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Cruiser
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L.I., N.Y. | I'm entertaining the thought of a open invitation to a motorcycle rodeo, looking for the slowest time thru the course. I've set up a mock course 32' wide, 120' long. I've set the 32' up with 8' intervals markers and 120' with 8' interval markers down the center. Now I've noticed in doing the tight 16' cicrles or the 32' figure eights, multiple times, when straighting up you get that lug a chug, lug a chug. Is there any where to push the idle up 25 to 50 rpms, or will that lug a chug just stay, but be a little quicker? | |
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Cruiser
Posts: 203
Rapid City, SD | It isn't about the idle. You actually need to roll the throttle a bit and feather the clutch. Oh by the way if you can pull off a 16ft circle I would be very impressed. I think the small rectangle on the MSF course is 20ft. I can do that but I am scraping metal and still only having about 1-2ft to spare.
Either way your clutch control is the key to both those disciplines. | |
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Tourer
Posts: 363
Goldsboro, NC | My compliments to you both. I have not managed to stay inside that damn box yet, after maybe a hunderd shots at it.
and thank YOU for reminding me of another chronic failure in my life <sigh> 
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Iron Butt
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Reno County, KS | +1 for working the clutch. I've found a neat little trick that works for me as well. I DO NOT like scraping metal so I leave my heels planted on the floorboards, turn my toes out and feel for the pavement with my toes. I naturally do this anyway since I swing my knees out towards the corners out of habit (it goes back to when I raced dirt bikes as a kid). I try to pull my feet in closer to me at the bottom of the floorboards out of habit. It's like I'm trying to get my center of gravity closer to what I was used to way back when. Since I always use my front brakes and work the clutch/throttle for slow speed stuff and never have to shift, I don't need the foot controls for the tight U-turns. I don't do tight, slow speed turns on anything but smooth pavement so I don't really worry about my boot tips hanging up on debris/holes. I wear size 12 boots so it may be less effective if you have smaller feet. It just seems to be an added benefit for me with the Vision. I also sit up on the seat, scoot over to the opposite edge from the turn and let the bike do ALL the leaning under me. Just how I do it. BTW, if you get in the habit of working the clutch/throttle when doing tight turns, you'll be ready to "launch" the bike before you're completely straightened back up if you need to get going sooner. By the time you get the bike straight you can be in second gear, working on third. I dunno, maybe 1, 2 or none of these things will work for you. | |
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Has anyone been in motorcyle rodeo?