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Message: [QUOTE="decade377, post: 1154830, member: 74310"] Down hill off camber turns can be tricky. The problem may not have been just braking. What position was your body in?Sitting?Standing?Leaning forward or backwards? If you stand while making an off camber turn, putting your weight on the outside foot peg,you can increase your tires grip and decrease the reletive lean angle of the tires. That will lessen the chances of having your bike slide out. Of course throttle control is important too as is all control inputs. Don't make any sudden moves, stay smooth and remember to relax, let the bike move around under you. Practice braking. I took private lessons from Jim Gibson and one of the things he had me doing was braking drills. We set up markers in an unused area of a local mx track. He had me accelerate full throttle up to a marker then get on the brakes as hard as I could and stop at the next marker,(using both brakes). By doing this you learn how hard you can brake and still be in control. You can develope a feel for how much traction you have to work with and how much braking force you can use without loosing control.(NOTE; We did this in a flat dirt parking area away from other riders and vehicals, then moved it to the track.). Good luck and remember-The more you ride,the better rider you will be :cool: [/QUOTE]