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Advanced Riding Course: Throttle control
By Niall Mackenzie on 22/03/2010 13:50:28
Get on the gas with the best, Niall Mackenzie walks through a guide for throttle control
Ask any youngster what the right handlebar grip on a motorbike does and he’ll tell you it’s for making the bike go faster.Which is true but it will also help you slow down, steer you into corners, steer you out of corners and assist greatly when it comes to changing up and down t...
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Hayabusa versus radio controlled car
By Rob Hoyles on 14/01/2009 12:14:14
The fastest production bike in the world goes head-to-head at Santa Pod with the fastest radio controlled car in the UK. Who’s going to come out on top?
motorcycle can beat a 2.6bhp, 4.5cc radio-controlled car from a standing start over an eighth of a mile down the famous Santa Pod runway. If it all sounds just a little bit too easy with the odds stacked massively in favour of the bike, then let’s just take a
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The importance of set-up for throttle control
By Kevin Schwantz on 09/09/2010 16:04:14
Kevin Schwantz on how important set-up is to throttle control, how it makes champions and what he learned on a dirt track
Throttle control comes from a properly set-up bike. The rider has to get the bike to handle as he wants it by feel. He needs to know when the bike will start to move around, when the tyre will reach the limit. Throttle control can be learned
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2012 Yamaha YZF-R1 traction control video
By Visordown News on 07/12/2011 12:24:40
Get a feel for Yamaha's new traction control system
YAMAHA'S revised-for-2012 YZF-R1 now comes with traction control.The six-stage system uses front and rear wheel speed sensors to monitor any rear wheel spin. Check out this video to see the system in action and when you're done watching that, you
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WSB: Fonsi Nieto: 'We've sorted traction control'
By Visordown News on 16/04/2008 10:52:05
World Superbike front-runner was lapping 3-seconds off his usual pace during Valencia race due to poor traction-control setup
EVERYONE'S favourite rapid WSB rider Fonsi Nieto has said that his team has sorted out the traction control problems that plagued him at Valencia.Speaking yesterday, Nieto said: "In testing after Valencia we have had many problems to try
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This dude's got control...
By Ben Cope on 25/06/2010 11:59:30
He's giving this course a proper go on his ZZR-1400. Rather him than me? I'd get dizzy after 3 u-turns and then drop it..
This is what they do in Japan for kicks. Funny bunch. It's pretty impressive though. Especially considering he's doing it on a ZZR-1400..
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Mackenzie on acquiring throttle control
By Niall Mackenzie on 09/11/2010 15:45:28
Riding god, Niall Mackenzie, imparts his wisdom on mastering the twist of the wrist
stay in a higher gear - you can open the throttle with more confidence and safety, though obviously you're not going to be as fast.I grew up with two-strokes. Riders brought up them gain good throttle control because there's not as direct a connection
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Traction Control - Here and Now
By mark forsyth on 22/07/2011 16:35:19
Leap of faith (in gradual stages)
After we'd finished frightening ourselves panic braking on ice, gravel, wet cobblestones and sand it was time to test the latest Bosch traction control (TC) as fitted to Aprilia's delicious new V4 Tuono. This is an eight-stage TC system with eight
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How to control a speedway bike by Mark Loram
By Mark Loram on 09/10/2010 15:50:49
Mark Loram - Top British speedway rider on throttle control on a bike with no brakes and one gear - they are controlled entirely through the throttle
the throttle to control wheelspin, rather than giving it full gas.The nature of the tracks means there's more dirt and grip in some places, so you use the throttle to adjust to the surface. You give it more throttle on grippier parts of the track, so you head
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Video: Using Triumph Explorer cruise control
By Anon on 29/02/2012 14:17:52
Just the job for, err, cruising
One button to arm the system. One rocker switch (plus or minus) to adjust the speed. Touch the throttle or either brake and it's instantly disarmed. Easy.
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