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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
I'm a rookie rider on a used Honda FMX 650 (it's like a supermoto but with much weaker engine). The bike weighs 163 kilos when it's fueled up and i can comfortably weave it around a manhole cover with a diameter of 70cm or so while doing 50km/h, starting the weave about 3 meters from it. In fact, whenever i am on a stretch of empty road i always practice swerving and emergency braking on imaginary obstacles, because these are the kind of skills that save your life as a bike rider.
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Yea but the FMX (my first bike was the XR, its little brother) is quite high. This means you can flick it with your hips and have more manuaveabilty and in that video he is "supposedly" doing allot more than 50kmh / 30mph... Which is why I think its speeded up. The R1 is low so its harder to just flick but better on sweeping corners. It also has a longer wheel base.
Hhehe Counter steering is cool and unerving the first time you do it. Just dont do it on a blind corner. You can always lean harder (this is where you get you knee down in Jeans
) but you can always counter steer harder and the delay from counter steer to leaning is massive.