Well, I was on a group ride a few week ago, my cousin and 2 friends had come up to Scotland for a guided tour. We were staying in the Altguish inn. Message to Steve T, none of us took a single photo, disgracefull.
Any way, on the long arduos journy from Skye, where I live, to the inn, I had a bum clencher. I had overtaken a particularly annoying toursist on a down hill slope.
///pinch.tuned.twinkling
Just after attadale, a road very familiar to me, got to the botton and trail braked into corner, done it may times.
Well the front wheel went spongy, like I had pushed the tyre too far, is the best way I can describe it, and the verge was starting to get rather close, so I released and applied the front brake again and it helped but still spongey, did it again and drifted round the corner on the front wheel.
I should say that the road was very dry.
I went back the next day and there was a dark line round the corner, assume diesel or oil, looked like it was right on the line I had taken. But I couldn't see it the previous day.
Now to the title, many of you know me and, I am sure you would agree that my riding capability does not include one of the most difficult skills of controlling a front wheel skid by modulating the front brake. But somehow I managed to hold on.
The only explanation I can come up with is that Mr Honda and his technitions that developed the 6 axis IMU and fed that into the ABS, had worked a feking miracle.
Note, there was no pulsing.
Just thought I would share that with the group and see what comes back.
Bike is in shed just now getting some serious farkling. Lights, power take off and stuff.
Fitting stabilisers
Just editing this post, just in case any of you are across this way, there are some things we don't tell the wife.........
Any way, on the long arduos journy from Skye, where I live, to the inn, I had a bum clencher. I had overtaken a particularly annoying toursist on a down hill slope.
///pinch.tuned.twinkling
Just after attadale, a road very familiar to me, got to the botton and trail braked into corner, done it may times.
Well the front wheel went spongy, like I had pushed the tyre too far, is the best way I can describe it, and the verge was starting to get rather close, so I released and applied the front brake again and it helped but still spongey, did it again and drifted round the corner on the front wheel.
I should say that the road was very dry.
I went back the next day and there was a dark line round the corner, assume diesel or oil, looked like it was right on the line I had taken. But I couldn't see it the previous day.
Now to the title, many of you know me and, I am sure you would agree that my riding capability does not include one of the most difficult skills of controlling a front wheel skid by modulating the front brake. But somehow I managed to hold on.
The only explanation I can come up with is that Mr Honda and his technitions that developed the 6 axis IMU and fed that into the ABS, had worked a feking miracle.
Note, there was no pulsing.
Just thought I would share that with the group and see what comes back.
Bike is in shed just now getting some serious farkling. Lights, power take off and stuff.
Fitting stabilisers
Just editing this post, just in case any of you are across this way, there are some things we don't tell the wife.........
