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\r\n \r\n Yea man, riding alone SUCKS sometimes. There was always so much motivation when I used to rock fiddy\'s with an old friend a few years back.
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\nThis thread has been a great help. I\'m gonna throw another bit into the mix. After riding tonight (still no footage) I got a lot better at doing tight 180\'s just by getting a little closer to the tank and forcing my shoulders to be square with the the bike. If I lean back, I tend to end up chasing the bike and it is actually turning faster than I am since I\'m farther away from the point that its pivoting at. I think my body weight was actually casuing the hi-side from me catching back up so fast.. and at the least stopping the bike from rotating and going back into a straight wheelie.
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\nAs far as doing the recon circles, running at least 25psi seemed to help me. I just get a little lean on, square up, and as long as I\'m staying totally with the bike as 1 unit it just goes on its own. Any more tire pressure and my straightline stuff is crap. Also makes it so hard to hold idle when all of my effort is going into side to side balance.
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\nOne more thing I had to work on was looking where I was going. My body tried to follow where I was looking and caused me to lean that way too. Stay with the bike but still look where you want to go. Just had to repeat that over and over again to myself hah.\r\n
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\nThis thread has been a great help. I\'m gonna throw another bit into the mix. After riding tonight (still no footage) I got a lot better at doing tight 180\'s just by getting a little closer to the tank and forcing my shoulders to be square with the the bike. If I lean back, I tend to end up chasing the bike and it is actually turning faster than I am since I\'m farther away from the point that its pivoting at. I think my body weight was actually casuing the hi-side from me catching back up so fast.. and at the least stopping the bike from rotating and going back into a straight wheelie.
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\nAs far as doing the recon circles, running at least 25psi seemed to help me. I just get a little lean on, square up, and as long as I\'m staying totally with the bike as 1 unit it just goes on its own. Any more tire pressure and my straightline stuff is crap. Also makes it so hard to hold idle when all of my effort is going into side to side balance.
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\nOne more thing I had to work on was looking where I was going. My body tried to follow where I was looking and caused me to lean that way too. Stay with the bike but still look where you want to go. Just had to repeat that over and over again to myself hah.\r\n