wobble during hard cornering

[welshturk]

Originally Posted by redi2ride

20mph corner . I take it at 50-60 mph,scraping boot and peg.usually coming out around 45mphish. Just havin a lil fun.

Your cornering technique is gonna cause problems to start with.

'Slower in, gas on the apex, faster out'

[wedge]

Originally Posted by welshturk

Your cornering technique is gonna cause problems to start with.

'Slower in, gas on the apex, faster out'

+1. Brake into the corner, then gas from the apex out. Never good to be braking in the corner, it straightens you up and sends you wide. If you are already too hot into the corner, maintain speed, and try to feed it a little more throttle to keep the bike from going wide, while getting off the side of the bike and leaning more than the bike is leaning to keep it going on track. Braking in the corner is very likely to feel like what you have described by the way, it will try to stand up and walk, then you pull it back in, then it walks again, etc. A little faster and you will go off the road that way.

[redi2ride]

I will. Thank you. I was told by a guy who is a track racer. he says that if a guy can learn to carry your speed through the corner. I of course am no good at it yet. but that is what I am trying to lean.....anyhow. I have some things to look over and work on. I will update if ya want.

[knut]

Back when I was a kid I was all about taking the turns as fast as I could... 2nd or 3rd race on a track and I finally learned to take the slow turns slow and the fast turns and straights fast...

[xllent01]

The first thing you need to figure out about any corner is the best braking point. As you approach the corner, there will be an ideal point at which you close the throttle and start braking to slow the motorcycle down. If you brake too early you will enter the corner too slowly, which isn’t the end of the world but not exactly what you are trying to achieve.

On the other hand, if you brake too late, you could enter the corner too quickly and this could be dangerous – you might not make it safely around the bend. It should be obvious that braking too early is much better than braking too late.

While you are braking to slow the bike down, you should also be changing down through the gears to keep the engine running at a moderately high speed so it will be able to accelerate as quickly as possible on the exit of the corner. Every bike is different, but as a rule you should aim to have your rev counter at about 70% of maximum when you turn into the corner.

Generally speaking, inexperienced riders should try to get all of their braking and gear changes done while the bike is still going in a straight line – experienced riders brake and downshift as they are turning, but this is an advanced skill.