Re: ST Handling/cornering

["Mark Hanke" <mahanke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been riding for 34 years  and every bike I've rode "stands up" when the
brakes are applied. It's a natural reaction, or so I'm told by the experts.
Big Dawg





- -----Original Message-----
From: Gary Slabaugh <gdslabaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: ST Handling/cornering


>serlick@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>         I don't know what the fuss is about with the Bridgestone BT57's
and the bike
>> standing up when braking in the middle of a turn. I was taught to set up
the turn before
>> you get into it: You brake and/or get into the correct gear BEFORE
entering the turn!
>
>I have to agree with Howard on this issue, confirmed with my own flesh
>and bone tissue.  I have been involved with club racing/vintage road
>racing for about ten years now and have crashed hard three times.  Once
>was due to another racer falling down in front of me at Roebling Road
>in Savannah Ga. at around 90-100MPH.  The other two were:  Loosing the
>front end due to too much front brake while heeled over in a turn at
>Gratten, Mich. and also loosing the front end due to too much front
>brake while heeled over in a turn at Las Vegas International (yes I am
>a slow learner!)  Get into the habit of doing your braking before
>entering a turn!  There may be occasions when something unexpected will
>happen in front of you after starting the turn and you will need to
>brake, and some bikes will behave better than others while doing it
>but it is not a good habit to aquire and use on the street or on
>the track.
>
>Gary
>(Just back from Corsa MotoClassica at Willow Springs)
>
>
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