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Someone smart once said that motorcycling is mostly learning how to ride through turns. While such a claim may seem a bit too much into the understatement territory, many riders who have grown older in the saddles of their bikes were surprised to realize how much truth the words of that fellow contain, actually.
That is because being able to choose the right track, speed, leaning angle and "attitude" around a bend makes a bike ride pleasurable and rewarding, instead of intimidating and dangerous.
Now, the problem is that the greater the speed, the better one's skills have to be, lest accidents happen. The video after the jump demonstrates perfectly how not leaning into a turn can put a quick end to one's ride.
Even though the fellow filming his ride was not speeding and could have effortlessly ridden through the bend, he runs wide into the guard rail. The F-word looks like the habitual final exclamation for most of the crashes, just before things get ugly, so it's rather funny hearing it in this predicament.
The bike remains on the road, but the rider high-sides over the bars into the vegetation near the road. Luckily, the plants break his fall, and also seem to stop him from tumbling down the hill side.
Nothing seems to be broken in his body and the bike will be a rather easy fix, if not a very expensive one. While it's glorious to see the guy unscathed when he could have been mauled very hard by say, being caught between the guard rail and bike, we can only hope that he will remember this very valuable lesson.
Seriously, the turns are almost everything when on two wheels!
Now, the problem is that the greater the speed, the better one's skills have to be, lest accidents happen. The video after the jump demonstrates perfectly how not leaning into a turn can put a quick end to one's ride.
Even though the fellow filming his ride was not speeding and could have effortlessly ridden through the bend, he runs wide into the guard rail. The F-word looks like the habitual final exclamation for most of the crashes, just before things get ugly, so it's rather funny hearing it in this predicament.
The bike remains on the road, but the rider high-sides over the bars into the vegetation near the road. Luckily, the plants break his fall, and also seem to stop him from tumbling down the hill side.
Nothing seems to be broken in his body and the bike will be a rather easy fix, if not a very expensive one. While it's glorious to see the guy unscathed when he could have been mauled very hard by say, being caught between the guard rail and bike, we can only hope that he will remember this very valuable lesson.
Seriously, the turns are almost everything when on two wheels!
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