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« Reply #330 on: May 06, 2012, 08:04:10 AM »
Nice that you could get some training.  Looks like fun!
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« Reply #331 on: May 07, 2012, 10:44:38 AM »
Not sure if this is a Derby yet, but...
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« Reply #332 on: May 07, 2012, 10:50:21 AM »
NICE! That's new to me.

And OFFA that dirt section is brutal.
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« Reply #333 on: May 07, 2012, 11:28:27 AM »
Awesome vid!

I saw Slide Panda in there!

And lethe crashing!

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« Reply #334 on: May 07, 2012, 02:54:18 PM »
Quote from: Monsterlover on May 07, 2012, 11:28:27 AM
Awesome vid!

I saw Slide Panda in there!

And lethe crashing!

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« Reply #335 on: May 07, 2012, 03:12:23 PM »
some slow mo and riding footage at the end. think its only using the 30fps instead of the 60fps.

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« Reply #336 on: May 07, 2012, 04:08:08 PM »
Very slick video DTM!!!
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« Reply #337 on: May 08, 2012, 03:19:05 AM »
Quote from: rockaduc on May 07, 2012, 04:08:08 PM
Very slick video DTM!!!

Thanks! You'll have to excuse the dubstep music unless your a fan, but i do like the way it starts slow then picks up. Also i never run into copyright issues on youtube.
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« Reply #338 on: May 08, 2012, 03:54:48 AM »
Cool indeed - more detail man!
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« Reply #339 on: May 08, 2012, 07:04:56 AM »
Any problems sticking a 140/80 on the rear dirt rim of the 690? The owners manual has 130/90 as the size that it shipped with, but rears in that size seem to be as common as hens teeth. Currently there's a 150 stuck on there (TKC 80) and a Michelin Desert up front. Both overkill my my area and plans

Was gonna get a set of Pirelli MT 90s
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« Reply #340 on: May 08, 2012, 07:09:35 AM »
Quote from: bevel on May 07, 2012, 10:44:38 AM
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I noticed that about everyone in that video backing it in was off the throttle totally.

Is that normal?  Down shift a couple gears and dump the clutch to overwhelm the rear?

How else is that done?
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« Reply #341 on: May 08, 2012, 09:49:59 AM »
So in my limited, and non expert opinion - the times it's happened for me - the mentioned back-in on ramp and corner spin.

Common elements:
- Going in hard/ aggressively /or oh-shit-I-have-no-front-brake
- Sufficient rear brake to cause some loss of rear wheel traction - this can be arrived at a number of ways
- Dropping gears
- Giving it the beans

Body position is a factor too. Foot/ leg well into the outside peg and if you're a good boy, knee hard into the tank/frame helping push the bike down. Upper body up, arms shoveled (inside arm straight and down, outside up and bent)

Again, I'm faaar from the expert on this. But backing it it does take a good bit of commitment. At corner spin I only managed it, without going flop, on their oval where we were working on 'Diamonding' the oval

It's a ways away from you ML - but you'd probably really dig Corner Spin.

- any thoughts on my tires btw?
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« Reply #342 on: May 08, 2012, 09:57:16 AM »
Sorry Panda.  I don't know a thing about dirt tires except that my rear one is worn pretty bad.

The guys at Five Star won't even look at anything other than the Michelin something or other.  Phil says they'll give the same traction at the end of their life as when they're new.

It's a popular tire, I saw a couple skids of them as tall as me there the other day.  As far as fitment goes, I'd call them.  They seem to have all the answers.
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« Reply #343 on: May 08, 2012, 10:26:26 AM »
Question is just more the size/profile issue. Manual calls for 130/90 the ones I'm looking at at 140/80.

The MT90s are 70/30 road dirt - supposedly. Around here it's a good 30 min of pavement to find a dirt road that's not just something under construction. And in theory, we're headed up to way upstate NY and I wanted to be able to explore some - but expect a lot will be paved.

The current stuff is a bit tired looking and leans way more to the dirt side. The rear is like 40/60 and the front 20/80 road/dirt which won't get me far here
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« Reply #344 on: May 08, 2012, 11:28:41 AM »
I'll just leave this right over hmear:

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