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Old 11-27-2012, 10:31 AM   #41
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Your theory doesn't work because in a lowside there is more surface area scraping the ground, thus slowing you down faster (ie. you/side of bike). If you stand it up, only your tires are making contact thus you are slowing down...slower. That and lowside v/s highside is a no brainer.
No, you are wrong. Tigress initially misunderstood my suggestion of trying to lean farther over instead of simply sitting up in a curve and riding off the edge of the road, but others clarified my thought. What she was stating is that the old theory of "laying it down" if unable to stop before hitting an object is a poor choice because you will slow down faster by braking with both tires than sliding on your side. Tires may only have a relatively small contact patch, but they have very good adhesion, unlike plastic bodywork, metal, or crash sliders.

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Old 11-27-2012, 10:41 AM   #42
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I like it in my Bourbon, not under my motorcycle tires!

Use the former all the time, the latter, never!

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Why dilute good bourbon?


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Old 11-27-2012, 10:45 AM   #43
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Why dilute good bourbon?


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Just a bad habit I have developed drinking bad Bourbon. I think Good Bourbon is the key phrase.

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Old 11-27-2012, 06:07 PM   #44
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Your theory doesn't work because in a lowside there is more surface area scraping the ground, thus slowing you down faster (ie. you/side of bike). If you stand it up, only your tires are making contact thus you are slowing down...slower. That and lowside v/s highside is a no brainer.
Friction doesn't work that way. Your gear/plastic of motorcycle is much slippier than those sticky tires.

To make it more obvious (obviously a drastic example), do you think you'd stop sooner on your tires or one large slab of wet ice that had 10x contact with the ground than your tires?


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Old 11-27-2012, 06:25 PM   #45
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Friction doesn't work that way. Your gear/plastic of motorcycle is much slippier than those sticky tires.

To make it more obvious (obviously a drastic example), do you think you'd stop sooner on your tires or one large slab of wet ice that had 10x contact with the ground than your tires?


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I think it would be a toss up. [And, then a spectacular crash either way.]

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