First day of the trainig. Started off on a 125cc dirt bike. I looked like a cartoon elephent on a cartoon mouse's motorbike. Any way, Wim, the owner was soon very happy with my progress so he moved me up to train on my bike. So, lots of circuits on a dirt trak oval learing to slide the rear wheel out and do skid turns with the back wheel. We had to pull the ABS fuse to stop the ABS working on the back brake to allow me to skid control the back wheel by locking it up. Problem is I want the front ABS to work so I dont lock up the front wheel on some of the crazy steep downhill sections. These hill are so steep with loose gravel that you could never walk up them on foot. I have poseted a message on the Hoda forum to see if someone knows and easy way for me to do this. I hope someone with have a solution like "cut the yellow wire" in a bomb desposal type mannor.
Only dropped the bike twice, both for going too slow. First was on really rough lumpy bumpy ground. I was not going fast enough to take me over a big bump, I put a foot down to steady myself and there was nothing but air under my foot, so down I went. The second time I was going through deep slippery mud standing on the foot pegs. Got through the first bit ok but lost too much speed and I was too slow putting the power back on. By the time I twisted the throtel the front wheel was pointing to the left, so the back wheel tride to over take the front. I over corrected and the back wheel slipped under me and I went down.
Absolutly exhusted, but great fun.
T-Shirt weather
Glad I have fitted big block knobbaly tires. Lots of grip in the dirt and mud.
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