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- From: john@kennel.FIDONET.ORG (John Hamilton)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: What would you ride on a long distance
- Message-ID: <380.2B0B1C0B@kennel.FIDONET.ORG>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 23:47:32 GMT
- Organization: Fido's Kennel, Cupertino CA
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- Wednesday November 18 1992 14:04, Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher wrote to All:
-
- >> I even discovered that throttle steering on gravel roads works
- >> quite well -- I once tossed another street bike trying this.
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- EG-PC> Throttle steering?
- EG-PC> Sure, on a bike with a sidecar, but on a motorcycle?
- EG-PC> Enlighten me.
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- You've been bike-less too long, Ed.
-
- Watch Kocinski, Doohan, Rainey, et. al. pouring it on coming off the apexes.
- Notice rear tire spinning and slipping? Notice how moto ends up pointing in
- the correct direction most of the time (grin). Looks like using the throttle
- to make steering inputs to me.
-
- At least, Rainey and Doohan both remarked about this re: their riding styles
- this year in Roadracing World. Course, they could just be boasting. :-)
-
- John
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