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When the road gets curvy, what happens to you?

Richard,

I made that run in 1984 just after completion. I was trying to squeeze more power out of my 750 ET like a dumb highschooler, running velocity stacks raised needles and bigger jets.

It was cool for a couple of weeks than it must sucked in too much dust and would only rev to six grand. So I rode that whole stretch, short shiftin, wishing I had the full rev range.

When I got home I put the airbox back on with 115 mains to complement the Kerker and it ran perfect. Dumb adolescent.

Actually, the other side of Mt St. Helens is triple digit sweeper heaven. I hit that for the first time a year ago in July about 8pm, when it stays light till 10. Nobody around, glass smooth pavement. You have to be really wickin it up to enjoy it, as the sweepers are large.
 
Grab a bite to eat at Alice's Restaurant west of Palo Alto in California, then head straight out to the ocean, (through LaHonda I think). Anyway I live in Nebraska now where the most exciting part of my drive is the stop sign, but I've ridden all over the West Coast and that's about the best I've been on for curves and good road.
 
hmmmmmmmm........


Any of you guys ever ridden in New England?

We took cow paths and paved them. Not many straight roads around here.
Yea we get frost heaves and ripples but as to curves, almost endless.
Our mountains may not be as high as the Rockies, but we built some pretty sweet roads on and around them.

I've been on Pacific coast highway north af SF, beautiful road, great curves, good pavement. Never ridden the mid west..someday.

Anytime you guys head east, let us know.
Ask DPEP-Don, he rode up from Florida to ride with us one weekend.
And LOVED it. We're all fortunate to have civil engineers that designed
our roads....I always thank my Dad for a job well done :D
 
Everyone who posted here seemed to go off on a "great road tangent", but nobody talked about what's going on inside their heads when the road starts getting twisty.

What about your mental state of affairs, thats kinda what I was getting at when I initially posted. Carter
 
Lots of twisties here and I have to admit I speed up a bit and let my buds know it's time to party. :twisted: Wahoo!
 
Carter Turk said:
Everyone who posted here seemed to go off on a "great road tangent", but nobody talked about what's going on inside their heads when the road starts getting twisty.

What about your mental state of affairs, thats kinda what I was getting at when I initially posted. Carter
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I myself drop into " The Zone" I am fairly confident you know what I mean 8O that "Zen like" state, where thought is not required "it just happens", I know I do it whenever "the Twisties" show up cause our beloved Queenie reckons it can take quite a few thumps before I respond :oops: :wink: :lol: :lol:
Dink
 
Yea..........what Dink said.

The zone.looking as far thru the turn as possible, scanning all the way thru. Pressing on the bars, maintaining throttle, using as little braking as possible to keep corner speed up and the suspension settled.
Rolling on the throttle thru the turn, again keeping the suspension from
po-going.
Setting a comfortable pace, not always at 10/10ths.....
Even in the group rides we do in New England. We all set our own pace.

Everyone has a different comfort zone or pace that works for them.
Once into the zone maintaining it is the key.

usually with some Stevie ray Vaughn song going on in my head.
Little Pride and Joy keeps my rythem. Rythem is what keeps the corners flowing. Looking thru the turn, scanning to the sides for critters, in the mountains......deer or moose even wild turkeys.

My wife gets into the zone also. She's learned to look over my shoulder to the inside of the turn. She keeps her body in line with mine.


And at the end of the road to quote David Burn and the Talking Heads
"How did I get here?"

And we do have great roads around here :D
 
I settle into my total concentration mode and bump the speed up enough to make it fun. I like to run the twisties in a surgically precise manner. I plan ahead and concentration is well beyond the bike. I try to miss nothing.
The one thing I dont think about is the bike. It just flows with my thoughts.

Earl



Carter Turk said:
Everyone who posted here seemed to go off on a "great road tangent", but nobody talked about what's going on inside their heads when the road starts getting twisty.

What about your mental state of affairs, thats kinda what I was getting at when I initially posted. Carter
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The same thing that happens to me in a car...

My mind clears, in my minds eye I see the path the bike will take. I feel the tires grip the road, traction circles growing and shrinking as I roll on the throttle. It's trance like... It's why I enjoy driving.
 
Mr. Jiggles said:
mopolopo said:
I just had an epiphany...



And now all you midwest and east coasters see why the GSR international convention should be in the west!
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Agreed.
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I was born in San Francisco, and was stationed in California twice when I was in the Navy in San Diego and in Mare Island, but they have way to much traffic on the left coast to enjoy riding there.

:(
 
Yeah, that is a cool feeling when your in the "Zone" Its telepathy, whatever the road gives you , you have an answer for.

Unfortunately, lately, I have been having thoughts of mortality.
''What if '' scenarious. I always try to leave a fair margin for error, but when your going 80-100 mph on a twisty section that margin shrinks to the distance you have before you impact that embankment, tree or guard rail.

What if my brakes failed to slow me down for that trail braking corner I just entered or if my chain decided to snap now. I've struggled with the rivet links, basically destroying the back plate by pushing the chain prongs through the plate. All in the attempt to get the front plate over the prongs. So I've settled for the clip which I've discovered missing at least a half a dozen times. One time the link was backing out , but had bent slightly holding the chain together. All the other times the plate is intact and seated enough to insert another clip. I've been dabbing aviation gasket sealer on the link with better luck. I had one let go this summer, just the clip, luckily.

As of late though, its been frustration with the growing population. Everywhere I go I seem to get stuck behind some RV or SUV right when I get to a twisty section. My moments in the zone seem to be shrinking.

I guess its time to sign up for another track day. It's been a couple years now. Thats a real good place to get in the groove. Carter
 
I use a clip type master link. I always have. In 30+ years, I have never found a clip missing. I use/install a master link and clip one time. If I take the chain apart for any reason, the masterlink goes in the trash and a new link and clip gets installed. Never been a problem, even on the big Kawa 2 stroke triples that had an on/off powerband. :-)

I've put enough power into a chain to pull a link pin through the sideplate, but it wasnt the master link that broke.

Earl

Carter Turk said:
I've struggled with the rivet links, basically destroying the back plate by pushing the chain prongs through the plate. All in the attempt to get the front plate over the prongs. So I've settled for the clip which I've discovered missing at least a half a dozen times. One time the link was backing out , but had bent slightly holding the chain together. All the other times the plate is intact and seated enough to insert another clip. I've been dabbing aviation gasket sealer on the link with better luck. I had one let go this summer, just the clip, luckily.
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Out in Washington you have no end of curvy roads, but I think the ultimate moto-gasm has to be the Blue Ridge Parkway on a deserted weekday morning. And afternoon.
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:)

I must say the Blue Ridge is a fun ride if you're clear of traffic, it's a good challenge to machine and mind. I have gotten off that beaten track a bit and explored some backroads and areas through the mountains around here. I have been impressed no matter which way road I take. I've maybe explored 15% of what I want to ride within 100-150 miles of here.

Deals Gap is worth it as well, ridden in two seperate times this summer.

As for the convention thing (National GS meet) it sounds like the idea is to convent (j/k), gather, more than ride. The Southeastern Rally next June will be a 2 or 3 day ride you will never forget. That's my plan. :)

~AOD
 
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