The main change is that as they come off the brakes and entering the corner, they are already rolling the bike. Racing guys, and advanced guys, modify the basic procedure. I support this MSF procedure because it's the SAFEST way to corner, and I use it all the time of roads where I don't know the surface (how much traction there is), can't see what's ahead, or I just plain suspect that there are cages doing weird things ahead of me The main thing is to be teaching yourself to be looking ahead on the road that's in front of your bike. This sounds hard as a beginner - but it all comes with practice. Your eyes are already looking through the turn ahead and seeing how you are going to come out. You already computed the entry speed in your head, and braked to get there. Your eyes and brain already saw that stuff a loooong time ago. You are not looking at the corner you are entering. And while all of this is happening, your eyes are looking a LONG way ahead of you. To be on the safe side, try to be off the brakes completely before you roll your bike and start turning. Use your brakes BEFORE you enter the turn. It's not just for newbie's - it applies to all of us. And 95% of the time when I am riding I follow it. I'm gonna throw in my $0.02 before somebody's bike hits the asphalt.įirst off, the basic system that is taught my MSF makes really good sense. I wasn't sure if you were talking about your BRC skills test or your motorcycle license test, or both, but I would pay attention to the specific rules for whatever test you're taking, and if you do not understand. Otherwise you just didn't slow enough and messed up the turn. They are watching to make sure you use your front and rear brake at the same time as you slow, and if you used only one or they thought you used only one, you lost points. It is dangerous to use your brakes or change gears while in the middle of a turn, because as you're leaning the bike you have decreased traction and hitting the brakes or changing gears could cause you to break that little bit of traction you have, so you'll want to be in a the middle of a gear when you enter a turn so that you can "roll" on the throttle as you feel comfortable. They want you to enter the turn in the appropriate gear (probably second, but IDK, maybe first) at the appropriate speed so that all you have to do is "look, press, and rolll" (The booklet I got says that turning involves Slow, Look, Press, Roll. The object was to achieve to a reasonable speed to take the turn at. On our skills test, and in practice, they wanted us to use accelerate quickly and then use both brakes to "slow" before we enter the turn. Sorry, I am not positive that I understand but I think I know what you're talking about.
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