VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad

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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad

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FF to 2:15 and watch the right hand and the front forks :kuda:

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Good find Tim, she went down hard.
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Bugger...... :oops:
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Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
not always. If you learn to do it right it becomes a handy skill ;)
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Blurr wrote:
Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
not always. If you learn to do it right it becomes a handy skill ;)
I've done it "smoothly" to wash of speed when there was something unexpected in the corner, but not "GRABBING" it ;)
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She survived.......... that was a huge grab ...... the instructor should get his tockley out & she can grab that too :roll: :lol:
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robracer wrote:She survived.......... that was a huge grab ...... the instructor should get his tockley out & she can grab that too :roll: :lol:
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:lol:
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:lol: ouch
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:oops: damn that poor lady lol. :lol:
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Think with her level of ability (as in what she is really able to do as opposed to what she thinks she is capable of) she might have been well off to lose quite a bit of speed for basic training exercises IMO. :roll:




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