SampsonNation
Member
Okay, so I have a few questions in regards to how you all experienced riders take your sharp and moderately sharp corners.
I guess you could say I still have some corner fright even after riding for 4 years.
Sometimes sharp corners do come up rather suddenly on the highway. I'm wondering, what do you do if you're caught off guard? I'm not going in extreme speeds, I'm just out of my comfort zone. This is where I get into trouble. I straighten out the bike and apply the brakes. Most of the time I'm fine, but there were some instances the corner was sharper than I thought and I tried to lean hard and barely made the corner. I wasn't going that fast too.
I can take corners just fine if I slow down. I always get this butterfly feeling if I continue to press the handlebar to increase the turn after I'm already doing a pretty decent lean.
I'm also wondering if my riding position just isn't good enough. I do know I'm more comfortable at taking corners either in the upright position, or slightly bent forward (3/4 riding position I think it's called). I always wonder if I try to lean too hard, I won't be able to recover from it. I think that's the "falling" sensation I'm getting.
Below are images I pulled from google to give you an idea of the types of corners that bother me at highway, or less speeds. Not to say I want to take the on and off ramps of a highway at 55 mph going around the circle, but I'd like to know that I'm capable of doing it.
Thanks in advance!
I guess you could say I still have some corner fright even after riding for 4 years.
Sometimes sharp corners do come up rather suddenly on the highway. I'm wondering, what do you do if you're caught off guard? I'm not going in extreme speeds, I'm just out of my comfort zone. This is where I get into trouble. I straighten out the bike and apply the brakes. Most of the time I'm fine, but there were some instances the corner was sharper than I thought and I tried to lean hard and barely made the corner. I wasn't going that fast too.
I can take corners just fine if I slow down. I always get this butterfly feeling if I continue to press the handlebar to increase the turn after I'm already doing a pretty decent lean.
I'm also wondering if my riding position just isn't good enough. I do know I'm more comfortable at taking corners either in the upright position, or slightly bent forward (3/4 riding position I think it's called). I always wonder if I try to lean too hard, I won't be able to recover from it. I think that's the "falling" sensation I'm getting.
Below are images I pulled from google to give you an idea of the types of corners that bother me at highway, or less speeds. Not to say I want to take the on and off ramps of a highway at 55 mph going around the circle, but I'd like to know that I'm capable of doing it.
Thanks in advance!
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