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Accelerating enough to be always spinning the back wheel is also the way to avoid high-siders. Perhaps only very powerful bikes can do this predictably at any
by emmelaich 3y ago
Accelerating enough to be always spinning the back wheel is also the way to avoid high-siders. Perhaps only very powerful bikes can do this predictably at any speed. It's the same technique as a speed way bike, but on bitumen and far higher speeds.
Mick Doohan was a master at this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs0Kg-niVk8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs0Kg-niVk8
- natmaka 3y agoOn the 'supermoto' side of things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SXtaUQxsWk&t=27s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SXtaUQxsWk&t=27s
- seanhunter 3y agoYeah that controlled drift thing at speed is completely terrifying and amazingly skillful. Not for me, though. I was always taught to set up before the corner with the bike still vertical "in slow, out fast". I guess that's why on the one hand I could never be a racer but on the other hand I never crashed.
- MarkMarine 3y agoMick had a much different body position than is standard now. If you spin the rear while you’re hanging off like a current MotoGP rider, you’re going to get flung into the atmosphere. I’m sorry but this is conjecture about how to save or prevent a highside, you shouldn’t actually try to put this advice into practice.