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From: dob@ihlpa.UUCP (Daniel M. O'Brien)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Drag your knee lately?
Message-ID: <1267@ihlpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Apr-86 13:35:33 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 14 13:35:33 1986
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Well, I was recently cured of the new bike flu.  The medicine was a little 
expensive, but very tasty...  Anyway, I now have this new sport/tourer (VF500 
Interceptor), and never having owned a bike that handles this well, I am a 
little at a loss as to proper braking and cornering techniques.  How do I go 
about setting up for a 90 degree corner?  Something like:

	Throttle off, brake, clutch in, brake some more, down-shift twice 
	(close-ratio box!), start turn, clutch out, throttle on, accelerate 
	out of corner?  

This all seems so complicated compared with my old thumper (SR500).  Just 
throttle off, brake, and either downshift or just lump-lump around the corner,
then throttle on :-).  

What do you other Interceptor, FZ, Ninja, GRSX, FJ, etc. rider/racers do?

I also read in one of the current (6 months or so) mags that one shouldn't 
use your engine too agressively when slowing down.  Brake pads are better and 
easier to replace then connecting rods and bearings.  This makes sense and I 
have been incorporating this into my riding style, but it took some getting 
used to.  

I wonder if anyone would care to comment?

And what about this knee dragging stuff, anyway?

-- 
			Daniel M. O'Brien (ihnp4!ihlpa!dob)
			AT&T Bell Laboratories
			IH 4A-257, x 4782
			Naperville-Wheaton Road
			Naperville, IL 60566