Just layed my f4i... too sharp left hand turn [&o] Damn this sucks, she was flawless...

 

Sorry to hear that dude ...

 

it happens mang....be happy that you can type about it!

 

theres those that have been down, and those that are going down. welcome to the other side!

 

The trick is to wear gear and not do it too often.

One laydown in your life is more than acceptable.

 

Yeah the body armor helmet and gloves saved most of my *** this time. Only banged up my knees and ripped a nice pair of jeans. Bike's ok though, little shook and scratched up.

 

How'd you lay it down, lean the bike too much? If so wouldn't the peg drag before the bike lowsides...I'm curious because I'd like to know how far i can lean w/o having to find out by lowsiding and scratching her up.

 

How'd you lay it down, lean the bike too much? If so wouldn't the peg drag before the bike lowsides...I'm curious because I'd like to know how far i can lean w/o having to find out by lowsiding and scratching her up.

 

WAY too many factors.

On a STOCK bike with good performance tires (Diablos, PP, Qualifiers, etc) warmed up on dry clean pavement with the suspension setup, the peg feelers will touch before any hard parts, and the exhaust will deck out.

On a bike with the feelers removed, warmed up tires, good pavement, and a high mount, you can deck out the fairings before the bike will lowside.

On sandy or wet pavement you can lowside in the blink of an eye.

99% of the time it is the riders actions that put the bike down. Like overshooting a corner. Usually the bike can make the corner at that speed, but the rider dosent believe it so they hit the brakes and stand the bike up.

Watch the lean angle MotoGP guys are getting in the rain.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^ Me, I'm always afraid of low siding.

Mike