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I have about 500 miles under my belt on my 00 M900 so far. Ive gotten the hang of low speed tight turns. My body stays mostly upright, and i push the bike down into the turn. Works great.
Higher speed turns are a mystery to me. Ive been taking some back roads home from work lately. Some nice curves to be had along the way. Im slowly increasing my speed through them. Ill talk about this one tight right hander, about a 90* when you compare the in and out of it.
I shift my weight to the right of the bike, sitting mostly on the left cheek. I lean forward, with my head somewhere between the bars and the gas cap. I slow, look at the exit of the corner, and scan back from there to about 40 ft in front of me, then back to the exit. This repeats until the bike starts to stand up in the exit. The scanning is just double checking for any debris that may be in the road. I ride near the double yellow, countersteer, roll on the throttle, apex on the right of the road and drift back toward the double yellow.
Im pretty sure i have the theory down. Its the application of it that im lacking in. I understand that a lot of this will progress as I progress as a rider, and more than that, get more used to the Monster.
I always feel like i slow down too much on the entrance. Don't get me wrong, id rather it be that way than have to figure out how to deal with overcooking it.
Even at the max entrance speed (that im currently comfortable with) it seems like I can only get the bike to lean so far, and that seems to limit my speed. Once im at this max lean I find that adding more throttle just makes me go wide. When that happens I just cant tighten up the line for the life of me. Also, when i say max lean, im not talking about touching down hard parts, im far from that happening.
So does anyone have any advice for me? Practicing is a no brainer, but if its something other than that, Id love to hear it.
Kevin
Higher speed turns are a mystery to me. Ive been taking some back roads home from work lately. Some nice curves to be had along the way. Im slowly increasing my speed through them. Ill talk about this one tight right hander, about a 90* when you compare the in and out of it.
I shift my weight to the right of the bike, sitting mostly on the left cheek. I lean forward, with my head somewhere between the bars and the gas cap. I slow, look at the exit of the corner, and scan back from there to about 40 ft in front of me, then back to the exit. This repeats until the bike starts to stand up in the exit. The scanning is just double checking for any debris that may be in the road. I ride near the double yellow, countersteer, roll on the throttle, apex on the right of the road and drift back toward the double yellow.
Im pretty sure i have the theory down. Its the application of it that im lacking in. I understand that a lot of this will progress as I progress as a rider, and more than that, get more used to the Monster.
I always feel like i slow down too much on the entrance. Don't get me wrong, id rather it be that way than have to figure out how to deal with overcooking it.
Even at the max entrance speed (that im currently comfortable with) it seems like I can only get the bike to lean so far, and that seems to limit my speed. Once im at this max lean I find that adding more throttle just makes me go wide. When that happens I just cant tighten up the line for the life of me. Also, when i say max lean, im not talking about touching down hard parts, im far from that happening.
So does anyone have any advice for me? Practicing is a no brainer, but if its something other than that, Id love to hear it.
Kevin