Bike vs Bike Head on Mulholland.
- Thread starter kiwi
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Riders in both directions were damn close to the line. I try to leave more room to allow for mistakes.
Psycho_Biker
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Absolutely, the safest way through a blind corner is to turn in as late as possible. I notice lots of riders have a habit of entering turns too early. Tends to make you run wide on exits and it's dangerous to ride the line for obvious reasons. That had to freaking hurt, but much better to hit a bike like that than a pick-up truck.
That's because hardly anyone does track days. Tons of blind corners on tracks. Late apex bro. I hear ya.
conundrum
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Had a group of sportbikes come around a bend on the 507 last Friday on my side of the road. Apparently there was a few wild turkeys on the shoulder, and they wanted to give them the lane. Thankfully I left a big margin for error on my side, and once they saw me they went back over onto their side of the road.
Was essentially a 'non event', but had both of us been going faster who knows.
Was essentially a 'non event', but had both of us been going faster who knows.
kiwi
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LAs version of "the forks "?
I thought late apex was for street, because of two way traffic?
Isn't it interesting that when a lane is closed by parked cars, dumpsters or, in your case, wild turkeys the people using that lane automatically assume they can take over the oncoming lane.
Make sense!
Yet another thing track riding can't help you with on the street. No blind corners on a track.
ddusseld
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Yet another statement made by somebody who has probably never been on the track. You also late apex decreasing radius turns which *shock* exist on the track. You can also late apex to square off a corner to get on the gas earlier.
Make sense!
Roadghost
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The forks just don't compare, except if you're just talking traffic. Mulholland is soo much longer. It would be great if you were the only one on the road, but California is a crowded place. I found some of the canyon roads further north much less travelled and safer. The coast highway is also very busy between L.A. and Frisco so forget that for high speed ripping.
So the racing line on that corner in the video is the same as the safest line through the corner when there's opposing traffic?
Everybody loves to "envy" their $200-$300 / year motorcycle insurance rates we all read about, but fail to comprehend or appreciate that you get what you pay for...so when people wreck they get little or nothing in wage or medical compensation.
So yeah, GoFundMe is and the such is the only way to make ends meet.
I hadn't seen it before but it makes sense. There's a huge thread on ADVRider about not being underinsured in the US with some extremely sad stories there. Definitely worth a read for those complaining about our insurance industry.
Nah, most will just ***** and whine endlessly about how they too would rather pay $200/year for insurance. Because nobody ever wrecks or gets hurt on a bike, it'll never happen to me type mentality.
