11-29-2016, 03:43 AM
Here is the best article Mr. Ienatsch has yet posted.
[url=http://www.cycleworld.com/cover-your-brakes-avoid-deer-motorcycle-safety-ienatsch-tuesday]Covering the brakes and knowing how to use them.
I mentioned Nick and I have similar backgrounds, going back a long way.
The incident(s) he describes are just like the near misses I've had, "almost" crashes that weren't, because of two things: good riding skills and covering the front/rear brakes at any partial-throttle setting. The only time you ever want four fingers on the throttle grip is when you're wide open (when you can't reach the brake lever anyway), or...well, I can't think of any time I'd ever hang on to the throttle with four fingers unless I was out on the open road, just taking a few seconds to relax the right hand, or, oddly enough, on a racetrack, where I already know just about when I am going to need to brake. High cornering speeds and lean angles take a lot of strength, so we often see the top racers using all four fingers on the right grip until just before they need to slow down for the next turn. That's not a good plan for street riding.
This technique Nick describes saves me very often; I can think of twice in the last week where just having the one index finger covering the front brake got me slowed down real nice when (for some strange reason) delivery trucks were parked fully across the lane just beyond a blind turn. Traffic patterns get very weird on holidays; I've seen this maybe half a dozen times in many years of riding that particular road, it's very unusual, but it's just like the animal running out, as Nick describes.
Been reading about quite a few close calls or even accidents here lately; Nick's training is well worth working into your riding.
[url=http://www.cycleworld.com/cover-your-brakes-avoid-deer-motorcycle-safety-ienatsch-tuesday]Covering the brakes and knowing how to use them.
I mentioned Nick and I have similar backgrounds, going back a long way.
The incident(s) he describes are just like the near misses I've had, "almost" crashes that weren't, because of two things: good riding skills and covering the front/rear brakes at any partial-throttle setting. The only time you ever want four fingers on the throttle grip is when you're wide open (when you can't reach the brake lever anyway), or...well, I can't think of any time I'd ever hang on to the throttle with four fingers unless I was out on the open road, just taking a few seconds to relax the right hand, or, oddly enough, on a racetrack, where I already know just about when I am going to need to brake. High cornering speeds and lean angles take a lot of strength, so we often see the top racers using all four fingers on the right grip until just before they need to slow down for the next turn. That's not a good plan for street riding.
This technique Nick describes saves me very often; I can think of twice in the last week where just having the one index finger covering the front brake got me slowed down real nice when (for some strange reason) delivery trucks were parked fully across the lane just beyond a blind turn. Traffic patterns get very weird on holidays; I've seen this maybe half a dozen times in many years of riding that particular road, it's very unusual, but it's just like the animal running out, as Nick describes.
Been reading about quite a few close calls or even accidents here lately; Nick's training is well worth working into your riding.