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I'm a Chinese dude who's never been in an accident. I did learn to drive in England and worked as a courrier in London for a few years, which probably helped hone in some skills. Traffic over there is fun and I had to drive a large manual transmission, Mercedes Sprinter very "assertively", to...

Sturgess Cycle in Hamilton have a 2010 ER6-n in stock. http://www.sturgessonline.com/new_vehicle_detail.asp?veh=153840&pov=1985050

I've been obsessed with this type of riding for a while now. I've even dropped my bike a number of times already practicing this stuff in a nice empty lot. Does anyone know what it would take to organize a competition such as this? If it's feasible, I'd be willing to spend some of my free time...

Wore black leather jacket, full length gloves and boots with riding jeans. Wasn't too bad. I didn't really start to sweat until I got home, threw on my shorts and t-shirt and when for a run outside!

Unfortunately, I think your going to have a very difficult time finding what I would consider secure parking for your motorcycles in Manhattan. I would use as many theft deterrents as possible and try to park in a location in a highly visible area to try and minimize the risk. Try chaining up...

Ooh, a physics question! Now I'm excited. I'm a Mechanical Engineer and have advanced knowledge on the subject of heat transfer. Talking specifically about leather jackets, when at standstill, a black jacket will be warmer, but only just, over a white one. We are assuming both jackets are...

(Pi/4) * 62^2 * 41.2 * 2 = 248771/1000 = 248.8 I was hoping my math would've come up with a bigger number but I guess I'll have to believe what the manufacturer says. It's amazing how the the engine capacity is just like advertised, eh?

That bike with training wheels looks interesting. Don't know if I'd use it for slow speed stuff, but interesting none the less. Does anyone have any ideas for different course configurations to really sharpen the skills? Is it just a case of mixing up slaloms and u turns together? What kind of...

Wow! I've just looked up some info on supermoto and that looks amazing. Looks like those riders have unbelievable skill to ride like that. Check out this pic I found. http://www.davedragon.org/pink/lean-Angle.jpg I never really considered it before but I'm going to have to look into it.

Ideally I would like to use the larger cones for practice as I'm sure it would offer a greater challenge, but I don't think they are very practical to move around. I need something that I can throw in a backpack or transport on the bike. Maybe I can strap down the big cones onto the back of a...

Thanks for all of the replies, I made sure the surface I was practicing on was clear of any debris before I started. I actually dropped my bike earlier whilst practicing because of one tiny little pebble, but luckily the frame slider saved the day. Not a single scratch on the fairings at all...

How many of you guys and gals still go to a parking lot to practice tight, low speed maneuvers? After one season of riding, I've come to the conclusion that I suck at these types of maneuvers. I want to get better so I've been practicing in an empty parking lot for the past few days. I've just...

I've only ever had one experience where a car had messed with me to the point where I actually pulled over and I think it was under unusual circumstances, definitely not typical behavior. There was an idiot in a Mitsubishi Evo 8 wanting to race me. I was travelling the speed limit on a 80 km/h...

Now to think of it, during the winter I put on A LOT of weight due to an injury. I weighed 145 before and now am a little over 160. The spring preload is still set at the softest setting! Is this enough to cause the problems I'm having? The tires are the original irc tires that came with the...

I've recently finished reading A Twist of the Wrist II. This is the book that started to make me think about how I was cornering and probably why I'm trying to feel out higher limits! I've been leaning into the corners with my body weight but not hanging off the bike as I think that's a little...

Thanks for the advice. I'm interested to see how a good set of tires affect the handling.

Thanks everyone for your input, The tire pressure was spot on when I checked them. I'm now pretty sure it was just me leaning the bike further than I'm used to at too cold a tire temperature. I live very close to snake road where I felt the slippage. This is my second season and as I get more...

Tire pressure was at 32 psi on a ninja 250r. It was only really noticeable at "slightly aggressive" speeds.

Was riding around today but for some reason I just didn't feel confident leaning the bike over. It constantly felt like the bike was going to drop out from under me with any real lean angle. I went home to check things out and can't see anything wrong with the bike. So I'm now wondering, is it...