
VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
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VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
FF to 2:15 and watch the right hand and the front forks

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Re: VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
Good find Tim, she went down hard.
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Re: VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
not always. If you learn to do it right it becomes a handy skillWhy grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad

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Re: VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
I've done it "smoothly" to wash of speed when there was something unexpected in the corner, but not "GRABBING" itBlurr wrote:not always. If you learn to do it right it becomes a handy skillWhy grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad

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Re: VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
She survived.......... that was a huge grab ...... the instructor should get his tockley out & she can grab that too



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Re: VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
robracer wrote:She survived.......... that was a huge grab ...... the instructor should get his tockley out & she can grab that too![]()

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anyone can go fast in a straight line,,,,
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Re: VIDEO DEMONSTRATION: Why grabbing front brake+Turning=Bad
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. 
....thought not quite so abruptly next time

....thought not quite so abruptly next time

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