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[QUOTE="Ol'89r, post: 89715, member: 17212"] [b]Re: Re: Re: Brake Sliding - Here's a goon's perspective[/b] LOL LongTime. where something ain't a-slippin'-and-a-slidin', I thought you were talking about my ol' body there for a minute. Coming from dirt track, I ride off of the rear wheel most of the time. The hard part of brake sliding is the transition from braking to power as some of you have already found out. You have to be very aggressive on the throttle and come on the throttle sooner than you may think. Usually, you only tap the brake to get the bike sideways then, you get back on the gas even before you are off of the brake. On most four strokes, there is enough back pressure in the engine to pitch the bike sideways with very little brake. Like ButtonFly said, it is somewhat of a balancing act where you have to find the balance point between high siding and low siding. You have to get comfortable with sliding with both feet on the pegs, this way you can operate the brake and shifter and also transfer your weight to either peg. This gives you more or less traction to the rear wheel. There are many techniques for sliding just as there are many different types of corners. On the dirt tracks, there are flat smooth corners where you drift in with both wheels sliding and continue that way all the way around the corner. In the East, around Ohio there are deep cushion type tracks where you never shut the throttle off. When you get to the corner, you leave it wide open and power thru the corner. This is an example of riding off the rear wheel because you are constantly driving towards the inside of the turn. This is what keeps centrifugal force from flinging you to the outside of the turn. For the average rider I think it is a good thing to know how to do. For two reasons, first, it's fun. Second, at your local MX track, when three or four riders are lining up for the same burm or rut, you can slide under them and pass them and they will think you are crashing and probably crazy and won't even try to pass you back. Also, it's the fastest way thru a lot of corners. OK, that's three reasons. Like others have said, if your going to practice sliding, find a big, open area where if you miss the turn you won't hit anything and practice, practice. practice, until you can do it without thinking about it. The higher the speeds, the easier it is, but, it takes more power to maintain a slide at a higher speed. Gotta go, took me a half hour just to read all of this and my nurse is looking for me, somthin about my medication. HA! PL, beat ya to it!;) [/QUOTE]
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