This guy appears to make a living filming biker-mates who can't manage uphill hairpins.
He offers good simple advice: look at where you want to go and give it some gas.
The Stelvio and riding uphill hairpins
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This guy appears to make a living filming biker-mates who can't manage uphill hairpins.
He offers good simple advice: look at where you want to go and give it some gas.
He makes his money selling photos of the bikes going around the corners. But, it is funny watching the cock ups. Hope I never embarrass myself that way.
My former friend, with only one functioning arm (his left) rode his ‘left hand drive’ converted bike up the Stelvio and back down again, without mishap. The only concession he asked of me, was to take his granddaughter (his regular pillion at the time) up and back down again as a pillion on my 1600.
Him on the left, she talking to him.
His right arm from the shoulder down and his right hand are both ‘dead’ and do not work at all. The story as to how that happened and how he converted his bikes himself (tricky enough two handed, especially when you were naturally right handed) is another matter.
Him on the left, she talking to him.
His right arm from the shoulder down and his right hand are both ‘dead’ and do not work at all. The story as to how that happened and how he converted his bikes himself (tricky enough two handed, especially when you were naturally right handed) is another matter.
Alle Allez allez !
What’s all the fuss about?
- If in a group and on comms, send the most experienced/confident rider first to warn about vehicles coming down.
- Look ahead if you can, as soon as you complete one hairpin, start looking above the next.
- If you think another vehicle is going to cause you to stop mid turn, then your better of stopping while still on the approaching straight to wait.
- if free (nothing coming) use the other side of the road before turning to make it easier. go wide and swing back in
- Plenty of revs, most people who fall off, do so by stalling the bike. Riding the clutch all the way is a bad idea on long runs, so just try and stay a decent speed in first gear.
- Some people also find it easier by standing up on the pegs off road style.
- Go round the bends one at a time, last thing you want is having to stop because the rider in front dropped his bike
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Well it might seem obvious to you which is fair enough, but not everyone.
Right up to the moment when the chimp at the front grunts “No”, which the chimps behind hear as “Go”.
Or, another option, one can learn to ride and control their motorbike on a bloody public, tarmac covered, road.
Just a thought.
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I should have put that as tip #1 lolOr, another option, one can learn to ride and control their motorbike on a bloody public, tarmac covered, road.
Standing on the footpegs, on the road?
Why is it practised, for uphill hairpins?
Do you stand on the pegs on hairpins?
Mostly an appalling lack of basic slow riding skills, look where you want to go, get in the right gear, keep the revs up and keep your head up! So many of them are looking down at the road just ahead of their front wheel so have no balance or spatial awareness. The majority of those drops could be avoided by the riders lifting their heads applying more revs, slipping the clutch and straightening the front wheel.
The least practiced skill by riders, after passing the test, is slow control. Not just in this country but generally, most of them think it is all about going fast and not working on the foundations of good bike control. We run a one day slow control course which is becoming more and more popular as riders strive to build confidence and abilities at low speeds.
The least practiced skill by riders, after passing the test, is slow control. Not just in this country but generally, most of them think it is all about going fast and not working on the foundations of good bike control. We run a one day slow control course which is becoming more and more popular as riders strive to build confidence and abilities at low speeds.
We've oft talked about this...(we used to have a Yorks meet at a pub outside Leeds and there were often several Harleys turn up...you could hear em miles away. All went well until it came to the 3 mph parking stuff....or the feller on his new K1300s at a course at the 'ring who could ride at 150mph on the autobahn, 'Fast innit', but dropped it half a dozen times doing a 3mph u-turn in front of 14 others)
Or realise which leg is on the uphill bit of the road.
Shocking stuff, he’s a decent guy too Mr KanyarFoto, I was saying in another thread I stopped to chat to him a couple of weeks ago, I was away early from the Franzeshohe hotel, it was quiet and he’d just setup.
As I was walking back to my bike I heard “Oj Oj Oj, not the Goldwing” and ended up helping a “dismounted” wing rider and passenger pick the thing up.
I’m only an average rider but manage ok up there, and I’ve only got one functioning eye (left) so the right handers mean I have developed a neck like an owl
As I was walking back to my bike I heard “Oj Oj Oj, not the Goldwing” and ended up helping a “dismounted” wing rider and passenger pick the thing up.
I’m only an average rider but manage ok up there, and I’ve only got one functioning eye (left) so the right handers mean I have developed a neck like an owl
I stand up on the road, cos my old hips give bother and I like to stretch them. I only stand up on hairpins when I'm showing off
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Seen some of these Stelvio videos before. At best embarrassing, at worst shocking machine control skills.
Our ROSPA group (Derbyshire) hold regular machine control events aimed at err, machine control oddly enough I’ve only attended one such event but found it extremely good and informative and despite being a middle age bloke who has been riding since God was a lad and thinks he knows it all it was surprising what I didn’t know and what I actually learned!
Without joining an advanced group I wonder what similar courses are available for these oiks to attend??
Our ROSPA group (Derbyshire) hold regular machine control events aimed at err, machine control oddly enough I’ve only attended one such event but found it extremely good and informative and despite being a middle age bloke who has been riding since God was a lad and thinks he knows it all it was surprising what I didn’t know and what I actually learned!
Without joining an advanced group I wonder what similar courses are available for these oiks to attend??
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