Monk

There was someone a month or so ago with a picture of a broken adjustable lowering link, so you're right to question some parts.

Three of my downers have gone to the foreground of my mind. I start riding again, and working the reasons over. The 1st was in '72 doing a u-turn on a paved cross over(legal)that I used on a daily basis, this time was at night and some sand truck had been using it, down I went(slow no harm done to me or the bike)lying on my side foot still on the peg, but it was a BMW boxer and the valve cover kept everything from touching the ground. What I learned from it was "If I can't see my exit point I ride as there may be something in my way.(also Colorado gave me 28 years to learn how to roll though sand on the turns in the mountains). 2nd (late '70's) was passing a 3/4 line of of cars in a resi' area when one in line pulled a last sec' left. What I learned from that was to pull in the clutch when making a power stop so as not to be trying to brake while still giving it the throttle, and the other "TWO" thing was to not pass a line of cars thinking that they'll stay in line, and that passing in a resi' area is not a smooth move in the 1st place. I touched the rear wheel of the left turner with no damage, But had I pulled in the clutch I wouldn't have even touched it. 3rd was a few months ago(key "deer me"), I was riding later than usual and was in the mountains coming around a turn when a bunch(herd) of deer were crossing. I got the speed down to "almost Zero" and instead of not coming to a total stop by choice(was down to about 5 mph or less).... I headed for the last deers butt and would have gone right by, but the deer did a 180º and bumped me in the side which sent me off the pavement into a one foot deep rut/ditch and the bike just fell to the right on a upright bank and pinned my boot between the bike and hill. took a month or two to get back to normal. What I learned from that was not to assume that the deer would keep going. I should have made a complete stop. So now I'm doing better over-all, from between the sand(1st) and the deer(3rd), I've got my eyes more focused all 'round but keeping more of a long range look going, "and my speed is down", but it's moving back up with time, but I'm doing a lot more power-stops practice (using the clutch)....... And no I don't have abs, and even though I haven't as yet whipped the rear around doing power-stops I wish I had abs, it's got to be better.

While we're talking "Pit Bull"......... Can you have it run in gear on that stand?????

Actually, I think just talking about any of this stuff is working as a safety topic, anything we can learn is going to be better for us on the road. CS-ing out of a turn, or working on CS at different points of a turn for the purpose of learning/practice/etc..... just like practicing panic stops. I practice cs in the middle of a turn as well, or changing from leaning into the turn, to leaning out side the turn( being able to change mid turn without upsetting the bike). As there are advantages to our doing in or out body leans on the road.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countersteering

Tamworth..... The reason I went with the UH-OH, is anytime this subject is brought up, there are a lot of different comments about it. Basicly, "we, that know CS takes place with, or without our knowledge", there are people that are still riding, that even though they are CS'ing, are not doing it knowingly, and it is important that these peeps become aware of it, so they can practice it knowingly, so when the time comes they'll do it in an emergency. What happens is that people that don't know they are CS think they are turning by leaning. We all know that when we lean that we are not only tilting the bike, but in leaning there is a input to the bars that CS'rs it as well even if we don't know we're doing it. So in lies the danger in an emergency, because if they don't learn the "push left/go left", they are going to jerk the bars in the same manner as a car driver. So it's not a debate over if it works, it's a awareness thing for those that don't know. Back in the 60's and early 70's I put over a 100k miles on one of my bikes and never knew what counter steering was. It's amazing I'm still alive. But.... you're not preaching to the choir, there peeps still out here that haven't gone to choir practice yet.

I'll take this one......... CS is something that needs to be not only thought about, but done as a normal act of riding, if for no other reason than when the time comes to move out of the way, you don't want to have to think about it, or you'll steer into what you wanted to avoid. People that ride and don't use CS but use leaning, will in a time of panic, will try to steer the mc like a car, there-by going the wrong way. Yes I know we all CS, I'm talking about the action of doing it consciously. I understand that we all CS....but it's one thing to consciously do it when everything is 'normal'.....and another thing to CS when coming into a turn too hot unexpectedly. This recently happened to me on an unfamiliar road, and I panicked. I didnt go down, but SR #s 1-7 kicked in. Counter steering never entered my mind. That's why we need to practice doing it til it isn't something we have to think about. But to get to there, we do have to think about it. It's like anything we do it will need work til it "is" natual.

I'll take this one......... CS is something that needs to be not only thought about, but done as a normal act of riding, if for no other reason than when the time comes to move out of the way, you don't want to have to think about it, or you'll steer into what you wanted to avoid. People that ride and don't use CS but use leaning, will in a time of panic, will try to steer the mc like a car, there-by going the wrong way. Yes I know we all CS, I'm talking about the action of doing it consciously.

UH...OH ..........

MMMMMM ........ Yummy, More good stuff.... Thx

Nice refresher........ Watched all of them...

http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/files/

Glad to hear it's working for you.

I would think (racing only) that the only good purpose is that it would give it some time to cool while there isn't any contact during rotation......... I know you posted for show, and not trying to push it........... I'd like to see it mounted and how it goes though the pads.........

Cool...Now if they had some tassels for the holes in the end..........

If you leave the bars close to the tank it will bring the bars closer to you, allowing you to sit up better, taking more pressure off. But if you try to hold the bars like a baseball batt it's going to miss-aline your wrist........ but if you change your grip angle on the bars to somewhere between a batt and a golf club, you'll have the best of both worlds. That's what I do and my wrist are straight(up/down/left/right).

If you want a palm rest that doesn't move get the "ThrottleBoss"... http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/262/Universal-Throttle-Boss As far as your throttle being hard to turn (don't know which bike you have) try turning it with the key off and see if you can turn it with a very loose grip (that's what one that is working properly should be able to do).