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ungeheuer

#108135
May 06, 2012, 06:08:49 AM
Quote from: lethe on May 06, 2012, 06:03:20 AM
but then my hand would chop the throttle once the front did anything funny despite my brain telling it that that was the wrong thing to do.
my brain tells me chopping the throttle is the right thing to do in those circumstances.

But I'm learning to ignore it.  On the dirt when its all going to make the beast with two backs, stand up and WOT  [laugh]

fixes everything  :o

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lethe

#108136
May 06, 2012, 06:13:34 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on May 06, 2012, 06:08:49 AM
my brain tells me chopping the throttle is the right thing to do in those circumstances.

But I'm learning to ignore it.  On the dirt when its all going to make the beast with two backs, stand up and WOT  [laugh]

fixes everything  :o


in my 20's I would have had a lack of fear or at least disregard for it, now it impedes me heavily in these new to me things
need to find some soft stuff nearby to practice, practice, practice now
The other thing constantly in the back of my mind was that I had to ride the bike 110 miles home afterward
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ungeheuer

#108137
May 06, 2012, 06:15:18 AM Last Edit: May 06, 2012, 06:20:26 AM by ungeheuer
Quote from: lethe on May 06, 2012, 06:13:34 AM
in my 20's I would have had a lack of fear or at least disregard for it, now it impedes me heavily in these new to me things
need to find some soft stuff nearby to practice, practice, practice now
The other thing constantly in the back of my mind was that I had to ride the bike 110 miles home afterward
I hear ya

Quote from: lethe on May 06, 2012, 06:03:20 AM
And there was one hill that I absolutely couldn't get myself to do. Every one else did, I just couldn't even try.
an uphill or a downhill??
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lethe

#108138
May 06, 2012, 06:29:42 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on May 06, 2012, 06:15:18 AM
I hear ya
an uphill or a downhill??
it was a downhill that was practically a drop straight down about 30-40 ft
the pro guy went down it and up it and down it etc.
And he was on an '88 NX 650 with tires that weren't even close to being knobbies. so none of us had any excuses
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'86 FZ600
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ungeheuer

#108139
May 06, 2012, 06:39:08 AM
Quote from: lethe on May 06, 2012, 06:29:42 AM
it was a downhill that was practically a drop straight down about 30-40 ft
the pro guy went down it and up it and down it etc.
And he was on an '88 NX 650 with tires that weren't even close to being knobbies. so none of us had any excuses
I'm brave enough at uphill........ but a complete wuss at the same hill downwards  :-[ [laugh]

did he give you any advice on how to aproach the task???
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lethe

#108140
May 06, 2012, 06:45:36 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on May 06, 2012, 06:39:08 AM
I'm brave enough at uphill........ but a complete wuss at the same hill downwards  :-[ [laugh]

did he give you any advice on how to aproach the task???
lean back, stay in first or second gear, stay off the throttle and brakes and just go. I completely see how in actuality it would have been easy but I just couldn't do it. By this point in the day I had lost all my confidence in myself.
I'm starting to upload some video now. First ones will be when he took my bike and another guy's for a ride. He proved to me that even with the tire size and type on mine, the soft stuff was completely doable and then on a KTM 990 Adventure he blasted around looking like something straight from Dakar footage. It was his first time ever on a bike that big but it didn't look it.
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'86 FZ600
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ungeheuer

#108141
May 06, 2012, 06:54:36 AM
Quote from: lethe on March 27, 1974, 08:46:33 AMIt was his first time ever on a bike that big but it didn't look it.
bastard  [laugh]
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lethe

#108142
May 06, 2012, 06:58:43 AM
Quote from: ungeheuer on May 06, 2012, 06:54:36 AM
bastard  [laugh]
It's all he does. He's been riding motocross professionally for 25 years and has a training facility to teach others. It's all he does, there is no 9-5 bullshit job. He's got more hours on bikes than we could even comprehend.
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ungeheuer

#108143
May 06, 2012, 07:06:04 AM
Quote from: lethe on May 06, 2012, 06:58:43 AM
It's all he does. He's been riding motocross professionally for 25 years and has a training facility to teach others. It's all he does, there is no 9-5 bullshit job. He's got more hours on bikes than we could even comprehend.
BASTARD  [laugh] [laugh]
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Ducatamount

#108144
May 06, 2012, 07:11:33 AM
Where I live it's almost all up or down .When going downhill,it's not lean back,it's get your ass out over the rear wheel.Front brake,no,rear brake,yes.Pick your line before you head down.
half fast

Monsterlover

#108145
May 06, 2012, 07:14:04 AM
I'm watching Bob Ross paint

His voice

I can barely move
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

Popeye the Sailor

#108146
May 06, 2012, 09:28:52 AM
Not dead.

Vodka smuggling OP: in progress



Current status: Very very drunk.
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

ducpainter

#108147
May 06, 2012, 12:24:29 PM
Quote from: peeny on May 06, 2012, 09:28:52 AM
Not dead.

Vodka smuggling OP: in progress



Current status: Very very drunk.
are you in country?
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."


DarkMonster620

#108148
May 06, 2012, 12:27:59 PM
g'day all . . . .

so, raining here . . . .

Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

Monsterlover

#108149
May 06, 2012, 12:53:38 PM
Not here. Our weather is make the beast with two backsing great!

Rootchick out of town till tonight. I've been unsupervised all weekend :D

What could go wrong?
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**
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