees here in Missouri. It was spitting snow a few minutes ago and about 28 degrees! LOL
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02-29-2008, 12:57 AM
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| U.B's LoveChild   Joined: Apr 2005
Bike: '05 SV650S; '05 GSX-R600;'04 749S
Location: 20 Miles East of LA
Posts: 1,257
| Thanks all for your kind words. I really think my left turns are worse than my right turns. In addition to the pictures, this is evident by simply looking at the wear patterns on the front tire. Usually, my front tires exhibit more wear on the right side than the left side (especially right at the edge of the contact patch), except for at Fontucky, which is predominantly a left-turn track. Interestingly, the rear tires show relatively even wear.... Since that track day, I've been paying particular attention to my body position in left turns when I do trackdays. I have another trackday scheduled for the end of March. I will see if that problem goes away. Hey, we have 80+ degree this week. Yeah !!!
__________________ "Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pigs love it." "Don't argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." "The Universe is a contest between engineers making things idiot-proof and God making bigger idiots. So far, God is winning by a wide margin." |
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03-30-2008, 04:39 AM
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| U.B's LoveChild Joined: Apr 2005
Bike: '05 SV650S; '05 GSX-R600;'04 749S
Location: 20 Miles East of LA
Posts: 1,257
| Ok. From yesterday's track day. Not quite perfect but getting a little better. Being more familiar with the gixxer than the Duc helps....  Here is my favorite turn: 
__________________ "Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pigs love it." "Don't argue with idiots. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." "The Universe is a contest between engineers making things idiot-proof and God making bigger idiots. So far, God is winning by a wide margin." |
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03-30-2008, 10:13 AM
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| Newbie Joined: Mar 2008
Bike: gz 250,750 Shadow, vtx1300
Location: upstate n.y.
Posts: 17
| Looks good to me, I ride aVTX 1300 and if is over that far I am off of it and the wheels are off the ground. I am not sure why with me, but I also don't turn left very well. Even with my VTX I will bounce the right peg off the pavement and never come close with the left.
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03-30-2008, 02:43 PM
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| Ditch Magnet Joined: Dec 2007
Bike: gsxr 1000 2007
Location: los angeles
Posts: 174
| wow that look so beautiful. if i could only learn to lean like that and now kiss the ground. haha
__________________ i have mutiplus sclerosis and well i wanted to ride since i was young so i saved up my money and got good credit and bought me a hell of a bike. i never looked back since |
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03-30-2008, 02:44 PM
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| Ditch Magnet Joined: Dec 2007
Bike: gsxr 1000 2007
Location: los angeles
Posts: 174
| that pic should be the poster pic for suzuki
__________________ i have mutiplus sclerosis and well i wanted to ride since i was young so i saved up my money and got good credit and bought me a hell of a bike. i never looked back since |
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