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Veggie Dave
01-21-2005, 03:18 AM
Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote the following literary
masterpiece:
>but Veggie's talking about balancing a slide with it, on a
>sportsbike, which is way beyond my abilities.

No, I mean stopping a slide by removing some of the force through the
front tyre's contact patch, rather than balancing it ala powerslide etc.

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Bear
01-21-2005, 03:18 AM
In article <sI489+E1893BJwK6@number1.dsl.pipex.com>, Veggie Dave says...
> Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com> wrote the following literary
> masterpiece:
> >but Veggie's talking about balancing a slide with it, on a
> >sportsbike, which is way beyond my abilities.
>
> No, I mean stopping a slide by removing some of the force through the
> front tyre's contact patch, rather than balancing it ala powerslide etc.

Still, sodding impressive if you can do it. Fair play to you.

I really need to practise getting my feet positioning more correct ...
it's something I've never done very well, although it wasn't until I did
a trackday that I realised it was actually an issue.
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