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- From: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com (Dances With Bikers)
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance
- Message-ID: <By0uMC.3GE@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Reply-To: blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com
- Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
- References: <1992Nov17.220833.7211@spdc.ti.com> <1edp07INN8l1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:49:24 GMT
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- egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
- >In article 7211@spdc.ti.com, crowder@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mark Crowder) writes:
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- >>I even discovered that throttle steering on gravel roads works
- >>quite well -- I once tossed another street bike trying this.
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- >Throttle steering?
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- >Sure, on a bike with a sidecar, but on a motorcycle?
-
- >Enlighten me.
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- edgetaDIRTbike!
-
- Seriously though, steering with the throttle is a common trick on dirt
- bikes (well, at least on bikes with more power than my DR250). And
- those supermen that roadrace for a living seem to use it quite a bit too.
-
- PS, it also works great on the Quadracer, especially in sand. :-)
- --
- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland blgardne@javelin.sim.es.com BIX:blaine_g
- 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 Favorite road signs:
- Dumper of Dirtbikes #46 FJ1200 Winding Road Next 77 Miles
- My other motorcycle is a Quadracer Caution: Passing Areas Not Marked
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