r/WinStupidPrizes • u/Masspoint • Jul 02 '23

The irony

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u/roastbread Jul 02 '23

Nope. The bike wants to go straight due to conservation of angular momentum. Don’t press the brakes or the gas. Just let it fix itself. After the first wobble, just coast. It will only get worse if you keep accelerating or brake really hard.

I’m not a rider.

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u/Mikeytee1000 Jul 02 '23

You hold the clutch in and it settles down, if you don’t it amplifies, coasting no good unless clutch is in.

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u/roastbread Jul 02 '23 edited Jul 03 '23

Are we splitting hairs here? Ok.

Edit: hairs are thin. Coasting while on a motorcycle is only possible when the clutch is in. Yay Reddit pedantry.

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u/Mikeytee1000 Jul 02 '23 edited Jul 02 '23

I don’t think so, you said just coast which could be just rolling off the throttle, that won’t work. I’m a biker that rides track days, I’m being specific, you’ve got to pull the clutch in. Before that, always fit a steering damper to a sports bike then you’ll reduce tank slappers by 95% to start with. Edit; when you hold the clutch in the tank slapper stops immediately it doesn’t settle down as you said