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The other day, I pulled onto a frontage road to fill up. I approached a fairly busy 3-way intersection, going straight. I don't know how fast (no speedo) but it was a moderate pace, probably 35-40 as I was keeping up with traffic, and the station was just on the other side of the intersection. There is a line of cars opposite me turning left, one truck turns in front of me fairly, then I see this lady in a white Kia behind him. I remember immediately thinking "This dumb person is really going to pull out in front of me" and of course she does. I stood on the brakes, braked harder than I even thought possible on this bike, then she sees me and (of course) stops in the middle of the intersection. I get right up to her, let off the brakes and do a real fast 1-2 swerve around her car, and continue on my merry way. I was close enough I think I could have reached out and slapped her. I really do wonder if that fraction of a second where I thought "she just might pull in front of me" was enough preparation to do the trick. Either way it feels good thinking all that risk assessment, braking & swerving practice just saved my skin. I hope I never have to do it again (except it happens six times a week doesn't it.)Scrapez posted:Rear tire locks up and the rear starts to slide out to the right a bit. I had the presence of mind to realize I had locked it and think "I need to let off a bit to straighten it out." Ghostpilots posted:I lock the rear immediately[...]. Release rear brake, reapply then grab a handful of front. OK I gotta ask about this - when I took the MSF some 5 years ago they told me to never ever release the rear if it locks because it could easily send you into a high-side. Is that true? I've only locked my rear brake a handful of times in emergencies, but countless times on purpose. So I'm certainly no expert. But it seems like it would only throw you if the back end really got away from you. Whenever I've done it on purpose it's been a non-issue, but that's probably because I was maintaining control the whole time. So now I'm not so sure. Synonamess Botch fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Sep 10, 2010 |
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modify_evolution posted:Trash bag Nice job on keeping your cool. Relatedly, how do you like the v-strom?
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KARMA! posted:Rear brake used: -Wheelies.
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