2nd season, 10 things I've learned

[2RR2NV]

First off "respect" noted    
Secondly, "moran" is a joke on this board. See attached picture  

Next, learning the available limits of traction on a DRZ in a wet parking lot is fine, if you find yourself in an emergency situation on that DRZ in a wet parking lot. But what about a different bike? Different tires? Different road surface? Different speed? There are way too many variables out there to practice what they are. So while "learning how to crash" can be valuable in other sports, I just don't see how applicable it is to our sport  I feel that you're better off learning how to avoid it rather than how to deal with it.

 i was wondering where that came from. i thought i was having spelling issues cause everyone was spelling it that way. WHEW!!  now i can feel better about myself.

thanks  

[Prog Rocker]

Secondly, "moran" is a joke on this board. See attached picture  

Only in America...!  

And we wonder why people in other countries think less of us???      


AIGF,

Cheers

[Triple88a]

is there a way to practice laying a bike down on purpose?      

Instead, why not practice how to brake and swerve better?

[doodah man]

I guess a better question would be (especially for new riders or rider-to-be like myself) would be is there a way to practice laying a bike down on purpose?      

I have read of situations where this was done to avoid a larger catastrophe.  I would think this would be a valuable skill to learn (on an expendable bike, of course).



Cheers

When you lowside, the coefficient of friction of everything now contacting the pavement (plastic, metal, leather, skin, etc.) is lower than your tires.  The end result is that lowsiding takes longer to stop for both you and your bike, not shorter, than using your brakes and staying upright.  That is why lowsided bikes on the racetrack can and do take out the rider ahead of them if the rider ahead is braking.  There is no valid reason to lowside to "avoid" a crash because if you missed the object by lowsiding - you could have missed it by staying upright on the brakes too.  Therefore there is not much point in learning how to lowside on pavement unless you want a career as a stuntman or think you will someday have to slide under a semi trailer to avoid decapitation.

[Yuma]

What is this "season" thing of which you speak? It is not a thing we speak of here in San Diego.  
Do you not ride all year 'round?  

You don't get out into the local mountains????  I have had a deer standing in the road on Old Hwy 80 near Buckman Springs and I was in a group riding the Sunrise Hwy when a deer ran across the road about 10 feet in front of the leader.

By the way GOOD LIST and we should alway live by it and a few more.....

Oh YES, Year Round riding IS GREAT....

Yuma,