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How in the hell do people do 80kph down trails?
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[QUOTE="brentn, post: 1361249, member: 109282"] Just blows my mind. My brothers own 125cc and 250cc two stroke yammys and they're just flying down the side of roads, and straight trails at crazy speeds. They're going so damn fast that it seems like if they hit an unexpectant bump, rut, or ****ing rock they're going to crash hard. I've wiped out pretty bad on my bike, 3 times now. 1st time I tried to do a jump over a driveway on the side of the road, landed, lost control and crashed into a barb wire fence. Had road rash on my side, cracked rib, and deep lacerations on my leg and hand. I was out of comission for a month before I felt like riding again. Second time, i was going down a trail going faster than normal in 3rd/4th and dodged a deep puddle so I wouldn't hydro plane, well I misjudged how well my bike could handle the turn and I went off the trail. I was in a ditch full of rocks doing 60 it felt like and crashed into a fallen tree, cracked my rib again and crushed my ankle under the bike. It almost snapped in half and I couldn't get the bike off!!! Third time I was going down a steep hill and the back tire locked up and I started sliding sideways, the peg landed on my foot and I was wearing just leather boots, my foot was like a giant melon for a week... Point being here is that it's scared me, and now when I start cruising I worry too much about an obstical that I can't see and don't react fast enough too. I'm too worried about getting hurt, yet my bro's are always far far ahead and end up waiting for me. So the first question I have, is how in the hell do I break this fear that I'm developing? Maybe I need some better gear to boost my confidence in not getting hurt? Secondly, my bike is a POS chinese copy of the honda trail bike.. yea yea I know, but at the time it was all I could afford and I have some money saved up for a nice bike which I'm going to pick up soon enough. Is the suspension, handeling, and control that much better on the japanese bikes that you can handle trails doing decent speeds and not lose control so easily? I appreciate your advice [/QUOTE]
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