HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR MOTORCYCLE?
Being able to ‘feel’ what your motorcycle is doing is rather important, nay?
RIDING
Two-strokes always gave an abundance of feel…
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Instinctively, that moment we take to feel the bike seems like a safe, logical, and natural part of riding. The problem lies in the fact that it can last a second or two.
Time equates to distance travelled and is further compounded by our body’s reaction lag once satisfactory feel is achieved.
Getting back on the gas after braking seems quick enough, but it’s actually at least half a second, or three bike lengths, at a mere 30mph, or 12 bike lengths at 120mph, on top of the ‘wait-to-feel’ time.
To convert your turn entries from reaction time into what I call action time, you’d need to be perhaps a second or more ahead of that moment you burn ‘getting the feel of it’. Bluntly put, instead of waiting for the bike to give you permission to roll on gas, you stick to your plan and do it. Running by plan, the job becomes easier.