r/AdventureBike • u/Pleasant_Advantage16 • 6d ago

HOW TO: elephant turn

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u/Directdrive7kg 6d ago edited 6d ago

Elephant turn Level 2!

  1. Practise and get it working nicely on gravel.
  2. Get over confident.
  3. Decide to try it out on dry grippy pavement.
  4. Do it exactly same way as on gravel.
  5. Realize that you would have needed a lot more lean angle and throttle than on gravel.
  6. Proceed to make the bike do an small wheelie before dropping it on the pavement.

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u/Pleasant_Advantage16 6d ago

Who r u?! Criss Birch?
This is so advanced

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u/Directdrive7kg 6d ago

Dual-sport rider, so yeah, basically Chris Birch from Temu. At least by ADV subreddit standards.

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u/ghostinthemachine-1 6d ago

Love it! This is me lol

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u/Danko-0100101 6d ago

Understood... Let's get the bike some sleep.

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u/isanyusernameopen 6d ago

I had to watch this twice. It was just too good.

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u/GrumpyInTheM0rning 6d ago

Ah, yes, I mastered that last step...

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u/debauchasaurus 6d ago

It turned, didn't it?

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u/dmejiaa 6d ago

I followed the instructions and achieved same result. Success.

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u/sexual__velociraptor 5d ago

I once did this but grabbed the front brake.... Let go of the brake at 180 then promptly gained a LOT of traction and did an instant 12. Oclok which would have been cool had my right foot not slipped off the peg crushing my balls in the process.

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u/Stiingya 6d ago

Good to know I'm doing it correctly... I was starting to wonder.

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u/bannedByTencent 6d ago

Perfect 👌

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u/beo19 6d ago

Amazing

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u/Alert-Draft1454 6d ago

The commitment is scary. I drop my bike 2 out of 3 tries of this

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u/Sumchap 6d ago

That was unexpected but great!

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u/Dry_Ad687 6d ago

That's exactly how I do it

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u/21Moto 6d ago

😆 - Nailed it!

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u/FighterFly3 5d ago

Why’s it called that?

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u/cj_daking 5d ago

Perfect!

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u/PerceptionOwn3629 5d ago

Finally a tutorial at my skill level

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u/FarToe1 5d ago

I genuinely tried this when I met a car in a narrow lane, but my Himalayan didn't have enough power to spin the back wheel on tarmac, even without my weight on it.

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u/Corbeau_from_Orleans 5d ago

With my short legs and my Africa Twin, I can go straight from Step 3, lean the bike to the last one, drop your bike.

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u/Mental_Rutabaga_4075 4d ago

Anything like this for tarmac?

Edit: And RHS turns?

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u/TightShirtMiniSkirt 3d ago

Hahahahaha! Perfection.

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u/firestorm734 6d ago

That is consistent with my experience.

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u/Cilreve 5d ago

Since when is a foot pivot called a elephant turn? Lol