mrliquid said:Hi all,
under full power and light on front brake Any suggestions?
mrliquid said:When I try to drift I find that my front tire jerks either left or right. I tried for 2 hours the other day and wasn't successful once. I've tried 2nd and 3rd under medium power and light front brake and 2nd and 3rd under full power and light on front brake and both attempts end up with my front tire doing the jerky jerk.
Any suggestions?
whenfoxforks-ruled said:I'm still wondering in what circumstance anyone would want to break the rearend lose before the corner and roast the back tire the entire corner, or slide! QUOTE]
Short track, flat track, speedway, supermoto, moto-gp just to name a few. :cool:
Can also be used on many motocross tracks in leu of lining up for the berm.
mrliquid said:ok from gathering all the data, I assume the following; LOL.... use back brake to start backend sliding then hammer the mother like there's no tomorrow ;)
whenfoxforks-ruled said:I'm still wondering in what circumstance anyone would want to break the rearend lose before the corner and roast the back tire the entire corner, or slide!
then start pushing it into your berm. It won't take to long before you are railing it! QUOTE]
foxforks.
Powersliding enables you to go faster through a corner than you could go by simply two tracking around the corner. What we are talking about here are flat corners without berms. Not mx types of corners. As we all know, berms do a great job of keeping you in the corner but, what if there are no berms?
If you were to start riding around in a circle and go faster and faster without increasing the size of the circle, sooner or later the centrifugal force would overcome the traction of your tires. This would result in sliding to the outside of the circle and off the track.
So how does one go faster than tire adhesion allows? By powersliding. When you are powersliding the rear wheel is at such an angle as to push the bike back into the center of the circle. You are using the power of the bike to force you towards the inside of the corner while centrifugal force is trying to force you toward the outside.
In flattrack, the corners are at the end of long straightaways. You have to scrub off speed as you enter the corner. That is done by tapping the rear brake to get the bike sideways when entering the corner and then getting right back on the gas to keep in in the corner. (Engine braking is also used to slow down on a dirttracker.) If you do not get right back on the gas, centrifugal force will overcome the traction of your tires and fling you up into the cheap seats.
Powersliding is a very useful tool even in motocross. Most good riders can use any part of a corner to get around slower riders. When several riders are lining up to hit a berm, you can slide under them on the flat part of the corner. At the Vegas SX last year they had a flattrack style corner that went out and around the back of the arena. It was flat and slick and the guys that were getting around it the fastest were powersliding the whole turn.
Hope this helps.
elliot.
Yes, that is a powerslide. Actually, a little overdone, more of a victory slide but you get the idea.
mrliquid said:started practicing on a small track I made... tried coming up on corner fast then tapping back brake and as the tired starts sliding out I punch it. Only crashed once.
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