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I think high-siding happens when you, as the rider, try to correct, and end up over-correcting, for the soon to be low-side (you do get a choice at some point t
by ericHosick 14y ago
I think high-siding happens when you, as the rider, try to correct, and end up over-correcting, for the soon to be low-side (you do get a choice at some point to push the bike into a "safer" low side and crash or risk the high side and maybe crash). From what is almost no grip comes massive grip. Over-correcting causes that excess momentum to swing the bike full up and sending you on a short trip in the air to finally make contact with the really hard ground.
I've done this a few times and did the over-correction thing helping me realize just how hard the ground really is (only on the race track - never on the road).
I do think a computer could monitor grip to a much finer accuracy and save the bike from a potential low side. In fact, with the electric motor, the computer could even adjust the spin rate, and thus angular momentum, of the wheels if need be.