Honestly, I didn’t think I’d like the explanation at first. But I really like how Dale broke it down with the tire and I believe it. Not saying I personally can do this at this point, but I’ve seen my son do this and it works. Nice video. Think about everything they said.
This is really helpful. I suffered from wheel hopping in supermoto and flat track now... I'm working on going in with more lean angle instead of straight up before I get to the rear brake. So far that's helped. I just have to get used to less rear brake going in with greater lean angles.
Great video! I (sorta) tried this before at a buddy's short track as a way of calming myself down. I really focused on leaning the bike to scrub speed. It definitely helped. Now I wanna try doing it at a speed where I don't get off the throttle. Keep up the great work!
On a typical DTX bike, you can't adjust the rear brake lever in the correct position. It was always too high even when the adjustment screw extended as far as possible to lower the pedal as far as possible. I always found this very frustrating. Thank for the presentation.
I'd agree that tyre chatter is mainly because there's too much grip - the rear wheel is too upright. Practising without using the break is a great routine as you can feel when you're getting on to the edge of the tyre and it starts to to slide and scrub off speed. I used to do oval track on the beach in the UK where you don't need to have any brakes on a 4 stroke - it's great practise. What is surprising is how far you can lean the bike over and still have grip. I took a friend who rides road race bikes to watch some flat track and I got him to watch the rider's left hand to see how low they get the bars - when you watch their left hand and see it's between their knee and ankle that's an eye opener - you've really got to crank that thing over to break traction
Honestly, I didn’t think I’d like the explanation at first. But I really like how Dale broke it down with the tire and I believe it. Not saying I personally can do this at this point, but I’ve seen my son do this and it works. Nice video. Think about everything they said.
I'm not convinced this is the best explanation. We'll keep working on it.
Great video, I got a lot out of it. Thank you both.
Glad you enjoyed it
This is really helpful. I suffered from wheel hopping in supermoto and flat track now... I'm working on going in with more lean angle instead of straight up before I get to the rear brake. So far that's helped. I just have to get used to less rear brake going in with greater lean angles.
Nice! It's a tough one for sure, and it takes a lot of time!
Excellent!
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video! I (sorta) tried this before at a buddy's short track as a way of calming myself down. I really focused on leaning the bike to scrub speed. It definitely helped. Now I wanna try doing it at a speed where I don't get off the throttle. Keep up the great work!
Good stuff!
Great video
Thanks for the visit!
On a typical DTX bike, you can't adjust the rear brake lever in the correct position. It was always too high even when the adjustment screw extended as far as possible to lower the pedal as far as possible. I always found this very frustrating. Thank for the presentation.
Yeah, I don't know what to do with CRF250R. I've cut my pads, and lowered it as much as possible with stock clevis.
I'd agree that tyre chatter is mainly because there's too much grip - the rear wheel is too upright. Practising without using the break is a great routine as you can feel when you're getting on to the edge of the tyre and it starts to to slide and scrub off speed. I used to do oval track on the beach in the UK where you don't need to have any brakes on a 4 stroke - it's great practise.
What is surprising is how far you can lean the bike over and still have grip. I took a friend who rides road race bikes to watch some flat track and I got him to watch the rider's left hand to see how low they get the bars - when you watch their left hand and see it's between their knee and ankle that's an eye opener - you've really got to crank that thing over to break traction
Exactly! Well said!
Did anyone ever try a thumb operated rear brake? Cheers...
I believe so.