Getting the bike to lean

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Re: Getting the bike to lean

Post by LonestarCBR » Wed Dec 03, 2014 3:33 pm

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fixxervi6 wrote:So my primary point of starting this thread, too many people ride locked up, gotta ride lose. You don't "drive" a bike, you "ride" it, think about that.
I kind of try to just not exert firm force on the bike from any direction. Just ride it like I'm trying to do it without the bike knowing that I am there. Just loose. Fingers wrapped around the bars no tighter than I would maybe a light kitchen broom, for the right hand just the minimum to get traction on the throttle. Just let the bike do it's thing.
Loose is good. And don't pretend like you know how a broom fits your hand. :-)
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Re: Getting the bike to lean

Post by nitzer » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:43 pm

They make brooms for men? I thought only women were allowed to buy them... :SideSplittingLaughter:
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Re: Getting the bike to lean

Post by Stardog » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:51 pm

I am a factory worker. I have spent plenty of time with my hands on a broom. And when I say kitchen broom I mean a type of broom not necessarily the place where I am using it.
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Re: Getting the bike to lean

Post by nitzer » Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:57 pm

Stardog84 wrote:I am a factory worker. I have spent plenty of time with my hands on a broom. And when I say kitchen broom I mean a type of broom not necessarily the place where I am using it.
I picture your woman beating you with said broom in the kitchen...lol
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Re: Getting the bike to lean

Post by Stardog » Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:11 pm

My woman is just as likely to whoop my ass as I am hers. We decided to buck the norm and be happy instead. :) And I have for the record operated a broom in the kitchen plenty of times as well.
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Re: Getting the bike to lean

Post by DarcShadow » Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:17 am

Last time I even saw a broom in a kitchen was when I was a kid at my Grandma's house.
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Re: Getting the bike to lean

Post by LonestarCBR » Thu Dec 04, 2014 9:11 am

I leaned one up in the corner the other day...sadly my hands reacted off of muscle memory, but I made sure Amy didn't see me with it.

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