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Riding in the wet
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:14 pm
by nic g
Hi
I'm after some advice in riding in slippery conditions, it seemed the more gas I gave the more wheel spin I got. Should I be having abit of momentum before an obstacle or focusing on keeping weight over the back wheel?
Hard to explain, I was practicing on a couple of wet logs not quite a bike length apart, hopping up the first log was fine but trying to get the back wheel to hop across to the next was difficult as i would wheel spin and loss momentum. I got to work once but it just didn't feel right?
any help would be great
thank you
nic
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:21 pm
by seiko
Get a four stroke
Nah can't cheat all the time.. .. When I had the gasgas and the terrain became a bit slippery I found that using a gear higher than normal helps to prevent the wheel spins and riding on the rear brake to control speed halps stability. In really slippery take-offs full contact on the back wheel certaintly helps too, no point in trying to take off with only a small portion of tyre contact. food for thought anyway....
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:21 pm
by nic g
hhmmm four stroke aye?
Thanks seiko
I'll put that to practice.... when it rains again?
nic
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:26 am
by Neo
Hi nic g,
It’s hard to give any opinion without seeing the obstacle(s). But I remember words of a wise trials rider (Howard) very clearly…”Change your style, not your bike”
Finding the technique to beat this section will make more of a “Trials Man” of you than any Four stroke.
That’s not to say that 4 stokes aren’t great bikes for certain types of riders…but at the end of the day ALL bikes have their pros and cons. I once felt I needed a four stoke. But on the drill down it wasn’t the bike I needed at all.
Best of balance.
Neo
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:28 pm
by nic g
Hi neo
yeah was abit hard to explain the obstacle's will take a couple of pic's next time.
Changing the technique was all i needed to do! I started on a slippery wet hill climb, first I tried a hand full of gas and only got 3/4 the way up, then I tried keeping the same high rev's but feathering the clutch, more when i got traction and less when it started to spin. For me this worked well i could even shorten my run up's each time as I got more comfortable.
thank you the tip
oh yeah no offense to 4 strokers but I love my two banger to much!
nic
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:07 am
by Neo
nic g wrote:Changing the technique was all i needed to do! I started on a slippery wet hill climb, first I tried a hand full of gas and only got 3/4 the way up, then I tried keeping the same high rev's but feathering the clutch, more when i got traction and less when it started to spin. For me this worked well i could even shorten my run up's each time as I got more comfortable.
Brilliant!!!......this is what Trials is all about.
So change or modify your bike when you've got the money….and not when you can’t get through a section.
Best of balance.
Neo
Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:43 am
by Phoenix
oh yeah no offense to 4 strokers but I love my two banger to much!
Don't worry, none take :)
Re: Riding in the wet
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:42 pm
by Stu
I hope everyone has been out practicing in the wet stuff? It should give a good start to the year..
Re: Riding in the wet
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:46 pm
by BJ
Stu
Allright for you say up there in the Hunter but I can't see the wet stuff for dust
Last time I rode anything slippery was after laughing too hard at a hill climb
Re: Riding in the wet
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:23 am
by Stu
how does 154mm of rain in 24 hours sound? It's just a little bit wet under tyre now...