Ruff or bumpy pavement turns me into a biatch!

[Homeslice]

Just take every ounce of weight off the bars, and onto your pegs. Let the suspension do its work instead of fighting it.

[tached1000rr]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Just take every ounce of weight off the bars, and onto your pegs. Let the suspension do its work instead of fighting it.

I do fight the natural tendency to tense up and will mentally tell myself to stay loose, I think it's a mental roadblock I need to burst though I just unconsciously slow down, not a chop the throttle type of slowing though.

['73 H1 Triple]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Just take every ounce of weight off the bars, and onto your pegs. Let the suspension do its work instead of fighting it.

It's like riding dirtbike in the sand. Relax and let the bike do the work. ( as particle man stated, your suspension has to be working WITH you )

[FT BSTRD]

One of the best things to do is practice with limited traction situations.


Ride your bike IN GRAVEL. Your tires will slip, but you will get used to the feeling and how to control it.


I ride with a buddy who HATES limited traction situations, rain, gravel, sand, bumpy road surfaces.

I don't mind them because I used to ride dirt bikes. I kind of like the feeling sometimes of breaking the rear loose.

There are plenty of gravel roads in NC. Find one that has a minimal amount of large rocks in it (likely to puncture a tire) and work on it.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Just take every ounce of weight off the bars, and onto your pegs. Let the suspension do its work instead of fighting it.

That's the answer right there.

Most instruction on a trackday is trying to get people to move where they *hold on* to a bike. Well, that and getting people to breathe rather than taking that quick draw of breath and holding it like they just stubbed their toe.

Breathe

Relax

Loosen that death grip on the bars...